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: 26/09/2009

26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Zoe Ball, 26/09/2009

Kirsten O'Brien rounds up fun events all over the UK and Johnny Ball sets a puzzle.

Kirsten O'Brien rounds up fun events all over the UK for all the family and Johnny Ball sets a fiendish puzzle in 'Ball of Confusion'.

Kirsten O'Brien rounds up fun events all over the UK for all the family and Johnny Ball sets another fiendish puzzle 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

Brian Matthew with golden oldies, from Memphis soul to baroque pop.

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: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 26/09/2009

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

Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the 1960s. With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities and collectable tracks.

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, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks, the selection sweeps right across the most important decade for popular music from beginning to end. Including this week tracks from Craig Douglas, The Walker Brothers, Clive Sands, The Fourmost, Wilson Pickett, The Rockin' Berries, Neil Christian and Gerry! The A-Z of The Beatles works its way through their entire catalogue and reaches 'The Word'; find out what that word was. Sounds Of The Sixtiesbegan in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the progarmme hisdistinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.

Jonathan Ross

Music, guests and lively conversation with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 26/09/2009

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies with guests John Simm and Stewart Lee.

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies are joined by comedian Stewart Lee, actor John Simm plus there's live music from The Handsome Family.

Guests include actor John Simm, comic Stewart Lee and, performing live, Albuquerque-based "alternative" country duo The Handsome Family.

Pick of the Pops

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

Pick of the Pops: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 26/09/2009

Dale Winton counts down the charts from one week in 1974 and 1993.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from one week in 1974 and 1993, with hits from KC and The Sunshine Band, Leo Sayer, Belinda Carlisle, M People and The Pet Shop Boys.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1974 and 1993, with hits from KC And The Sunshine Band, Leo Sayer, Belinda Carlisle, M People and The Pet Shop Boys.

Top 40 chart nostalgia, Dale Winton rewinds to this week in 1974 and 1993 with hit 45s by KC and The Sunshine Band, Leo Sayer , Belinda Carlisle , M People and Pet Shop Boys.

Dermot O'Leary

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

Dermot O'Leary: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 26/09/2009

With Justin Lee Collins and live music from Alberta Cross and Sinead and the Dawnbreakers.

Dermot has live music from Alberta Cross as well as from Sinead and the Dawnbreakers, and he chats to TV presenter Justin Lee Collins.

Today Dermot has live music from Alberta Cross, a New York-based folk rock band formed by the song-writing partners Petter Ericson Stakee and Terry Wolfers. There's also some rockabilly from Sinead And The Dawnbreakers whose Northern Irish frontwoman, Sinead Quinn, was the Fame Academy runner-up back in 2002. And enthusiastic Bristolian presenter Justin Lee Collins joins Dermot in the studio to talk about his forthcoming autobiography and share some of his favourite records. Good times!

With live sets by New York-based folk-rock quintet Alberta Cross and London rockabilly quartet Sinead and The Dawnbreakers. Plus a chat with TV presenter Justin Lee Collins. See also 10pm.

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: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Going Out With Alan Carr, 26/09/2009

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

Alan Carr hosts two hours of fun and laughs, with Emma Forbes playing head girl to his naughty class comic.

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

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: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 26/09/2009

Two hours of America's latest and greatest hits from the last five decades.

British Steel: How British Heavy Metal Conquered The World

British Steel: How British Heavy Metal Conquered The World: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - British Steel: How British Heavy Metal Conquered The World, Episode 1

Looking at how heavy metal music began in Britain in the 1960s.

Justin Lee Collins tells the story of the British pioneers who helped make heavy metal a global phenomenon, including Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest and Motorhead.

Heavy metal fan Justin Lee Collins tells the story of the British pioneers who drew up the blueprint for "the Devil's pop music". Metal gods like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Iron Maiden, whose vast record sales and enduring influence have made heavy metal the global music phenomenon it is today. In the first programme, find out how heavy metal music started right here in Britain over 40 years ago. Black Sabbath have to take the accolade for being the originators, when they rose from the fiery furnaces of the industrial West Midlands. Their doom-laden rock was the complete antithesis to the hippy movement of the late 60s and the four Brummies soon conquered the world with their monster riffs, dark lyrics and an appetite for rock 'n' roll excess. Equally as important were Deep Purple, a five piece band of exceptional musicians whose all-out hard rock music laid down the foundations for all heavy metal bands since: high pitched screams, heavy guitars, a battery of drums and enough testosterone to power an army. And if that wasn't enough to kick-start a heavy metal revolution, Justin reveals how the arrival of Judas Priest a few years later, would confirm the UK as the epicentre of all things metal.

Justin Lee Collins tells the story of the British pioneers of heavy metal

British Steel: How British Heavy Metal Conquered the World

1/2. Justin Lee Collins tells the story of the British pioneers who spearheaded the rock phenomenon known as heavy metal, which emerged as a foil to the sensitive, hippy sensibility of late 1960s music. This two-parter zeroes in on the monster riffs, sunshine-free lyrics and general excesses of genre giants Black 
Sabbath (Birmingham, 1968), Deep Purple (Hertfordshire, 1968), 
Judas Priest (Birmingham, 1969), Motorhead (London, 1975) and Iron Maiden (East London, 1975). Producer James Hale 
See also Justin Lee Collins on Clive Anderson 's Chat Room Thursday 10pm

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: 26/09/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 26/09/2009

Former Love and Money frontman James Grant plays the After Midnight acoustic session.

Former Love and Money frontman James Grant joins Bob for the After Midnight acoustic session, with help from his friend and member of Capercaillie, Donald Shaw.

Former 'Love & Money' frontman James Grant joins Bob for the After Midnight acoustic session, with help from his friend and member of Capercaillie - Donald Shaw.

Singer/songwriter James Grant 
(ex-Love and Money) 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

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