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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Jay Blades

Jay Blades

BBC Radio 2 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Jay Blades

Zoe chats to Jay about his BBC documentary 'Learning to Read at 51'.

Zoe Ball chats to Jay about his BBC documentary 'Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51'.

Jay Blades, the presenter of the hit BBC TV show The Repair Shop, tells Zoe about his brand new documentary 'Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51'. Until he was in his 30s, Jay concealed a big secret: he has the reading ability of a child. Throughout his life he has found ways of avoiding the written word and in this documentary he will explore how this has shaped him, and Jay will learn to read with a charity that organises volunteer coaches to work one to one with readers, using a system which was started in prisons. Blades will join forces with other people also learning to read and together they will support, cajole and encourage one another to get over their fear of the printed word.

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 Reverend Alan Sorensen and listeners calls, texts, voicenotes and emails, as Zoe entertains the nation!

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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