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: 24/07/2009

24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 24/07/2009

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 24/07/2009

Terry Wogan with music and chat. Includes Pause For Thought.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 24/07/2009

With the Album of the Week from a-ha and Tracks of My Years with Benny Andersson.

With Popmaster, the Album of the Week from a-ha, the Daily Love Song and Tracks of My Years from Benny Andersson.

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

Music collides with your amusing texts and emails as Ken Bruce presents Radio 2's Big Bang. 

The Record and the Album Of The Week get their last airing and we play PopMaster for the last time - until Monday that is. Benny Andersson chooses his final two songs on Tracks Of My Years and talks a little bit about the Benny Andersson Band's debut album, Story Of A Heart. Plus Ken will play you a Love Song and read your dedications because what the world needs now is love, sweet love.

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 24/07/2009

Discusses swine flu, pit bulls, bed and breakfasts and the man allergic to wi-fi.

Jeremy discusses what precautions people are taking against swine flu and asks when a dangerous dog should be put down. Plus bed and breakfasts and the man allergic to wi-fi.

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 24/07/2009

Dale Winton sits in for Steve Wright and is joined by Louis Walsh and Barbara Windsor.

Dale Winton sits in for Steve Wright and the team. He is joined by record label mogul and TV judge Louis Walsh and EastEnders star Barbara Windsor.

Dale Winton concludes his week sitting in for Steve and the team. He's joined by top celebrity guests and he has two new features - You Pick The Pops - where Dale plays songs from your favourite year in music, and The Winton Connection where you have to guess what links three great tracks that Dale will play.

Dale Winton

Simon Mayo

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 24/07/2009

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris Evans with All Request Friday.

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris Evans with All Request Friday, where listeners choose the music.

Simon Mayo sits in for Chris and launches the weekend with All Request Friday and it's your chance to take a turn behind the wheel. This really is your show so don't forget, your plans get us in the mood for ours.

Your journey home never felt so short with Drivetime beside you at the wheel. Watch the miles whizz by as Simon and the team shift it up a gear for that final furlong. Music is our master as Simon 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.

The Movie That Changed My Life

The Movie That Changed My Life: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 2 - The Movie That Changed My Life, Episode 2Search BBC

Lenny Henry reviews his favourite film: A Matter of Life and Death.

Lenny Henry reviews his favourite film: A Matter of Life and Death. Contributors include Ian Christie, Powell's widow Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Martin Scorsese.

Please take your seats and switch off your mobile phones, as Radio 2 heads to the movies with six well-known figures choosing their favourite film.

In programme two, Lenny Henry chooses A Matter of Life and Death. This 1946 Powell and Pressburger film was intended to soothe post war animosity between Britain and America. It stars David Niven as Peter Carter, a fighter pilot who escapes his burning plane as it crashes in the Channel. 

He finds and falls in love with the American wireless operator (Kim Hunter), the last voice
before he bailed out. But Carter is troubled by hallucinations...the powers in heaven have slipped up and want him there...he must fight for the right to live.

Listeners will be enthralled by Lenny Henry's passion for this film - a film buff through and through, his reading of the film makes compelling listening. Contributors include Ian Christie, Powell's widow Thelma Schoonmaker, and the director Martin Scorsese.

This episode is available until 7.00pm on 28th August as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.

Well-known figures review their favourite movie with the assistance of expert contributors

Series in which six well-known figures review their favourite movie, with the assistance of expert contributors

2/6. Six well-known people review their favourite movies, with input by film experts. The series continues with comedian and film buff Lenny Henry, who reveals his passion for A Matter of Life and Death - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1946 romantic fantasy masterwork starring David Niven and Kim Hunter. Featuring input by film academic Ian Christie and film editor (and Powell's widow) Thelma Schoonmaker, who has edited nearly all of the films of Martin Scorsese, who also contributes to this programme.

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 24/07/2009

Ken Bruce presents the BBC Concert Orchestra live from the Mermaid Theatre in London.

