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: 05/05/2009

05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 05/05/2009

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 05/05/2009

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

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 05/05/2009

With the Album and Record Of The Week, PopMaster and Tracks of My Years from Eddie Jordan.

With the Album and Record of the Week, PopMaster and Tracks of My Years from Eddie Jordan.

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

Another two choices in Tracks Of My Years from Eddie Jordan. The Album and Record Of The Week raise their graceful heads once again and PopMaster threatens to overpower another two participants.

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 05/05/2009

Discussing the 'least wanted' list, bidets, swine flu and stolen charity shop bags.

Jeremy Vine discusses the government's 'least wanted' list, using bidets instead of toilet roll, stolen charity shop donation bags, and Sarah Jarvis answers questions on swine flu.

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 05/05/2009

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright, talking to British film director Stephen Frears

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright, talking to British film director Stephen Frears and actress Fay Ripley. Plus, Sara Todd from Oxford shares her CDCV.

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright for the week, and he has the Non Stop Oldies, your texts and emails and top celebrity guests.

Richard Allinson

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 05/05/2009

To weigh or not to weigh? Chris ponders the pros and cons of bathroom scales scrutiny.

Napping entrepreneur Marcus de Guingand boasts about the business benefits of 40 winks. And Chris weighs up whether watching the scales leads to slimming success with Lucy Jones.

Napping entrepreneur Marcus de Guingand boasts about the business benefits of 40 winks. And Chris weighs up whether watching the bathroom scales leads to slimming success with dietician Lucy Jones.

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round, 05/05/2009

Desmond shares some good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may have never heard before. The theme is 'animals'.

Desmond rummages through his collection of 250,000 titles to share some good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may have never heard before. This week's theme is animals.

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 05/05/2009

With live music from Swedish trio A Camp.

With live music from Swedish trio A Camp. Their latest album follows up a 2001 debut that was produced by Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse and earned them four Swedish Grammys.

With live music from A Camp.
Originally formed as a Swedish musical duo by The Cardigans singer and lyricist Nina Persson and Atomic Swing musician Niclas Frisk, A Camp has since evolved into a trio with the addition of Nina's husband, Nathan Larson. Their latest album follows up a 2001 self-titled debut that was produced by indie superhero Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse and earned them four Swedish Grammies.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Featuring A Camp - the Swedish trio featuring Cardigans singer Nina Persson , husband Nathan Larson and Atomic Swing's Niclas Frisk.

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 05/05/2009

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

Nigel Ogden

Sound Affects

BBC Radio 2 - Sound Affects

Cerys Matthews explores the power of music to bring us together.

Cerys Matthews explores the power of music to bring us together and hears how the advent of digital downloads has revolutionised the live club scene.

Music provides the soundtrack all of our lives - it's in our cars, on our mobile phones, in the shops and restaurants we visit, and only a click away on our computers. As more and more of our time is spent communicating virtually, Cerys Matthews explores the power of music to bring us together. 
In a world where just about every piece of recorded music is available to us instantly, people are now searching out live experiences and unique events to share. Cerys hears from DJ Pete Tong and Mixmag editor Nick De Cosemo about how the advent of digital downloads has revolutionised the live club scene.
Despite the economic climate, new clubs are opening around the country and one enjoying huge popularity is Deaf Rave, playing bass-heavy and rhythmic tracks that the clubbers feel when they dance.
What if the music stopped?  KLF's Bill Drummond explains why he founded No Music Day. Now in its fifth year, it will be observed on 21st November this year by Linz, a city in Austria which will ban all music for 24 hours!  
And we go back to the basics of parent/child bonding when music, not speech, is the primary form of communication. Cerys hears more from Jo Jingles founder Gill Thomas and Andrew Davenport, the co-creator, writer and composer of In The Night Garden, the award-winning CBeebies programme for pre-school children.
Other contributors include composer Craig Armstrong and Dr Alexandra Lamont, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University.

Singer Cerys Matthews (ex-Catatonia) explores the idea and role of shared live music in a digital age in which nearly every piece of music is instantaneously accessible, and often experienced while alone in front of a computer. With input by DJ Pete Tong and Mixmag editor 
Nick DeCosemo , who discuss changes in the club scene. Plus Bill Drummond 
(ex-KLF), composer Craig Armstrong , psychology lecturer 
Alexandra Lamont and children's specialists Gill Thomas (founder of Jo Jingles) and Teletubbies and In the Night Garden.... co-creator 
Andrew Davenport , who composed music for the latter. Producer Mandi Freeman

You Heard It At The Movies

You Heard It At The Movies: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - You Heard It At The Movies, Episode 1

George Fenton looks at scores from Apocalypse Now, Chariots of Fire and Lawrence of Arabia

George Fenton examines the art, and the business, of writing music for film. 1/8:  With scores from Apocalypse Now, Chariots of Fire and Lawrence of Arabia.

You Heard it At the Movies - and for the next eight weeks you can hear it again as award-winning film composer George Fenton reminds us of the big screen's greatest film scores. 
George composed for stage and small screen, before his film score debut for Gandhi was Oscar nominated. His diverse film credits since then include scores for Cry Freedom, Memphis Belle, The Madness of King George and The Fisher King. Now George takes us on a unique and personal journey through the art - and the business - of writing music for film. 
In tonight's show he looks at "Music to Picture" and includes heart stopping scores from Apocalypse Now, Chariots of Fire and Lawrence of Arabia.

Award-winning film composer George Fenton presents the big screen's greatest film scores

You Heard It at the Movies

New series. 1/8. As part of Radio 2 at the Movies, five-times Oscar-nominated composer George Fenton (Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, Cry Freedom) explores the art and business of writing music for the big screen, starting with Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre , 1962), Apocalypse Now (Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola , 1979) and Chariots of Fire (Vangelis, 1981). Producer Anthony Cherry

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: 05/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 05/05/2009

Great music and chat, with live music sessions.

Great music and chat, with live music sessions and listener suggestions for a Tune Of The Unexpected.

Great music and chat to keep you up through the night, with live music sessions and your suggestions for a Tune Of The Unexpected.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 06/05/2009

06/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 06/05/2009

The Best Time Of The Day Show. Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation.

The Best Time Of The Day Show. A combination of music and conversation. Popular features include 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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