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: 18/12/2008

18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 18/12/2008

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

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

Early-morning easy-listening music and personal observations.

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 18/12/2008

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

Music, chat and features with laconic Irish host Terry Wogan.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 18/12/2008

Cilla Black picks two more Tracks of My Years. Girls Aloud provide the Record of the Week.

Cilla Black picks two more Tracks of My Years and Girls Aloud provide the Record of the Week. Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Including Tracks of My Years, in which Cilia Black picks two more of her ten favourite records.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 18/12/2008

Talks to the people who make the headlines.

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: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 18/12/2008

Looking forward to the Strictly Come Dancing final with judge Len Goodman.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman joins Steve adn the team and Ask Elvis is in the building. The Oldies are picked by Sarah Cooke from Woodbridge in Suffolk.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 18/12/2008

Snow Patrol are in the studio performing Just Like Christmas.

With an installment of the Drivetime Christmas Drama and Snow Patrol in the studio performing Just Like Christmas.

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: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 18/12/2008

Bob Harris plays country music stretching from archive classics to the cutting edge.

Bob Harris indulges his taste for quality country music and plays music stretching from archive classics to country's cutting edge.

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 Radcliffe and Maconie Show

The Radcliffe & Maconie Show: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 18/12/2008

Mark and Stuart are joined by comedian Lucy Porter.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Hip music and stimulating chat, aired from Manchester, with comedian Lucy Porter in the studio.

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: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 18/12/2008

Mark presents his rock 'n' roll show, playing gems from his own collection.

Mark presents his rock 'n' roll show, playing gems from his own collection of over 10,000 obscure records.

With Shake, Rattle and Roll. 
Inspired rock 'n' roll and rockabilly as blues nerd Mark Lamarr spins lesser-known vintage recordings from his vast record collection, much of it on original vinyl from here and abroad.

Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan

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

Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: 18/12/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan, 18/12/2008

Bob's musical selection is based on the numbers one to ten.

Bob's musical countdown includes Ten Commandments by Prince Buster, Nine Below Zero by Sonny Boy Williamson II, Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes and many more.

An edition of the US radio show first broadcast in America in December 2006 and featuring a countdown-themed playlist of popular and obscure tracks spanning 1940 to 2003. Artists include The Ink Spots, Joe Mooney Quartet, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Jewel King, Eddie Boyd, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Moon Mullican, Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, OV Wright, Prince Buster, Irma Thomas, Van Morrison and The White Stripes.

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: 19/12/2008

19/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 19/12/2008

With a live set by Belfast purveyor of indie Americana rock Ben Glover.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 19/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 19/12/2008

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.

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