Zoe's back and chats to Monty Don and Maxine Peake
Zoe chats to Monty about his 'Adriatic Gardens', plus Maxine tells us all about her new 大象传媒 One thriller, 'Rules Of The Game'.
Monty Don is on the show chatting all things gardening. More specifically, his new 大象传媒 Two show 'Monty Don's Adriatic Gardens'. In Episode 1, which airs on Friday evening at 8pm, Monty travels to Europe and explores the influence of the Venetians on gardening. Visiting a range of public and private gardens, Monty learns about the impact that history, climate change and culture have had on the people who live there.
Monty Don is of course the UK鈥檚 leading garden writer and broadcaster. He's been making television programmes for over 30 years, and has been the lead presenter of the 大象传媒鈥檚 'Gardeners鈥� World' since 2003. Since 2011 the programme has come from his own garden, Longmeadow, in Herefordshire.
Maxine Peake is also on the show, and tells Zoe all about her new 大象传媒 One thriller, 'Rules Of The Game', which is a four-part thriller looking at sexual politics in the workplace.
Maxine is best known for playing: Twinkle in the Victoria Wood sitcom 'dinnerladies', Veronica Ball in the comedy-drama 'Shameless', and Grace Middleton in the drama series 'The Village'. In 2017, she starred in the Black Mirror episode 'Metalhead', and has appeared in multiple Theatre productions, most notably playing 'Hamlet' in 2014, at Manchester's Royal Exchange.
Jay Flynn is back with another round of his Virtual Radio Quiz where he tests the team on their general knowledge to see who comes out on top.
Along with Anthony Birchley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning.
There's also a Pause For Thought from Alan Sorensen, and your calls, voice notes and messages throughout the show.
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Wham!
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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Pete Tong, Riton & Vula
Love Can't Turn Around (feat. Jules Buckley)
- Pete Tong + Friends: Ibiza Classics.
- Ministry Of Sound.
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Sugababes
Round Round
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Out Of Touch
- Collections.
- Sony.
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Jocelyn Brown
Somebody Else's Guy
- Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
- Global Television.
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Take That
Giants
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- Polydor.
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Taylor Swift
Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version)
- Red (Taylor's Version).
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Tina Turner
The Best
- Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
- Capitol.
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Just Jack
Starz In Their Eyes
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- Mercury.
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Electric Light Orchestra
Livin' Thing
- Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
- Epic.
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Yola
Dancing Away In Tears
- Stand For Myself.
- Easy Eye Sound.
- 2.
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Level 42
Lessons In Love
- Now That's What I Call Music '86.
- Now.
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Sam Feldt & Rita Ora
Follow Me
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- Palm Tree Records.
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Blondie
Heart Of Glass
- Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
- Rhino.
- 13.
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Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
- Virgin EMI Records.
- 4.
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Joel Corry
I Wish (feat. Mabel)
- About Last Night....
- Polydor.
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The Crystals
Da Doo Ron Ron
- The Best Of The Crystals.
- Phil Spector Int.
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Harry Styles
Golden
- Fine Line.
- Columbia.
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Happy Mondays
Step On
- Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Westlife
My Hero
- Wild Dreams.
- Warner Music.
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Pat Benatar
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
- Pat Benatar Greatest Hits.
- Capitol.
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Cameo
Word Up
- Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
- Universal Music TV.
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Coldplay
Higher Power
- Music Of The Spheres.
- Parlophone.
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Black Box
Ride On Time
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Snap!
Rhythm Is A Dancer
- Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
- Virgin.
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UB40
Red Red Wine
- Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
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Morgan Wade
Wilder Days
- Reckless.
- Ladylike Records.
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The Coral
In The Morning
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- Deltasonic.
Pause For Thought
I love New Year, it鈥檚 such a brilliant time!听听In fact, I鈥檓 slightly hesitant to say this, but I suspect that deep down I鈥檓 really just an unreconstructed Viking, or Pict or pagan of some sort 鈥� because I actually love it more than Christmas!听听鈥淲hat?! And you a Christian minister鈥�?鈥澨齓ep. I love it! Pretty well every culture has some kind of new year festival, but we Scots do claim to have the best one, so we call it Hogmanay.听听Of course, it鈥檚 just our version of what everybody else does 鈥� have a party, eat (steak pie compulsory), drink, sing, get weepy over the folk who aren鈥檛 with us any longer, promise ourselves we鈥檒l get our act together next year, eat some more, drink some more, party some more and have another wee silent tear.听听Oh, and then party some more again.
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One tradition we always followed when I was a boy was that at 2 minutes to midnight, I was sent out the door with a bottle and some shortbread or something to wait till I heard the sound of everybody in the street shouting 鈥淗appy New Year!鈥� and the hooters from the ships on the Clyde. Then I had ring the door bell and pretend I was a visitor.听听Yes鈥y folks were mad!听听But many people did this 鈥� it was just to make sure that the 鈥渇irst foot鈥� 鈥� the first person across the door in the New Year - wasn鈥檛 someone who turned up empty handed.听听And to this day, I still watch to see who鈥檚 my first foot.听听See - pagan superstitions!
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But it鈥檚 the symbolism of New Year that makes it so special for me, it is sooo perfectly aligned with all that I believe about God: the light beginning to overcome darkness; a new start, the past is officially gone; and a time when there鈥檚 so much love, so much hugging (in a covid safe way, of course!), my dad even used to kiss my mum at midnight!听听Oh, and having a party - at the darkest time鈥μ�2022 could be good, could be a disaster, could be both simultaneously!听听For me 鈥� I鈥檒l hang on to these beliefs that each day is a new year, and a time to trust in the light鈥nd, of course, to celebrate!
Broadcast
- Thu 6 Jan 2022 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2