BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Zia Chaudhry.

Wake Up to Wogan

Terry Wogan's regular morning broadcast, featuring music, news and chat

Wake Up to Wogan; 07/04/1998

Wake Up to Wogan: 07/04/1998

07/04/1998

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 07/04/1998

Ease into the day with Terry Wogan's award winning breakfast show.

Ease into the day with Terry Wogan's award winning breakfast show. Including Pause for Thought at 9.15am.

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

And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Rabbi Pete Tobias.

Ken Bruce

05/09/2005

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With the best music and morning entertainment, including Tracks of My Years, in which a celebrity picks their favourite ten pop records.

Jeremy Vine

21/11/2000

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Talking to the people who make the headlines.

Steve Wright in the Afternoon

08/07/2003

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New and classic music, celebrity chat and a chance to test your knowledge of popular culture in the Big Quiz.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

17/09/2005

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A show packed full of music and features with visitors dropping into the studio.

The Cambridge Folk Festival

Musical highlights, interviews and backstage shenanigans from folk's leading festival

Musical highlights, interviews and backstage shenanigans from folk's leading festival. For over 40 years, the festival has hosted the biggest names in celtic, country, roots, reggae, zydeco and rock

The Cambridge Folk Festival: 2006

02/08/2006

2006

BBC Radio 2 - The Cambridge Folk Festival, 2006

Nick Barraclough and Mike Harding present highlights of the 2006 festival.

Nick Barraclough and Mike Harding present specially extended highlights of the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring live performances and interviews.

BBC Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival Highlights

Nick Barraclough and Mike Harding co-present highlights from this year's folk music extravaganza, staged over the last week in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cambridge. Expect to hear interviews with star acts and music from the main stage, where the line-up includes Emmylou Harris , Seth Lakeman , Richard Thompson , Tift Merritt , Cerys Matthews , the Chieftains, Teddy Thompson , Cara Dillon , Eddi Reader, Nickel Creek, John Tarns and Barry Coope , and Julie Fowlis. Producers Nick Barraclough and John Leonard

The Reggae Show

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Mark Lamarr celebrates reggae music. He is joined by Damian Marley, the son of the most well known reggae artist of all time.

The Reggae Show with Mark Lamarr

8/8. Reggae enthusiast 
Mark Lamarr presents choice examples of the Jamaican music genre. The series winds down with reggae star Damian Marley (son of Bob Marley ).

Suzi Quatro's Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll

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Suzi Quatro presents a six-part series profiling rock heroes. 4: Ricky Nelson. The first TV soap star to graduate to a recording career, Ricky starred with his parents on US TV.

3/6. Radio 2's resident rocker Suzi Quatro continues her look at six established greats of rock'n'roll and pop with 50s Canadian teen crooner Paul Anka, who sold millions of discs on both sides of the Atlantic. A hugely prolific songwriter, Anka swirled into the charts in 1957 with the debut 45 Diana. His many other successes include You Are My Destiny, Lonely Boy, Put Your Head on My Shoulder and Puppy Love. He is also famous for writing the lyrics to Frank Sinatra 's version of My Way and for his 1975 comeback novelty hit single (You're) Having My Baby.

Tom Robinson

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Tom Robinson sits in for Mark Radcliffe, with a mix of live sessions, celebrity guests and listener interaction. Featuring a live session from electronica star Jeremy Warmsley.

Featuring a live set from singer/ songwriter Jeremy Warmsley.

Liz Kershaw

31/07/2006

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Liz sits in for Janice Long. Including 1.30 Pause for Thought.

Including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Kavyasiddhi.

Alex Lester

14/07/1997

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With his mix of music and banter, Alex Lester makes weekday mornings the best time of the day. Including Pause for Thought at 3.30am.

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