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Good Morning Sunday

Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad present uplifting stories about life.

Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad present uplifting stories about life, love and modern spirituality.

Aled Jones with Good Morning Sunday

Good Morning Sunday: 08/04/2007

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BBC Radio 2 - Good Morning Sunday, 08/04/2007

Aled Jones meets singer-songwriter Rick Wakeman for a special Easter Day edition.

On Easter Day, Aled Jones meets singer-songwriter Rick Wakeman, and retiring star of Sunday Half Hour, Canon Roger Royle, is in the studio to discuss the faith issues of the week.

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

Aled Jones

Says Good Morning Sunday. His guests include keyboardist 
Rick Wakeman and Roger Royle , who discusses topical faith issues.

Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs

A blend of classic love songs, dedications and real-life romance stories.

A blend of classic love songs, dedications and real-life romance stories, presented by Steve Wright.

Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, 08/04/2007

Parkinson's Sunday Supplement

News, views, interviews, entertainment, sport and popular music with Michael Parkinson

Parkinson's Sunday Supplement: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Parkinson's Sunday Supplement, 08/04/2007Search BBC

News, views, interviews, entertainment, sport and popular music with Michael Parkinson.

News, views, interviews, entertainment, sport and popular music with Michael Parkinson. His guest is Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley. Plus Gillian Reynolds with a newspaper review.

Parkinson's SundaySupplement

Michael Parkinson with music and chat. Guests include ex-Spandau Ballet crooner Tony Hadley.

Carly Simon

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Celebrating the best of Broadway, Hollywood and the West End.

Singer-songwriter Carly Simon presents a special programme featuring her own, and very personal, selection of film music and showtunes.

Carly Simon:Stage and Screen

Recorded in February at her home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, singer/ songwriter Carly Simon plays some of her favourite film music and showtunes, including songs from the musicals Girl Crazy 
(1930), South Pacific (1949) and Merrily We Roll Along (1981), and the films The Wizard of Oz (1939), Rebecca (1940) and several she composed for, including The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Heartburn (1986) and Working Girl (1988). The RT interview with Carly Simon : page 14

Pick of the Pops

Counting down two popular music charts from this week in decades past.

Pick of the Pops: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 08/04/2007

Dale Winton looks at the new releases from this week in 1978.

Dale Winton looks at the new releases from this week in 1978, with music from The Jam, Nat King Cole and Suzi Quatro, plus a new release from Billy Paul.

Nostalgic chart show. Dale Winton rewinds to this week in 1978.

Johnnie Walker

Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker presents an afternoon show with a spiritual angle

Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker presents an afternoon show with a spiritual angle, featuring musical guests

Johnnie Walker: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker, 08/04/2007

Featuring Johnnie's pick of the best music.

Guests include archetypal singer/ songwriter James Taylor.

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You

Alan Titchmarsh plays a mixture of popular and classical music

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You, 08/04/2007

With Melodies for You. Alan plays a selection of popular and classical music.

Alan Titchmarsh

The Sunday Hour

Rev Kate Bottley presents your favourite hymns and spiritual sounds

Rev Kate Bottley presents your favourite hymns and spiritual sounds with reflections, dedications and a wide range of inspirational music

Sunday Half Hour

The Sunday Hour: Easter Glory

Easter Glory

BBC Radio 2 - The Sunday Hour, Easter Glory

Roger Royle presents a celebration of Easter recorded at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.

Roger Royle celebrates Easter in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, with local choirs making up a thousand voices to singer Easter hymns.

Roger Royle celebrates Easter in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. Featuring hymns sung by local choirs, tenor Alfie Boe and the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2006, William Dutton and Emma Whiteley. The director of music is Ian Tracey , with Radio 2's Nigel Ogden at the mighty Wurlitzer.

Russell Davies

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song

Russell Davies: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Russell Davies, 08/04/2007

The show that celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song.

Malcolm Laycock

The best of the big bands. 
The last edition of this show was broadcast on 26 July 2009.

Malcolm Laycock: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Malcolm Laycock, 08/04/2007

Celebrating the age of swing with music from the big bands of Britain and America.

Celebrating the age of swing with music from the dance bands and big bands of Britain and America.

The David Jacobs Collection

David Jacobs presents a relaxed programme of easy-listening music and anecdotes

David Jacobs presents a relaxed programme of easy-listening music, anecdotes and the ever-popular Common Denominator

The David Jacobs Collection: 08/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - The David Jacobs Collection, 08/04/2007

The greatest songs and performances from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

The greatest songs and performances from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Plus the Weekly Common Denominator.

Easter Chillout

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Sally Rodgers and Chris Coco the chillout scene to the airwaves.

In their own unique way, Sally Rodgers and Chris Coco bring the chillout scene to the airwaves.

Radio 2's Easter Chillout

Chris Coco and Pete Lawrence wind down Sunday night with a selection of soothing music. 
At 1.30 and 3.30 AM Pause for Thought.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 09/04/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 09/04/2007

With music and banter, Alex Lester makes weekday mornings the best time of the day.

With his mix of music and banter, Alex Lester makes weekday mornings the best time of the day.

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