Madonna at the BBC

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Radio 2 Celebrates Madonna

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Music: Dance & Electronica

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40 years on from Madonna's debut UK Top 10 hit, Radio 2 celebrates the Queen of Pop.

40 years on from Madonna's debut UK Top 10 hit, Radio 2 celebrates the Queen of Pop's amazing career!

40 years on from Madonna's debut UK Top 10 hit, Radio 2 is celebrating the Queen of Pop's amazing career! Featuring 'Your Ultimate Madonna Song' as voted for by you, documentaries and live concert performance!

Radio 2 Celebrates Madonna: Madonna at the BBC

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One of the world’s biggest stars discusses fame, fortune, key songs and her career.

One of the world’s biggest stars discusses her rise to fame and fortune, her ambition, reinvention and controversies, alongside key songs, in BBC radio and television interviews.

In interviews on BBC radio and television, one of one of the world’s biggest stars on stage, screen and sound talks about her rise to fame and fortune, her strengths, controversies, pursuit of perfection, reinvention and urge to keep going.

Madonna remembers her start in the world of dance, electronic music and disco, her acting in A League Of Their Own and Dick Tracy, and the furore over her Sex book. She admits that she has an outrageous personality and a bold and confrontational style. We find out how she prepares for tours and recording in the studio. Madonna also discusses her feelings for key albums such as Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Ray Of Light and Rebel Heart. 

We hear in depth interviews from Madonna’s first appearance on BBC Radio 1, when Holiday had just reached No 40 in the charts, through to more recent conversations with Jakki Brambles, Terry Wogan, Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley amongst others.

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