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David Walliams, Sara Cox and The QI Elves

David Walliams, the author, presenter and comedian, chats to Zoe about his latest children's book. Plus Sara Cox tells Zoe about her brand new book club show on 91热爆 Two.

David Walliams, the author, presenter and comedian chats to Zoe about his latest book 'Code Name Bananas'. David is best-known for his novels; 'Mr Stink', 'Billionaire Boy' and 'Awful Auntie', working with two of Britain鈥檚 most talented illustrators, Quentin Blake and Tony Ross. Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, 'The Boy in the Dress' in 2008, David has had global sales exceeding 40 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages. Collectively across his titles, David has celebrated over 60 weeks (non-consecutive) at number one in the overall book charts and more than 175 weeks (non-consecutive) at number one in the Children鈥檚 charts, an achievement no other children鈥檚 writer has reached. David is also a regular fixture as a judge on the ITV talent show 'Britain's Got Talent'.

Sara Cox chats to Zoe about her new 91热爆 Two show 'Between the Covers'. It's a new book club show hosted by Sara where her guests share their favourite books, as well as revealing the books that remind them of a particular person and their recommended non-fiction reads. Her other recent TV work includes 'The Great Pottery Throwdown' and 'Back In Time For...'. Sara presented the Radio 1 Breakfast show from 2000-2003 and now presents the teatime show on 91热爆 Radio 2 weekdays from 5-7pm.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

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, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Nov 2020 06:30
91热爆 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Gary Barlow

    Elita (feat. Michael Bubl茅 & Sebasti谩n Yatra)

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.

  • Eurythmics

    Who's That Girl?

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Santana

    The Game Of Love (feat. Michelle Branch)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • Shalamar

    A Night To Remember

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 5.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Harry Styles

    Golden

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 8.

  • Simply Red

    Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

    • What A Time To Be Alive.
    • Relentless Records.

  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Sam Smith

    Diamonds

    • Love Goes.
    • Capitol.

  • Vampire Weekend

    This Life

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.

  • Steps

    Something In Your Eyes

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Finley Quaye

    Your Love Gets Sweeter

    • New Hits 98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Magic

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.

  • Duran Duran

    Planet Earth

  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tom Grennan

    Amen

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Sigala & James Arthur

    Lasting Lover

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Deacon Blue

    Dignity

    • Our Town- Deacon Blue (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Shawn Mendes

    Wonder

    • Wonder.
    • Virgin EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Laura Marks, a campaigner for social action and interfaith relationships.听
When my husband was a student, way back in the day, he grew a moustache.听 This unnecessarily underlined, in his own words, an already well defined, and let鈥檚 face it, delightfully Jewish, nose. Luckily by the time I met him the moustache was long gone, the nose blending into his face, where to this day, and quite rightly, it belongs. Fast forward to our family zoom this week when our youngest, Raphi鈥檚 smiling face appeared from Dublin where he studies. Newly, and largely clean shaven Raphi was now sporting a sweeping, luscious handlebar moustache, leaving him looking something like a Jewish, Fu Manchu cowboy.听
Moustaches have gone in and out of fashion over the years, but the new trend to grow one in Movember to highlight men鈥檚 health, most definitely places substance over stylishness.听 Raphi鈥檚 hairy start-point provides our family with a full month of photos and video calls as it grows longer, then gets trimmed back, shaped, coloured and preened with jells and wax.听 Four days in, and splashed over social media, it鈥檚 already being used by family and friends as an object of fun and frivolity. But of course there is nothing frivolous about men鈥檚 health, physical or mental.听 Raphi, who has battled his own mental health challenges, told me that suicide is the number one killer of young men.听
Heartbreakingly, research shows that whilst 70% of men say their friends can rely on them for support, only 48% say they rely on their friends. In Judaism, the Talmud teaches, 鈥淎 person who saves a single life, saves the entire world鈥�.听 I鈥檓 proud of Raphi, in that Jewish mother sort of way, for helping to spotlight something so real, and tangible, the avoidable premature deaths of young men. Whilst I鈥檓 not able to grow a stylish moustache, lockdown offers me nonetheless the opportunity, to watch my unmanaged eyebrows, yet again, take over my face.听 I will of course, make a donation to a men鈥檚 mental health charity whilst, and not by choice, I join my family in this frenzy of facial hair.

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  • Wed 4 Nov 2020 06:30
    91热爆 Radio 2