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Zoe Ball

Zoe joins Radio 2's weekend line-up to present the Saturday Early Breakfast show, after recent stints sitting in for Dermot O'Leary and Ken Bruce.

Each week Zoe has puzzles and difficult questions in Ball of Confusion, plus guest contributors Kirsten O'Brien, Hilary Oliver and Ambrose Heron take turns to round up family events and movies in Here Comes The Weekend.

You can also join the Sleepover Club. It's junior choice for the new millennium. If you've got a houseful of kids camping in the lounge for the weekend, or you're going to be up all night partying with your friends, then you can join. Every week Zoe and Emma Forbes will be inviting a group of members to pick a favourite tune and make a special dedication on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Zoe Ball: 04/07/2009

04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Zoe Ball, 04/07/2009

Zoe is joined by Kirsten O'Brien looking for special and family events across the UK.

Zoe is joined by Kirsten O'Brien looking for special events across the UK and plays a song for anyone frantically packing for their vacation in 'Holiday Road'.

Zoe starts the weekend with guest Kirsten O'Brien looking for special events and family events across the UK. At 6.15 Zoe will play a special sunshine song for anyone frantically packing or heading off to the airport, beach, holiday home, camp site or vaction location in 'Holiday Road'.

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

Sounds of the 60s

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn spins the biggest sixties hits and shares fond memories of the decade.

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 04/07/2009

Brian Matthew's selection of 1960s music includes the Beatles' version of an Elvis hit.

With Sounds of the Sixties. Brian Matthew's selection of music from the 60s includes the Beatles' version of an Elvis hit.

Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s. With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, B sides, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks, this week's selection includes both Paul McCartney's version and the Beatles' own version of the Elvis Presley hit That's Alright Mama.

Including requests, dedications and regular features: The A-Z of The Beatles works its way through their entire catalogue; Stuck On Two replays hits from across the Atlantic which didn't quite make it to the top of the charts; The Song Swap features two hit covers from well-known artists; and Playing Hard To Get is for listeners who have a favourite song but who have lost the original record. Brian finds the track and plays it.

Sounds Of The Sixties began in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the programme his distinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.

Jonathan Ross

Music, guests and lively conversation with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 04/07/2009

With guests Danny Wallace and Myleene Klass. Plus live music from The Enemy.

Please note: Phone lines for competition entry featured in this programme are now closed.

Jonathan Ross is joined by guests Danny Wallace and Myleene Klass. Plus, live music from The Enemy.

Please note: Phone lines for competition entry featured in this programme are now closed.

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies with guests Myleene Klass and Danny Wallace, plus live music from The Enemy.

Guests include comic writer Danny Wallace (Friends like These) and punk-inspired indie trio The Enemy.

Pick of the Pops

Counting down two popular music charts from this week in decades past.

Pick of the Pops: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 04/07/2009

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1976 and 1990.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1976 and 1990, with hits from Dorothy Moore, The Manhattans, Rod Stewart, Maureen and Luciano Pavarotti.

Top 40 chart nostalgia. Dale Winton rewinds to this week in both 1976 and 1990 with hit 45s by Rod Stewart , Luciano Pavarotti and others.

Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary presents live music sessions from new and emerging bands.

Dermot O'Leary: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 04/07/2009

Featuring live music from Irish group The Blizzards and indie-rockers Gomez.

With live sets by Irish ska-punk-pop quintet The Blizzards and Southport indie-rock quintet Gomez.

Going Out With Alan Carr

Alan Carr hosts fun and laughs on Saturday night

Alan Carr hosts fun and laughs on Saturday night. Whether you're putting on your lippy for a night out or dialing up a curry, Going Out With Alan Carr will put you in a feel-good mood

Going Out With Alan Carr: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Going Out With Alan Carr, 04/07/2009

Fun, laughs, chat and music with Alan Carr and co-host Emma Forbes.

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

Fun, laughs, chat and music with Alan Carr and co-host Emma Forbes.

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

Alan Carr helps kick start Saturday evening, hosting two hours of fun and laughs, with Emma Forbes playing head girl to his naughty class comic. Whether you're putting on your lippy for a night-out or dialing up a curry, Going Out With Alan Carr will put you in a feel-good mood.

If you're on the way out to a Stag or a Hen, a night down the pub or a karaoke bar, Alan will send you on your way with a spring in your step, playing great disco classics and modern pop, from Abba to Prince and Duffy to Dusty.

If you're planning a dinner-party, a night at the pub or a hot date, let Alan sort out your entertainment for the night ahead. He'll even help you look the part in his regular feature, Wardrobe Disaster!

And if you're having a quiet night in front of the box, why not take part in Alan's Telly Quiz, or relive the triumph - or tragedy - of Saturday night dates in Alan's Last Dance!

Going Out with Alan Carr

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits

A selection from the week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul plays his selection from this week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 04/07/2009

Playing America's greatest hits from the US charts of the week and the past five decades.

Feelin' Love: The Donna Summer Story

BBC Radio 2 - Feelin' Love: The Donna Summer Story

Spotlighting the life and career of disco pioneer Donna Summer.

