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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Dame Judi Dench and Lola Lennox

Dame Judi Dench and Lola Lennox

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Dame Judi Dench and Lola Lennox

Dame Judi Dench speaks to Zoe and there's live music from home courtesy of Lola Lennox!

Acting royalty Dame Judi Dench calls Zoe to talk about her film 'Blithe Spirit' and there's live music from home courtesy of Annie Lennox's daughter Lola Lennox!

It's another Friends Phone In Friday with Zoe Ball! Today acting royalty graces the Breakfast show as Dame Judi Dench phones Zo to talk about her new film 'Blithe Spirit'. Judi plays Madame Arcati in this new adaptation of Noel Coward's classic play.  Judi has a number of personal connections to the film, as she met Noël Coward when she was first starting out as an actor.

Dame Judi is one of the most famous actresses in history and has won one Academy Award, a Tony, four television BAFTA Awards, six film, and seven Laurence Olivier Awards. In recognition of her many achievements she received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1970, and became a DBE (Dame of the British Empire) in 1988. In September 1957, she made her first professional stage appearance with the Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in ‘Hamlet’.
Over the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Plus Zoe has live music from Lola Lennox. Lola is a singer songwriter who is tipped for great things in 2021. Here at Radio 2 we've been loving playing 'Back At Wrong' and 'La La Love Me'. Lola is the daughter of incredible Annie Lennox. 

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams 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 that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Rev Kate Bottley and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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