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Sounds of the 60s

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: 29/11/2008

29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 29/11/2008

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

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball present three hours of music, chat and calls from listeners

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball come together to present three hours of music, chat and calls from listeners

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Danny Baker and Zoe Ball, 29/11/2008

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball present three hours of music, chat and calls from listeners.

Danny Baker and Zoe Ball come together to present three hours of music, chat and calls from listeners. Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Zoe Ball and Danny Baker

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings: Episode 6: Gonna Make This Kid A Carr

Episode 6

Episode 6: Gonna Make This Kid A Carr

Gonna Make This Kid A Carr

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Carr's Comedy Outings, Gonna Make This Kid A Carr

Alan explains how he ended up cornered by a lion at London Zoo.

Alan explains how he ended up cornered by a lion at London Zoo. Around this story, Alan introduces clips from comedians including Frankie Boyle, Lee Evans and Mitch Benn.

Another chance to hear Alan Carr's scripted comedy clip show, which first broadcast on Radio 2 last year. In the final episode, Gonna Make This Kid A Carr, Alan explains how he ended up cornered by a lion at London Zoo, after trying to adopt a child. Around this story, Alan introduces a selection of classic comedy clips from the likes of Frankie Boyle, Lee Evans and Mitch Benn.

... Outings. New comedy clip show featuring the distinctive humour of Alan Carr

New six-part comedy clip show featuring the distinctive humour of Alan Carr. Alan describes the difficult situations he finds himself in, interspersing his unusual adventures with classic comedy clips

The Comedy Hour

Alan Carr 's Comedy Outings 6/6. This final edition finds Alan as a secret agent strapped to a nuclear warhead whose target is a famous British retailer. With archive snatches of Michael Redmond , Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons. 
1.30 Teenage Kicks 
3/6. Sitcom with Adrian Edmondson as an ageing punk rocker and Ben Elton as his best mate.

Teenage Kicks

Sitcom about an aging punk rocker forced to share a flat with his teenage son

Sitcom by Ben Elton and Ade Edmondson about an aging punk rocker forced to move in with his teenage son after a messy divorce

Teenage Kicks: Teenage Kicks: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 2 - Teenage Kicks, Teenage Kicks, Episode 3

The kids want Vernon to move out and he fails a medical.

The story of Vernon, an ageing punk rocker who moves into his teenage kids' flat after a divorce. The kids want Vernon to move out and he fails a medical.

Teenage Kicks: Teenage Kicks

The story of Vernon, an ageing punk rocker who moves into his teenage kids' student flat

The story of Vernon, an ageing punk rocker who moves into his teenage kids' student flat after a spectacularly nasty divorce

Dermot O'Leary

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

Dermot O'Leary: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 29/11/2008

Comedian Jimmy Carr joins Dermot O'Leary to co-host. Plus live music from Emmy The Great.

Comedian Jimmy Carr joins Dermot O'Leary to co-host the first hour of the show. There's also music from Emmy The Great, who performs her new single, We Almost Had A Baby.

Guests include comic Jimmy Carr and London-based female singer/ songwriter Emmy the Great, who performs a set.

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: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 29/11/2008

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.

Radio 2 Live

BBC Radio 2 presents exclusive live concerts from the best singers, songwriters and bands

Radio 2 Live; Radio 2 Live: Monkey Journey to the West

Radio 2 Live: Radio 2 Live: Monkey Journey to the West

Radio 2 Live: Monkey Journey to the West

BBC Radio 2 - Radio 2 Live, Radio 2 Live: Monkey Journey to the WestSearch BBC

Exclusive live performance of the music from the team behind Gorillaz.

BBC Radio 2 hosts an exclusive live performance of the music from Monkey: Journey To The West, the latest work from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the team behind Gorillaz.

Radio 2 Live: Monkey -Journey to the West

Radio 2 presents an exclusive performance of music from the "circus opera" Monkey - Journey to the West - a 2007 international stage adaptation of Wu Cheng 'en's 16th-century Chinese novel 
Journey to the West. The title's use of monkey refers to the work's contributions from Gorillaz co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Recorded on 25 November at the BBC's Radio Theatre in London, this radio production features a specially arranged score based on Albarn and Hewlett's similarly titled album, with Chinese and European musicians from the original theatre production. Producer Paul Long

Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro brings American music direct to listeners

Suzi Quatro was weaned in Detroit on the best American music, taking in everything from Doo Wop and rock 'n' roll to Motown and soul. She brings the best of it to R2

Suzi Quatro: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 29/11/2008

Suzi features music from Captain and Tennile, Wilson Pickett and Melissa Etheridge.

Suzi features music from the J Geils Band, Captain and Tennile, Wilson Pickett and Melissa Etheridge.

US pop from the 1950s onwards. Tonight's playlist features Wilson Pickett , the J Geils Band, Captain and Tennille and Melissa Etheridge.

Dream Dylan Live

06/10/2007

BBC Radio 2 - Dream Dylan Live

Bob Harris introduces Bob Dylan's greatest hits, compiled from over 40 years of concerts.

Bob Harris introduces an hour of Bob Dylan's greatest hits, compiled from over 40 years of concerts, featuring four performances direct from Dylan's own archives.

Alex Lester

Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan

BBC Radio 6 Music

Bob Dylan's eclectic mix of music, guests, interviews and commentary

Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan, 29/11/2008

An eclectic mix of music hand-selected by Bob Dylan and includes guests, interviews and commentary on music and other topics. Bob takes Jail as his subject.

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: 29/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 29/11/2008

Bob is joined by Asbury Jukes frontman Southside Johnny.

With a live set from Asbury Jukes frontman Southside Johnny.

Trevor Nelson

Trevor Nelson joins Radio 2 for a show that plays the best in soul music past and present.

Leading soul DJ Trevor Nelson joins Radio 2 for a show that plays the best in soul music past and present. 

Trevor Nelson: 26/11/2008

26/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Trevor Nelson, 26/11/2008

Featuring tracks from Patti La Belle, Mary J Blige and Leon Hayewood, and Lemar in session

Trevor features Lemar in session. The Album of the Week is George Duke's Brazilian Love Affair. Plus tracks from Patti La Belle, Mary J Blige and Leon Hayewood.

Pete Mitchell

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

Pete Mitchell: 30/11/2008

30/11/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Pete Mitchell, 30/11/2008

Tim Smith sits in for Pete Mitchell with a mix of music, including soul, funk and disco.

Tim Smith sits in for Pete Mitchell with a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&B, and interviews from the music industry. Includes Pause for Thought.

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