Dara 脫 Briain and live music from Elbow
Dara 脫 Briain chats to Zoe about the return of Mock The Week and his new stand-up tour, So...Where Were We? Plus Elbow perform live from the 大象传媒's legendary Maida Vale studios.
It's another Friends Phone In Friday with Zoe Ball!
Dara 脫 Briain chats to Zoe about the return of Mock The Week, as well as his new stand-up tour, So...Where Were We? Dara is one of the most recognisable faces on British TV, as host of 大象传媒 Two鈥檚 long running hit panel show Mock The Week, Stargazing Live, Robot Wars and Comedy Central鈥檚 re-boot of the classic quiz show Blockbusters.
Elbow are live from the 大象传媒's Maida Vale studios. They'll be performing music from their upcoming 9th album Flying Dream 1, plus songs from their back-catalogue. Formed in Bury in the 90鈥檚, Elbow's 2008 Mercury Prize winning album, The Seldom Seen Kid, shot them to acclaim, and the album's single One Day Like This became the soundtrack to everything from the 大象传媒鈥檚 Beijing Olympics coverage to the Big Brother final. In 2009 Elbow won the BRIT award for Best British Group and have also been the recipients of 3 Ivor Novello songwriting awards.
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 Reverend Richard Coles and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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The Trammps
Disco Inferno
- NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Lil Nas X
THATS WHAT I WANT
- MONTERO.
- Columbia.
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Lighthouse Family
Lifted
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Rita Ora
Anywhere
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Shirley Bassey
Big Spender
- Shirley Bassey - The Singles.
- EMI.
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Rick Astley
Together Forever
- NOW - Yearbook 1988 (Various Artists).
- NOW.
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Queen
A Kind Of Magic
- Queen - Greatest Hits II.
- Parlophone.
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Westlife
Starlight
- Wild Dreams.
- Warner Music.
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Katy Perry
Firework
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 1.
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Tina Charles
I Love To Love
- 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
- Old Gold.
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Europa
All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Alex Party
Don't Give Me Your Life
- (CD Single).
- Systematic.
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Boney M.
Daddy Cool
- Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Ini Kamoze
Here Comes The Hotstepper
- Pleasure Island (Various Artists).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Kylie Minogue & Years & Years
A Second To Midnight
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Nu Shooz
I Can't Wait
- Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Sting
Rushing Water
- The Bridge.
- Polydor.
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Prince & The Revolution
Let's Go Crazy
- 4Ever.
- Warner Bros.
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ABBA
Just A Notion
- Voyage.
- Polar.
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David Guetta
Titanium (feat. Sia)
- (CD Single).
- Positiva.
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Aztec Camera
Somewhere in My Heart
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Elbow
Six Words (Radio 2 Session, 12 Nov 2021)
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Elbow
Harvets Moon (Radio 2 Session, 12 Nov 2021)
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Pop Muzik
- Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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The Darkness
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
- The Darkness - Permission To Land.
- Atlantic.
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Madonna
Who's That Girl
- Celebration.
- Warner Bros.
- 8.
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Gala
Freed From Desire
- Friday Night Fever (Various Artists).
- PolyGram TV.
- 18.
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James Blunt
Unstoppable
- The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021).
- Atlantic.
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Elbow
Mirrorball (Radio 2 Session, 12 Nov 2021)
Pause For Thought
I was not encouraged to join the army cadets at school 鈥� I can鈥檛 bear shouting, and bangs make me jump 鈥� so my military achievements date from later in life. The most illustrious was quite recent, on a visit to Lympstone Commando, the Royal Marines鈥� training base in Devon, where I preached in the chapel to the King鈥檚 Troop, passing out that year.
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I had never stayed on a base before, and didn鈥檛 read the email, so in the morning, when I got out of the shower in the officers鈥� accommodation provided, I discovered they do not provide guests with a towel. I was dripping wet, my hair was a mess, and I could not be late for training, what to do?
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Think like a Commando, of course.
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So I opened the windows and jumped around as vigorously as possible, waving my arms about, like washing flapping on a clothes line. It was only at breakfast that I discovered I had been observed doing this by a dozen Royal Marines, wondering why a middle-aged Padre was performing a challenging contemporary dance stark naked. The commandant actually gave me a medal.
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I think of those young men - now young women too - every Remembrance Sunday. You will find them in some of the worst places on earth, serving professionally, risking their lives for reasons that sometimes might look obscure to the subtlest of military historians.
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Risking their lives is no overstatement. On Remembrance Sunday I will read out the names 鈥� again 鈥� of the nearly two hundred men from my parish who went to war and did not come back. Most of them more than a century ago, just about beyond the furthest reach of living memory.
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So let it go; give glory to God, not war; leave the dead to rest in peace.
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No. I鈥檝e spent too much time with people trembling in front of me because of what happened to them forty, fifty, sixty, years ago, to forget.
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I鈥檝e seen too many names preserved in the chapel at Lympstone, Royal Marines who gave their lives, and too many surviving Royal Marines in the rehab centre next door, rebuilding bodies shattered by bullets and blasts, and minds undone by the horrors they thought they鈥檇 left behind, but brought with them.听
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How could we forget that?
No.
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We will remember them.
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We will remember them.
Broadcast
- Fri 12 Nov 2021 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2