The life and career of Donna Summer, the singer with over 45 UK single chart entries, numerous awards and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Part of Radio 2's Disco season.

Terms like "diva" have become common currency, but if there's one artist who has earned that title, it's Donna Summer. She's won American Music Awards, Grammies and a NAACP award; had over 45 UK single chart entries; and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But everyone will always remember her for the erotic bumping and grinding - and singing of course - on such classic disco tracks as I Feel Love and Love to Love You Baby, the seventeen minute track sometimes credited with starting the worldwide disco revolution, co-written and produced by Giorgio Moroder. 

The success of Love To Love You Baby triggered a series of albums that would brilliantly blend the urgency of disco and funk with symphonic strings and extraordinarily dramatic vocals. Hardcore club DJs played disco epics like Spring Affair, Try Me (I Know We Can Make It), and Could It Be Magic, while pop radio indulged in less lengthy but equally compelling songs like I Love You, MacArthur Park, and Hot Stuff.

In the 80s, she collaborated with an illustrious line-up of writers and producers including Quincy Jones, Michael Omartian, and Stock Aitken & Waterman, and had a stream of hits including State of Independence; She Works Hard For The Money; This Time I Know It's for Real; I Don't Want to Get Hurt and Dinner With Gershwin from the superb All Systems Go" album.

The extraordinary thing about Donna's music is just how many musical boundaries it seems to jump over with such ease. Country singers like Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Reba McEntire have covered her songs; pop artists like Madonna, Kylie, Whitney Houston, Robbie Williams, Britney Spears and Diana Ross have sampled Summer's material; as have electronic dance acts like Moloko; and DJs, re- mixers and producers like Stuart Price, David Guetta and Moby. Over the decades Donna has moved on from disco music, turning to soul and gospel and she continues to make new albums and tour. Although this programme will bring her story up to date, it will inevitably focus on her glory days in the 70s and 80s. Featuring interviews with some of the people who've worked with, or been influenced by Donna's music, including Pete Waterman and Moby.

Feelin' Love: the Donna Summer Story

Producer and Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers celebrates the career of US R&B-pop diva Donna Summer, who ruled the airwaves and dance clubs during her phenomenal mid- to late-70s reign, from 1975's breath-heavy Love to Love You Baby and the influential Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte-produced summer-of-77 sizzler I Feel Love to her stately 1978 reworking of Richard Harris's MacArthur Park. Her five huge 1979 US hits (Hot Stuff, Bad Girls etc) only reconfirmed her status as "queen of disco". The Boston-born belter established her credentials in West
Germany with stage work (Hair, Godspell) and the start of an enduring partnership with Moroder and Bellotte, who, along with Summer, contribute to this programme. Plus New Order's Stephen Morris, Barry Manilow, Moby, Gloria Gaynor, producer Pete Waterman (This Time I Know It's for Real) and many others.
Producer Neil Rosser
See also Monday 11.30pm

Feelin' Love: the Donna Summer Story 10.00pm Radio 2
Arguably the disco era's most potent icon, singer/songwriter Donna Summer (above) was already 27 when she first entered the US and UK top tens(and bedrooms) with the deliriously erotic Love to Love You Baby (1975). Two years later, again with studio svengalis Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, she produced a second (throbbing) signature hit in I Feel Love, inspiring New Order to record the equally seminal Blue Monday in 1982. Kylie's robotic and dreamy Can't Get You out of My Head followed 19 years later. With input by everyone from the rarely-heard Pete Bellotte to Barry Manilow, Moby and expert enthusiast Grant Burnside, the programme - part of Radio 2's Disco Season - showcases the one-time global dance-pop gueen who appealed well beyond her gay fanbase and continues to have US dance number ones. (David Oppedisano)

Bob Harris Sunday

DJ Bob Harris picks an eclectic mix of new tracks

Bob Harris plays an eclectic mix of new tracks from the worlds of Americana, Alt Country, Indie, World, Nu-Folk and Blues

Bob Harris

Bob Harris Sunday: 04/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 04/07/2009

Guitarist Steve Craddock joins Bob for an acoustic session.

Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller guitarist Steve Craddock joins Bob for the After Midnight Acoustic Session, and to discuss his latest solo project.

Best known for his work with his band Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller, one of Solihull's most famous sons, Steve Craddock joins Bob tonight. Steve will play the After Midnight Acoustic Session and discuss his latest solo project 'The Kundalini Target', alongside his favourite tracks from other influential artists, touring plans and, possibly, his love of Aston Villa.

Solihull's Steve Cradock chats and performs an acoustic set.

Richard Allinson

Richard Allinson in his early-morning weekend residency with music and features

Richard Allinson in his early-morning weekend residency with three hours of music and features

Richard Allinson: 05/07/2009

05/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 05/07/2009

Richard's Album Of The Day is Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge.

Richard's Big Chillout includes songs from Mike Oldfield, John Martyn and Norah Jones. The Album Of The Day is Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge.

Another chance to be part of Richard's 3.46 club. 

This week, The Big Chillout includes songs from Mike Oldfield, John Martyn and Norah Jones and the Album Of The Day is Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge.

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