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: 10/02/2009

10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 10/02/2009

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

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: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 10/02/2009

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music and chat.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 10/02/2009

Beyonce shares her Tracks Of My Years. Her selection includes Distant Lover by Marvin Gaye

Beyonce shares her Tracks Of My Years. Her selection includes Distant Lover by Marvin Gaye. Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 10/02/2009

Chief Constable of North Wales Police Richard Brunstrom co-hosts the show with Jeremy.

Joining Jeremy for one day only is Richard Brundstrom, Chief Constable of North Wales police.

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: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 10/02/2009

Steve is joined by Colin Blunstone, lead singer of The Zombies.

Steve is joined by Colin Blunstone, lead singer of The Zombies. Plus, the Non-Stop Oldies are chosen by Chris Coveyduck from Halifax in West Yorkshire.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 10/02/2009

With a show packed full of music. Plus regular features including Drivetime Jukebox Jury.

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

Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round

Desmond Carrington dips into classics from all musical genres

Desmond Carrington dips into classics from all musical genres from the 1920s to the present day

Desmond Carrington with The Music Goes Round

Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round, 10/02/2009

Desmond Carrington celebrates singers from the North of England.

Desmond Carrington plays a selection of old favourites, classic songs and new tunes from across a broad musical spectrum. He celebrates singers from the North of England.

Desmond Carrington

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: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 10/02/2009

The best music, live sessions and guest pundits.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

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: 10/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 10/02/2009

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

Nigel Ogden

Parnes' People

BBC Radio 2 - Parnes' People

Malcolm McLaren remembers the rock'n'roll manager and impresario Larry Parnes.

Malcolm McLaren remembers Larry Parnes, the prototype rock'n'roll manager and impresario of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Parnes's People

Music and style aficionado 
Malcolm McLaren remembers sharp, ambitious and slave-driving Larry Parnes (1930-89), the 1950s/early 60s rock 'n' roll manager and impresario credited with launching the careers of pre-Beatles chart stars and inventing the term "pop music". A gay man with a controversial theatre background, Parnes knew what the average teenage girl looked for in a pop star because it was what he looked for. too. Beneficiaries of Parnes's midas touch were Tommy Steele , Marty Wilde , Billy Fury , Vince Eager , Georgie Fame and Dickie Pride, all of whose names were invented for the market. 
Featuring archive input from 
Parnes and new interviews with Vince Eager , Joe Brown and others. Producers Kate Bland and Danny Eccleston

Stubborn Kind of Fella: Remembering Marvin Gaye

Stubborn Kind of Fella: Remembering Marvin Gaye: Episode 6: Got To Give It Up

Episode 6

Episode 6: Got To Give It Up

Got To Give It Up

BBC Radio 2 - Stubborn Kind of Fella: Remembering Marvin Gaye, Got To Give It Up

Smokey Robinson explores Marvin Gaye's musical legacy.

Exploring Marvin Gaye's musical legacy and how his death led to a critical re-examination of his work, with What's Going On cited as a landmark album in popular music history.

Another chance to hear Smokey Robinson pay tribute to Marvin Gaye's life, music and legacy

On 1 April 2009, it will be 25 years since soul singer Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father. This is another chance to hear Smokey Robinson pay tribute to Gaye's life, music and legacy

Stubborn Kind of Fella:Remembering Marvin Gaye

6/6. Smokey Robinson explores Gaye's legacy since his murder by his father in 1984, after which the NME music critics declared his 
1971 landmark work What's Going On as the best album ever.

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: 11/02/2009

11/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 11/02/2009

Another chance to hear Morrissey in conversation with Janice last year.

Tonight's guest is Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 11/02/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 11/02/2009

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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