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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball.

The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Charlie Brooker and Backstage Ball

11/06/2019

Charlie Brooker and Backstage Ball

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Charlie Brooker and Backstage Ball

Charlie Brooker wakes up and embraces the day with Zoe Ball!

Charlie Brooker chats to Zoe Ball about the new series of Black Mirror. Plus Zoe goes behind the scenes of the Spice Girls tour to meet costume designer Gabriella Slade.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Screenwriter Charlie Brooker chats to Zoe about the new series of Black Mirror, his writing process and working with Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott.

It’s Backstage Ball! Zoe goes behind the scenes of the nation’s much loved TV shows, movies and tours to meet the people behind the scenes who make the magic happen. Today Zoe speaks to Olivier award nominated costume designer Gabriella Slade who's behind the incredible outfits worn by the Spice Girls on their Spice World 2019 tour. 

Plus Sam Armstrong from the Oxford University Press reveals that the official 2019 Children's Word of the Year is...Brexit!

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!

Mike chats to director Asif Kapadia about his new documentary film Diego Maradona, there's also weather with Sarah Keith-Lucas, a Pause For Thought from Reverend Matt Woodcock and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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