BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Zoe Ball

Zoe joins Radio 2's weekend line-up to present the Saturday Early Breakfast show, after recent stints sitting in for Dermot O'Leary and Ken Bruce.

Each week Zoe has puzzles and difficult questions in Ball of Confusion, plus guest contributors Kirsten O'Brien, Hilary Oliver and Ambrose Heron take turns to round up family events and movies in Here Comes The Weekend.

You can also join the Sleepover Club. It's junior choice for the new millennium. If you've got a houseful of kids camping in the lounge for the weekend, or you're going to be up all night partying with your friends, then you can join. Every week Zoe and Emma Forbes will be inviting a group of members to pick a favourite tune and make a special dedication on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Zoe Ball: 25/07/2009

25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Zoe Ball, 25/07/2009

Zoe is joined by Hilary Oliver to look at the movies out at the cinema and on DVD and TV.

Zoe is joined by guest critic Hilary Oliver to look at the big movies out at the cinema, DVD store and on the TV. Zoe plays one of her favourite tracks as the Thunderball.

Zoe's back with guest critic Hilary Oliver looking at the big movies at your local cinema, DVD store and on the TV. Listen out for the Thunderball - another of Zoe's favourite tracks - and we solve this week's problem or burning question in Ball Of Confusion.

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

Sounds of the 60s

Warmly nostalgic series in which Brian Matthew spins hits, B-sides and obscurities, including requests.

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn spins the biggest sixties hits and shares fond memories of the decade.

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 25/07/2009

Brian Matthew plays requests for The Mojos, The Symbols, Karl Denver and The Doors.

With Sounds of the Sixties. Brian Matthew presents facts, figures, trivia and requests for The Elastic Band, The Mojos, The Symbols, Karl Denver and The Doors.

Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s including, this week, requests for The Elastic Band, The Mojos, The Symbols, Karl Denver and The Doors. 

With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, B sides, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks, the selection sweeps right across the most important decade for popular music from beginning to end. Including regular features: The A-Z of The Beatles works its way through their entire catalogue; Stuck On Two replays hits from across the Atlantic which didn't quite make it to the top of the charts; The Song Swap features two hit covers from well-known artists; and Playing Hard To Get is for listeners who have a favourite song but who have lost the original record. Brian finds the track and plays it. 



Sounds Of The Sixties began in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the programme his distinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.

Jonathan Ross

Music, guests and lively conversation with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 25/07/2009

With guests Ethan Hawke, Charlie Brooker and live music from Madness.

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies with guests Ethan Hawke, Charlie Brooker and live music from Madness.

New music and hip oldies, plus perky banter with sidekick 
Andy Davies and live music by Madness.

Pick of the Pops

Counting down two popular music charts from this week in decades past.

Pick of the Pops: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 25/07/2009

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1968 and 1987.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1968 and 1987, with hits courtesy of Sue Nicholls, Manfred Mann, The Equals, Samantha Fox and Heart.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1968 and 1987, with classic hits courtesy of Sue Nicholls, Manfred Mann, The Equals, Samantha Fox and Heart.

Dale Winton rewinds to this week in both 1968 and 1987 with hit 45s by Sue Nicholls , Manfred Mann , 
The Equals, Samantha Fox and Heart.

Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary presents live music sessions from new and emerging bands.

Dermot O'Leary: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 25/07/2009

Dermot is joined for live music by a-ha and Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan.

Dermot is joined by a-ha, who play new material, old favourites and take listeners' questions. There is also music from the Irish singer and songwriter Lisa Hannigan.

Dermot is joined at the BBC's Maida Vale studios by a-ha, who play new material, old favourites and take listeners' questions.

The Norwegian trio's latest album marks a return to the classic pop sound that helped bring them success around the world, and sales of 36 million albums. Written and recorded in various major cities - from Oslo, where the band formed in 1982, to New York, where Pal now lives - Foot Of The Mountain is predominantly a synth-based album that carries echoes of the band's early signature hits Take On Me and The Sun Always Shines On TV.

There's also music from the Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan, who worked with Damien Rice and toured the world for several years before gathering a band of friends together to record her 2008 debut album Sea Sew. Lisa takes her songs on a tour of the UK and Ireland this summer, including a performance at the Electric Picnic festival.

Featuring live sets by Dublin singer/songwriter Lisa Hannigan and Norwegian hit trio a-ha (Take on Me, The Sun Always Shines on TV), whose latest album Foot of the Mountain signals a return to their 1980s synth-pop sound.

Going Out With Alan Carr

Alan Carr hosts fun and laughs on Saturday night

Alan Carr hosts fun and laughs on Saturday night. Whether you're putting on your lippy for a night out or dialing up a curry, Going Out With Alan Carr will put you in a feel-good mood

Going Out With Alan Carr: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Going Out With Alan Carr, 25/07/2009

Fun, laughs, chat and music with Alan Carr and co-host Emma Forbes.

