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: 14/05/2009

14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 14/05/2009

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 14/05/2009

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

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music and chat. Includes Pause for Thought from Baroness Julia Neuberger.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 14/05/2009

Zoe Ball sits in for Ken Bruce with Tracks Of My Years from Alesha Dixon.

Zoe Ball sits in for Ken Bruce. With Tracks Of My Years from Alesha Dixon and Madness provide the Record of the Week. Please note: competitions or votes featured in this programme may now be closed.

Zoe Ball sits in for Ken Bruce as another two valiant competitors slug it out on PopMaster. Plus hear two more of Alesha Dixon's choices in Tracks Of My Years.

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 14/05/2009

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 14/05/2009

With the latest evictee from The Apprentice and Ian Hislop.

With the latest evictee from The Apprentice and Ian Hislop. Plus, Sarah Twells and Tom Reeson from Sleaford in Lincolnshire pick the Non-Stop Oldies.

Steve Wright with fascinating Factoids, showbiz news, the latest sport and traffic updates, all the coolest music and top celebrity guests.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 14/05/2009

Chris is joined by award-winning chef Heston Blumenthal.

Chris is joined by award-winning chef Heston Blumenthal for the food slot. Plus, find out why Five the painting elephant is being hailed the 'Young Picasso'.

In keeping with the Sony Gold theme Chris is joined by award winning super chef Heston Blumenthal for Thursday's food slot. And we find out why Five the painting elephant is being hailed the 'Young Picasso'!

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 14/05/2009

Bob's guests are US Western swing trio, the Hot Club of Cowtown.

Bob's guests are Western swing trio, the Hot Club of Cowtown. With Elana James on vocals and fiddle and Whit Smith on vocals, they join Bob in session at the start of a UK tour.

Tonight's show features Austin's hugely popular Western swing trio, the Hot Club of Cowtown. With Elana James on vocals and fiddle, and Whit Smith on vocals, the group first formed in New York in 1996, after discovering a mutual love of pre-war swing and jazz music. 
They named themselves after the Quintette Du Hot Club De France formed by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. After relocating to Austin, Texas and adding a bass player to their line-up they released their first album 'Swingin' Stampede' which was made up of jazz and swing standards ranging from Bob Wills to George Gershwin. Several albums have followed including 'Continental Stomp', a live album recorded at Austin's legendary Continental club. After breaking for two years to concentrate on solo projects, the band have reformed and have just released a new album 'Wishful Thinking'. They join Bob in session at the start of their UK tour.

Country, roots and Americana. Tonight's guests are Austin prewar-swing- and jazz-inspired trio The Hot Club of Cowtown, to coincide with the release of their new album Wishful Thinking and the start of their UK tour.

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 14/05/2009

Mark and Stuart are joined by comedian Mel Giedroyc.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

The Wilson Dixon Line

The Wilson Dixon Line: Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Wilson Dixon Line, Words of Wisdom

Country music legend Wilson Dixon offers homespun philosophy and down-home songs.

Country music legend Wilson Dixon offers homespun philosophy and down-home songs. Starring Jesse Griffin. From May 2009.

Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon shares his viewpoints on life, love and relationships through songs and anecdotes. 

Wilson’s affectionate tribute to the philosophy of country music begins with his observations of society and the differences between the UK and Cripple Creek.  

Saddled up with sidekick Snake Wizzelteats, his observations on everyday life draw us into a world full of larger than life characters and situations. 

Introduced by Johnnie Walker. 

Wilson Dixon is the creation of Jesse Griffin; an award-winning comedian, actor and founding member of the acclaimed comedy trio The 4 Noels.  He's performed extensively around Australia and New Zealand, as well as the UK comedy circuit. 

Written and performed by Jesse Griffin. 

Sidekick Snake Wizzelteats   ......    Jesse Budd

Recorded with an audience at BBC Maida Vale, London. 

Producer: Lianne Coop 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 2009.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Award-winning comedian Jesse Griffin stars as outlaw country singer Wilson Dixon.

Comedian Jesse Griffin stars as outlaw country singer Wilson Dixon in an affectionate tribute to country music, full of sharp observations delivered with a deadpan, surreal edge.

The Comedy Hour: The Wilson Dixon Line

New series. 1/4 Country music and comedy merge in this near-surreal experiment featuring the songs and philosophising of Colorado-born outlaw singer Wilson Dixon - the deadpan creation of award-winning New Zealand comic Jesse Griffin. Each of the series' four parts features "live" sets from Wilson's London leg of his
UK tour, accompanied by sidekick Snake Wizzelteats (performed by Jesse Budd). Producer Lianne Coop

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 5: Into the Valley of Debt

Episode 5

Episode 5: Into the Valley of Debt

Series 1

Into the Valley of Debt

BBC Radio 2 - On the Blog, Series 1, Into the Valley of Debt

Comedy series. Andrew faces a frantic battle to earn some money.

Andrew faces a frantic battle to earn some money after mistakenly ordering a full size Napoleonic-era cannon piece from the website E-buy.

Another chance to hear the first series of On The Blog starring Caroline Quentin.
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 five, Andrew faces a frantic battle to earn some money after mistakenly ordering a full size Napoleonic-era cannon piece from an online auction site.
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 Andy Taylor as Andrew Glasgow.

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

5/6. Caroline Quentin, Andy Taylor and Simon Greenall star in a comedy about the imaginative exploits of a teenage blog proprietor trapped in the body of a 37-year-old who lives with his mother. The story continues with Andrew's frantic battle to earn money after mistakenly ordering a full-size Napoleonic-era cannon piece from the website E-buy.

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 14/05/2009

Suzi goes back to 1955 with Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Boyd Bennett and Chuck Berry.

Suzi Quatro plays her favourite music, from doo-wop to Motown and rock 'n' roll. Suzi goes back to 1955 with Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Boyd Bennett, Chuck Berry and The Four Aces.

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. 
Suzi often features American classics that never made the wireless over here and loves telling anecdotes about her American Heroes. This week Suzi goes back to 1955 with Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Boyd Bennett, Chuck Berry & The Four Aces.

American oldies, tonight with a spotlight on hits from the 1955 US charts, when Suzi was five years old.

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: 14/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 14/05/2009

With a five set from London punk-reggae septet The King Blues.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 15/05/2009

15/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 15/05/2009

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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