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Rafe Spall and Jay's Quiz

Zoe chats to Rafe Spall about starring in the West End adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre in London, and Jay Flynn returns with his Virtual Quiz.

Zoe Ball chats to actor Rafe Spall about starring in the West End adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre in London. Rafe plays the lead role of Atticus Finch in this new play by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Bartlett Sher.

Jay Flynn returns 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 Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Manika Kaur and listeners texts, emails and voice notes, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 3 Mar 2022 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • George Ezra

    Anyone For You (Tiger Lily)

    • Gold Rush Kid.
    • Columbia.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Lighthouse Family

    Ocean Drive

    • Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive.
    • Polydor.

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Spice Of Life

    • The Manhattan Transfer Anthology.
    • Rhino.

  • Blondie

    Maria

  • Regard & Years & Years

    Hallucination

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Toto

    Africa

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Dua Lipa

    New Rules

    • Dua Lipa.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Charli xcx

    Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama)

    • Crash.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Jessica Darrow

    Surface Pressure

    • Encanto O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Everything's Electric

  • Rihanna

    We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Ella Henderson

    Take Care Of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.

  • ABBA

    No Doubt About It

    • Voyage.
    • Polydor.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Christina Aguilera, Lil鈥� Kim, 惭媒补 & P!nk

    Lady Marmalade

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Griff & Sigrid

    Head On Fire

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Thanks Zoe 鈥� despite all the horrors in the news this morning 鈥� fortunately for us normal life can still go on. In fact today is World Book Day which made dressing up for school quite thrilling for my kids. My eldest went as Percy Jackson and the twins went as red riding hood and the big bad wolf. At drop off I was surrounded by characters from Harry Potter, Willy Wonka and Animal Farm, seeing this just made me feel hopeful. In today鈥檚 tech driven world encouraging my 11 year old to read has become a chore. These days the dopamine hit that gaming online provides seems to trump everything else. I have my concerns because the more time my son spends being 鈥榗onnected鈥� online the more disconnected he seems.听

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The activities he use to enjoy like bike-riding, kirtan jam sessions and reading now require a lot of convincing. It鈥檚 as if devices have made him lazy which I find odd because he only has access to them on the weekend for 90 minutes. From the very start I would read to my son before bed and fortunately he still loves it. There is this moment I wait for, when he鈥檚 lying beside me where all of a sudden he takes a slow, deep breath and I can feel his body letting go. It鈥檚 at this moment that I know he鈥檚 moved out of the analytical mind - a sense of calm he describes as 鈥渆lephant tranquiliser鈥�.听I feel this myself whilst meditating and urge my son to meditate every morning. Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith encourages meditation as a means to combat depression and connect to one鈥檚 highest self and it just amazes me that reading books can also create a powerful kind of quiet that just can鈥檛 be experienced while staring at a screen.听

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The value that books provide, not only in the form of knowledge and entertainment, but the potential to soothe the nervous system and escape the over thinking mind is precious and I believe could be vital in addressing the alarming increase in anxiety and depression 鈥� especially in children who have just come out of lockdowns and are now witnessing a potential war.听While my son works on making sense of the world around him and learns to balance online and real world living I plan to read to my children for as long as possible and really doing any type of activity that will help them find comfort in this rapidly changing, sometimes terrifying and over stimulating world. 听

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Mar 2022 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2