Please note: phone lines, competitions and votes featured in this programme are now closed.

Fun, laughs, chat and music with Alan Carr and co-host Emma Forbes.

Please note: phone lines, competitions and votes featured in this programme are now closed.

Alan Carr helps kick start Saturday evening, hosting two hours of fun and laughs, with Emma Forbes playing head girl to his naughty class comic. Whether you're putting on your lippy for a night-out or dialing up a curry, Going Out With Alan Carr will put you in a feel-good mood.

If you're on the way out to a Stag or a Hen, a night down the pub or a karaoke bar, Alan will send you on your way with a spring in your step, playing great disco classics and modern pop, from Abba to Prince and Duffy to Dusty.

If you're planning a dinner-party, a night at the pub or a hot date, let Alan sort out your entertainment for the night ahead. He'll even help you look the part in his regular feature, Wardrobe Disaster!

And if you're having a quiet night in front of the box, why not take part in Alan's Telly Quiz, or relive the triumph - or tragedy - of Saturday night dates in Alan's Last Dance!

Going Out with Alan Carr

Interactive party-spirited show with music and camp-appeal features.

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits

A selection from the week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul plays his selection from this week's American charts, plus classics from the last six decades.

Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 25/07/2009

Playing America's greatest hits from the US charts of the week and the past five decades.

Eye to the Telescope

BBC Radio 2 - Eye to the Telescope

KT Tunstall explores our fascination with space and its influence upon musicians.

As part of BBC Radio 2's Moon and Space Season, KT Tunstall and contributors explore our continuing fascination with space and its influence upon musicians.

When KT Tunstall was a little girl, her physicist father used to take her to the St Andrews Observatory, so beginning the lifelong fascination with space travel which inspired her first album Eye To The Telescope. 

She's not alone. From the early days of the space programme, artists have been intrigued by the wonders of the universe, and the possibility of intelligent life beyond earth, as well as the implications for the future. While astronauts explored the boundaries of space, musicians realised they could explore new musical frontiers and started experimenting with recording techniques and synthesisers.

Set against a soundtrack of music inspired by space, this is KT Tunstall's personal take on our continuing fascination with the final frontier. Contributors include Paul Hartnoll of Orbital, Scottish band The Aliens, Dave Brock of Hawkwind and the writer and film critic, Kim Newman.

As part of Radio 2's Moon and Space season, singer and songwriter KT Tunstall celebrates her lifelong fascination with space travel in this look at its impact on musicians and their work, including her own 2004 debut album Eye to the Telescope. Featuring a space-inspired soundtrack and input by Paul Hartnoll (of techno duo 
Orbital), Scottish indie electronica band The Aliens, Dave Brock (co-founder of progressive-rock outfit Hawkwind) and sci-fi/horror specialist and writer Kim Newman. Producer Lynsey Moyes

Bob Harris Sunday

DJ Bob Harris picks an eclectic mix of new tracks

Bob Harris plays an eclectic mix of new tracks from the worlds of Americana, Alt Country, Indie, World, Nu-Folk and Blues

Bob Harris

Bob Harris Sunday: 25/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 25/07/2009

Singer, songwriter and multimedia artist Fredo Viola plays live.

The singer, songwriter and multimedia artist Fredo Viola plays live. Fredo takes his influences from Shostakovich, Benjamin Britten, Bartok, Stravinsky and Belle and Sebastian.

The singer-songwriter and multi-media artist Fredo Viola plays live after midnight. 

Fredo spent a lot of his childhood in London and Rome and Los Angeles before originally training to be a film director. You may have heard his songs on the internet, in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate and on TV shows like CSI Miami and The O.C.  He takes his influences from Shostakovich, Benjamin Britten, Bartok, Stravinsky, and Belle & Sebastian, to name a few, and his fans include the renowned American film critic Roger Ebert and the writer Neil Gaiman.

Eclectic playlist of new releases and oldies, from Americana to the blues. Woodstock, New York-based singer/songwriter and multimedia artist Fredo Viola performs an acoustic set after midnight.

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: 26/07/2009

26/07/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 26/07/2009

Richard's Big Chillout includes songs from Nick Drake, Moby, The Orb and George Benson.

Richard's Big Chillout includes songs from Nick Drake, Moby, The Orb and George Benson. Plus, the Album Of The Day is Supertramp's Breakfast In America.

Richard Allinson helps ease you into Sunday morning, as the doors to the 3.46 club swing open again. 

If you're working, then nominate your tune for Worker's Playtime. This week, The Big Chillout includes songs from Nick Drake, Moby, The Orb and George Benson, and our Album Of The Day is Supertramp's Breakfast In America, 30 years after it was released.

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