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

BBC Radio 2

Sarah Kennedy

The show for early risers - Pause for Thought, Swing Time, Showtune,& entertainment news.

The show for Dawn Patrollers with Pause for Thought, Swing Time, the Showtune,& entertainment news.

The show for Dawn Patrollers with news, Pause for Thought, Swing Time, the Showtune, your comments, travel and entertainment news.

Sarah Kennedy: 07/01/2009

07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 07/01/2009

The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's papers.

The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's papers. 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

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 07/01/2009

Ease into the day with Terry Wogan. Includes Pause for Thought.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 07/01/2009

Grace Jones chooses the Tracks of My Years. Daniel Merriweather has the Record of the Week

Grace Jones chooses the Tracks of My Years. Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Including Tracks of My Years, in which inspired and inimitable experimental diva Grace Jones picks two more of her ten favourite discs.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 07/01/2009

Talks to the people who make the headlines.

Talking to the people who make the headlines.

PHONE the comment line on [number removed] or the Question Line on [number removed] between 11.45am and 1.45pm

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: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 07/01/2009

With more top guests, the factoids, the showbiz and the non-stop oldies.

With more top guests, the factoids, the showbiz and the non-stop oldies, as chosen by Roger 'Curls' Taylor from Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria.

Steve Wright

Guests include Life on Mars actor Philip Glenister.

Chris Evans

With music, features, lively chat and famous people in the studio.

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

Chris Evans: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 07/01/2009

A show packed full of music. Plus regular features such as Fox the Fox and Gobsmackers.

With a show packed full of music. Plus regular features such as Fox the Fox, Gobsmackers, the Drivetime Jukebox Jury, and What's in the Locker, Cocker?

Mike Harding

Folk, roots and acoustic music, plus artist news and the latest album releases

Mike Harding: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Mike Harding, 07/01/2009

Mike Harding has news of a UK tour by guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson.

Mike Harding presents a selection of the latest in folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including news of a UK tour by guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson.

Folk, roots and acoustic-based sounds, with news of a UK tour by Richard Thompson and tracks from the latest album releases by Scottish harpist Ailie Robertson , English singer/songwriter Phil Hulse and Galician piper Xose Manuel Budino. Repeated on Friday at 3am

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: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 07/01/2009

Mark and Stuart feature great music, including a Show and Tell with new band Teitur.

Mark and Stuart feature great music, including a Show and Tell interview with new band Teitur, who come from the Faroe Isles.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconle

Hip music and lively banter, broadcast live from Manchester.

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: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Trevor Nelson, 07/01/2009

Album of the Week is George Benson: Weekend in LA. Plus Lewis Taylor, Santana and Beyonce.

The Album of the Week is George Benson: Weekend In LA; plus tracks from Lewis Taylor, Santana and Beyonce.

Series contrasting original genuine soul with contemporary hip-hop and neo-R&B. Tonight's playlist features Never like This (1980) by Two Tons o' Fun (later 
The Weather Girls), Santana's Oye Como Va (1970), and tracks by Lewis Taylor and Beyonce. This week's album spotlight shines on George Benson 's 1978 US R&B number one Weekend in LA. Repeated on Saturday at 2am

Steve Lamacq

Steve plays the best new music from exciting upcoming artists and established acts

Steve plays the best new music from the most exciting upcoming artists and established acts

Steve Lamacq: 07/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Lamacq, 07/01/2009

Steve plays his choice of music and introduces listeners to emerging artists.

Adventurous cross-section of new, old, familiar and obscure records.

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: 08/01/2009

08/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 08/01/2009

Proving there's life after midnight, with the best live performances.

With the best live performances. Including Pause for Thought.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 08/01/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 08/01/2009

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. Including Pause for Thought.

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