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

BBC Radio 2

Sarah Kennedy

The show for early risers - Pause for Thought, Swing Time, Showtune,& entertainment news.

The show for Dawn Patrollers with Pause for Thought, Swing Time, the Showtune,& entertainment news.

The show for Dawn Patrollers with news, Pause for Thought, Swing Time, the Showtune, your comments, travel and entertainment news.

Sarah Kennedy: 05/03/2008

05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 05/03/2008

The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's papers.

The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's papers. Including Pause for Thought at 6.20am.

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

Including at 6.20 Pause for Thought with Emily Davies.

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 05/03/2008

Ease into the day with Terry Wogan. Including Pause for Thought at 9.15am.

And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Major Charles King.

Ken Bruce

The best in music every weekday with Ken Bruce, with live sessions.

Ken Bruce: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 05/03/2008

Nile Rodgers chooses Donna Summer in Tracks of My Years.

Producer, songwriter and former Chic member Nile Rodgers chooses Donna Summer in Tracks of My Years. OneRepublic provide the Album of the Week.

Including Tracks of My Years, in which renowned producer and Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers chooses two more of his ten favourite recordings. See also tomorrow at 11pm

Jeremy Vine

Jeremy Vine and guests discuss the news headlines and talk to the people making them

Jeremy Vine: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 05/03/2008

Talking to the people who make the headlines.

Steve Wright in the Afternoon

Steve Wright's afternoon show with special guests, music and a host of other features

Steve Wright in the Afternoon: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 05/03/2008

Steve and the team chat to Star Trek: Next Generation star Brent Spiner. Plus the oldies.

Steve and the team chat to Star Trek: Next Generation star Brent Spiner. Plus the oldies, chosen by Andy Boden from Albrighton near Wolverhampton.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

With a selection of music, features, lively chat and interviews with famous people.

Chris Evans' drivetime slot, with laughter-inducing chat and music

Chris Evans: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 05/03/2008

A show packed full of music. Plus regular features such as Fox the Fox and Gobsmackers.

With a show packed full of music. Plus regular features such as Fox the Fox, Gobsmackers, the Drivetime Jukebox Jury, and What's in the Locker, Cocker?

Mike Harding

Folk, roots and acoustic music, plus artist news and the latest album releases

Mike Harding: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mike Harding, 05/03/2008

Orcadian singer and musician Kris Drever reveals his Tour Bus Tunes.

Mike Harding with a selection of the latest in folk, roots and acoustic based sounds. Orcadian singer and musician Kris Drever reveals his Tour Bus Tunes.

Specialist in the latest folk, roots and acoustic-based sounds, with news of the latest album releases and details of artists touring the UK. And Orcadian singer/musician Kris Drever reveals his favourite tour-bus tunes.

The Radcliffe & Maconie Show

BBC Radio 6 Music

A late-night mix of live sessions, celebrity guests and listener interaction

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie with a late-night mix of live sessions, celebrity guests and listener interaction

The Mark Radcliffe Show

The Radcliffe & Maconie Show: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 05/03/2008

Mark and Stuart present the best music, including live sessions.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Mark Lamarr's Alternative Sixties

Mark Lamarr plays the coolest sixties tracks from both sides of the Atlantic

Mark Lamarr plays the coolest sixties tracks from both sides of the Atlantic, including soul, r'n'b, country, ska, original British pop and more

Mark Lamarr's Alternative Sixties: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr's Alternative Sixties, 05/03/2008

Mark showcases a wide range of alternative 1960s tracks.

Mark showcases a wide range of alternative 1960s tracks, both British and American, ranging from R&B, soul and country to psychedelic and Brit Pop.

Mark Lamarr's Alternative 60s

10/10. Passionate music buff Mark Lamarr showcases 1960s UK and US recordings that have possibly eluded the general public, from rock, pop, country and psychedelia to folk, soul, R&B and garage.

Jerseybeat: the Four Seasons Story

Jerseybeat: the Four Seasons Story: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 2 - Jerseybeat: the Four Seasons Story, Episode 2

Paul Sexton continues his profile of one of the greatest pop vocal groups in chart history

Paul Sexton's profile of one of the greatest pop vocal groups in chart history picks up with their breakthrough hit Sherry sitting proudly at Number 1 on the US singles chart.

Paul Sexton's profile of one of the greatest pop vocal groups in chart history picks up with their breakthrough hit Sherry sitting proudly at Number 1 on the Billboard US singles chart in 1962. The culmination of years of hard graft by Frankie Valli and his fellow musicians, it opened the door for an extraordinary run of hits in the Seasons' first golden era.

Valli and Bob Gaudio, business and creative partners for 50 years, talk in detail about the establishment of the Seasons' sound, and how it led to three bullseyes in a row as Sherry was followed to the top of the American charts by the equally memorable Big Girls Don't Cry and Walk Like A Man, both co-written by Gaudio and another intrinsic contributor to their success, Bob Crewe. 

Denny Randell explains how he and co-composer Sandy Linzer joined the creative team as writers of some more of the group's best-loved songs, such as Working My Way Back To You and Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me). Randell and Calello describe how Let's Hang On was created in the studio and how its fuzz guitar sound was a direct acknowledgement of the Rolling Stones' recent hit of the time, Satisfaction. 

Valli explains why he was still living in the projects even after they'd hit the big time and was the last member of the group to buy a house and a car. And the inimitable singer also offers his take on why the Four Seasons were just about the only American group to withstand the British Invasion. "We stayed true to what we did," he says. "There's room, you know what I mean? That's why ice cream companies make so many flavours. There's something for everybody.".

How an underachieving bunch of singers from New Jersey rose to international stardom

The story of how an underachieving bunch of singers from the mean streets of New Jersey rose from several years in obscurity to international stardom

2/4. Paul Sexton continues a profile of pop giants the Four Seasons, who had several UK hits but rank among the top five of all groups in the US charts of the 1960s, maintaining huge popularity even during the onslaught of the Beatles-led British invasion.
The story shifts to their chart debut in 1962, when lead singer Frankie Valli's piercing falsetto punctured the airwaves with two socko number ones - Sherry and Big Girls Don't Cry - followed in early 1963 by a third consecutive chart-topper, Walk Like a Man. The latter flaunted a rather camp coupling of subject matter and high-octave vocal register, and in 1985 proved apt material for drag artist Divine's irreverent cover version. The programme features input from songwriter Denny Randell, who with Sandy Linzer co-wrote the Four Seasons' 1966 hits Working My Way Back to You (a huge Spinners cover in 1980), Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me) and the US/UK autumn 1965 smash Let's Hang On!, whose fuzz guitar sound drew from the Rolling Stones' summer single (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
Singer Frankie Valli explains how he was still living modestly even after the group had hit big.

Steve Lamacq

Steve plays the best new music from exciting upcoming artists and established acts

Steve plays the best new music from the most exciting upcoming artists and established acts

Steve Lamacq: 05/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Lamacq, 05/03/2008

Steve plays his choice of music and introduces listeners to emerging artists.

Music by established and emerging bands, featuring an interview with American singer/songwriter/ musician NiTasha Jackson.

Janice Long

Great music and chat, with a weekly interview and Spoken Word Session every Wednesday

Music you love, plus great guests and a weekly Spoken Word Session that you won't hear anywhere else

Janice Long: 06/03/2008

06/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 06/03/2008

With another play from the Record of the Week provided by The Kooks.

Proving there's life after midnight, and with another play from the Record of the Week provided by The Kooks. Including Pause for Thought at 1.30am.

Including at 1.30 Pause for Thought with Juli Wills.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 06/03/2008

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. Including Pause for Thought at 3.30am.

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