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: 29/04/2009

29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 29/04/2009

Richard Madeley sits in for Sarah Kennedy on The Dawn Patrol.

Richard Madeley sits in for Sarah Kennedy on The Dawn Patrol with a look at the day's papers and 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

Richard Madeley

Wake Up to Wogan

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

Wake Up to Wogan: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 29/04/2009

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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 29/04/2009

Lionel Richie's Tracks Of My Years include a rock classic from Led Zeppelin.

Lionel Richie shares his Tracks Of My Years, which include a rock classic from Led Zeppelin. 

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

Ken Bruce helps you see out the morning as only he can. Two more opponents slug it out in PopMaster, we play the Record Of The Week and another track from the Album of the Week, 'Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)' by Yusuf. Lionel Richie talks about another two of his favourite songs in Tracks Of My Years. 

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

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which Lionel Richie picks two more of his ten favourite records.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 29/04/2009

Discussing the government's swine flu leaflet, Gurkhas, suicide and hospital tea bars.

Jeremy discusses the government's swine flu leaflet, Gurkhas staying in this country, suicide and the closure of hospital tea bars in Scotland.

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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 29/04/2009

Mark Radcliffe and Liza Tarbuck sit in for Steve Wright.

Mark Radcliffe and Liza Tarbuck sit in for Steve Wright with guests Engelbert Humperdinck and Michael Caine. Plus another listener shares their CD CV.

Mark Radcliffe and Liza Tarbuck sit in for Steve Wright all this week, and they talk to top showbiz guests and play all the best music.

Mark Radcliffeand Liza Tarbuck

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 29/04/2009

Is Video Killed The Radio Star the greatest pop song ever? Chris investigates.

Discover the abundance of alternative appliances that can be plugged into your car cigarette lighter. And Is Video Killed The Radio Star the greatest pop song ever?

We discover the abundance of alternative appliances that can be plugged into your car cigarette lighter. And Is Video Killed The Radio Star the greatest pop song ever? Chris investigates.

Mike Harding

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

Mike Harding: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Mike Harding, 29/04/2009

Mike is joined by Irish folk singer Christy Moore.

Mike is joined by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, who plays tracks from his back catalogue as well as his latest album.

On tonight's programme, Mike is joined for the whole hour by legendary Irish folk singer Christy Moore, playing tracks from his immense  back catalogue as well as his brand new album Listen.
In the interview, recorded recently in Dublin, Christy looks back over his forty year career from his first album release in 1969, through his days with Planxty and Moving Hearts right though to the present day and his latest album. 
Christy's importance as an artist has been recognized with a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2007 he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTE's People of the Year Awards.  
Mike's musical selection spans early songs like Paddy On The Road, to his unforgettable version of Mike Waterson's Stitch In Time and perhaps his best-loved song Ride On from the pen of Jimmy McCarthy. 
Mike also picks his favourite tracks from Christy's brand new album Listen, a stripped down and very intimate collection of songs including long-term collaborator Wally Page's song Duffy's Cut, English folk singer Bill Caddick's John O Dreams and Christy's own song Riding The High Stool.

Specialist in folk, roots and acoustic-based sounds, with a special programme in which Irish folk giant Christy Moore (ex-Planxty) spends an hour in the studio with Mike, who picks his favourite tracks from Moore's back catalogue. 
Tracks include Paddy on the Road, A Stitch in Time and Ride On. 
Plus a selection from Moore's new album Listen. 
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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 29/04/2009

Stuart presents solo and talks to Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor.

Stuart Maconle

New music and hip oldies. Plus an interview with Sinead O'Connor.

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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Trevor Nelson, 29/04/2009

Trevor's Album Of The Week is from the Brazilian jazz vocalist and pianist Tania Maria.

With the finest soul music past and present. Trevor's Album Of The Week is a 1984 release from the Brazilian jazz vocalist and pianist Tania Maria.

Series contrasting original genuine soul with contemporary hip-hop and neo-R&B. Tonight's playlist features BT Express, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and new acts, with a spotlight on the 1982 LP Come with Me by Brazilian Latin-jazz singer Tania Maria. 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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Lamacq, 29/04/2009

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 brings the best new music to the Radio 2 listener. Hear the most exciting new tracks by established and upcoming artists before any other show joins the bandwagon. Steve plays the Kings of Leon to Bonnie Prince Billy, Coldplay to Hot Hot Heat, Florence & the Machine to it's a buffalo. Each week a different artist tells us all about themselves in 'Introducing...'.Previous acts featured before they hit the big time include the Ting Tings and Noah & the Whale. Plus there's the 'Listeners Tip', where you alert us to the best new bands you've enjoyed.

Specialist in new music, with tracks by established, emerging and up-and-coming bands, plus an interview.

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: 29/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 29/04/2009

Photographer Francesco Mellina talks about his pictures of Liverpool's music scene.

With Tunes of The Unexpected, texts and emails and great music. Photographer Francesco Mellina talks about his pictures of Liverpool's music scene in the late '70s and early '80s.

The show for the people keeping the country going! With Tunes Of The Unexpected, your texts and emails, and the finest music this side of daylight. Photographer Francesco Mellina talks about his amazing pictures of Liverpool's music scene in the late '70s and early '80s. The collection includes artists like U2, Mick Hucknall and New Order playing tiny gigs before they tasted fame, in such venues as Eric's, The Royal Court, Pickwicks and Brady's.

Photographer Francesco Mellina talks about his pictures of the Liverpool music scene.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 30/04/2009

30/04/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 30/04/2009

The Best Time Of The Day Show. With Pause For Thought.

The Best Time of the Day Show. With the Half-Time Hooter, Pause for Thought, plus the Lester's Library and Listeners' Library music selections, courtesy of Keith Hollywood

Alex, Radio 2's Dark Lord of the early mornings, presents his interactive blend of music and unique wit, as Dr Frankenstein builds 'Frankenbird' and we collect Protest Singer Cliches. Also on the Best Time of the Day Show, Alex raids his record collection for something new, or downright surprising from Lester's Library and there's one from you in the Listeners' Library. Plus - the second Half-Time Hooter of The Week.

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