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

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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: 23/04/2009

23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 23/04/2009

Richard Allinson sits in for Sarah Kennedy with The Dawn Patrol. Plus Pause for Thought.

Richard Allinson sits in for Sarah Kennedy on The Dawn Patrol with a favourite guitar solo and This Day in History.

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

Richard Allinson

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 23/04/2009

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

Music, chat and features with laconic Irish host Terry Wogan.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 23/04/2009

Marianne Faithfull chooses songs by Jimmy Cliff and Blur as her Tracks of My Years.

Marianne Faithfull chooses The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff and Song 2 by Blur as her Tracks of My Years. 

Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Ken Bruce leads you through the morning. Marianne Faithfull continues choosing her Tracks Of My Years - today's choices are "The Harder They Come " by Jimmy Cliff and "Song 2" by Blur. Tune in to find out they are among her favourites. Plus two more opponents vie for the honours in PopMaster and we bring you the Record and Album of the Week. Is it your anniversary today? Why not drop us a line before 10:15 and Ken might be able to dedicate today's Love Song to the one you love.

Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which singer and actress Marianne Faithful picks two more of her ten favourite records.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 23/04/2009

Discussing the Budget, scrapping cars, prostate cancer and St George's Day.

Jeremy discusses the Budget, scrapping your old car for 2000 pounds, prostate cancer and celebrates St George's Day with the Archbishop of York.

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: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 23/04/2009

Talking to former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown.

Talking to former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown and the latest evictee from The Apprentice. Plus the Non-Stop Oldies, as picked by Belinda May from Oakwood in Derby.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 23/04/2009

Chris finds out about the teenagers who have remade Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Nigel Barden cooks with tea and Chris meets an amateur filmmaker so smitten by Spielberg's Raiders of The Lost Ark that he decided to make his own version!

Gastro-gnome, Nigel Barden tempts our taste buds this week by cooking with tea. Chris meets an amateur filmmaker, so smitten by Spielberg's classic Raiders of The Lost Ark; he decided to make his own version!

The Country Show with Bob Harris

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names.

Bob Harris Country

The Country Show with Bob Harris: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 23/04/2009

Bob Harris presents his unique mix of country, roots and Americana music.

From Nashville to Austin, bluegrass to Western swing and from classic to contemporary, Bob Harris presents his unique mix of country, roots and Americana music.

From Nashville to Austin, from bluegrass to Western swing and from classic to contemporary Bob Harris presents his unique mix of country, roots and Americana music.

Old and new country, roots and Americana, from Nashville to Austin, from bluegrass to western swing.

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: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 23/04/2009

The best music and guest pundits. With PJ Harvey live in session.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

New music, hip oldies and rocknerd banter, with a live session from special guest PJ Harvey.

Clive Anderson's Chat Room

Hard-edged chat show in which top personalities speak their mind about the week’s topics

Clive Anderson presents a hard-edged chat show in which a panel of four of the nation’s top personalities, politicians, performers and pundits get to speak their mind about the week’s hot topics

Clive Anderson's Chat Room: Series 6

Clive Anderson's Chat Room: Series 6: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 6

BBC Radio 2 - Clive Anderson's Chat Room, Series 6, Episode 6

With guests Sue Perkins, Mark Steel, Will Self and Roy Greenslade.

Clive Anderson hosts the show in which the studio audience fire questions at a panel of guests including Sue Perkins, Mark Steel, Will Self and Roy Greenslade.

Clive Anderson hosts the show where a studio audience fire questions at a panel of guests

Clive Anderson hosts the show in which the studio audience fire questions at a panel of guests including comedians, critics, commentators and politicians

The Comedy Hour

Clive Anderson 's Chat Room 
6/8. Irreverent topical news show in which four special guests tackle queries from a studio audience.

On the Blog

Comedy series about the writer of an internet diary

Comedy series about the life of a blogger whose internet diary obsessively chronicles his life, loves and interest in miniature soldiers

On the Blog: Series 1

On the Blog: Series 1: Episode 2: The First Casualty of War

Episode 2

Episode 2: The First Casualty of War

Series 1

The First Casualty of War

BBC Radio 2 - On the Blog, Series 1, The First Casualty of War

Andrew fights to clear his name after controversial rumours about him are posted online.

Andrew Glasgow fights to clear his name after a series of controversial rumours about him are posted online.

Another chance to hear the first series of On The Blog starring Caroline Quentin, Andy Taylor and Simon Greenall. 
Our "hero" is Andrew Glasgow, the assiduous keeper of a "blog" about his life and loves, which in Andrew's case is a collection of military war gaming enthusiasts, some tiny painted pewter soldiers, his terrifying Czech mother and the mysterious Mr Demjanjuk.
In episode 2, The First Casualty Of War, 
Andrew fights to clear his name after a series of controversial rumours about him are posted online
On The Blog stars Caroline Quentin) in a virtuoso performance as all of the female parts, Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge) as supporting male characters and features Andy Taylor) as Andrew Glasgow.
Producer & Director/Dirk Maggs, Writers/Kris Dyer & Dave Marks, Script Editor/John Langdon
Above The Title Productions.

A comedy series about the life of a blogger with Caroline Quentin

A comedy series about the life of a blogger with Caroline Quentin, Andy Taylor and Simon Greenall

2/6. Caroline Quentin, Andy Taylor and Simon Greenall star in a relatively experimental satirical comedy about the imaginative exploits and obsessions of a teen proprietor of a blog (web log). The story continues with Andrew Glasgow fighting to clear his name after a series of incriminating rumours are posted online.

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: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 23/04/2009

Suzi Quatro focuses on the American charts of 1973.

Suzi Quatro focuses on the American charts of 1973 with hits from Bob Dylan, The O' Jays, Grand Funk Railroad, Gladys Knight and Jim Croce.

US pop from the 1950s onwards, from doo-wop and rock 'n' roll to Motown and soul, tonight with a spotlight on hits from the 1973 American charts, featuring Gladys Knight and the Pips, Bob Dylan , Grand Funk and Jim Croce.

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: 23/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 23/04/2009

With a session from New York band The Virgins and Janice's Theme Time Hour.

Chat, wit and music. Including a session with New York band The Virgins and Janice's Theme Time Hour.

Chat, wit and the finest gourmet hand-picked music around! Including a session with New York band The Virgins and Janice's Theme Time Hour.

Music, chat, and studio guests, with a live session from New York City dance-rock trio The Virgins.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 24/04/2009

24/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 24/04/2009

The Best Time of the Day Show. Features include the Listeners' Library.

The Best Time Of The Day Show. Alex presents his own combination of music and conversation. Includes the Listeners' Library, where listeners choose the music.

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. Popular features include the Listeners' Library, where you choose the music, and a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library.

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