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

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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.

Good Morning Sunday: 09/11/2008

09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Good Morning Sunday, 09/11/2008

Good Morning Sunday: Aled Jones marks Remembrance Sunday.

Good Morning Sunday: Aled Jones marks Remembrance Sunday and talks to author Terry Deary about the Horrible Histories exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North.

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

For Remembrance Sunday Aled's guests include author Terry Deary , who discusses the Horrible Histories exhibition at Manchester's Imperial War Museum North. And singer Hayley Westenra looks back on yesterday's Festival of Remembrance.

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: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, 09/11/2008

Classic love songs, dedications and real-life romance stories.

Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Sunday Brunch with Michael Ball and guests

Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch, 09/11/2008

Elaine Paige on Sunday

Elaine Paige celebrates the best of Broadway, Hollywood and the West End.

Elaine Paige

Elaine Paige on Sunday: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Elaine Paige on Sunday, 09/11/2008

Paul O'Grady sits in for Elaine Paige, and features a 'more musical Sunday'.

Paul O'Grady sits in for Elaine Paige, and features a 'more musical Sunday'. Plus,Malcolm's Big One comes from the smash hit musical Hairspray (Broadway 2002).

Paul O'Grady

Sitting in for Elaine Paige. Today's special edition features the show's most requested stage and screen tunes, including selections from 
Call Me Madam (1950), The Sound of Music (1959), Robert and Elizabeth (1964), Hairspray (2002) and The Woman in White (2004). And the show's producer Malcolm Prince picks a song from 
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman 's 2002 stage-musical adaptation of John Waters's 1988 movie Hairspray.

Pick of the Pops

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

Pick of the Pops: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 09/11/2008

Dale Winton looks at the releases from this week in 1979 and 1990.

Dale Winton looks at the releases from this week in 1979 and 1990, with ska from The Specials, pop from Abba and rock from The Cure.

Top 40 chart nostalgia. 
Dale Winton rewinds to this week in both 1979 and 1990 with big hits by The Specials, Abba and the Cure.

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: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker, 09/11/2008

Johnnie is joined by UK singer/songwriter Martin Harley and his Band.

Johnnie is joined by UK singer-songwriter Martin Harley and his Band.

With a live set from acoustic roots-blues trio the Martin Harley Band.

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You

Alan Titchmarsh plays a mixture of popular and classical music

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You, 09/11/2008

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: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Sunday Hour, 09/11/2008

Brian D'Arcy marks Remembrance Sunday with a selection of hymns to commemorate the fallen.

Brian D'Arcy marks Remembrance Sunday with a selection of hymns to commemorate the fallen. Music includes The day thou gavest, I vow to thee my country and Jerusalem the Golden.

Sunday Half-Hour

Brian D'Arcy marks Remembrance Sunday with a selection of hymns to commemorate the fallen, featuring the choir of Royal 
Holloway, University of London, directed by Rupert Gough.

Russell Davies

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

Russell Davies: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Russell Davies, 09/11/2008

Celebrating the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song.

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: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Malcolm Laycock, 09/11/2008

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: 09/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The David Jacobs Collection, 09/11/2008

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.

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: 10/11/2008

10/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 10/11/2008

Proving there's life after midnight, with the best live performances.

Proving there's life after midnight, with the best live performances. Including Pause for Thought at 1.30am.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 10/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 10/11/2008

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.

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