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Romesh Ranganathan, Ugo Monye and Oti Mabuse

Romesh Ranganathan chats to Zoe about the return of The Ranganation and Ugo Monye and his partner Oti Mabuse have all the gossip from Strictly dancefloor.

Romesh Ranganathan chats to Zoe about the fourth series of The Ranganation on 大象传媒 Two. On the show, Romesh chats through the lighter end of the news spectrum with celebrity guests and his hand-picked focus group, the Ranganation 鈥� 20 loveable, outspoken characters who represent a cross-section of modern Britain. Together they take a humorous look at the week鈥檚 biggest talking points, from front page news to trending topics, helping the nation navigate their way through these tricky times.

Celebrity dancer Ugo Monye and his partner Oti Mabuse look back on another weekend of Strictly dancefloor action and reflect on the first couple to leave after Sunday's vote-off. Ugo Monye is a sports broadcaster and former rugby player. As part of the Harlequins squad he made 241 appearances, won a Premiership Title and is still the club's third highest try scorer ever.

Plus, to celebrate Black History Month, Zoe speaks to Professor Uzo Iwobi to tell us more about an amazing woman called Betty Campbell, who was the first black teacher in Wales. Betty passed away in 2017 but last week she had a beautiful statue unveiled in Cardiff.

And Zoe plays three disco classics from her personal collection in the Disco Ball at 8.30!

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, 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 Dave Tomlinson and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 4 Oct 2021 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Rod Stewart

    One More Time

    • The Tears Of Hercules.
    • Rhino.

  • Sister Sledge

    Frankie

    • Back To The 80s (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Travis

    Flowers In The Window

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Forrest

    Rock The Boat

    • Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Diana Ross

    If The World Just Danced

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Everything

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Love Don't Cost A Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Pretenders

    Back On The Chain Gang

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • ABBA

    Don't Shut Me Down

    • Voyage.
    • Polar.

  • Shakira

    Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Becky Hill

    No Time To Die (Radio 2 Session, 1 Oct 2021)

  • Donna Summer

    This Time I Know It's For Real

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Coldplay & BTS

    My Universe

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

  • David Guetta

    Titanium (feat. Sia)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Dwayne Johnson

    You're Welcome

    • Moana O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.

  • Kelly Marie

    Feels Like I'm In Love

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now! Music.

  • Odyssey

    Going Back To My Roots

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.

  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Little Mix

    Love (Sweet Love)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Hanson

    MMMBop

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Eminem

    My Name Is

    • INTERSCOPE.

  • Daphne & Celeste

    Ooh Stick You

    • Now That's What I Call Music 45 CD1.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.

  • Liam Payne

    Sunshine

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Mike Oldfield

    Moonlight Shadow

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 13.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Early on Friday morning, our lovely friend Sophie Sabbage finally died from cancer, diagnosed seven years ago. She was given months to live 鈥� but she had other ideas. After her first dose of radiation the nurse said, 鈥楬ere鈥檚 your next appointment Mrs Sabbage鈥�, to which she replied, 鈥楾hank you, I鈥檒l check if I鈥檓 free.鈥� Taken aback, the nurse said, 鈥業 don鈥檛 think you understand, this is your next appointment.鈥� 鈥業 know, dear鈥� Sophie answered, 鈥榖ut you see, I do still have a life!鈥�

听

This typified Sophie鈥檚 outlook: something which causes many a person to freeze, to put life on hold, refocused her attention on living. She wrote a book about what she called 鈥榣ifeshocks鈥�: those mostly unwanted events that blindside us and command our attention 鈥� like a pandemic that blindsided all of us. But lifeshocks needn鈥檛 be as monumental as a pandemic or a cancer diagnosis. I find life is full of mini-lifeshocks: disappointments that frustrate and stop me in my tracks or mess up my plans. Even something as trivial as the weather got my goat last week when I had to reorder my day 鈥� much to my wife鈥檚 amusement, who often reminds me: 鈥楲ife is what happens to you while you鈥檙e busy making other plans.鈥� Some lifeshocks just bounce off us, Sophie wrote, some scratch the surface, others strike deep into our being. 鈥楲ifeshocks are collision points between life as we see it and life as it really is. However, it鈥檚 not what happens to us鈥�, she said, 鈥榠t鈥檚 how we deal with it.鈥�

听

In her case, Sophie flatly refused to let life鈥檚 uninvited intrusions determine who she was. She saw her diagnosis as a 鈥榩ersonal navigation system鈥�, she said, that charted a new direction, and successfully embarked on a programme of helping many others pick a way through similar challenging circumstances. I remember her 50th听birthday speech when she said, 鈥楶eople, we are all terminal! The key, however, is to live each day as fully and satisfyingly as we can. So never allow a roadblock to blind you to the new roads opening up.鈥� I loved Sophie for a lot of reasons, but not least because she taught me that life always holds new adventures, even if not the ones I hoped for or expected.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Oct 2021 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2