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: 26/12/2008

26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 26/12/2008

Ease into Boxing Day as Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with the breakfast show.

Ease into Boxing Day as Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with the Radio 2 breakfast show. 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: 26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 26/12/2008

Ken presents the best of 'Tracks Of My Years' in 2008, plus Disco Classics from 10.00am.

Ken presents the best of 'Tracks Of My Years' in 2008, featuring Bette Midler, Seal, Nile Rodgers and Sir Tom Jones. Plus an hour of Disco Classics.

2008 Tracks of My Years highlights. Plus disco oldies from 10.00 to 11.00.

Liza Tarbuck

BBC Radio 2 - Liza Tarbuck

With entertainment for Boxing Day afternoon.

Join Liza for some great Boxing Day music, chat and the occasional celebrity guest.

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

Johnnie Walker with Rod Stewart

A meeting of two pop/rock veterans, as the rock singer discusses his life and career.
Producer Natasha Costa Correa

Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck: Episode 2: Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

Episode 2

Episode 2: Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck

Part two of Johnnie Walker's interview with Rod Stewart about his life and career.

Noel Gallagher's Line of Enquiry

BBC Radio 2 - Noel Gallagher's Line of Enquiry

Noel Gallagher answers audience questions and picks tracks from the Oasis back catalogue.

Kate Thornton leads an audience as they put questions to the lead singer of Oasis, Noel Gallagher. BBC Radio 2 listeners and Noel have also chosen the show's playlist.

Radio 2 offers public access to Noel Gallagher, with Kate Thornton prompting an audience to put questions to the Oasis rock star.

Bobby Darin: A Man in a Hurry

Bobby Darin: A Man in a Hurry: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 2 - Bobby Darin: A Man in a Hurry, Episode 4

Sir Tim Rice continues the story of singer Bobby Darin, who died 35 years ago this month.

Sir Tim Rice continues the story of the multi-talented, versatile performer and composer Bobby Darin, who died 35 years ago on 20 December 1973.

...A Man in A Hurry. Story of the performer Bobby Darin, who died 35 years ago this month

Sir Tim Rice tells the story of the multi-talented, versatile performer and composer Bobby Darin, who died 35 years ago on 20 December 1973

Bobby Darin - a Man In a Hurry

4/4. Tim Rice concludes a story of singer, songwriter, musician, actor, Las Vegas showman and protest-minded progressive Bobby Darin , who died in 1973, aged 37.

Sunday Night is Music Night

The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night is Music Night

Sunday Night is Music Night: 26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 26/12/2008

Josh Groban is joined by West End and Broadway stars to celebrate the music of Disney.

BBC Radio 2 brings a host of Broadway and West End stars to London for a unique concert event celebrating the music of Disney, hosted by Josh Groban.

Radio 2 Celebrates the Music of Disney

A Walt Disney spectacular in which Larry Blank conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and original Broadway stars of Disney stage adaptations. With tunes spanning eight decades of Disney, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to High School Musical. Presented by Josh Groban.

James Bond Short Stories

4/4. Damian Lewis reads the final part of For Your Eyes Only.

Listen to the Band

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites and updating the traditional image of banding

Listen to the Band: 26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Listen to the Band, 26/12/2008

The Canadian Brass Quintet play at Durham's International Brass Festival 2008.

The Canadian Brass Quintet play at Durham's International Brass Festival 2008. Presented by Frank Renton.

With Canadian Brass at July's Brass - Durham International Festival.

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice

Looking at the latest books, films, plays and exhibitions

A lively and unpretentious look at the latest films, plays, dance events, books and exhibitions, alongside an eclectic selection of music.

Claudia Winkleman

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice: 26/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice, 26/12/2008

Claudia Winkleman presents the best from her shows in 2008.

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: 27/12/2008

27/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 27/12/2008

A chance to hear the sessions that you loved from 2008.

A chance to hear the sessions that you loved from 2008, including Richard Hawley, Chicken Legs Weaver, The Sonics, Pete Molinari, Jimmy Thomas and Paul Weller.

2008 live sets, with Richard Hawley , The Sonics, Pete Molinari and others.

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

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.

Bob Harris Country

Mo Dutta

Mo Dutta starts off Saturday and Sunday mornings with dry wit, quizzes and music

Mo Dutta: 27/12/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Mo Dutta, 27/12/2008

Tim Smith sits in for Mo Dutta with chat and music.

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