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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Keith Urban, Alesha Dixon and Dido

Keith Urban, Alesha Dixon and Dido

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Keith Urban, Alesha Dixon and Dido

Keith Urban and Alesha Dixon join Zoe on Friends Round Friday with live music from Dido. 

Country star Keith Urban and superstar entertainer Alesha Dixon join Zoe on Friends Round Friday. Plus Dido performs tracks from her new album Still On My Mind live in the studio.

It's Friends Round Friday and Zoe's joined by country star Keith Urban to chat about his latest album Graffiti U and his headline show at C2C Country to Country 2019. Superstar entertainer Alesha Dixon chats about her third book Secret Supervillain vs Lightning Girl and shares the latest Britain's Got Talent gossip. Plus Dido performs tracks from her new album Still on My Mind live in the studio.

Don't forget it's also the final day to submit your 500 Words short stories, and all entries must be received by 7pm.

This year's spectacular 500 Words final will be live from Windsor Castle where superstar celebrities will read the winning stories live on the radio, plus this year we're introducing an extra-special prize! 
Six well-known illustrators - Helen Oxenbury, Tony Ross, Susan Varley, Jarvis, David Roberts, and Briony May Smith – will each be set the task of illustrating one the winning stories.
Not only that, but the Gold winners in each age category will also receive a pile of books, 500 books for their school and an invitation to visit the set of a CBBC Production.

With over 800,000 entries since it first launched in 2011, 500 Words is the world’s most successful story-writing competition for children and is an open invitation to the wide world of imagination.

For further inspiration visit www.bbc.co.uk/500words.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, she 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 weather update from Matt Taylor, a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

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