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

BBC Radio 2

Mo Dutta

Mo Dutta starts off Saturday and Sunday mornings with dry wit, quizzes and music

Mo Dutta: 29/09/2007

29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Mo Dutta, 29/09/2007

Chat and music, plus the Saturday Quiz. Mo talks to travel journalist Simon Calder.

Chat and music, plus the Saturday Quiz. Mo talks to travel journalist Simon Calder and catches up on his recent visit to Ethiopia. Including Pause for Thought at 6.15am.

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

Sounds of the 60s

With Brian Matthew.
(See also Brian Matthew tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn spins the biggest sixties hits and shares fond memories of the decade.

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 29/09/2007

Jonathan Ross

Music, guests and lively conversation with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 29/09/2007

Guests on the show include James Nesbitt, Harry Connick Jr, Paul McKenna and Alison Moyet.

Jonathan chats to American singer and pianist Harry Connick Jnr, broadcaster, author and hypnotist Paul McKenna and actor James Nesbitt. Alison Moyet plays live in the studio.

Guests include crooner/actor 
Harry Connick Jr and TV drama actor James Nesbitt. 
AdayinthelifeofRadios1,2,3&4:p33

Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take

Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take: Series 1

Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take: Series 1: Episode 6: From Alternative to Mainstream

Episode 6

Episode 6: From Alternative to Mainstream

Series 1

From Alternative to Mainstream

BBC Radio 2 - Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take, Series 1, From Alternative to Mainstream

Alexei examines the influence of alternative comedy during the past 30 years.

Alexei Sayle examines the influence of alternative comedy during the past 30 years and at the difficulties of taking what was an underground movement into the mainstream.

Alexei Sayle analyses the impact of alternative comedy on all forms of the genre

Alexei Sayle presents a series on the impact of alternative comedy on all forms of the genre

The Comedy HourAlexei Sayle's Alternative Take

6/6. Alexei Sayle concludes his survey of "alternative" comedy with a look at its legacy, featuring archive clips from Lee Evans , Eddie Izzard , Ben Elton , Jack Dee and others. 
1.30 The Green Guide to Life 
4/6. Jeff Green takes a satirical look at keeping fit. Repeated from Thursday

Green Guide to Life

Comedy clip show, featuring witty observations on life

Comedy clip show, featuring witty observations on life with classic, cult or recent comedy clips based around different themes

Green Guide to Life: Series two

Green Guide to Life: Series two: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series two

BBC Radio 2 - Green Guide to Life, Series two, Episode 4

Comedian Jeff Green takes a look at keeping fit and healthy.

4/6. Comedy clip show presented by comedian Jeff Green. He takes a comical look at keeping fit and healthy, with classic clips from Jasper Carrott, Lee Evans, Jo Brand, Les Dawson.

Comedy clip show presented by comedian Jeff Green. Featuring Jeff's witty observations on life with classic, cult or recent comedy clips based around different themes. 

4/6. Fitness.

Featuring Jeff Green's witty observations on life with comedy clips

Featuring Jeff Green's witty observations on life with classic, cult and recent comedy clips

Stuart Maconie

BBC Radio 6 Music

Stuart Maconie with a mix of classic albums, contemporary music and retro trivia

Stuart Maconie brings his knowledge of classic albums, contemporary music and retro trivia to Saturday afternoons

Stuart Maconie: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 6 Music - Stuart Maconie, 29/09/2007

The Personal Shopper is Ed Stewart and listeners choose between The Beatles and Pink Floyd

This weekend's Personal Shopper is Ed Stewart and listeners get to choose whose song is featured on the Critical List: The Beatles or Pink Floyd.

With guest Stephen Duffy. Shock 'n' roll: page 52

Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary presents live music sessions from new and emerging bands.

Dermot O'Leary: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 29/09/2007

Pete sits in for Dermot. Featuring Ed Harcourt and Puressence.

Pete sits in for Dermot, and showcases the best new artists breaking onto the music scene. Featuring Ed Harcourt and Puressence.

Pete Mitchell

Sits in for Dermot O'Leary with live sets from singer/songwriter Ed Harcourt and rock band Puressence.

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits

A selection from the week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul plays his selection from this week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 29/09/2007

America's greatest hits from the US charts of the week and the past five decades.

America's greatest hits from the US charts of this week and the past five decades.

Stand By For Switching

BBC Radio 2 - Stand By For Switching

Tony Blackburn reveals what was going on in 1967 in a collage of news, music, TV and radio

...The Soundscape of 1967: Tony Blackburn, the first voice on Radio 1, reveals what was going on in 1967 by introducing a sound collage of news, music, TV and radio.

...The Soundscape of 1967

The year 1967 was a tumultuous one for British radio. It saw the sinking of the pirate ships, the end of the Home Service and Light Programme, the launch of BBC Radios 1 and 2 and the start of a two-year experiment in local broadcasting at BBC Radio Leicester. Tony Blackburn, the first voice on Radio 1, reveals what else was going on by introducing a sound collage of news, music, TV and radio.

Stand By for Switching - the Soundscape of 1967

To quote one of the Supremes' more luxuriant singles, Radio 1's first DJ, Tony Blackburn, presents "reflections of the way life used to be" in this nostalgic look at the second half of 1967. With the scuppering of the pirate-radio ships, the demise of the BBC's Home Service and Light Programme, and the launch of Radios 1 and 2, 1967 was a year of major upheaval. Blackburn recalls the cultural events of that summer and autumn.
Music choices: page 144

Russell Brand

Russell Brand brings his distinctive flavour of comedy to Saturday nights

Russell Brand: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Russell Brand, 29/09/2007

Russell brings his own unique brand of music and comedy to Radio 2.

Russell brings you music and his own brand of comedy on a Saturday night.

Manic chat. 
LPodcast: highlights available at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/brand Aday in the life of Radios 1,2,3&4:p33

Bob Harris Sunday

DJ Bob Harris picks an eclectic mix of new tracks

Bob Harris plays an eclectic mix of new tracks from the worlds of Americana, Alt Country, Indie, World, Nu-Folk and Blues

Bob Harris

Bob Harris Sunday: 29/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 29/09/2007

Steve sits in for Bob Harris and is joined by singer songwriter Lizanne Knott.

Featuring Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Lizanne Knott.

Soul and rock music show with guests and interviews, presented by Pete Mitchell

Pete Mitchell: 30/09/2007

30/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Pete Mitchell, 30/09/2007

Tim sits in and plays a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&B.

Tim sits in for Pete Mitchell and plays a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&#38;B, and presents interviews past and present. Including Pause for Thought at 2.30am.

Mo Dutta: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Mo Dutta, 30/09/2007

Listeners choose the music in the Instant Request Hour.

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