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Sophie Ellis Bextor, Sophie Dahl, Sara Davies and Alja啪 艩korjanec

Zoe reveals Sophie Ellis-Bextor鈥檚 Kitchen Disco Danceathon, where Sophie will attempt to dance for 24 hours for Radio 2鈥檚 大象传媒 Children in Need Challenge 2021.

Zoe announces Sophie Ellis-Bextor鈥檚 Kitchen Disco Danceathon where Sophie will attempt to dance for 24 hours for Radio 2鈥檚 大象传媒 Children in Need Challenge 2021. It launches at 9.25am on Tuesday 16th November, finishing the following day at 9.25am on Wednesday 17th November. During the danceathon, Sophie won鈥檛 be alone as she鈥檒l be joined in person and via videolink by a host of celebrity guests - including Radio 2 presenters - throughout the 24 hours. Viewers can watch it live on the Red Button and 大象传媒 iPlayer across the 24 hours.

Writer Sophie Dahl chats to Zoe about her latest children's book The Worst Sleepover in the World. Sophie Dahl is the author of six slightly different, but equally very successful, books. Her first, The Man With The Dancing Eyes, was published in 2003, and was followed by the novel, Playing With The Grown-Ups, in 2007. She released her "foodie memoir", Miss Dahl鈥檚 Voluptuous Delights in 2009, and the following year presented its partner, the 大象传媒 Two series, The Delicious Miss Dahl. Her second cookbook, From Season To Season was published in 2011, and in 2019 she released her first children's book - Madame Badobedah. She's now written a second, The Worst Sleepover in the World, and it's out later this week.

Plus Sara Davies and Alja啪 艩korjanec look back on another weekend of drama from the Strictly dancefloor. Sara is businesswoman, entrepreneur, and Dragon's Den star - taking over in its seventeenth series in 2019. She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a company she started while a student at the University of York.

Along with Adam Porter 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 Father Brian D'Arcy and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 8 Nov 2021 06:30
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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

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

  • Westlife

    Starlight

    • Wild Dreams.
    • Warner Music.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Wake Up Everybody

    • Harold Melvin - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Nina Simone

    My Baby Just Cares For Me

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • ABBA

    Just A Notion

    • Voyage.
    • Polar.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Bobby Brown

    Every Little Step

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sigrid

    Mirror

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Gregory Porter & Troy Miller

    Dry Bones

    • The Collection.
    • Blue Note.

  • Eurythmics

    Who's That Girl?

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Conan Gray

    Telepath

    • Island.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    I Second That Emotion

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

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.

  • Lil Nas X

    THATS WHAT I WANT

    • MONTERO.
    • Columbia.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Stand And Deliver

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Cerrone

    Supernature

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • EastWest.

  • The Jacksons

    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

    • Rhythm Divine 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Kylie Minogue & Years & Years

    A Second To Midnight

  • The Shamen

    Move Any Mountain

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay & BTS

    My Universe

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

  • Donna Summer

    Bad Girls

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Becky Hill

    My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (feat. Topic)

    • Only Honest On The Weekend.
    • Polydor.

  • M People

    Sight For Sore Eyes

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

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

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

This week I moved home from Co Down to Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh. A priest is frequently asked to move on to work in another place. You go where the Spirit leads; you give it everything and then move on again.


The move back to Enniskillen is I reckon the fifteenth time I have packed up my belongings to start another chapter in another place. Packing up is hard; unpacking and settling down is harder still. I鈥檓 hoping this is the last time I have to move. Friends helped me move my boxes of books and CDs. I told them: 鈥楩or the next move I鈥檒l be inside the box 鈥� on the way to graveyard.鈥� 聽

Moving, to be fair, can bring some rewards.


Changing home makes me realise that no earthly home is permanent. I learn to let go of what doesn鈥檛 matter. Saint Augustine, a millennium and a half ago, prayed: 鈥�You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.鈥�


Moving home this time I took a conscious decision to leave my failures behind me. Life gets complicated; it overwhelms us; it鈥檚 hard to handle; life can be cruel; not everything works out; so it鈥檚 time to recognise that it is the 鈥�crushed grapes which produce delicious wine.鈥�


Deep within we humans is an irresistible pull to what is negative. If I don鈥檛 transform that negativity I鈥檒l transmit it to others. It鈥檚 like worry; worry is a virus of the mind. The only antibiotic is to be positive.


Peace comes when I step off the treadmill of anxiety and allow the healing to happen. If I鈥檓 the architect of my own unhappiness, then I can become the architect of a more productive life. Change your vision and you鈥檒l change your attitude. Change your attitude and you鈥檒l change your life.


Unpacking my bags gave me the opportunity to discard the baggage which is weighing me down; when I can鈥檛 change what is dragging me down I need to change how I manage it.聽


In short this move is the perfect opportunity to clean out the past, pack up the present, and prepare myself for a better future.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Nov 2021 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2