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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Hugh Bonneville and Steps

Hugh Bonneville and Steps

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Hugh Bonneville and Steps

Hugh Bonneville is on the show telling Zoe about his new movie and Steps have live music.

Hugh Bonneville is on the show telling Zoe about his new movie, To Olivia. Plus there is live music recorded from home from Steps and Zoe chats to Faye and Claire from the band.

Hugh Bonneville calls into the show to tell Zoe all about his new movie, To Olivia, where he stars as the world famous author Roald Dahl. It also stars Keeley Hawes as his American actress wife Patricia Neal. The film is based on a true story, set in 1962 and Roald Dahl, an eccentric, burgeoning children’s author and his wife, Patricia Neal, a glamourous Hollywood movie star, have retreated to the English countryside to bring up their expanding young family. Tragically, their lives are turned upside down by the devastating death of their daughter Olivia and as the couple struggle through the unimaginable loss, their shared grief becomes a source of redemption and strength which changes their lives forever. Hugh is best known for playing the role of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey, he also had a starring role in the hit Paddington movies.

Steps have recorded live music from home for the show and Zoe chats to Claire and Faye from the band. British pop legends Steps – aka H, Claire, Faye, Lee and Lisa – are back again with their sixth album, What the Future Holds, , and a huge arena tour across the UK and Ireland in November / December 2021. Steps will be joined on the tour by the brilliant Sophie Ellis-Bextor as special guest. Launching in 1997 with their line-dancing classic 5,6,7,8, Brit award winners Steps set about changing the music landscape via 14 UK top 10 singles and three multi-platinum albums in three years including number one's Tragedy and Stomp. Fast forward twenty years, the band returned with the mighty Tears On The Dancefloor, which hit number one on the physical and iTunes album charts and went Gold within a matter of weeks, becoming the second biggest-selling independent album of 2017 behind Stormzy. 

Along with Clare Runacres 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, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from the Reverend Richard Coles as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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