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

BBC Radio 2

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.

Aled Jones with Good Morning Sunday

Good Morning Sunday: Good Morning Christmas with Aled Jones

25/12/2008

Good Morning Christmas with Aled Jones

BBC Radio 2 - Good Morning Sunday, Good Morning Christmas with Aled Jones

Aled Jones with guests Des O'Connor, Jeremy Paxman and Canon Ann Easter.

...Good Morning Christmas. Aled Jones with guests Des O'Connor, Jeremy Paxman and Canon Ann Easter, plus the Adventist Vocal Ensemble singing live in the studio.

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

Good Morning Christmas

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 25/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 25/12/2008

Yuletide music and banter for Christmas Day.

Christmas Wogan

Junior Choice with Ed Stewart

Listeners' requests and dedications, plus a few of Ed's favourites

Junior Choice with Ed Stewart: Junior Choice Christmas Special

Junior Choice Christmas Special

BBC Radio 2 - Junior Choice with Ed Stewart, Junior Choice Christmas Special

Ed Stewart plays listeners' requests and dedications in a special edition of Junior Choice

Ed Stewart presents a special edition of Junior Choice. Featuring listeners' requests and dedications, plus a few of Ed's favourites.

Junior Choice

Ed "Stewpot" Stewart returns with a nostalgic edition of Junior Choice.

The Paul O' Grady Christmas Show

BBC Radio 2 - The Paul O' Grady Christmas Show

Paul O'Grady presents a seasonal mix of Christmas music and hits from 2008.

Paul O'Grady presents a seasonal mix of Christmas music and some of the biggest hits from 2008, plus a full panto round-up.

The Paul O'Grady Christmas Show

Featuring a camp Christmas playlist, from Mae West to Girls Aloud.

The Queen's Christmas Message

BBC Radio 2 - The Queen's Christmas Message

HM the Queen's traditional Christmas address to the nation.

The Queen

The Best Bette: the Bette Midler Christmas Show

Glowing and brashly uninhibited star Bette Midler reveals what she loves about her favourite music.

The Best Bette: The Bette Midler Christmas Show

BBC Radio 2 - The Best Bette: The Bette Midler Christmas Show

Bette Midler plays her favourite music interspersed with her own stories.

The Bette Midler Christmas Show: Bette Midler plays her favourite music interspersed with her unique observations and stories about what those songs mean to her.

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: 25/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 25/12/2008

Mark takes Christmas dedications and raids his record collection for seasonal music.

Mark takes Christmas dedications and raids his record collection for some lesser known seasonal treasures.

Radio 2 Live

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

Radio 2 Live: Ken Bruce: Best of Sessions 2008

Ken Bruce: Best of Sessions 2008

BBC Radio 2 - Radio 2 Live, Ken Bruce: Best of Sessions 2008

Featured artists include Take That, Razorlight, James Morrison, The Kooks and The Feeling.

Featuring performances from the Ken Bruce show in 2008 from artists including Take That, Razorlight, James Morrison, Will Young and The Kooks.

Radio 2 Live: the Best of the Ken Bruce Sessions

Growing up with the Goons

BBC Radio 2 - Growing up with the Goons

Andy Secombe explores his childhood spent in the shadow of his dad's radio show The Goons.

Andy Secombe, the son of Neddie Seagoon, goes in search of the other children of the Goons to discover their experiences, good and bad, of living in the shadow of the radio show.

Growing Up with the Goons

Andy Secombe looks at what it was like living in the shadow of fathers who starred in the 1951-60 radio comedy The Goon Show. With input from producer Charles Chilton , performer Janet Brown and sons and daughters of Peter Sellers , 
Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. Producers Dirk Maggs and Dave Morley

Elaine Paige Meets Johnny Mathis

BBC Radio 2 - Elaine Paige Meets Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis tells Elaine Paige about his singing career. Features his most popular hits.

Johnny Mathis tells Elaine Paige about his singing career and how he has managed to remain at the top of his game for over fifty years. Features many of his most popular hits.

MOR star Johnny Mathis (Chances Are, Misty) discusses his 50-year showbiz career. (Revised rpt)

Liza with a Z

BBC Radio 2 - Liza with a Z

Liza Minnelli presents a selection of her favourite Kander and Ebb songs.

Liza Minnelli presents a selection of her favourite Kander and Ebb songs from their catalogue of Broadway musicals and Oscar winning movies.

Liza with a "Z" (and All That Jazz)

Another chance to hear a 2006 broadcast in which Liza Minnelli celebrates composer
John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, best known for musical hits Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1972).

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: 25/12/2008

BBC Radio 6 Music - Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan, 25/12/2008

A special one hour edition of Christmas music as chosen by Bob Dylan.

A special one hour edition of Bob Dylan's Christmas themes, holiday dreams and jingle bell schemes and featuring songs by The Staple Singers, Lord Nelson and The Enchanters.

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: 26/12/2008

26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 26/12/2008

Pete Mitchell sits in for Janice Long and welcomes you into Boxing Day with a mix of music

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

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