Ken Bruce presents the BBC Concert Orchestra live from the Mermaid Theatre in London, conducted by Stephen Bell and featuring guest singers Michael McCarthy and Rosemary Ashe.

Joining the BBC Concert Orchestra this week are guest singers Michael McCarthy and Rosemary Ashe, along with pianist extraordinaire Harry. There's a rich feast of music from the worlds of musical theatre and the popular classics. Ken Bruce is your master of ceremonies and Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Friday Night Is Music Night

Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with vocalists Michael McCarthy and Claire Moore , and pianist Harry, from London's Mermaid Theatre.

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall: Episode 6

Episode 6

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Spike has an affair and ends up at an Algerian PoW camp with no prisoners to oversee.

Spike Milligan's war memoirs, read by lifelong Milligan fan Paul Merton. Spike has a last-minute affair and ends up at an Algerian PoW camp with no prisoners to oversee.

Another chance to hear Spike Milligan's war memoir read by lifelong Milligan fan, Paul Merton.

This was the first of seven volumes of Spike's war memoirs but it is also a comedy classic in its own right. First published in 1971, the book is peppered throughout with Milligan's gags, one-liners and surreal comic invention

Paul Merton's delivery of the gags, characters and Goonish events of the story vividly bring to life the experiences of the 22 year old Spike Milligan from call up through basic training in the early years of the war.

In the final episode, the battery is finally posted overseas. Spike enjoys an intense last minute affair with a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force before the long journey from Liverpool to Algiers, where he is billeted in a prisoner of war camp lying unused because the allies had so far failed to capture any Germans.

Spike Milligan's war memoirs, read by lifelong Milligan fan Paul Merton

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

6/6. Spike Milligan's comic war memoirs, read by Paul Merton. Postponed from last week

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Listen to the Band, 24/07/2009

Frank Renton presents the brass band in dancing mood.

Frank Renton introduces the best in military and brass band music. From hoedowns to waltzes and from ballet to the bossa nova - Frank presents the brass band in dancing mood.

Frank Renton presents the brass band in a dancing mood, with music from the Americas, Greece, Norway and Scotland. We get invites to the hoedown, to waltz, to the ballet and an unmissable chance to sway to the bossa nova with one of the UK's top solo jazz trombone players, Mark Nightingale.

Frank Renton presents brass music for dancing, featuring jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale.

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice, 24/07/2009

Claudia is joined by the founder of the Ministry of Sound James Palumbo.

Join Claudia for the latest from the world of arts and entertainment. With old Etonian and classical music lover James Palumbo on how he created the Ministry of Sound global brand.

Claudia Winkleman rounds-up the week's Arts action and asks if the dance scene is dead? Who better to answer than James Palumbo - creator of London's Ministry of Sound - which went on to become a global dance brand. Old Etonian and classical music lover James Palumbo talks about being at the centre of the clubbing scene. There's also funny talk with award-winning comedian Sarah Millican and, dragging us towards midnight, those fabulous blokes in dresses The Globe Girls.

Guest James Palumbo talks about the club scene.

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: 24/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 24/07/2009

Mark is joined in session at Maida Vale by Jamaican reggae artist Pat Kelly.

Mark Lamarr digs deep into his record collection for three hours of diverse music. He is joined in session at Maida Vale by Jamaican reggae artist Pat Kelly.

Mark Lamarr digs deep into his record collection for three hours of diverse music. Plus he's joined in session at Maida Vale by the Jamaican reggae artist Pat Kelly.

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: 25/07/2009

25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 25/07/2009

Richard plays classic covers from Seal and The Script.

Richard celebrates British songwriting with covers from Seal and The Script. The Album Of The Day is Florence And The Machine's Mercury-nominated debut, Lungs.

Join the 3.46 club, with your early morning host Richard Allinson, and tell him about your main event this weekend.

Each week Richard celebrates British song writing with an hour of classic songs, including archive live tracks from Radio 2's Great British Songbook. Today's covers come from Seal and The Script and The Album Of The Day is Florence And The Machine's Mercury-nominated debut, Lungs.

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