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

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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: 20/03/2008

20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 20/03/2008

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

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 20/03/2008

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

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 20/03/2008

James Brown is one of the choices in Tracks of My Years. Plus the Record of the Week.

James Brown is one of the choices in Tracks of My Years. Plus another chance to hear the Record of the Week by Ben's Brother.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 20/03/2008

Jeremy discusses the impact on family members when elderly parents move in.

Jeremy discusses the impact on family members when elderly parents move in with their sons or daughters.

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 20/03/2008

Mark and Liza sit in for Steve and are joined by comic actors Matt Horne and James Cordon.

Mark and Liza sit in for Steve Wright and are joined by comic actors Matt Horne and James Cordon, who are currently starring in Gavin and Stacey on BBC Three.

Mark Radcliffe and Liza Tarbuck

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 20/03/2008

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 Country Show with Bob Harris

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names.

Bob Harris Country

The Country Show with Bob Harris: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 20/03/2008

Bob is joined by Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes.

Bob is joined by Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes, whose songs have been covered by artists including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris.

Texan singer/songwriter Kimmie Rhodes performs songs from her new album Walls Fall Down.

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 20/03/2008

Stuart goes solo to present the best music, including live sessions. With Noddy Holder.

Stuart Maconie

10.00 Shake, Rattle and Roll
New series 1/13. Rock 'n' roll, rockabilly and blues enthusiast Mark Lamarr returns with more lesser-known vintage recordings. This first edition features listeners' requests, with tracks by Clarence Garlow , Thomas Wayne , Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Rufus Thomas. Producer Fiona Day

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!

Series Nineteen

Mark Lamarr: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 20/03/2008

Mark Lamarr with rock 'n' roll gems from Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Rufus Thomas, Thomas Wayne

1/13. Mark Lamarr returns with a new series of his rock 'n' roll show, playing gems from his own collection, including Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Rufus Thomas and Thomas Wayne.

Mad About the Boy

A look at the music and influence of Noel Coward

Mad About the Boy: Series one

Mad About the Boy: Series one: Episode 2: The Songs of Noel Coward

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Songs of Noel Coward

Series one

The Songs of Noel Coward

BBC Radio 2 - Mad About the Boy, Series one, The Songs of Noel Coward

Neil Tennant examines what made Noel Coward such a creative genius.

...The Songs of Noel Coward. 2/3. Neil Tennant examines the songs of Noel Coward and talks to fellow performers and enthusiasts about the enormous range of Coward's work.

...The Songs of Noel Coward

Pet Shop Boys lead singer, songwriter and composer Neil Tennant presents a series of programmes about Noel Coward.

2/3. Focusing on the man, and what made Coward such a creative genius as well as a star performer of his own songs. His friend, actress and singer Elaine Stritch, remembers his support and professionalism, and Neil talks to those who are keeping the flame burning today.

Neil Tennant examines the songs of Noel Coward and talks to fellow enthusiasts

Neil Tennant examines the songs of Noel Coward and talks to fellow performers and enthusiasts about the enormous range of Coward's work

Mad about the Boy: The Songs Of Noel Coward

2/3. Continuing a tribute to actor, playwright and prolific composer Noel Coward (1899-1973), Neil Tennant explores songs performed by Coward and his hugely popular 1950s cabaret appearances at the legendary, now-defunct Desert Inn in Las Vegas, where he wowed American audiences with his quick-wittedness and tunes such as Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Play, Orchestra Play and I Like America. Veteran stage actress/singer Elaine Stritch recalls rehearsing with Coward for the 1962 London production of his last big musical, Sail Away, and reads a poignant letter he wrote to her during the run. The programme also features the songs A Bar on the Piccolo Marina and Mrs Worthington.

Clive Anderson's Chat Room

Hard-edged chat show in which top personalities speak their mind about the week’s topics

Clive Anderson presents a hard-edged chat show in which a panel of four of the nation’s top personalities, politicians, performers and pundits get to speak their mind about the week’s hot topics

Clive Anderson's Chat Room: Series 4

Clive Anderson's Chat Room: Series 4: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 4

BBC Radio 2 - Clive Anderson's Chat Room, Series 4, Episode 3

Guests include Dave Gorman, Frankie Boyle and Carole Malone.

3/6. Clive Anderson presents a chat show in which personalities get to speak their mind about the week's hot topics. Guests include Dave Gorman, Frankie Boyle and Carole Malone.

3/8. Accomplices tonight include News of the World columnist 
Carole Malone and comic persons Dave Gorman and Frankie Boyle. 
Repeated on Saturday at 1.30pm

Sounds of the 70s

Classic album tracks and obscurities from the 1970s

Classic album tracks and obscurities from the 1970s, with anecdotes from the period and the players

Sounds of the 70s: 21/03/2008

21/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s, 21/03/2008

Steve Harley with a series introducing a mix of obscure tunes, hits and top album tracks.

Steve Harley presents a series introducing an eclectic mix of obscure tunes, hits and top album tracks.

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: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 21/03/2008

With another track from the Album of the Week by Counting Crows. Plus Pause for Thought.

Proving there's life after midnight, with another track from the Album of the Week by Counting Crows. Including Pause for Thought at 1.30am.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 21/03/2008

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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