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: 06/07/2009

06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 06/07/2009

On The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music.

On The Dawn Patrol: News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's papers. Including Pause for Thought at 6.20am.

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: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 06/07/2009

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

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

Breakfast banter mixed with an inspired array of music, as Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan all this week.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 06/07/2009

With Tracks Of My Years from singer-songwriter Jim Diamond.

With the Record of the Week from Ben's Brother, Popmaster and Tracks of My Years from singer-songwriter Jim Diamond.

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

Ken Bruce with his unique musical mix including the first two of singer/songwriter Jim Diamond's Tracks of My Years. Today his choices come from The Beach Boys and Bob Marley & the Wailers. Plus there's Popmaster, the album of the week and the daily love song. Contact the show anytime by e-mail on Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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

Including after 11.30 throughout the week Tracks of My Years, in which ex-Ph.D and solo singer Jim Diamond (I Won't Let You Down) picks - two a day - his ten favourite discs.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 06/07/2009

Jeremy discusses the tower block blaze, Facebook, sunburn and Chinese lanterns.

Jeremy Vine discusses the tower block blaze in Camberwell, how personal details can be compromised on Facebook, myths surrounding sunburn and Chinese lanterns.

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: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 06/07/2009

TV hotel inspector Alex Polizzi and financial expert Alvin Hall join Steve and the team.

TV hotel inspector Alex Polizzi and financial expert Alvin Hall join Steve and the team. Plus, the Non-Stop Oldies are chosen by Jane and Jen from Wallasey on the Wirral.

Steve Wright digs out the most fascinating Factoids and hears the latest pearls of wisdom from The Old Woman. He also talks to the biggest celebrity guests, has your horoscope predictions ... and has the non stop Oldies too!

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 06/07/2009

With highlights from the Children in Need Drivetime Dine and Disco weekend.

With highlights from the Children in Need Drivetime Dine and Disco weekend. Chris speaks to some of the generous bidders who helped to raise nearly half a million pounds.

Chris revisits the highlights of the turbo charged Children in Need Drivetime Dine and Disco weekend. We speak to some of the generous bidders who helped raise nearly half a million pounds.

The Blues Show with Paul Jones

The weekly dose of rhythm and blues tunes from Paul Jones.

The weekly dose of rhythm and blues tunes from Paul Jones, combining classics, new releases, sessions and occasional interviews.

Paul Jones

The Blues Show with Paul Jones: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Blues Show with Paul Jones, 06/07/2009

The cream of rhythm and blues tunes from Paul Jones, with Fruteland Jackson in session.

The cream of rhythm and blues tunes from Paul Jones, combining classics, new releases, sessions and interviews. With Fruteland Jackson in session.

Featuring a live set by US acoustic blues guitarist Fruteland Jackson.

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: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 06/07/2009

Featuring an interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk from the Manchester Velodrome.

With live sessions, great music and guest pundits. Featuring an interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk from the Manchester Velodrome.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

Big Band Special

The very best big band music, from the 1930s to the present day

Big Band Special: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Big Band Special, 06/07/2009

The BBC Big Band in concert at the Town Hall, Birmingham

Clare Teal presents the BBC Big Band in concert at the Town Hall, Birmingham. Along with conductor Jiggs Whigham and singer Michelle McManus they feature music from the silver screen

Clare Teal presents the BBC Big Band in concert at the Town Hall, Birmingham. Along with conductor Jiggs Whigham and singer Michelle McManus they feature music written for the silver screen. Including Close Enough for Love (Agatha), Gonna Fly Now (Rocky) and The Man that got away (A Star is Born)

Clare Teal presents the BBC Big 
Band in a concert of film music by Harold Arlen , Johnny Mandel , Henry Mancini and others.

Radio 2 Live

BBC Radio 2 presents exclusive live concerts from the best singers, songwriters and bands

Radio 2 Live: Diana Krall

Diana Krall

BBC Radio 2 - Radio 2 Live, Diana Krall

Diana Krall performs tracks from her new album 'Quiet Nights' in an exclusive performance.

A Radio 2 exclusive in which Canadian jazz/pop pianist and singer Diana Krall performs songs from her hit album Quiet Nights.

Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems

Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems, Episode 1

Dave Pearce looks at disco anthems beginning with letters A to D.

Dave Pearce looks at disco anthems beginning with letters A - D, with hits from The Bees Gees, Chic and Hamilton Bohannon. Plus, he plays what may be the first disco tune ever made.

Dave Pearce presents a six-part guide to the last 30 years of disco culture, from stone cold classics to hidden gems.

 

Dave, whose first ever gig experience was seeing Sylvester play at Hammersmith Apollo, has long been a fan of disco and credits it as a catalyst for his own role in UK dance music. This is his essential, alphabetical guide to disco tunes.

 

In the first programme Dave looks at letters A to D, with classic tunes from The Bees Gees, Chic and Hamilton Bohannon. He also plays the record widely regarded as the first disco tune ever made; Soul Makossa by Manu Debango.

Dave Pearce presents classic disco tracks

Dave Pearce presents a six-part guide to the last 30 years of disco culture, from stone cold classics to hidden gems.

Dave Pearce presents a six-part guide to the last 30 years of disco culture, from stone cold classics to hidden gems.

Dave, whose first ever gig experience was seeing Sylvester play at Hammersmith Apollo, has long been a fan of disco and credits it as a catalyst for his own role in UK dance music. This is his essential, alphabetical guide to disco tunes.

Disco Classics with Dave Pearce

New series. 1/6. Dance specialist DJ Dave Pearce presents an essential alphabetical guide to disco, which he cites as a catalyst for his own role in dance music. The series explores four decades of popular and obscure recordings, with this first instalment covering letters A to D, featuring Bee Gees and Chic classics. And expect a spin of Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango 's 1972 track 
Soul Makossa , widely regarded as perhaps the earliest example of disco. Producer Rowan Collinson

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: 06/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 06/07/2009

With live sessions, irreverent chat and great music. Plus a Pause for Thought.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 07/07/2009

07/07/2009

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

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.

Witty conversation and music in the early morning. Also on the Best Time Of The Day Show, Alex - The Dark Lord - delves into his own record collection to pick something new or obscure from Lester's Library. And there are contributions from your own personal music archives in the Listeners' Library.

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