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The Chris Evans Breakfast Show

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Music: Classic Pop & Rock

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Get lively every morning with the breakfast show.

Get lively every morning with the breakfast show. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show: Dawn French and Shirley Ballas

Dawn French and Shirley Ballas

BBC Radio 2 - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Dawn French and Shirley Ballas

Dawn on her panto debut and Strictly's Shirley on her spintastic title-winning routines.

Dawn French on her panto debut and starring role in Snow White at the London Palladium. Plus Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas chats about her spintastic title-winning routines.

Chris chats to comedienne Dawn French about her panto debut where she stars as The Wicked Queen in Snow White at the London Palladium and her 2017 bestseller Me. You. Not a Diary which has been re-versioned into a pocket book. Plus, she tells us about her role in season three of Sky One's Delicious. After being amazed by Strictly Come Dancing's head judge Shirley Ballas' title-winning routines yesterday, we talk to the lady herself about her spinning.
Following Michelle Obama's trip to the UK, we hear your desperate claims to fame to the former First Lady in today's Top Tenuous. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by boxer Kell Brook ahead of his bout at the weekend. Pause For Thought comes courtesy of writer and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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