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Denise Van Outen and Jay Blades

Denise Van Outen, the West End star and TV presenter tells Zoe about her latest single. Plus Jay Blades from The Repair Shop has news on his brand new show.

Denise Van Outen, the West End star and TV presenter tells Zoe about her latest single, a cover of On My Own from Les Miserables. The track is produced by Steve Anderson who has previously produced records for Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears. The single's release is in aid of the Make A Difference Trust, raising money for theatre professionals who are currently out of work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Denise is well known for presenting The Big Breakfast and starring as Roxie Hart in productions of Chicago in London's West End and also on Broadway in New York. Denise recently had to pull out of the ITV show Dancing On Ice after fracturing her shoulder.

Jay Blades, the presenter of the hit 大象传媒 TV show The Repair Shop, tells Zoe all about his brand new programme. Jay and Dom鈥檚 Home Fix comes after the success of Jay Blades鈥� Home Fix and Jay is back and has enlisted his Repair Shop co-host, Dominic Chinea to join in on the action. Furniture restorer Jay helps us to become more self-sufficient and to rekindle our love for easy-to-follow DIY. He looks back through the archives to rediscover the very best home and garden advice from some of the nation鈥檚 favourite experts, and he shares his own hacks, tips and tricks to get everyone inspired to have a go and make something special.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 10 Feb 2021 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • MAX

    Blueberry Eyes (feat. SUGA)

    • (CD Single).
    • Colour Vision Records.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Private Eyes

    • Single Mixes.
    • RCA.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    If You Had My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Cerrone

    Supernature

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • EastWest.

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Harry Styles

    Treat People With Kindness

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • Lea Salonga

    I Dreamed A Dream (From Radio 2 Musicals, The Greatest Show)

  • The Killers

    Caution

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    I Second That Emotion

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Donna Summer

    On The Radio

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • Armin van Buuren

    Feel Something (feat. Duncan Laurence)

    • (CD Single).
    • Armada Music.

  • Denise van Outen

    On My Own

    • Menace Records.

  • Clean Bandit

    Higher (feat. iann dior)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Bruno Mars

    Just The Way You Are

    • Now That's What I Call Music 77 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • ABBA

    Lay All Your Love On Me

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 005.

  • 闯耻产毛濒

    Weekend Vibe

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Riton & Nightcrawlers

    Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit) (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.

  • Terence Trent D鈥橝rby

    Wishing Well

    • 18 Soul Classics (Various Artists).
    • Pickwick.

  • Marc Cohn

    Walking In Memphis

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • John Denver

    Take Me Home, Country Roads

    • A Song's Best Friend: Very Best Of.
    • RCA/BMG.

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

Pause For Thought

Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:

A few weeks ago, my wife and I were blessed to become grandparents for the first time.聽 Our new granddaughter 鈥� Shoshana 鈥� is, of course, the cutest baby in the world.

I鈥檝e been reflecting on how exactly this happened.聽 But before anyone clever sends me a diagram, let me explain.聽 I still consider myself relatively young and newly-married, but this is clearly mistaken.聽 It seems that I am neither, but I am willing to relinquish this outdated self-perception in favour of the joys of grandparenthood.聽 Everyone I鈥檝e spoken to has described it as the greatest club in the world.

I鈥檝e also been thinking about generational dynamics.聽 As I said from my pulpit the week Shoshana was born, my paternal grandfather died before my parents married.聽 While he never even saw grandchildren, my parents are now blessed to be great-grandparents, as is my mother-in-law.聽 And they are all enjoying it immensely.聽 And as our daughter is the eldest of a large family, Shoshana has lots of admiring relatives, including an 11-year-old uncle, who has adapted to uncle-hood very well.

An ancient Jewish teaching describes grandchildren as being like ones鈥� own children.聽 Another, less well-known teaching suggests that people like their grandchildren more than their children!聽 A cynic would suggest that this is because I can play with Shoshana and then hand her back to her parents when she cries or poos, which I couldn鈥檛 do with my own children.聽 But the real explanation is probably to do with eternity.聽 I sense that all of us want to leave something behind, to have changed the world in some way that lasts beyond our lives once we are gone. The birth of grandchildren gives us a sense that something of us will live on, stretching into a distant future that we can scarcely imagine.

Not all of us are blessed with children, or choose to have them.聽 Yet I believe that we all have an underlying desire to make a lasting impact.聽 There are many ways to do this 鈥� it can be a through a programme that helps disadvantaged people to thrive, a meaningful engagement with climate change and sustainability, even a kind word that restores someone鈥檚 confidence and transforms their life.聽 Each of us, in our own way, can leave a mark on the world, a trace on eternity.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Feb 2021 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2