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Emma Bunton and Peter Crouch

Emma Bunton, the Spice Girl and presenter, tells Zoe about her new book on parenting. Peter Crouch talks about his brand new BBC One show, Crouchy’s Year Late Euros: Live.

Emma Bunton, the Spice Girl and presenter, tells Zoe about her new book on parenting. It's called, 'Mama You Got This: A Little Helping Hand For New Parents', and in it Emma uncovers all the highs and lows throughout the first year of having a baby. She looks at everything from post birth recovery to her baby's first smiles with lots of funny stories along the way. She was assisted by a team of UK and US experts including Yale’s paediatric sleep consultant Dr Craig Canapari, NCT breastfeeding expert Fran Bailey, mindfulness coach Heidi Fulton and midwife Marley Hall. Emma originally rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, and was nicknamed Baby Spice. During the Spice Girls hiatus, Emma released her debut solo album, ‘A Girl Like Me’ in 2001. She released her second album, ‘Free Me’ in 2004 and the third album ‘Life In Mono’ followed in 2006. Emma reunited with the Spice Girls in 2007 for a one-off international tour and a greatest hits album.

Peter Crouch, the former England striker and hugely successful podcast host will be back this summer alongside Maya Jama and Alex Horne and The Horne Section with his new BBC One TV show, Crouchy’s Year Late Euros: Live. Each episode will be broadcast live just a stone’s throw from Wembley Stadium, where the new champions of Europe will be crowned this summer. The series, originally announced in 2019, follows the biggest matches in the postponed Euro 2020 tournament, rescheduled to kick off in June 2021. In each episode, Peter, Maya and Alex will present their unique take on all the action and will be following all the qualified home nations of England, Scotland and Wales throughout the tournament.

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

Along with Clare Runacres on news and Richie Anderson on travel, 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 and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 9 Jun 202106:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Part-Time Lover

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Laura Mvula

    Got Me

    • Pink Noise.
    • Atlantic.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    Can't Fight The Moonlight

    • (CD Single).
    • London/Curb Records.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Wake Up Little Susie

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Now 100 Hits 70s (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Orwellian

    • The Ultra Vivid Lament.
    • Columbia.

  • First Class

    Beach Baby

    • NOW - Yearbook 1974 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • P!nk

    All I Know So Far

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Dua Lipa

    Love Again

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Girls Aloud

    Sound Of The Underground

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Spinning Around

    • Now 46 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Coldplay

    Higher Power

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

  • Billy Ocean

    Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • RAYE

    Natalie Don't

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus

    WITHOUT YOU (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Dr. Alban

    It's My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Becky Hill & Shift K3Y

    Better Off Without You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Singles A's & B's.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Holly Humberstone

    The Walls Are Way Too Thin

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I was on the train for the first time in ages, hurrying to a meeting I really couldn’t miss. Wearing a mask, keeping my distance from strangers and - if I’m honest - more than a bit fearful of running into crowds. 

I only had a few minutes to change trains but my belly was rumbling because I hadn’t had time for breakfast, so I risked dashing into the platform cafe for a coffee and a sandwich. And a bun. I like buns. 

I was feeling pretty pleased with myself as the carriages rolled in until the cafe worker came running after me shouting: “Come back! Come back!” 

The machine had not taken my payment and the screen went blank again as I stood in the cafe getting really anxious. Outside, I could see people boarding the train. “I’ve got to go,” I said, ready to run. What would you have done? 

Then a voice came from behind. “I’ll get this,” said a lady in a mask, with kind eyes, who had seen my panic. 

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. Catch your train.” 

So I did. I ran. And I sat on it stunned at what had just happened, wondering if she’d realised it would be eight quid. Buns don’t come cheap on the railways. 

Jesus tells his friends that whenever they feed someone who is hungry, give a drink to someone who is thirsty or welcome a stranger, it’s as if they’re doing it to him. 

So many cultures, religions and traditions call us to be open and helpful to what my kids call randoms. But it comes as a complete shock when it happens to you and you can’t see their faces and you’re hurrying through a world of warnings. 

Then I realised something really embarrassing: this was the wrong train. They’d slipped a late runner in before mine, one of many going to a popular destination. She must have thought: “He’s just done a bunk!” So I hid behind a pillar at the next station as I waited to change again, in case she came by. 

But even as I did, her generosity cracked me open. I have to admit there were tears. She had liberated me a for moment, allowing love to break through all my fear and worry, just by doing something unexpectedly, randomly and gloriously kind.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Jun 202106:30
    BBC Radio 2