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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: 21/05/2009

21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 21/05/2009

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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 21/05/2009

The Archbishop of Canterbury delivers a special Pause For Thought.

As part of Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign, the Archbishop of Canterbury delivers a special Pause For Thought which reflects on community and the value of being neighbourly.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 21/05/2009

Billy Ocean chooses songs by Louis Armstrong and Stevie Wonder as his Tracks Of My Years.

Billy Ocean chooses songs by Louis Armstrong and Stevie Wonder as his Tracks of My Years. 

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

Ken Bruce leads you from mid morning to afternoon. Billy Ocean chooses 'What A Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong and 'Sir Duke' by Stevie Wonder on Tracks Of My Years. 

The Album Of The Week is the debut from Gary Go, two more opponents vie for the honours in PopMaster, and there's another Love Song dedication.

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

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, with singer Billy Ocean.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 21/05/2009

Jeremy asks if every community should have a youth club.

As part of Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign, Jeremy asks: should every community have a youth club?

As part of Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign Jeremy Vine asks: Should every local community have a youth club? Or do they cause more trouble than they're worth?

All this week Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign celebrates the local community. To find out more log onto bbc.co.uk/radio2.

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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 21/05/2009

With the latest evictee from The Apprentice.

With the latest evictee from The Apprentice. Plus the Non-Stop Oldies, as picked by Donna Young from Faversham in Kent.

Steve Wright talks to more of the best celeb guests, and brings you Factoids to impress your friends with, the Non Stop Oldies, all the latest news from the showbiz world and the coolest music on the planet.

Steve Wright

Simon Mayo

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 21/05/2009

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris Evans with Drivetime gastronome Nigel Bardon.

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris Evans with Drivetime's gastronome Nigel Bardon talking about semolina. And we go on parade for the changing of the goat with Captain Matt Hughes of the Royal Welsh...

Simon is served up semolina by resident Gastro-gnome Nigel Barden in the Drivetime food slot. And we go on parade for the changing of the goat with Captain Matt Hughes of the Royal Welsh...

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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 21/05/2009

Bob presents his choice 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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 21/05/2009

Mark Radcliffe goes solo and is joined by regular guest Noddy Holder.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconle

The Wilson Dixon Line

The Wilson Dixon Line: Sweet Home Colorado

Sweet Home Colorado

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Wilson Dixon Line, Sweet Home Colorado

The country music legend's revelations about his so-called dysfunctional family.

Country music legend, Wilson Dixon's revelations about his so-called dysfunctional family. Stars Jesse Griffin. From May 2009.

Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon reminisces about his dysfunctional family and his upbringing in Cripple Creek. 

Continuing his affectionate tribute to the philosophy of country music, Wilson shares more of his viewpoints through songs and anecdotes. 

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

Written and performed by Jesse Griffin. 

Introduced by Johnnie Walker. 

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

2/4. Country music and comedy merge in this near-surreal experiment featuring the songs and philosophising of Colorado-born outlaw singer Wilson Dixon. Each of the series's four parts features "live" sessions captured during Wilson's London leg of his UK tour, accompanied by sidekick Snake Wizzelteats (performed by Jesse Budd). In this edition Wilson recalls his Cripple Creek upbringing and his so-called dysfunctional family.

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 6: The Long March Home

Episode 6

Episode 6: The Long March Home

Series 1

The Long March Home

BBC Radio 2 - On the Blog, Series 1, The Long March Home

Transport chaos leaves blogger Andrew stuck on a train.

Seasonal transport chaos leaves blogger Andrew Glasgow stuck on a train with only his laptop and the great British public for company.

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 six, The Long March Home, seasonal transport chaos leaves blogger Andrew Glasgow stuck on a train with only his laptop and the great British public for company.
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

6/6. Comedy about the exploits of a teenage blog proprietor trapped in the body of a 37-year-old who lives with his mother. This final chapter finds Andrew stuck on a train with only his laptop and the great British public for company.

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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 21/05/2009

Suzi's guest is Colin Blunstone of The Zombies.

Suzi's guest is Colin Blunstone, whose distinctive vocals can be heard on the worldwide hit singles from the Zombies She's Not There and Time of the Season.

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. Every week Suzi focuses on a particular year in American chart history and once a month Suzi talks, in depth, to a special guest about their American influences.
This week it's Colin Blunstone, the lead singer of a St. Alban's school band who found himself, more than 40 years ago, close to the top of the American charts. Colin's distinctive vocals can be heard on the worldwide hit singles from the Zombies - 'She's Not There' and 'Time Of The Season' as well as his own solo successes and collaborations such as 'Say You Don't Mind', 'What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted' and the Alan Parson's Project song 'Old and Wise'.

Detroit-born retro rocker Suzi Quatro showcases US pop from the 1950s onwards. Tonight's guest is English singer and songwriter Colin Blunstone, who remains best known for his 1960s hits with near-cult band The Zombies (She's Not There, Tell Her No and Time of the Season). Tonight he discusses his American music influences.

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: 21/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 21/05/2009

Kid Rad tells Janice about his journey from makeshift bedroom studio to the national stage

As part of Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign, Kid Rad tells Janice about his journey from a makeshift bedroom studio to the national stage, via community radio.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 22/05/2009

22/05/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 22/05/2009

Music interspersed with witty conversation on The Best Time Of The Day Show.

With Lester's and Listeners' Libraries, and a Love Where You Live Feelgood Friday Special, all on the Best Time Of The Day Show.

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, a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library, and Feelgood Friday celebrates Radio 2's Love Where You Live campaign.

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