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

BBC Radio 2

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 23/12/2008

23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 23/12/2008

Ease into the day with Johnnie Walker as he sits in for Terry Wogan.

Ease into the day with Johnnie Walker as he sits in for Terry Wogan. Including Pause for Thought.

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

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 23/12/2008

Ken Bruce counts down the most picked artists and songs from Tracks Of My Years.

Ken Bruce counts down from 6-4 in the ten most picked artists and popular songs from the Tracks Of My Years feature.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 23/12/2008

Jeremy dedicates the last hour of the show to troops serving overseas.

Featuring Troops Tuesday: Jeremy reads messages from families in the UK to their loved ones serving overseas and speaks to troops in Afghanistan about how they spend Christmas Day.

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: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 23/12/2008

Aled Jones and Melanie Sykes sit in for Steve. With guests Nigel Havers and Jenny Eclair.

Aled Jones and Melanie Sykes sit in for Steve and the team with music, entertainment and chat. They are joined by actor Nigel Havers and comic Jenny Eclair.

Aled Jones and Melanie Sykes

Richard Allinson

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 23/12/2008

Richard Allinson sits in for Chris Evans with a show packed full of music and conversation

Richard Allinson sits in for Chris Evans with a show packed full of music and conversation.

Radio 2 Live

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

Radio 2 Live: Radiohead

Radiohead

BBC Radio 2 - Radio 2 Live, Radiohead

Another chance to hear a performance given by Radiohead earlier in 2008.

First broadcast live on Radio 2 from the BBC's Radio Theatre on 1st April 2008. Featuring live performances and exclusive material from the album In Rainbows and other hits.

Another chance to hear cult rock experimentalists Radiohead with a previously aired live session. (Revised repeat)

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: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 23/12/2008

Mark and Stuart are joined by Noddy Holder. Rachel Unthank and the Winterset perform live.

Mark and Stuart are joined by Noddy Holder and Rachel Unthank and the Winterset perform live in session.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Guests include Noddy Holder and, performing live, Rachel Unthank and The Winterset.

The Organist Entertains

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings, including pipe and electronic organs

Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains

The Organist Entertains: 23/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 23/12/2008

The Organist Entertains. Exploring the best organ music from around the world.

Nigel Ogden

Malcolm McLaren and the Great Jukebox Racket: A Radio Movie

BBC Radio 6 Music - Malcolm McLaren and the Great Jukebox Racket: A Radio Movie

Malcolm McLaren tells the story of the jukebox within organised crime and rock'n'roll.

Malcolm McLaren takes listeners on a journey through the history of rock'n'roll and organised crime in which the jukebox plays a pivotal role.

Malcolm McLaren takes listeners on a journey through the history of rock 'n' roll and organised crime in which the jukebox plays a pivotal role. First broadcast in 2008.

Classic concerts & sessions from the BBC's vast music store. It's your musical heritage.

BBC 6 Music brings together the cutting edge music of today, the iconic and groundbreaking music of the past 40 years and unlimited access

Malcolm McLaren and the Great Jukebox Racket: a Radio Movie

Cultured cockney, musician, impresario and punk-rock catalyst Malcolm McLaren returns to Radio 2 with another inventive and not easily defined journey. In this particular venture the jukebox plays a pivotal role, from London (romantic jukebox memories of American songs packed with sexual innuendo) and New York (organised crime a la Alan Freed and the payola scandal) to New Orleans, where he meets washed-up, still talented musicians who were once paid a few dollars for their jukebox songs.

Class of 2008

Class of 2008: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 2 - Class of 2008, Episode 2

Paul Gambaccini interviews Katy Perry, Flobots and Sarah Bareilles.

Paul Gambaccini presents his choice of the breakthrough artists of 2008 and interviews them. In this programme, Paul chats to Katy Perry, Flobots and Sarah Bareilles.

Paul Gambaccini presents his choice of the breakthrough artists of the year

The Class of 2008

2/3. Paul Gambaccini showcases 2008 breakthrough acts 
Katy Perry , Flobots and Sarah Bareilles.

The Devil's Christmas

The Devil's Christmas: Episode 3: Thurlow's Christmas

Episode 3

Episode 3: Thurlow's Christmas

Thurlow's Christmas

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

John Kendrick Bangs' tale about a demon, a mysterious stranger and a magical manuscript.

This year's Christmas stories on Radio 2 are presented by Dr Who star Christopher Eccleston. A series of yarns with a sting in the tail. 3/4. Thurlow's Christmas.

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

3/4. Christopher Eccleston reads unhappy tales for Christmas, continuing with John Kendrick Bangs's Thurlow's Christmas Story (1894).

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: 24/12/2008

24/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 24/12/2008

Pete Mitchell sits in for Janice Long with a mix of music plus 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: 24/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 24/12/2008

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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