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Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo chats to Zoe about starring in the third series of Britannia and the second season of Amazon Prime’s Modern Love anthology series.

Sophie Okonedo chats to Zoe about starring in the third series of Britannia, the second season of Amazon Prime’s Modern Love anthology series and her Emmy nominated performance in the Netflix show, Ratched. Tony & Evening Standard Theatre Award-winning, and Emmy, Academy, BAFTA & Olivier Award-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She received an OBE in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours and received a CBE in 2019 by Her Majesty The Queen.

Plus Zoe plays three disco classics from her personal collection in the Disco Ball at 8.30!

Along with Clare Runacres 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 a Pause For Thought from Tom Cozens and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 6 Sep 202106:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Chris Rea

    Let's Dance

    • Auberge EP.
    • East West Records.

  • Lady Gaga

    Alejandro

    • (CD Single).
    • Streamline Records.
    • 1.

  • James Taylor

    Your Smiling Face

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Laura Branigan

    Self Control

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Ella Henderson & House Gospel Choir

    Risk It All (feat. Just Kiddin)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Shania Twain

    That Don't Impress Me Much

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Niall Horan

    Black And White

    • Heartbreak Weather.
    • Capitol Records.

  • The Beatles

    Eleanor Rigby

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 016.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • ABBA

    I Still Have Faith In You

  • Beyoncé

    Irreplaceable

    • B Day.
    • RCA.

  • JLS

    Eternal Love

    • JLS 2.0.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • David Guetta

    Without You (feat. Usher)

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

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Steps

    Take Me For A Ride

    • What The Future Holds Pt. 2.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Deacon Blue

    Real Gone Kid

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

  • Girls Aloud

    I'll Stand By You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Billy Joel

    We Didn't Start The Fire

    • Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Patrick Hernandez

    Born To Be Alive

    • Billboard Top Dance Hits: 1979 (Var).
    • Rhino.

  • Diana Ross

    Love Hangover

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Visiting Hours

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • The Ultimate Collection - 70s: 100 Hits (Various Artists).
    • Union Square.

  • Elton John

    Crocodile Rock

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Dwayne Johnson

    You're Welcome

    • Moana O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.

  • Prince

    Hot Summer

    • Welcome 2 America.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 5.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Going on a first date can be a little bit nerve wracking. My housemate Keun Young, went on a first date last year, and you can just imagine her hopes beforehand:

I hope he likes me

I hope he dresses well

I hope I don’t spill spaghetti on my dress

I hope I like him

I hope I don’t end up driving his car, and accidentally pressing the accelerator instead of the brake on his new, fully electric BMW, sending it careering at speed into a stationary parked car.

I hope the restaurant does beef.

I hope he still likes me after the AA is called out to tow his new flashy company car.

Yes Keun Young drove and crashed Matt’s car on their first date.

Hopes can sometimes be dashed in a split second. I know many of us, like myself, might have experienced this over the last year. But, as the hopes I had disappear, I’ve been brought back to another hope.

As a Christian my hope is in Jesus, who the bible describes as a “living hope”. For me: God, who lived among us and promised that “I am with you each and every day”; and said in his last moments to a criminal dying beside him, “today you will be with me in paradise.”

After Keun Young’s driving incompetence crashed Matt’s car on their first date, you might expect, that any hope of them staying together would disappear. But cool story: Keun Young and Matt got MARRIED yesterday. It was beautiful, I was a groomsman, I got a cheeky dance with a bridesmaid, talk to me. So congratulations Matt and Keun Young.

But Keun Young’s dashed hope for a good first date, was only a part of a much larger hope: that she might find someone to spend her life with. Having hope in things like first dates, is good, but I think these hopes are also flimsy; fragile reflections of a much bigger hope: that life will turn out ok, that I’ll be significant, that I’ll be loved.

For me through all the broken hopes of the last year, I’ve come to depend more on a living hope: Jesus with me. God, who has good plans for my life, and ultimately offers… paradise.

A first date car crash transformed into a wedding.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Sep 202106:30
    BBC Radio 2