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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: 20/12/2008

20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 20/12/2008

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

Liza Tarbuck

Liza entertains the nation for Saturday supper time.

Liza entertains the nation with listener tales of the extraordinary and the everyday blended with an eclectic, hand picked soundtrack for the perfect Saturday evening.

Liza Tarbuck: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Liza Tarbuck, 20/12/2008

Liza and Martin with music and entertainment.

Liza Tarbuck and Martin Freeman

Out to Lunch

Out to Lunch: Out to Lunch: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Out to Lunch, Out to Lunch, 20/12/2008

With comedian Russell Kane. Featuring a host of stand up comedians.

With comedian Russell Kane. Featuring a host of stand up comedians, including appearances from some of the most exciting acts on the UK live scene.

Out to Lunch: Out to Lunch

If.comedy-nominee Russell Kane presents a host of comedians for stand-up and sketches

The Comedy Hour

Out to Lunch 
3/6. Russell Kane with zany stand-up, sketches and monologues. 
1.30 Teenage Kicks 
6/6. Sitcom with Adrian Edmondson as a disgracefully ageing punk rocker, divorcee and dad, with Ben Elton as his suburbanised 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: Series 1

Teenage Kicks: Series 1: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 1

BBC Radio 2 - Teenage Kicks, Series 1, Episode 6

Vernon decides to go back to college - to the same college as his kids.

Sitcom about an aging punk rocker forced to move in with his teenage son

Dermot O'Leary

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

Dermot O'Leary: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 20/12/2008

Dermot catches up with Bette Midler, Harry Hill and Davy Jones from The Monkees.

Festive guests include Harry Hill and the divine Bette Midler , who chats on the phone from New York City.

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: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 20/12/2008

The biggest selling festive songs from America over the last few decades.

Paul Gambaccini presents the biggest selling festive songs from artists in the pop, country, soul and rock scenes and also tracks from the perennial Christmas albums.

With the top US seasonal hits in several genres, from pop to country.

Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck: Episode 1: Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

Episode 1

Episode 1: Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

BBC Radio 2 - Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck, Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

Johnnie Walker interviews Rod Stewart about his life and 40-year career in music.

Johnnie Walker interviews the singer Rod Stewart about his life and career, which has seen him sell over 250 million albums and singles.

Johnnie Walker interviews Rod Stewart about his life and 40-year career in music

Johnnie Walker interviews the singer Rod Stewart about his life and career, which has seen him sell over 250 million albums and singles

When Charles Met Wyclef

Conductor Charles Hazlewood shares his appreciation of hip-hop in this one-off collaboration with Haitian-American rapper/singer/ producer and ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean. They perform together in a New York studio and discuss music.

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: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 20/12/2008

Suzi Quatro plays music from the '50s, '60s and up to the present day.

American pop from the 1950s onwards, from doo-wop and rock 'n' roll to Motown and soul.

Radio 2 Live

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

Radio 2 Live: A Thompson Family Christmas

A Thompson Family Christmas

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Kami, Linda and Teddy Thompson perform alongside special guests.

One of folk's most famous dynasties comes together at London's Southbank Centre as Kami, Linda and Teddy Thompson perform alongside special guests.

Teddy Thompson and Friends

Folk-inspired singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson performs with his famous parents Richard and Linda Thompson in a concert recorded on 17 December at 
London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan, 20/12/2008

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

A January 2007 edition of the singer/songwriter's US radio show, with popular and obscure tear-filled tracks spanning 1944 to 1971, from Anita O'Day to the J Geils Band.

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: 20/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 20/12/2008

New and classic tunes from the UK and America.

With a live set from indie-spirited US country-folk act Calexico.

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: 17/12/2008

17/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Trevor Nelson, 17/12/2008

Featuring Tina Marie's 1980 LP Irons in the Fire.

Trevor Nelson plays a mixture of classic and new R&B and soul tracks. Featuring Tina Marie's 1980 LP Irons in the Fire.

Pete Mitchell

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

Pete Mitchell: 21/12/2008

21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Pete Mitchell, 21/12/2008

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.

BBC producer Malcolm Gerrie discusses U2's now-famous 1983 concert at 
Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

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