Brian Matthew spins hits and B-sides.
With Sounds of the Sixties. Brian Matthew presents facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, B sides, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks of the '60s. Show more
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross is joined by Michael Ball and Springwatch's Kate Humble. Plus, live music from Little Boots.
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Pick of the Pops
Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1973 and 1983, with classic singles from The Partridge Family, The Detroit Spinners, Flash and The Pan and Wham! Show more
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Dermot O'Leary
With live music from Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini and brooding London rockers White Lies. Plus new music with Radio 2 Introduces...The Yeah You's.
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Going Out with Alan Carr
Alan Carr hosts two hours of fun and laughs, with Emma Forbes playing head girl to his naughty class comic.
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Paul Gambaccini
Playing America's greatest hits from the US charts of the week and the past five decades.
Don Letts looks at the greatest albums made on the label and talks to current acts. He reflects on Island's diversity and its ability to allow artists to try different material. Show more
2/2. Don Letts celebrates 50 years of Island Records, the eclectic indie label nurtured by record producer Chris Blackwell , who sold it in 1989. Today he recalls the label's top albums, from Nick Drake 's Five Leaves Left (1969), Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief (1969) and Cat Stevens 's Teaser and the Firecat
(1971) to Sparks' Kimono My House (1974), U2's War (1983) and Pulp's Different Class, plus groundbreaking LPs by Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals and Jimmy Cliff. With input by U2 manager Paul McGuinness , ex-Island executive Nick Stewart and, discussing the creative freedom given them by Island, singer Bono,
Marianne Faithfull , Grace Jones , Tricky, Paul Weller , Amy Winehouse , The Fratellis, Florence and The Machine and Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens).
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Bob Harris
Rising star Jon Allen, who has supported Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Damien Rice and KT Tunstall, plays an acoustic session for Bob and discusses his life and musical influences. Show more
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Trevor Nelson
To celebrate fifty years of Island Records, Trevor Nelson presents the best of the label's soulful artists, past and present, including an Album Of The Week from Amy Winehouse. Show more
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Pete Mitchell
With Rock'N'Roll Britain, Northern Soul Classics and Pause for Thought.