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: 01/08/2009

01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Zoe Ball, 01/08/2009

Zoe is joined by Kirsten O'Brien for a round-up of family events across the country.

Zoe is joined by Kirsten O'Brien for a round-up of family events across the country. She also has the Thunderball track and solves listeners' burning questions in Ball of Confusion.

Zoe starts the weekend with Kirsten O'Brien's round up of family events across the country, her Thunderball track, and problems solved and burning questions answered in Ball of Confusion. 

Send us your life changing tracks for Teenage Kicks, and let us know if you want to get in the holiday mood with a record to help your packing or trip to the airport or vacation location. You can also join the Sleepover Club with a special dedication for your sleepover pals and birthday chums.

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

With new and old music, live performances and guests.

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: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 01/08/2009

Brian Matthew replays the sounds of pop's golden decade with hits, misses and the facts.

With Sounds of the Sixties. Brian Matthew presents facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, B sides, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks of the '60s.

Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s 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 requests, dedications and 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: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 01/08/2009

Liza Tarbuck and Huey Morgan sit in for Jonathan Ross with music, guests and lively chat.

Liza Tarbuck and Huey Morgan sit in for Jonathan Ross and are joined by guests Jill Halfpenny, Charles Hazlewood, Deborah Meaden and Dave Gorman.

Liza Tarbuck and Huey Morgan

Pick of the Pops

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

Pick of the Pops: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 01/08/2009

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1975 and 1991.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1975 and 1991, with hits from ABBA, Johnny Nash, Deacon Blue, Dannii Minogue and The Bee Gees.

Top 40 chart nostalgia show with Dale Winton , who rewinds to this week in both 1975 and 1991 with hit 45s by Abba, Johnny Nash , Deacon Blue, Dannii Minogue and the Bee Gees.

Dermot O'Leary

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

Dermot O'Leary: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 01/08/2009

Shaun Keaveny sits in for Dermot O'Leary.

Shaun Keaveny sits in for Dermot O'Leary with live music sessions from new and emerging bands.

Shaun Keaveny

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: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Going Out With Alan Carr, 01/08/2009

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

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

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

Please note: votes or competitions 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

Highly interactive, party-spirited show with music, camp-appeal features, perky chat and regular sidekick Emma Forbes , who helps with responses to listeners' calls.

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: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 01/08/2009

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

Featuring records from this week's US charts and the past five decades, plus tracks from a classic album, together with country and R&B chart-toppers old and new.

The Cambridge Folk Festival

Musical highlights, interviews and backstage shenanigans from folk's leading festival

Musical highlights, interviews and backstage shenanigans from folk's leading festival. For over 40 years, the festival has hosted the biggest names in celtic, country, roots, reggae, zydeco and rock

The Cambridge Folk Festival: 2009

2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Cambridge Folk Festival, 2009

Mark Radcliffe presents highlights from the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival.

Mark Radcliffe presents an hour of highlights from the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival. Includes performances by The Zutons, Booker T, The Waterson Family and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Mark Radcliffe presents an hour of highlights from the 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival.  

The Zutons, Booker T, Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds and Martin Simpson are among the performers at this year's Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the highlights of the summer for fans of live music.

Another 'cool as folk' line-up, featuring the best in contemporary roots music, the festival bill this year also includes rare performances by legendary performers such as The Waterson Family and Buffy Sainte-Marie, as well as some of the trailblazers of the current folk revival including Bellowhead, Cara Dillon and Jim Moray.

Extensive online coverage of the festival can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

Best of Cambridge 2009

Mark Radcliffe presents highlights of this weekend's 
Cambridge Folk Festival, which features The Zutons, Booker T, 
Adrian Edmondson and The Bad 
Shepherds, Martin Simpson , and veterans The Waterson Family and Buffy Sainte-Marie . Plus folk revivalists Bellowhead, Cara Dillon and Jim Moray. 
See also Mike Harding on Wednesday at 7pm

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 Sunday: 01/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 01/08/2009

Unique New Orleans guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth plays live.

Bob Harris plays an eclectic mix of Americana, alternative country, indie, world, nu-folk and blues. Unique New Orleans guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth plays live.

The amazing and unique New Orleans guitar virtuoso and "king of slydeco" Sonny Landreth plays live after midnight. 

Sonny will be talking about his recent releases and tours, his inspirational friends and collaborators Bonnie Raitt and John Hiatt, and the influence he takes from Jimi Hendrix.

Bob Harris

Eclectic playlist of new releases and a pick of oldies, from Americana to the blues. Tonight New Orleans guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth discusses his influences and 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: 02/08/2009

02/08/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 02/08/2009

Richard Allinson invites you to chill out with mellow tunes.

Another chance to be part of Richard's 3.46 club, as he helps ease you into Sunday morning. 

Nominate the tune that will help you through the nightshift in Worker's Playtime and The Big Chillout includes songs from Dire Straits, Neil Young, Grace Jones, Chicane, Japan and Eric Clapton.

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