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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: 20/07/2009

20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 20/07/2009

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 6.20am 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: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 20/07/2009

Terry Wogan with music and banter. Includes Pause for Thought.

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

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 20/07/2009

Mika joins Ken Bruce for live music and the world exclusive play of his new single.

Mika joins Ken Bruce for live music and the world exclusive play of his new single. 

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

Mika joins Ken for the world exclusive first play of his new single We Are Golden and also performs his last single Blue Eyes acoustically while Benny Andersson, 50% of the genius behind Swedish pop legends Abba, picks his first two songs in Tracks Of My Years. 

Plus two more contestants duke it out on PopMaster, we play the Record and Album Of The Week and we dedicate a Love Song to the one you love.

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 Benny Andersson of Abba picks two of his favourite songs.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 20/07/2009

Discussing swine flu, the moon landings, Afghanistan and buzzards.

Jeremy discusses swine flu and what it means to pregnant women; the moon landings and listeners' memories of it; Afghanistan; and a man attacked by a buzzard.

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: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 20/07/2009

Dale Winton sits in for Steve Wright with guests Maureen Lipman and Craig Revel Horwood.

Dale Winton sits in for Steve and the team. He is joined by guests Maureen Lipman and Craig Revel Horwood, and introduces two features: You Pick The Pops and The Winton Connection.

Dale Winton sits in for Steve and the team all week and today he's joined by Maureen Lipman and Craig Revel Horwood. 
He also introduces two brand new features:You Pick The Pops, with songs from your favourite year in music, and The Winton Connection, where you have to guess what links three great tracks.

Dale Winton

Simon Mayo

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 20/07/2009

Simon Mayo asks Sanjeev Bhaskar what it's like to be the University of Sussex's Chancellor

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris and investigates the relaxing world of retreats. Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar talks about his installation as Chancellor of the University of Sussex.

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris and investigates the relaxing world of retreats. We also hear from comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar about his formal installation as Chancellor of the University of Sussex.

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: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Blues Show with Paul Jones, 20/07/2009

Featuring the Jay Tamkin Band in session, plus new releases and blues classics.

With the cream of rhythm and blues tunes. Featuring the Jay Tamkin Band in session, plus new releases and blues classics.

The Jay Tamkin Band in session, plus new releases and blues classics.

Featuring a live session by Californian blues guitarist Dan MacLeod.

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: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 20/07/2009

Stuart hosts the show solo and presents tracks from the Latitude Festival.

Stuart Maconie

Presents solo this week. Tonight's show features highlights of last weekend's Latitude festival.

(Stuart Maconie on meeting your idols: page 27)

Big Band Special

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

Big Band Special: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Big Band Special, 20/07/2009

Clare Teal presents the second part of the BBC Big Band in concert at the Hawth, Crawley

Clare Teal presents the second part of the BBC Big Band and conductor Jiggs Whigham in concert at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley.

Clare Teal presents the second part of the BBC Big Band and conductor Jiggs Whigham in concert at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley.

Their set features the work of celebrated modern day big band arranger and composer John Clayton.  These include his arrangements of Johnny Hodge's Squatty Roo and Hoagy Carmichael's Heart & Soul.

Montreux And All That Jazz

Montreux And All That Jazz: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 2 - Montreux And All That Jazz, Episode 2

Jamie Cullum chats to founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival Claude Nobs.

Jamie Cullum talks to founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival Claude Nobs about the history of the event and his personal memories of the musicians who have played there.

In the second part of Radio 2's Montreux Jazz Festival coverage, Jamie Cullum hears founder Claude Nobs' personal favourites from the past 42 years.

Founded in 1967, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans in Switzerland and around the world. Its stages have been graced by some of music's greats, from Miles Davis to Ray Charles and from David Bowie to Massive Attack. Whereas jazz constitutes the festival's historic core, other styles of music were quickly integrated.

Claude's dream concert includes Rachelle Ferrell in 1991, James Booker from 1978, Simply Red in 1986 and the Bill Evans Trio from 1968, and we're treated to spontaneous harmonica playing by Claude himself. 

The series concludes in August with four half hour programmes of highlights from the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival.

Short series celebrating the Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux and All That Jazz

2/2. Jamie Cullum asks the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, Claude Nobs , for his favourite memories from the past 42 years. These include Rachelle Ferrell in 1991, James Booker (1978), Simply Red (1986) and The Bill Evans Trio (1968). Producer Lewis Borg Cardona

Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems

Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 2 - Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems, Episode 3

Dave Pearce presents disco anthems from the past 30 years connected to the letters J to N.

Dave Pearce presents a guide to the past 30 years of disco culture. Dave plays disco tracks and artists beginning with the letters J to N, including The Jacksons.

In the third programme of the series, Dave Pearce continues his A to Z of classic disco music, celebrating its influence on modern dance music culture. 

This week he focuses on the letters J to N, playing big tunes by KC and the Sunshine Band and McFadden and Whitehead, as well as digging in the crates to find lost gems by Poussez and Evelyn 'Champagne' King.  No disco alphabet would also be complete without celebrating the letter J and the first family of Disco: The Jacksons.    

Dave Pearce presents a show on 6 Music every Sunday at 8.00pm.

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

3/6. DJ Dave Pearce presents an essential, alphabetical guide to disco. The series explores four decades of popular and obscure recordings, with this instalment covering the letters J to N, featuring The Jacksons, KC and The Sunshine Band and McFadden and Whitehead, and lesser-known hits by Poussez and Evelyn "Champagne" King.

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: 20/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 20/07/2009

With chat, music and live sessions. Includes rare tracks, remixes and unusual cover versions in Tunes of the Unexpected.

Top chat, great music and the best live sessions to keep you going through the night. Includes rare tracks, remixes and unusual cover versions in Tunes Of The Unexpected.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 21/07/2009

21/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 21/07/2009

Tim Smith sits in for Alex Lester with music and chat.

Tim Smith sits in for Alex Lester. Includes Pause for Thought, music from the Smith Family Archive and the Listeners' Library.

Tim Smith looks after the show while Alex the Dark Lord is away, with his own musical choices from the Smith Family Archive, a Listeners' Library request, and Pause For Thought.

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