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: 02/10/2009

02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 02/10/2009

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 02/10/2009

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

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 02/10/2009

With Album of the Week by Barbra Streisand and Tracks of My Years from Tito Jackson.

With Popmaster, the Love song, Album of the Week by Barbra Streisand and Tracks of My Years from Tito Jackson.

The final two choices in Tracks Of My Years from Tito Jackson. The Album Of The Week is 'Love Is The Answer' by Barbra Streisand. Plus the Record Of The Week raises its graceful heads one last time and PopMaster threatens to overpower another two participants.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 02/10/2009

Jeremy discusses paedophiles, equality in society, universities and derelict gardens.

Jeremy talks to a therapist who works with women paedophiles, Will Hutton talks about equality, Jeremy asks if your children are coping at university and looks at derelict gardens.

Jeremy talks to a therapist who works with women paedophiles, Will Hutton talks about equality in society, Jeremy asks if your children are coping at university and finally looks at overgrown junkyard gardens.

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 02/10/2009

With the Non-Stop Oldies, fascinating Factoids, showbiz news, music and Ken Bruce.

Steve Wright with the Non-Stop Oldies, fascinating Factoids, showbiz news, sport and traffic updates, music and Ken Bruce.

Steve Wright with the non stop Oldies, fascinating Factoids, showbiz news, the latest sport and traffic updates, all the coolest music and Ken Bruce!

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 02/10/2009

With All Request Friday, where listeners choose the music.

It's All Request Friday, where listeners pick the music. Plus mirth and mayhem with Sally Traffic and the whole team.

It's All Request Friday, where you pick the music we play. Plus, there's more mirth and mayhem with Sally Traffic and the whole team.

Desmond Carrington after Seven

Desmond Carrington looks at the careers of entertainers who created their own unique style

Desmond Carrington after Seven: 29/04/2005

29/04/2005

BBC Radio 2 - Desmond Carrington after Seven, 29/04/2005

Another chance to hear a 2005 interview with Dame Vera Lynn.

In September 2009, Dame Vera Lynn topped the UK Album Charts at the age of 92. This is another chance to hear a 2005 interview with Desmond Carrington.

Vera Lynn has been singing all her life. She began in working men's clubs when she was seven, sang with professional dance bands when she was a teenager, and became a soloist in her 20s.

In the 1940s her wartime radio series, Sincerely Yours, helped to make her the "Forces' Sweetheart" when she regularly broadcast messages from home to servicemen and women overseas. Memorable recordings of songs like The White Cliffs of Dover and We'll Meet Again quickly established her as the most popular singer in Britain and she was constantly featured on radio and TV throughout the 50s and 60s.

By 1975, when she was created a Dame of the British Empire, Vera had become a showbusiness icon. And in 2009 she topped the UK Album Charts at the age of 92, with an album of greatest hits which beat off competition from the re-mastered Beatles. This is another chance to enjoy Desmond Carrington in conversation with Vera Lynn at her Sussex home in 2005. In this revised repeat, extracts from their conversation feature alongside some of her many hundreds of records.

Desmond Carrington - After Seven

4/4. Series devoted to entertainers who have caught the public's attention with their distinctive style. And to celebrate her recent return to the top of the charts, Desmond profiles wartime singing sensation Vera Lynn , whose radio series Sincerely Yours - broadcast to servicemen and women overseas during the Second World War - helped earn her the title of "the Forces' Sweetheart". Her big hits, including White Cliffs of Dover and We'll Meet Again, are featured here alongside other gems and extracts from a 2005 interview.

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 02/10/2009

Clare Teal presents the BBC Concert Orchestra live from the Mermaid Theatre in London.

Clare Teal presents the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe, live from the Mermaid Theatre in London. Guests include Kim Criswell and the Freddy Cole Quartet.

Clare Teal presents the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe live from the Mermaid Theatre in London. Our special guests include musical theatre star Kim Criswell and the Freddy Cole Quartet. Freddy Cole is the youngest brother of the late Nat King Cole and he joins the orchestra in a selection from the great American songbook - plus a couple of tunes made famous by his famous sibling!

Friday Night Is Music Night

Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with musical star Kim Criswell and The Freddy Cole Quartet, fronted by the youngest brother of Nat "King" Cole. With Clare Teal, from London's Mermaid Theatre.

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Lady Vanishes, Episode 3

Another chance to hear Brenda Blethyn read Ethel Lina White's classic thriller.

Brenda Blethyn reads Ethel Lina White's classic thriller. The Doctor, the Professor, Max Hare and Edna Barnes all believe that Iris must have imagined Miss Froy.

Another chance to hear Brenda Blethyn read Ethel Lina White's classic thriller.

First published as The Wheel Spins, Ethel Lina White's novel was later renamed The Lady Vanishes following the popularity of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. And it's easy to see why Hitchcock found this novel so compelling and so well-suited to his particular brand of filmmaking. The plot is deceptively simple: a young woman meets an engaging stranger during a long railway journey, who later disappears, leading to mystery and deception.

In episode three, the Doctor, the Professor, Max Hare, and even Edna Barnes, all believe that Iris must have imagined the mysterious Miss Froy. Iris herself begins to wonder if she is mistaken.

The novel was adapted for radio by Neville Teller and first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2006.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Brenda Blethyn reads the story Alfred Hitchcock adapted for his thriller The Lady Vanishes

Brenda Blethyn reads an abridged version of The Wheel Spins, which Alfred Hitchcock adapted for his thriller, The Lady Vanishes

3/6. Brenda Blethyn reads version of Ethel Lina White 's 1936 novel The Wheel Spins, adapted for Alfred Hitchock 's 1938 thriller.

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Listen to the Band, 02/10/2009

Frank Renton presents the Whitburn Band, conducted by Russell Gray.

Frank Renton presents the Whitburn Band performing music by George Michael, Jelly Roll Morton and Richard Rodgers, amongst others. The conductor is Russell Gray.

Formed in 1870 - and variously known as the Whitburn Burgh band and Whitburn Miners Welfare - today's Whitburn Band is one of the top brass bands in the UK. Russell Gray conducts music by George Michael, Jelly Roll Morton and Richard Rodgers, amongst others.

Frank Renton presents a session by Scotland's Whitburn Band (formed in 1870), conducted by Russell Gray.

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Radio 2 Arts Show with Anneka Rice, 02/10/2009

Jo Whiley in for Claudia Winkleman with Susannah York, Jan Ravens and Newton Faulkner.

Jo Whiley sits in for Claudia Winkleman with a show featuring actress Susannah York, comedian Jan Ravens, author Cecelia Ahern and live music from Newton Faulkner.

Jo Whiley presents a fun and pacy arts show with top guests and fab tunes for a great Friday night in. This week's show features actress Susannah York, comedian Jan Ravens, author Cecelia Ahern and there's live music from Newton Faulkner.

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: 02/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr, 02/10/2009

Mark Lamarr is joined in session by The Heavy.

Mark Lamarr is joined in session by The Heavy, who add their guitar heavy, hip hop-soul sound to the mix.

Mark Lamarr provides three hours of musical greatness to tantalise your ears and is joined in session this week by The Heavy who'll be adding their own guitar heavy, hip-hop soul sound to the mix.

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: 03/10/2009

03/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Richard Allinson, 03/10/2009

With chat and music, including archive live tracks from Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

With music and features. Richard celebrates British songwriting with an hour of classic songs, including archive live tracks from BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

Join the 3.46 club with your early morning host Richard Allinson.

Richard celebrates British songwriting with an hour of classic songs, including archive live tracks from Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

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