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: 16/06/2009

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BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 16/06/2009

Aled Jones sits in for Sarah Kennedy on the Dawn Patrol.

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 16/06/2009

Terry Wogan's award-winning breakfast show. Includes Pause for Thought.

Wake Up to Wagan

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 16/06/2009

With the Album and Record of The Week, PopMaster and Tracks of My Years from Linda Lewis.

With the Record of the Week from James Morrison. Plus, Linda Lewis picks her Tracks of My Years.

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

Ken Bruce with two and a half hours of music and comment. Including PopMaster the quiz where you can test your musical knowledge, the Daily Love Song and Tracks Of My Years, as chosen by Linda Lewis. Today Linda picks music from Jimi Hendrix and The Toys.

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 16/06/2009

Matthew Bannister sits in for Jeremy Vine. Discussing the House of Commons Speaker.

Matthew Bannister sits in for Jeremy Vine and discusses the House of Commons Speaker, the man shot by a police taser gun, the 'secret' inquiry into the Iraq War and broadband.

Matthew Bannister

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 16/06/2009

Actress Sheila Hancock and Ray Davies of The Kinks join Steve and the team.

With actress Sheila Hancock and Ray Davies of The Kinks. The Non-Stop Oldies are chosen by Tiemen De Veert from the Isle Of Man.

Please note: competitions featured in this programme are now closed.

Steve Wright chats to top showbiz guests, and brings you brain-busting Factoids, the national and international news from the world of entertainment, the non stop Oldies, and the best music from across the globe.

Please note: competitions featured in this programme are now closed.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 16/06/2009

Chris finds out if flowers really are good enough to eat.

Chris finds out if flowers really are good enough to eat and which warbler is the first bird to sing in the dawn chorus.

Please note: competitions featured in this programme are now closed.

Chris is back and will be finding out if flowers really are good enough to eat. And he blows the whistle on which warbler really is the first bird to sing in our daily dawn chorus.

Please note: competitions featured in this programme are now closed.

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round, 16/06/2009

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

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 "down on the farm".

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 16/06/2009

Clem Cattini (ex-drummer with The Tornados) talks about the new Telstar film.

Clem Cattini (ex-drummer with The Tornados) talks about the new Telstar film.

Please note: competitions featured in this programme are now closed.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Special guest Iggy Pop discusses his new album Préliminaires.

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 16/06/2009

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

The Organist Entertains. Nigel Ogden presents popular organ recordings.

Please note: this programme is a repeat therefore all references to upcoming concerts and appearances are out of date.

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings with some entertaining pieces from the organ world. 

Please note: this programme is a repeat therefore all references to upcoming concerts and appearances are out of date.

Nigel Ogden

Stand Down Margaret: Music's Response to Thatcherism

Stand Down Margaret: Music's Response to Thatcherism: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 6 Music - Stand Down Margaret: Music's Response to Thatcherism, Episode 1

Jeremy Vine examines pop music's response to Thatcherism.

Jeremy Vine examines pop music's response to Thatcherism. Alongside archive news footage, hear how key events of that turbulent era galvanised musicians and fans alike.

Jeremy Vine examines pop music's response to Thatcherism, thirty years after her she became Prime Minister (following the General Election of 3 May 1979).

From the exuberant demands of the Two Tone groups, to the biting criticism of Elvis Costello and The Jam; and from the glamour of the New Romantics, to the Band Aid phenomenon and the birth of club culture.

When Jeremy Vine was a student in Durham in the mid-80s he observed: "People were marching against Thatcher every day of the week. I used to think, 'Where does that conviction come from? Can I have some?" No doubt a lot of that enthusiasm came from the tunes they heard in the student union, read about in magazines and heard on national radio.

Buoyed up by infectious rhythms and galvanized by lyrics that expressed their own frustrations, those marching students and their unemployed peer group expressed their anger, frustration and desire for change.

Part one hears from key musicians of the time including Billy Bragg, The Specials' Jerry Dammers, Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp, and Culture Club's Jon Moss. We also hear from Conservative MP Ed Vaisey who tried to square his love of The Jam and The Specials with his young Tory views.

Alongside news archive we hear how key events of that turbulent era galvanized musicians and fans alike and Jeremy Vine asks: Were the 80s a golden age for protest music? What was it about Margaret Thatcher that gave birth to so much of it? And, did the music make a gnat's worth of difference to the government's policies?

Jeremy Vine examines pop music's response to Thatcherism

1/2. Marking 30 years since 
Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, Jeremy Vine recalls pop music's response to her 1980s reign - from 2 Tone, Elvis Costello and The Jam to Band Aid and beyond - and assesses the music's impact and its legacy. Featuring interviews with Billy Bragg , Specials co-founder Jerry Dammers , Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet), Jon Moss (ex-
Culture Club) and Conservative MP Ed Vaisey , who tried to reconcile his love of Jam and Specials music with his young Tory views. Producer Kathryn Willgress

You Heard It At The Movies

You Heard It At The Movies: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - You Heard It At The Movies, 16/06/2009

Looking at film scores which define a star, such as the Pink Panther and James Bond.

Composer George Fenton looks at the film scores which define a star, including Korngold's scores for Errol Flynn and music from the Pink Panther and James Bond.

In the penultimate programme of the series, award winning composer George Fenton takes a look at those film scores which connect to an actor, or a role, so strongly that they become not only the character's signature tune, but can even define the actor themselves. 

The musical gems include Korngold's writing for Errol Flynn, Bill Conti for the Rocky films, John Williams for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Henry Mancini for the Pink Panther - and the theme that universally identifies a screen character, regardless of several changes of actor in the role - John Barry's music and Monty Norman's theme for James Bond.

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

You Heard It at the Movies

7/8. Composer 
George Fenton explores the art and business of writing music for the big screen, continuing with film music that is inextricably linked to an actor or character part. 
Examples include Korngold and Errol Flynn 's 1930s and 40s swashbuckling roles, Bill Conti and the Rocky movies, John Williams and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Henry Mancini and the Pink Panther films, and John Barry and Monty Norman 's devotion to James Bond.

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: 16/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 16/06/2009

Great music and chat, with live music sessions. Includes a Pause For Thought.

Great music and chat, with live music sessions and listener suggestions for a Tune of the Unexpected. Includes a Pause for Thought with Sherry Ashworth.

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: 17/06/2009

17/06/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 17/06/2009

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.

An early morning mix of music and conversation, including the first Half-Time Hooter of The Week.

Also on the Best Time of the Day Show, Alex dips into his own record collection to choose a new release or classic track from Lester's Library and there's something selected by you in the Listeners' Library.

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