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: 01/09/2009

01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 01/09/2009

Aled Jones sits in for the Dawn Patrol. With a review of the newspapers.

Aled Jones sits in for 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: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 01/09/2009

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music and banter.

Johnnie Walker sits in for Terry Wogan with music, news, travel and banter.

Johnnie Walker continues to sit in for Terry Wogan, with the latest news & travel, plus Pause For Thought.

Johnnie Walker

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 01/09/2009

With a Barbra Streisand exclusive and Morten Harket of a-ha shares his Tracks Of My Years.

With a Barbra Streisand exclusive. Plus Morten Harket of a-ha shares his Tracks of My Years from Fleetwood Mac and The Stranglers.

Ken Bruce does his best impression of the invisible man for another two and a half hours. Today, we have the UK exclusive first play of two tracks from the new Barbra Streisand album, her first new studio album in 5 years.Romance is in the air when we play our daily Love Song at 10:15. Plus there's all the usual wonderment - the Record and Album Of The Week, PopMaster and Tracks Of My Years with A-Ha's frontman, Morten Harket, who today chooses songs by Fleetwood Mac and The Stranglers.

Including after 11.30 throughout the week Tracks of My Years, in which a-ha lead singer Morten Harket picks - two a day - his eight favourite discs.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 01/09/2009

Jeremy discusses Libya, bus drivers, Second World War evacuees and Joanna Lumley.

Jeremy discusses the alleged deal between the British government and Libya, the bus driver who fell ill at the wheel, war evacuees and Joanna Lumley cleaning public toilets.

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: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 01/09/2009

Marc Almond, Chris Addison, the non stop Oldies, and brain-busting Factoids!

Steve Wright chats to the singer Marc Almond and the actor Chris Addison, and brings you brain-busting Factoids and the non stop Oldies.

Steve Wright chats to the singer Marc Almond and the actor Chris Addison, and brings you brain-busting Factoids, the non stop Oldies, the national and international news from the world of entertainment, and the best music from across the globe.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 01/09/2009

Chris finds out why those pesky little pimples always seem to pop up overnight.

Chris gets the latest sunflower news from botanical babysitter and RHS Wisley referee Tom Brown. And he finds why those pesky little pimples always seem to pop up overnight.

Chris gets the latest Drivetime sunflower score from botanical babysitter and RHS Wisley referee Tom Brown. And just why do those pesky little pimples always seem to pop up overnight?

Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round

Desmond Carrington dips into classics from all musical genres

Desmond Carrington dips into classics from all musical genres from the 1920s to the present day

Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round, 01/09/2009

Desmond plays a selection of songs on the theme of war and peace.

...Goes Round. To mark the 70th anniversary of the start of Second World War, Desmond's theme is 'where have all the flowers gone?', featuring a selection of songs of war and peace.

Desmond rummages through his collection of 250,000 titles to share some good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may have never heard before. 

This week, to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, Desmond's theme is "Where have all the flowers gone?" and he features a selection of songs of war and peace.

Desmond Carrlngton

With songs of war and songs for peace to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.

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: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 01/09/2009

Mark Radcliffe presents solo and has a live session from Kate Walsh.

Mark Radcliffe

Featuring a live session by acoustic singer/songwriter Kate Walsh.

The Organist Entertains

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings, including pipe and electronic organs

Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains

The Organist Entertains: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, 01/09/2009

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings.

The Organist Entertains. Nigel Ogden reminds listeners that there are many venues around the country where live theatre organ music can still be enjoyed on a regular basis.

Tonight's programme is a reminder that there are many venues around the country where live theatre organ music can still be enjoyed on a regular basis. Often run by cinema organ clubs they can feature some of the country's top players with the venues varying from private houses to car showrooms.Compliant.

Nigel Ogden

Operation Pied Piper

BBC Radio 2 - Operation Pied Piper

Docudrama recreating the mass evacuation of 3 million children at the start of WWII.

Docudrama recreating Operation Pied Piper, the name given to the mass evacuation of three million children at the start of World War II. Includes personal stories from evacuees.

In the early hours of 1 September 1939, German troops crossed the border into Poland. At the same time in Britain, thousands of children, in cities all over the country crocodile-marched to the nearest railway station to board trains that would take them to the safety of the countryside. Two days later, war was declared. Operation Pied Piper was the secret code name given to the mass evacuation of over 3 million children.
With the use of archive and actual testimonies from evacuees themselves, Radio 2 recreates this momentous operation with a docudrama which transports the listener back to the first few days of September 1939. Sounds of the cities preparing: buses, trams, steam trains, lines of school children singing The Lambeth Walk and Wish Me Luck, parents crying and waving good-bye. The noises of the countryside: farm animals, birds singing, different accents - all provide a kaleidoscope of sounds to accompany the personal stories.
The plans for the evacuation of thousands and thousands of youngsters from London, and other major cities, were a masterpiece of organization. And it had a profound effect on the children who were uprooted from their homes with their gas-masks, crocodile-marched to stations and dispatched to live with strangers in a 'foreign land'. There are many stories, both sad and happy from that historic event at the outbreak of the Second World War, and this programme touches on just a few of them.
Contributors include Terry Charman, Senior Historian Imperial War Museum; James Roffey Founder of the Evacuees Reunion Association; and the personal stories from evacuees from across the UK.

Seventy years after Britain declared war on Germany, Radio 2 presents a soundscape to evoke 
Operation Pied Piper, in which more than three million children, gas masks in tow, were crocodile-marched to the nearest railway station to seek safety in the countryside. The programme conjures up images of this terrifically organised operation with vivid archive testimonies. 
Contributors include Imperial War Museum senior historian Terry Charman , Evacuee Reunion 
Association founder James Roffey , and evacuees from across the UK. Producer Sue Clark

The Music of the Montreux Jazz Festival - Concert Highlights

The Music of the Montreux Jazz Festival - Concert Highlights: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - The Music of the Montreux Jazz Festival - Concert Highlights, Episode 1

Jamie Cullum presents music from BB King, McCoy Tyner Trio, Alela Diane and David Sanborn.

Jamie Cullum presents highlights from the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival, including music from BB King, McCoy Tyner Trio, Alela Diane and David Sanborn.

Jamie Cullum presents a four part series featuring highlights from this year's 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival.

This international event began in 1967 and has grown from a three day event, featuring European
jazz artists, into a two week festival encompassing almost every musical genre. A diverse mix of artists including George Benson, Marianne Faithfull, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Bettye Lavette and Peter Cincotti all played this year and will feature during the course of the series.  

In the first programme,  Jamie introduces music from B.B. King, McCoy Tyner Trio, Alela Diane and David Sanborn.

Jamie Cullum presents highlights from the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival

Jamie Cullum presents a four part series featuring highlights from the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival

New series. 1/4. Jamie Cullum presents highlights from the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival, held on the shores of Lake Geneva. This first edition includes music by BB King, McCoy Tyner Trio, Alela Diane and David Sanborn.

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: 01/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 01/09/2009

The patron saint of musicians, Janice Long returns from her holidays!

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 02/09/2009

02/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 02/09/2009

Alex presents the Best Time of the Day Show.

Alex presents the Best Time of the Day Show, with musical selections from Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library, and a Pause For Thought.

An early morning mix of music and conversation, including the first Half-Time Hooter of The Week. Also on the Best Time of the Day Show, Alex dips into his own record collection to choose a new release or classic track from Lester's Library, and there's something selected by you in the Listeners' Library.

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