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: 10/10/2009

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BBC Radio 2 - Zoe Ball, 10/10/2009

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 hits, B-sides, cover versions and obscurities.

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: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn, 10/10/2009

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

Brian Matthew, the voice of sixties popular music, presents the programme for all fans of the 1960s. With facts, figures, trivia and the classic hits, rarities and B-sides.

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.  The A-Z of The Beatles works its way through their entire catalogue and reaches 'The Things We Said Today' from 'A Hard Days Night'. Other tracks this week come from Don Partridge, The Marcels, Marmalade, Dusty, Donnie Elbert and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. There is a tribute to the late Steve Race but who was Jason Merryweather better known as?
 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: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross, 10/10/2009

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies are joined by Adam Savage and Jaime Winstone.

Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies are joined by 'Mythbuster' Adam Savage, actress Jaime Winstone plus there's live music from The Heavy.

New music and hip oldies, plus banter with sidekick Andy Davies. Guests include special effects expert Adam Savage (of TV science show MythBusters).

Pick of the Pops

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

Pick of the Pops: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 10/10/2009

Dale Winton counts down the charts from one week in 1965 and 1978.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from one week in 1965 and 1978, with hits from Wilson Pickett, Sonny and Cher, David Essex, Leo Sayer and Rose Royce.

Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1965 and 1978, with hits from Wilson Pickett, Sonny & Cher, David Essex, Leo Sayer and Rose Royce.

Top 40 chart nostalgia. Dale Winton rewinds to this week in both 1965 and 1978 with hit 45s by Wilson Pickett , Sonny and Cher. David 
Essex, Leo Sayer and Rose Royce.

Dermot O'Leary

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

Dermot O'Leary: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary, 10/10/2009

With music from Editors and the Raveonettes. Dermot also chats to Charlie Brooker.

Dermot features live music from Editors and Danish rock 'n' roll band Raveonettes. He is also joined in the studio by writer and TV critic Charlie Brooker.

Dermot has live music from Editors, who release their third album this month, and the Danish rock 'n' roll band Raveonettes. He's also joined in the studio by the writer and inimitably sarcastic TV critic Charlie Brooker.

With live sets by indie post-punk band Editors and Danish rock duoThe Raveonettes. Plus a chat with TV critic Charlie Brooker.

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: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Going Out With Alan Carr, 10/10/2009

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 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: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits, 10/10/2009

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

Rap Revolution: How Hip Hop Conquered The World

Rap Revolution: How Hip Hop Conquered The World: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 2 - Rap Revolution: How Hip Hop Conquered The World, Episode 1

Goldie looks at hip hop's influence on popular culture.

Goldie looks at the origins of hip hop and its major artists, exploring how a niche genre became so successful and what the future holds for rap.

Goldie examines the impact of a once niche musical genre on popular culture, focusing on music, but also fashion, sport, business and politics. He looks at the origins of hip hop and some of the major artists, exploring what made it so successful and what the future holds for rap. 

Beginning in New York's South Bronx area and culminating in the White House, the documentary includes contributions from pioneers DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash, plus legends Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Suge Knight, MC Hammer and Eminem.

Goldie looks at hip hop's influence on popular culture

Goldie looks at the origins of hip hop and some of the genre's major artists, exploring how a niche genre became so successful and what the future holds for rap

The Rap Revolution: How Hip Hop Conquered the World

1/2. Jungle/drum 'n' bass specialist Goldie (born Clifford Joseph Price) examines perhaps the most signficant new music genre of the past 30 years, with a look at its impact on fashion, sport, business and politics as well as its influence on established music genres. Contributors include A-list New Yorkers DJ Kool Here (Clive Campbell), Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) and trios Run-DMC and Beastie Boys, plus Californians MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell) and Suge Knight, and Michigan superstar Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers).

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: 10/10/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Bob Harris Sunday, 10/10/2009

Birmingham band Portland play live in the After Midnight acoustic session.

Birmingham band Portland play a live acoustic session.

Birmingham band 'Portland' are Rory Thompson, Sarah Thompson & Paul Meadows. Bob played an early demo of their track 'Tonight' after hearing them at an Abbey Road recording session. 

They have just finished their debut album 'These Broken Hands' with  Grammy winning producer Kipper, who has worked with Sting and Mary J Blige. They play live in the after midnight Acoustic Session.

Birmingham acoustic-lounge trio Portland perform a set of songs from their debut album These 
Broken Hands 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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