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: 07/05/2009

07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 07/05/2009

On the Dawn Patrol. With the religious and entertainment news and Pause For Thought.

On the Dawn Patrol. With the religious and entertainment news of the day as well as the general newspaper review and Show Tunes. Plus 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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 07/05/2009

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 07/05/2009

Formula One's Eddie Jordan shares his Tracks Of My Years.

Formula One's Eddie Jordan shares his Tracks Of My Years and Pet Shop Boys provide the Record Of The Week.

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

Romance is in the air when we play our daily Love Song. Plus there's all the usual wonderment, the Record and Album Of The Week, PopMaster and Tracks Of My Years with Eddie Jordan.

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

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which Formula One constructor Eddie Jordan 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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 07/05/2009

Discussing DNA profiles, life after trucking, the BBC Trust and bicycle theft.

Discussing DNA profiles being removed from the national database, life after driving lorries, and bicycle theft. Plus the BBC Trust ask listeners what they think of the network.

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 07/05/2009

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright with comedian Joan Rivers and singer Mica Paris.

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright, and chats to comedian Joan Rivers and singer Mica Paris.

Richard Allinson sits in for Steve Wright all this week, and he has the non stop Oldies, sport with Jonny Saunders and travel with Sally Boazman, plus your texts and emails and the best celebrity guests.

Richard Allinson

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 07/05/2009

Pigging out on the perfect pork scratchings with resident food expert Nigel Barden.

Chris talks about the art of stuffing with Chairman of the Guild of Taxidermists, Phil Leggett. Plus, pigging out on perfect pork scratchings with resident food expert Nigel Barden.

Chris talks about the art of stuffing with Chairman of the Guild of Taxidermists, Phil Leggett. Also, we pig out on the perfect pork scratchings with our gastro-gnome, Nigel Barden.

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 07/05/2009

Featuring an acoustic session from London's country-rock group The Barker Band.

Bob presents his choice of country, roots and Americana music. Featuring an acoustic session from London's country-rock group The Barker Band.

Tonight's programme features an acoustic session from London's country-rock group The Barker Band. 
The six-piece band is fronted by twins Sam and Jake Barker, and features vocalist Nella Johnson. They released their debut self-titled album in 2004, and since then have toured the festival circuit both in the UK and overseas and have been a regular fixture at London's Borderline Club. Their new album 'Sorry for the Kissing' has just been released and they perform songs from it on tonight's show.

Performing an acoustic set this evening are indie country London sextet The Barker Band, fronted by twins Sam and Jake Barker and featuring vocalist Nella Johnson.

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 07/05/2009

The best music, live sessions and regular guest Noddy Holder.

With the glam show regular, Noddy Holder.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

New music, hip oldies and rock-nerd banter, with guest Noddy Holder.

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 8

Episode 8

Series 6

BBC Radio 2 - Clive Anderson's Chat Room, Series 6, Episode 8

Clive's panel guests are Greg Proops, Sarah Millican, Johann Hari and John Sergeant.

Clive Anderson takes a satirical look at the week's hot topics. His panel guests are Greg Proops, Sarah Millican, Johann Hari and John Sergeant.

Clive Anderson takes a satirical look at the week's hot topics. His panel guests are Greg Proops, Sarah Millican, Vince Cable MP and John Sergeant.

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

8/8. Irreverent topical news show in which members of a studio audience throw questions at four guests, who tonight are comics Greg Proops and Sarah Millican , 
Vince Cable MP and journalist and broadcaster John Sergeant.

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 4

Episode 4

Series 1

BBC Radio 2 - On the Blog, Series 1, Episode 4

Wargaming blogger Andrew Glasgow is reunited with an old school flame.

Wargaming blogger Andrew Glasgow does some online research into his family history and is reunited with an old school flame.

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

4/6. Caroline Quentin , 
Andy Taylor and Simon Greenall star in a satire about the imaginative exploits and obsessions of a 37-year-old blogger who lives with his mother. The story continues with Andrew's online research into his family history and his reunion with an old school flame.

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 07/05/2009

Suzi focuses on 1983 with tracks from Huey Lewis, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Nicks

Suzi Quatro plays music from 1983, with tracks from The Stray Cats, Huey Lewis, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Nicks.

Suzi Quatro plays the music she heard in her formative years, from doo-wop to Motown and rock 'n' roll, taking us through the Fifties and Sixties right up to the present day. This week Suzi focuses on 1983 with help from The Stray Cats, Huey Lewis, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye & Stevie Nicks.

Specialist in American retro. 
Tonight's playlist showcases hits from the pre-Beatles 1963 US charts, with Del Shannon , Skeeter Davis , The Cascades and Roy Orbison.

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: 07/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 07/05/2009

With a live set from London singer/ songwriter Harry Lee-Boazman .

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 08/05/2009

08/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 08/05/2009

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.

Witty conversation and music in the early morning. Also on the Best Time of the Day Show, Alex - The Dark Lord - delves into his own record collection to pick something new or obscure from Lester's Library and your final contribution this week from your own personal music archives in the Listeners' Library.

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