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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Richie is in Tim Peake's garden for the Big Bee Challenge and Griff performs live

Richie is in Tim Peake's garden for the Big Bee Challenge and Griff performs live

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Richie is in Tim Peake's garden for the Big Bee Challenge and Griff performs live

Richie visits Tim Peake and Griff performs live from the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

Tim Peake lets Richie Anderson into his garden for the Big Bee Challenge. Plus Griff, the BRITS Rising Star winner of 2021, performs live from the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

Richie Anderson is out on the road for the Big Bee Challenge and is dropping in to see some of our favourite celebrities. Every Friday over the next few weeks, he'll visit their gardens, big and small, across the country because everyone can do something to make a difference for our pollinators - and our celebrity friends are getting involved too.

Today Major Tim Peake has let him into his garden to look at all the ways he can help the bees. Tim Peake is a former Apache pilot, flight instructor, test pilot and current European Space Agency astronaut. In December 2015, Tim became the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station and conduct a spacewalk during his six month mission. He also ran the London marathon from space!

They're joined by Kate Bradbury, an award-winning garden writer, broadcaster and TV presenter, specialising in wildlife gardening, who guides Tim though planting his own bee-friendly hanging basket.

Griff, the BRITS Rising Star winner of 2021, performs live from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Griff was born Sarah Griffiths to Chinese and Jamaican parents and raised in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire and she is now based in London. She is a singer, songwriter and producer who also does fashion design and music video directing. Griff is 20 years old and put out her first single ‘Mirror Talk’ two years ago in July 2019; it only took her one hour to write the song. She released a single ‘Love If A Compass’ for Disney’s first Christmas advert in 2020.  Griff was awarded the BRITs Rising Star Award, following in the footsteps of Celeste, Sam Smith and Adele.

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

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

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