Al Pacino and Robert De Niro & Rockin’ In The USA - Celine Dion
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro chat about their new film The Irishman. Plus the chance to win two tickets to go Rockin' in the USA for Children in Need to see Celine Dion!
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Al Pacino and Robert De Niro chat to Zoe about starring in Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Irishman.
Plus, Zoe called back the winner of yesterday's Lionel Richie giveaway, and there was another chance to go Rockin' in the USA, as Zoe gave away another massive prize package for Children In Need.
For the first time in more than a decade Celine Dion will be on a world tour next year and it’s your chance to see her perform in America. One lucky winner and a friend will be flown out to Houston, Texas to see her play her classic hits as well as songs from her latest album, Courage. Houston we don’t have a problem because our winners will get to see this amazing performer play songs like My Heart will Go On and The Power of Love.
Along with Tina Daheley 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 weather with Matt Taylor, a Pause For Thought from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Christopher Cross
Ride Like The Wind
- Christopher Cross.
- Warner Bros.
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Liam Gallagher
Now That I've Found You
- Why Me? Why Not.
- Warner Records.
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Mark Ronson
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
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- Sony BMG.
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Falco
Rock Me Amadeus
- 25 Years Of No.1 Hits (Various).
- Connoisseur Collection.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Tears Of A Clown
- Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection (Various Artists).
- Motown.
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Cher
Believe
- Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
- Polygram Tv.
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Rod Stewart & Robbie Williams
It Takes Two
- You're In My Heart: Rod Stewart With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Rhino Records.
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Bryan Adams
Run To You
- Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
- Mercury.
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Heatwave
Boogie Nights
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Belinda Carlisle
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
- Virgin.
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Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
10,000 Hours
- (CD Single).
- Warner Music.
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Katy Perry
Firework
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 1.
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Kesha & Big Freedia
Raising Hell
- RCA.
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Wild Cherry
Play That Funky Music
- Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
- Columbia.
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Céline Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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Céline Dion
My Heart Will Go On
- 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
- Elektra.
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Céline Dion
Think Twice
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- Epic.
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Jonas Blue
Younger (feat. HRVY)
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The Doobie Brothers
What A Fool Believes
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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Adele
Set Fire To The Rain
- 21.
- XL.
- 5.
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Lizzo
Juice
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- Atlantic.
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AC/DC
Highway To Hell
- AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
- Albert.
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The Divine Comedy
National Express
- New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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Groove Armada
If Everybody Looked The Same
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- Pepper Records.
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Jodie Whittaker
Yellow
- Got It Covered - Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Children In Need (Various Artists).
- Silva Screen Records.
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The Four Seasons
Walk Like A Man
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
- Polygram Tv.
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Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:Ìý
The story of the Gunpowder Plot is fascinating.Ìý A group of English Catholics plotted to blow up the House of Lords on 5th November 1605, during King James’ state opening of parliament.ÌýBut the plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes was found guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder, enough to reduce parliament to rubble.ÌýThe rest is history.
Much as I love fireworks, I can’t come up with any kind of Jewish angle on the story. I guess this is because the Gunpowder Plot happened 50 years before Oliver Cromwell allowed Jews to resettle in England.Ìý
Today is also the anniversary of the death of one of the extraordinary rabbis of recent centuries – Rabbi Meir Shapiro.ÌýHe lived in pre-Holocaust Lublin, in Poland, where he founded a revolutionary yeshivah-college in 1930. Shapiro was also the first Orthodox Jewish member of the second Polish Republic’s parliament.Ìý When he died of typhus in 1933 aged 46, it made front-page news across Poland.Ìý
But Rabbi Shapiro’s greatest legacy is neither his beautiful, huge yeshivah, nor his contribution to the Polish parliament.Ìý It’s a simple idea, which is very close to my heart – called Daf Yomi: one page a day.Ìý He proposed a Talmud-study programme in which every student in the world would learn the same double-page of text each day.Ìý
The Talmud is the ancient, authoritative repository of the wisdom, law, character development and ethics which define Judaism. Shapiro imagined a Talmud student attending a class in Poland, then continuing studying a page a day while travelling for weeks to the USA and on arrival, would find a class teaching exactly the same page.
The Talmud is gigantic – it takes almost seven and a half years to complete the cycle.Ìý But with each cycle, the numbers of students grows.ÌýThere are now hundreds of thousands – of which I am one – worldwide.ÌýThe siyyum – completion ceremony – is an astonishing experience.ÌýAnd having kept up with the programme for more than 22 years, I’m about to attend my third, which will be in about eight weeks.
It’s hard to express the gratitude I feel to Rabbi Shapiro for his brilliant yet simple project.ÌýNo fireworks, but a concept that has transformed lives and communities.ÌýI often wonder if each of has within us a simple idea that could change the world.
Broadcast
- Tue 5 Nov 2019 06:30Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 2