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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: 10/07/2009

10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 10/07/2009

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: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 10/07/2009

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music and chat. Includes a Pause For Thought.

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music and chat. Includes a Pause for Thought with Jenny Nemko.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 10/07/2009

Jim Diamond talks about two of his favourite tracks in 'Tracks of my years'.

Jim Diamond talks about two of his favourite tracks in Tracks of My Years. Plus Popmaster and the Album of the Week.

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

Today Jim Diamond talks about the final two of his favourite tracks in "Tracks of my years". His choices today include classics from Prince and Otis Redding. 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: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 10/07/2009

Jeremy takes calls on the subject of sleep.

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: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 10/07/2009

Elderly lifestyle guru Barry from Watford joins Steve and the team.

Elderly lifestyle guru Barry from Watford joins Steve and the team, talking about how to cope with school sports days and summer fetes.

Steve Wright with the Non Stop Oldies, fascinating Factoids, showbiz news, the latest sport and traffic updates, all the coolest music and top celebrity guests.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 10/07/2009

With All Request Friday, where listeners choose the music.

We wrap the week up and launch the weekend with All Request Friday, your chance to take a turn behind the wheel. This really is your show; we rely on you to provide the music and, don't forget, your plans get us in the mood for ours. 

Music is our master as Chris plays your sensational requests for a whole two hours. If you're tangled up in traffic, stuck in a snarl or worried about joining a jam then fear not; the sensational Sally Boazman is on hand to keep us all on track with the travel news.

Jonny Saunders serves up the sport and crams more competitors, contestants, runners and riders into his Sports Locker than you can shake a (hockey) stick at. Every Friday, in the sports locker, we move away from the mainstream and concentrate on a sport or sporting event that's a little bit different in Jonny's Mad Friday Sport.

Business boffin, Rebecca Pike, keeps our listeners in the loop with the crucial news from The City, The Stock Market and your pocket. Friday is also the day for Foxy to bring our listeners latest Innovations to you.

Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story

Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 2 - Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story, Episode 3

Bill Kenwright looks at Tony Hatch's work in TV and on the stage.

Bill Kenwright looks at Tony Hatch's work composing for TV and the stage, including the famous Crossroads theme.

Bill Kenwright presents the third and final part of Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story. 

In 1964 Tony was commissioned to write his first television theme when the goings-on at the Crossroads motel became a daily feature in the lives of many people. He went on to become the composer in demand for TV, writing the themes for Sportsnight, Man Alive, Emmerdale and, of course, Neighbours, among many others. He also earned himself a fearsome reputation as "The Hatchet Man" on the talent show New Faces and he and Jackie moved into musical theatre, providing the music and lyrics for The Card. 

In tonight's programme we hear from TV producer Reg Watson who, back in 1964, commissioned Tony to write the music for Crossroads. 20 years later he heard Tony's composition for Neighbours and knew, as soon as he heard it, that the song was absolutely perfect for the show. And Barry Crocker, who provided the vocals on the original version, talks about the day that he recorded it with Tony.

Theatre impresario, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, talks about his work with Tony on stage musicals,The Card and Rock Nativity and we come right up to date with American producer, Victoria Laing, who explains why she included nine of Tony's songs in her current stage show, Shout - The Mod Musical.

Bill Kenwright looks at the life and music of songwriter, composer and producer Tony Hatch

The Movie That Changed My Life

New series. 1/6. Six well-known people review their favourite movie, with input by film experts. The series starts with folk-pop singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega (Marlene on the Wall, Luka), who reveals something about herself in the choice of Stanley Donen 's 1957 musical romantic comedy Funny 
Face, starring Audrey Hepburn as a dull bookworm who is lured into the fashion world by magazine photographer Fred Astaire and is whisked away to Paris in the hopes of meeting philosopher 
Michel Auclair. The Oscar-nominated film features costumes by Givenchy and Edith Head , and songs by George Gershwin. and Ira Gershwin. 
Producers Kate Bland and Susan Marling

Sunday Night is Music Night

The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night is Music Night

Sunday Night is Music Night: 02/05/2008

02/05/2008

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 02/05/2008

A tribute to Billie Holiday recorded at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008.

Another chance to hear a tribute to Billie Holiday, recorded at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Mike Dixon, with Guy Barker's jazz quintet.

Another chance to hear a tribute to Billie Holiday, recorded live from Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Mike Dixon, with Guy Barker's jazz quintet and narrator Michael Brandon.

Friday Night Is Music Night

Another chance to hear a Billie Holiday tribute recorded last year at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

5/6. Spike Milligan 's comic memoirs, read by Paul Merton.

Listen to the Band

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites

Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites and updating the traditional image of banding

Listen to the Band: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Listen to the Band, 10/07/2009

Frank Renton presents a programme of music by the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band.

Frank Renton presents the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band performing a programme of music including Pie Jesu and the Overture to Mack and Mable, conducted by Russell Gray.

The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band is one of the famous old names of the banding world and the band is currently flying high in the league tables.  They are conducted tonight by one of the countries top conductors Russell Gray and include the famous Pie Jesu, The Overture to Mack and Mable and a well known Slavonic Dance in a programme of music especially recorded for the programme.

Russell Gray conducts the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band.

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice

Looking at the latest books, films, plays and exhibitions

A lively and unpretentious look at the latest films, plays, dance events, books and exhibitions, alongside an eclectic selection of music.

Claudia Winkleman

The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice, 10/07/2009

Claudia is joined by actress Jessie Cave.

Claudia is joined by actress Jessie Cave, who appears in the next Harry Potter film and as the lead in the new production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.

Join Claudia Winkleman for another unstuffy, quixotic Arts show. While one swallow doesn't necessarily make a summer, a new Peter James crime book definitely does. His latest, called Dead Tomorrow, is attracting rave reviews. When not submerged in sleuth writing, Peter James turns his hand to cinema. An established film producer and script writer, Peter has produced several films, notably The Merchant Of Venice which starred Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes.

And you'll want to know who guest Jessie Cave is... she pops up in the new Harry Potter film (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) as Ron Weasley's girlfriend and has landed the lead role in the new production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.

Mark Lamarr

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years.

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years, alongside the finest live sessions.

Mark Lamarr presents the best music you never knew you loved from the last 70 years, alongside the finest live sessions. 

This is where garage meets soul, punk meets country, and 30s yodelling collides with 70s dub and 90s hip hop...

...painting the world with sunshine, one record at a time!

Mark Lamarr: 10/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 10/07/2009

Mark is joined in session by Jamaican reggae vocal group The Congos.

Mark Lamarr plays a medley of music spanning the last seventy years. Joining him in session are Jamaican reggae vocal group The Congos.

Mark Lamarr plays a medley of music spanning the last seventy years. 

Joining him in session this week are The Congos. A reggae vocal group from Jamaica, The Congos have created some great tunes since they first began in the 1970s and are best known for their Heart Of The Congos album, recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Obscurities, with a live set by veteran Jamaican reggae act The Congos.

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: 11/07/2009

11/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 11/07/2009

With chat and music, including archive tracks from Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

With music and features. Plus, Richard celebrates the Great British Songbook, with music from David Bowie and Simple Minds. There's also a Peter Gabriel cover recorded by Gary Go.

Join the 3.46 club with your early morning host Richard Allinson. To be a member, all you need to do is be up at 3.46am!

This week Richard celebrates the Great British Songbook, with music from David Bowie and Simple Minds. There's also a Peter Gabriel cover recorded by Gary Go, and a listener chooses a cover from Amy Winehouse. The Album Of The Day is Carly Simon's 1974 release Hotcakes.

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