BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

BBC Radio 2

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: 02/07/2009

02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 02/07/2009

On the Dawn Patrol. Includes a 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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 02/07/2009

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

Breakfast banter mixed with an inspired array of music, as Johnnie Walker and the team sit in for Terry Wogan.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 02/07/2009

Eg picks We Are the Champions by Queen and Alison by Elvis Costello on Tracks of My Years.

Eg picks We Are the Champions by Queen, and Alison by Elvis Costello, as his Tracks of My Years. 

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

Music collides with your amusing texts and emails as Ken Bruce presents Radio 2's Big Bang. Eg picks two more choices on Tracks Of My Years, today's songs are We Are The Champions by Queen and Alison by Elvis Costello. Plus there's PopMaster, a Love Song, the Record and Album of the Week.

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

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which singer/songwriter Eg (born Francis White ) selects two more of his ten favourite records, today featuring Queen and Elvis Costello.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 02/07/2009

Discussing Ronnie Biggs, government U-turns, the East Coast rail line and police dogs.

Jeremy discusses Ronnie Biggs being denied parole, the government's U-turns on some policies, the East Coast rail line and the police dogs who died in a car in the heatwave.

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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 02/07/2009

Actor and entertainer John Barrowman joins Steve and the team.

Actor and entertainer John Barrowman joins Steve and the team. Plus, the Non-Stop Oldies are chosen by Mike Garry from Desford in Leicestershire.

Steve Wright talks to 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

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 02/07/2009

Nigel Barden serves Chris snails in the food slot.

Chris dishes out details of the Children In Need Drivetime Dine and Disco and gastronome Nigel Barden serves up snails in the food slot.

Chris dishes out details of this weekend's spectacular Children In Need Drivetime Dine and Disco extravaganza; and gastro-gnome Nigel Barden serves up snails in this week's food slot.

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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 02/07/2009

With the best in country, roots and Americana music.

Tonight's programme looks at the nominees for the 2009 Americana Music Awards, and includes music from Raul Malo, Alejandro Escovedo, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Tonight's programme looks at the nominees for the 2009 Americana Music Awards, and includes music from Raul Malo, Alejandro Escovedo, Jerry Douglas, Rodney Crowell, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 02/07/2009

With the best music, live sessions and regular guest Noddy Holder.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

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

Hot Gossip

Radio 2's irreverent comedy panel show about showbiz and celebrity news.

Radio 2's irreverent comedy panel show which enters the silicon-filled world of glossy magazines and showbiz columns to offer a unique take on the week's celebrity news.

Hot Gossip: Series 2

Hot Gossip: Series 2: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 2

BBC Radio 2 - Hot Gossip, Series 2, Episode 4

Guest panellists include Robin Ince and Andrew Maxwell.

Claudia Winkleman hosts the topical and celebrity-based panel show in which she decides which guest gossipmonger is the funniest. Guest panellists include Robin Ince.

Claudia Winkleman presents Radio 2's topical and celebrity-based panel show.

Each week three professionally witty gossipmongers compete. There are no teams, it's every man for himself, in rounds designed to unleash a torrent of celebrity-fuelled opinion.

The questions don't require a factual answer: they simply act as springboards for players to unleash a stream of caustic, witty and occasionally unhinged opinion on the week's celebrity news and nonsense. Claudia decides which gossipmonger she deems to be the funniest.

Guest panellists include Robin Ince and Andrew Maxwell.

A celebrity based panel show for Radio 2, hosted by Claudia Winkleman

The Comedy Hour: Hot Gossip

4/6. Claudia Winkleman challenges famous guests to provide catty, clever and potentially funny comments regarding topical issues and gossip. Tonight Robin Ince figures among those competing for Claudia's prize of funniest gossipmonger.

Does The Team Think?

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Does The Team Think?: Series 2

Does The Team Think?: Series 2: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Does The Team Think?, Series 2, Episode 2

With guests Noddy Holder, Marcus Brigstocke, Liza Tarbuck and Rhod Gilbert.

Vic Reeves hosts the comedy show. In this episode, the public pose questions to special guests Noddy Holder, Marcus Brigstocke, Liza Tarbuck and Rhod Gilbert.

Members of the public pose questions to comedians and celebrities. Vic Reeves hosts

Vic Reeves returns to host a new series of the comedy show where members of the public pose light-hearted questions to a panel of comedians and celebrities

Does the Team Think?

2/8. Frivolous comedy in which Vic Reeves invites the public to target a panel of famous people with seemingly mundane queries. Hoping to provide witty and unpredictable responses this evening are Noddy Holder, Marcus Brigstocke , Liza  Tarbuck and Rhod  Gilbert .

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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 02/07/2009

Suzi looks at 1966 with music from Jimmy Ruffin, Lee Dorsey, Paul Revere and The Raiders.

Suzi looks back at 1966 with music from Jimmy Ruffin, Lee Dorsey, Paul Revere and The Raiders and the bizarrely named '? and the Mysterians'.

Suzi looks back at 1966 with music from ? And The Mysterians, Jimmy Ruffin, Lee Dorsey and Paul Revere & The Raiders. John Lennon said The Beatles were more popular than Jesus and album releases included Pet Sounds and Blonde On Blonde.

With American radio oldies, tonight with a spotlight on American chart hits from the golden year of 1966, featuring ? and The Mysterians, Jimmy Ruff in, Lee Dorsey , and Paul Revere and The Raiders.

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: 02/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 02/07/2009

With Tunes Of The Unexpected and Theme Time Janice Hour.

With Tunes of the Unexpected and Theme Time Janice Hour.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 03/07/2009

03/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 03/07/2009

With the Best Time of Day Show. Includes visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library and listeners' musical contributions in the Listeners' Library.

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord.

Includes two hourly visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library, and your musical contribution in the Listeners' Library. Submit your own choices by going to Alex's pages at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

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