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Greg Davies, Adam Peaty and Faye from Steps

Zoe chats to Greg Davies about his new 大象传媒 comedy, The Cleaner. Adam Peaty looks ahead to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games plus Faye from Steps on their Radio 2 Live set.

Zoe chats to comedian Greg Davies about his new 大象传媒 One comedy series, The Cleaner. Written by and starring Greg, The Cleaner follows Paul 鈥榃icky鈥� Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician with a very special field of work - he is a crime-scene cleaner responsible for the removal of any signs of death. Armed with chemicals, scrubbing brushes and cleaning rags, Wicky removes the gruesome mess at the scene of the crime. When carrying out his duties, he stumbles across the strangest of people, from the victim鈥檚 relatives, employers, neighbours and acquaintances to occasionally even the murderers themselves. And because he鈥檚 a sociable type, he sometimes gossips more than he cleans!

Swimmer Adam Peaty, winner of two golds and a silver at Tokyo 2020, looks ahead to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the opening of the Main Ticket ballot, as well as his time on Strictly.

And Zoe speaks to Faye from Steps to reveal the next set to be released from Radio 2 Live, a series of exclusive concerts hosted across the UK, to celebrate the return of live music. Zoe鈥檚 releasing one fabulous set every day this week, from Texas, Westlife, Steps and Manic Street Preachers. You can watch Steps now on iPlayer, or by pressing the Red Button from any 大象传媒 TV channel. Or hear the whole thing on the 大象传媒 Sounds app 鈥� just search for Radio 2 Live.

Plus 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 and Jules Lang on travel, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a Pause For Thought from Jahnavi Harrison and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 8 Sep 2021 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.

  • Elton John & Dua Lipa

    Cold Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin/EMI.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Marshmello & Jonas Brothers

    Leave Before You Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Toni Basil

    Mickey

    • Billboard #1 Hits Of The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Camila Cabello

    Don't Go Yet

    • Familia.
    • Epic.

  • Oasis

    She's Electric

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Los Lobos

    La Bamba

    • Hits Of '87 & '88 Vol.12 (Various).
    • Polydor.

  • The Supremes

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Laura Mvula

    Magical

    • Pink Noise.
    • Atlantic.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Rock Your Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Johnny Marr

    Spirit, Power And Soul

    • Fever Dreams Pts 1-4.
    • BMG.

  • Michael Jackson

    Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • David Guetta, MistaJam & John Newman

    If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    We Want The Same Thing

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • The Weeknd

    I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Script

    I Want It All

    • Tales From The Script Greatest Hits.
    • Sony Music CMG.

  • Steps

    One For Sorrow (Radio 2 Live 2021)

  • Ray Parker Jr.

    Ghostbusters

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    I Would Die 4 U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Luther Vandross

    See Me

    • Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason.
    • CBS.

  • Moloko

    The Time Is Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Visiting Hours

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I鈥檝e spent the summer living in Manhattan, in probably one of the least likely places you鈥檇 ever听find听a girl who barely nudged a C for GCSE Maths - Wall Street! It just happened to be the location of a short term rental and it鈥檚 proven to be more interesting than I thought! The Dutch arrived to this spot in 1624 - which makes it not that old compared to England, my Dad loves saying, but still I never knew how many layers of history made up this area. In the 1800s it was the primary arrival and processing point for new听immigrants to the city - the place where the hopeful and the helpless would first set foot on this island like no other.听

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But of course, this area has a more recent significance. My grocery run takes me past the rows and rows of trees commemorating the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Next to them a huge square fountain sunk into the ground flows day and night, the stone carved with the names of those who were lost. In a few days, two columns of light will shine into the sky from that spot, honoring the twenty years that have passed.听

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I always try to stop if I have a minute, put down my bags and say a little prayer. Sometimes it comes out in sacred words, sometimes it鈥檚 just my own simple ones, or just a pause in my usual mental chatter to remember how times of crisis and fear, often also bring out the best in people. How love, kindness, bravery and selflessness show up in unexpected ways 鈥� how in the middle of all the confusion and complication, how simple it can make life seem, how unimportant the things that normally occupy my mind.听

But I still wonder - how will I respond when the inevitable waves of life hit? Martin Luther King said 鈥楨verybody can be great...because anybody can serve.鈥� But听I鈥檝e been realizing that state of mind takes daily practice. My prayer is to not to wait for a crisis or tragedy, but right now, today, be always in 鈥榩ractice mode鈥�, asking myself - what small kindness can I offer to others, where can I be of service, how will I love today?听听

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  • Wed 8 Sep 2021 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2