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: 14/03/2008

14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 14/03/2008

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

Featuring news, views and music. 
Including at 6.20 Pause for Thought with Jonathan Romain.

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 14/03/2008

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

And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with the Rev Ruth Scott.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 14/03/2008

Maddy Prior's Tracks of My Years include a number one record from The Police.

Ken hosts the last Popmaster of the week, while Maddy Prior's Tracks of My Years include a number one record from The Police.

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which folk singer/ songwriter and Steeleye Span co-founder Maddy Prior chooses two final picks. Plus further tracks from Bryan Adams 's new album 11

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 14/03/2008

Jeremy discusses the need for a manifesto for the elderly, with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.

Topical phone-in show featuring people in the news.

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: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 14/03/2008

With broadcaster Sir David Frost, and the return of Ask Elvis.

Steve and the team bring you the big show full of great music. With broadcaster Sir David Frost, and the return of Ask Elvis.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

Music, features and lively chat, with famous people in the studio.

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

Chris Evans: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 14/03/2008

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?

The Bob Hope Trail

The Bob Hope Trail: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 2 - The Bob Hope Trail, Episode 4

Michael Freedland continues to track the life of 'the fastest gagman in the business'.

4/6. Michael Freedland continues to track the life of 'the fastest gagman in the business', Bob Hope.

Michael Freedland tracks the life of 'the fastest gagman in the business'

Michael Freedland's series tracking the lives of big stars through ordinary people who met them turns its attention to 'the fastest gagman in the business', Bob Hope

4/6. Following on from his series profiling 20th-century showbiz giants Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby , Michael Freedland hears from the friends, family and associates of Hollywood, radio, TV and troops entertainer and comic Bob Hope , who was born in England in 1903 but lived in America from the age of four. 
The story continues with a look at Hope's special way with a gag, bolstered by a team of round-the-clock writers known as the "joke factory". This edition features input from some of those helpful wits, including Larry Gelbart , 
Mort Lachman , Melville Shavelson (1917-2007), Hal Kanter and the entertainingly acerbic Arthur Marx (son of Groucho). Producer Neil Rosser

Sunday Night is Music Night

The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night is Music Night

Sunday Night is Music Night: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 14/03/2008

Soprano Emma Kershaw and the Iain Anderson Trio sing in a special French-themed evening.

Soprano Emma Kershaw and the Iain Anderson Trio sing in a special French-themed evening, as Paul Gambaccini hosts the show live from London's Mermaid Theatre.

Friday Night Is Music Night

Roderick Dunk conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a French themed concert featuring soprano Emma Kershaw - performing Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand - with Scotland's Iain Anderson Trio upholding the special relationship between
Scotland and France. Introduced by Paul Gambaccini from London's Mermaid Theatre. Producer Bridget Apps

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Lady Vanishes, Episode 2

Another chance to hear Brenda Blethyn read Ethel Lina White's classic thriller.

Brenda Blethyn reads the classic thriller. Iris befriends English governess Miss Froy. But when she awakes to find Miss Froy has disappeared, no one else remembers her.

Another chance to hear Brenda Blethyn read Ethel Lina White's classic thriller. First published as The Wheel Spins, Ethel Lina White's novel was later renamed The Lady Vanishes following the popularity of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. And it's easy to see why Hitchcock found this novel so compelling and so well-suited to his particular brand of filmmaking. The plot is deceptively simple: a young woman meets an engaging stranger during a long railway journey, who later disappears, leading to mystery and deception. In episode two, Iris befriends English governess Miss Froy. But after awakening from a sunstroke-induced sleep, Iris discovers that Miss Froy has disappeared and no one else remembers her!The novel was adapted for radio by Neville Teller and first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2006.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Brenda Blethyn reads the story Alfred Hitchcock adapted for his thriller The Lady Vanishes

Brenda Blethyn reads an abridged version of The Wheel Spins, which Alfred Hitchcock adapted for his thriller, The Lady Vanishes

Brenda Biethyn reads an abridged version of Ethel Una White 's novel The Wheel Spins, which 
Alfred Hitchcock adapted for his distinctive 1938 thriller The Lady Vanishes. 2/6. Iris befriends an English governess, only to wake from a deep sleep to find her missing. Abridged by Neville Teller  Producer Neil Gardner

Listen to the Band

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites and updating the traditional image of banding

Listen to the Band: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Listen to the Band, 14/03/2008

Frank Renton presents a recorded session by The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards.

Frank Renton presents a specially recorded session by The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Major Graham Jones.

A performance by the Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Major Graham Jones. Producer Terry Carter

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice

Looking at the latest books, films, plays and exhibitions

A lively and unpretentious look at the latest films, plays, dance events, books and exhibitions, alongside an eclectic selection of music.

The Weekender

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice, 14/03/2008

Stuart Maconie reports live from this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, US.

Matthew Wright presents a sharp contemporary arts and culture programme. Stuart Maconie reports live from this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, US.

Matthew Wright presents the latest in contemporary arts and culture, including the current cinema and Stuart Maconie 's report from the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Producer Paul Rodgers

Mark Lamarr

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years.

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years, alongside the finest live sessions.

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years, alongside the finest live sessions. 

This is where garage meets soul, punk meets country, and 30s yodelling collides with 70s dub and 90s hip hop...

...painting the world with sunshine, one record at a time!

Mark Lamarr: 15/03/2008

15/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 15/03/2008

Featuring rockabilly trio Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers.

Mark presents a show featuring a mix of new records and tracks from the all-time greats. With rockabilly trio Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers.

Performing live are modern rockabilly trio Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers.

Pete Mitchell

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

Pete Mitchell: 15/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Pete Mitchell, 15/03/2008

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

Pete plays a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&B, and presents interviews from the music industry past and present. Including Pause for Thought at 3.30am.

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