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: 21/12/2008

21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Good Morning Sunday, 21/12/2008

Says Good Morning Sunday to author Ben Schott, who looks back on 2008.

Says Good Morning Sunday to author Ben Schott, who looks back on 2008. Plus the winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 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

Aled Jones

Guests include author Ben Schott (Schott's Miscellanies), who looks back on 2008. Plus the winners of the Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2008.

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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, 21/12/2008

Lulu sits in for Steve Wright with a blend of classic love songs and dedications.

Lulu sits in for Steve Wright with a blend of 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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch, 21/12/2008

Clive Anderson sits in for Michael Ball with music and chat. His guest is Des O'Connor.

Clive Anderson

Sitting in for Michael Ball , with arts, news and guest Des O'Connor.

Elaine Paige on Sunday

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

Elaine Paige

Elaine Paige on Sunday: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Elaine Paige on Sunday, 21/12/2008

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

Elaine Paige with a Christmas show celebrating the seasonal best of Broadway, Hollywood and the West End. Plus, actor Peter Polycarpou chats about new West End musical Imagine This.

Showcasing stage and film tunes, today with a seasonal twist. Guest Peter Polycarpou discusses his role in the West End production of Timothy Sheader 's Imagine This - a new musical set in the Warsaw ghetto. And the show's producer Malcolm Prince picks a song from the 1963 musical Pickwick.

Pick of the Pops

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

Pick of the Pops: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 21/12/2008

Dale Winton looks at the releases from this week in 1963 and 1988.

Dale Winton looks at the releases from this week in 1963 and 1988, with music from Dusty Springfield, The Beatles, The Four Tops and U2.

Chart nostalgia. Dale Winton rewinds to this week in both 1963 and 1988 with big hits by Dusty Springfield, the Beatles, U2 and the Four Tops.

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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker, 21/12/2008

Johnnie plays two hours of festive songs and listeners requests.

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You

Alan Titchmarsh plays a mixture of popular and classical music

Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You, 21/12/2008

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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Sunday Hour, 21/12/2008

Brian D'Arcy hosts a programme of festive music and Bible readings from Belfast.

Brian D'Arcy hosts a programme of festive music and Bible readings telling the nativity story from Fisherwick Presbyterian Church in Belfast.

Sunday Half-Hour

Brian D'Arcy with traditional carols and Bible readings telling the Nativity story, from Belfast. With choirs and musicians from Methodist 
College, Melisma and BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2008 Alice Halstead and Harry Bradford.

Russell Davies

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

Russell Davies: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Russell Davies, 21/12/2008

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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Malcolm Laycock, 21/12/2008

Malcolm Laycock plays the very best of the Swing and the Big Bands.

From Hampton to Heath, from Dankworth to Duke, Malcolm Laycock plays the very best of the Swing and the Big Bands.

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: 21/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The David Jacobs Collection, 21/12/2008

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.

The Devil's Christmas

The Devil's Christmas: Episode 1: The Signalman

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Signalman

The Signalman

BBC Radio 2 - The Devil's Christmas, The Signalman

By Charles Dickens. The ghostly tale of a haunted railway tunnel.

Charles Dickens's eerie tale of a railway tunnel haunted by the ghost of a winter's death that is yet to come. Read by Christopher Eccleston.

Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston reads a series of stories with a sting in the tail

Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston reads a series of stories with a sting in the tail for Christmas

1/4. Over the next four nights 
Christopher Eccleston (ex-Doctor Who) reads dark tales for Christmas, starting with Charles Dickens 's The Signalman (1866).

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: 22/12/2008

22/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 22/12/2008

Pete Mitchell sits in for Janice Long with a mix of music and Pause for Thought.

Pete Mitchell sits in for Janice Long with a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&B, plus interviews from the music industry. Including Pause for Thought.

Liz Kershaw

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 22/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 22/12/2008

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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