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: 07/07/2009

07/07/2009

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

On the Dawn Patrol. With a review of the newspapers and 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: 07/07/2009

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

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with a mix of music and conversation.

Breakfast banter mixed with an inspired array of music, as Johnnie Walker continues to sit in for Terry Wogan.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 07/07/2009

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

Singer-songwriter Jim Diamond talks about his favourite songs in 'Tracks of my years'.

Singer-songwriter Jim Diamond talks about two of his favourite songs in 'Tracks of my years'.

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

Singer/songwriter Jim Diamond talks about two more of his all time favourite songs in "Tracks of my years". Today he chooses music from Curtis Mayfield and The Four Tops. 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.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 07/07/2009

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

Jeremy discusses Afghanistan, trichotillomania, school terms and shisha pipes.

Jeremy Vine on the death of another British soldier in Afghanistan; trichotillomania (recurrent hair pulling); schools that stop teaching weeks before term ends; and shisha pipes.

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: 07/07/2009

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

Satirist and television host Charlie Brooker joins Steve and the team.

Satirist and television host Charlie Brooker joins Steve and the team. Plus, the Non-Stop Oldies are chosen by Mick Bashford from Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

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

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 07/07/2009

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

Chris finds out if a vinegar diet works when it comes to cutting those curves.

Chris discovers the enduring appeal of Gentleman's Relish and finds out if a vinegar diet works when it comes to cutting those curves.

Chris discovers the enduring appeal of ye olde condiment, Gentleman's Relish; And we find out if a vinegar diet really works when it comes to cutting those curves?

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: 07/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round, 07/07/2009

Desmond Carrington presents music on the theme of Naturism.

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. The theme is Naturism.

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.

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: 07/07/2009

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

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconle

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: 07/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 07/07/2009

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

Nigel Ogden

All Of Me: The Betrayal of Billie Holiday

BBC Radio 2 - All Of Me: The Betrayal of Billie Holiday

Neneh Cherry tells the story of a remarkable period in the American jazz singer's life.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death, Neneh Cherry tells the story of a remarkable period in the American jazz singer's life.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death, Neneh Cherry tells the story of a remarkable period in the American jazz singer's life.

 

Neneh goes back to the underworld of 1940s New York to reveal how Billie Holiday was betrayed by her manager and sentenced to a year and day in a tough segregated prison for drug offences.

 

Using archive material from the narcotics officers assigned to her case, as well as interviews with people who knew and played with her, this programme reveals Billie Holiday's transformation from a prisoner in a federal penitentiary, to a career-defining moment - centre stage at Carnegie Hall - all in just eleven days.

 

Using extracts from her FBI, prison and medical files, this programme pieces together the little known story of how Billie Holiday's experiences of betrayal, despair, triumph and success went on to influence her music and become the soundtrack of her life.

All of Me: the Betrayal of Billie Holiday

To mark next week's 50th anniversary of the death of singer Billie Holiday (1915-59), Neneh Cherry tells the story of how the jazz-blues legend was betrayed by her manager, resulting in a near-ten-month spell in a tough segregated prison for narcotics offences. The year was 1947, and Holiday already had shown her formidable talent with recordings such as Easy Living (1937), Strange Fruit (1939), God Bless the Child (1941), Embraceable You (1944), and Lover Man (Oh Where 
Can You Be?) (1945). The programme uses extracts from her FBI, prison and medical files, with input by those who knew and played with her. Noted for a singing voice that directly related to her troubled life, Holiday performed a career-high show at Carnegie Hall just 11 days after her prison release. 
Producer Gail Champion See also Fri 7.30pm

Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service

BBC Radio 2 - Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service

With words and music recorded at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

Highlights from the Michael Jackson Public Memorial service, with words and music recorded at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

Marc Riley's Musical Time Machine

New series. 1/6. Reassessing rock and pop interviews from the BBC archive, Marc Riley starts with Beatles manager Brian Epstein (1934-67) in March 1964, when his trophy clients were suddenly all over Billboard's Hot 100. Epstein talks to Bill Grundy (Frankly Speaking) about first seeing The Beatles. Producer John Leonard

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: 07/07/2009

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

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.

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: 08/07/2009

08/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 08/07/2009

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.

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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