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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: 12/11/2009

12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 12/11/2009

On the Dawn Patrol. Includes a Pause for Thought.

On the Dawn Patrol. With the religious and entertainment news of the day as well as the general newspaper review and Show Tunes. Plus 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: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 12/11/2009

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 12/11/2009

Guy Chambers explains his song choices on Tracks of My Years.

Featuring two choices by Guy Chambers on Tracks of My Years. The Album of the Week is from Leona Lewis.

Ken Bruce redefines the astrophysics of radio as he fuses music atoms with pithy banter particles in Radio 2's Big Bang. Featuring two more choices by Guy Chambers on Tracks Of My Years and the Traffic guru, Lynn Bowles. The album of the week is the latest from Leona Lewis.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 12/11/2009

Jeremy discusses child care vouchers, town twinning, nurses and carol singers.

Jeremy discusses the plans to phase out child care vouchers, a British town refusing to twin with a Japanese town, nurses training for degrees and tuneless carol singers.

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: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 12/11/2009

With Dizzee Rascal, Jimmy Carr, Oldies and Factoids.

Steve Wright talks to Dizzee Rascal and Jimmy Carr. Plus Factoids to impress your friends, the Non-Stop Oldies and the latest news from the showbiz world.

Steve Wright talks to Dizzee Rascal and Jimmy Carr, and brings you Factoids to impress your friends with, the non stop Oldies, all the latest news from the showbiz world and the coolest music on the planet.

Steve Wright

Chris Evans

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

Chris Evans: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 12/11/2009

Nigel Barden serves up steak tartare in the food slot.

Food is the main ingredient in the show as Chris finds out why the Scotch egg may be Britain's best bar snack and Drivetime gastronome Nigel Barden serves up steak tartare.

Food is the main ingredient in tonight's show and Chris finds out why the Scotch egg is Britain's best bar snack. And Drivetime gastro-gnome Nigel Barden serves up Steak Tartare.

The Mother Church of Country Music: The Ryman Auditorium

BBC Radio 2 - The Mother Church of Country Music: The Ryman Auditorium

Bob Harris takes a tour round the building known as 'the mother church of Country music'.

Bob Harris takes a tour round The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, a former church which became the most important building in Country music's history.

Another chance to hear Bob Harris take a tour round The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, an important building in the history of country music.

Known as "the mother church of country music", it began life as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in the late nineteenth century, but by 1943 was the home of country music institution the 'Grand Ole Opry' Radio Show and has since become recognised as an integral character in country music's story. As part of Radio 2's celebration of the 46th annual CMA awards, Bob Harris takes a guided tour through this much-loved building and its history, accompanied by some of its most famous performers.

Opened in 1892, the Union Gospel Tabernacle was built by a hell-raising steamboat captain Tom Ryman, who was converted to religion after attending a revival with Southern evangelist Samuel Jones. Following Ryman's death, the building took his name and became the South's leading music venue, featuring performers such as Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino and Sergei Rachmaninov.

In 1943 it became the home of the long running WSM radio show 'The Grand Ole Opry', staging performances from country legends including Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and, for one night only, Elvis Presley. When the Opry moved out of town in the mid 70s, the Ryman became vacant and fell into disrepair.

Over the next twenty years the venue was used for various film sets, including 'Coal Miner's Daughter' (the Loretta Lynn biopic starring Sissy Spacek), 'Honky Tonk Man' (Clint Eastwood) and 'Nashville' (Robert Altman). However it was not until Emmylou Harris recorded her Grammy winning live album at the venue in 1992 that public interest in the Ryman was re-awakened, and it was saved from imminent demolition.

Newly refurbished, but still with its original wooden pews, it re-opened in 1994, and now plays host to performers from every genre of music, including Tony Bennett, Coldplay, Elvis Costello and Neil Young. Since 1999 it has once again welcomed the 'Grand Ole Opry' radio show during the winter months and each year celebrates its country music roots when it hosts the Americana Music Association awards show.

Accompanied by celebrity tour guides including Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs and Marty Stuart, Bob Harris discovers the magical atmosphere of country music's "Mother Church" and hears performances from the building's history. He goes backstage to the themed dressing rooms, experiences the famed stage acoustic at first hand, wanders through the museum and talks to country fans who visit the auditorium from all over the world.

The Mother Church of Country Music: the Ryman Auditorium

To mark last night's annual Country Music Association Awards, Bob Harris explores the Nashville building that defines country. Built by born-again hell-raising steamboat captain Tom Ryman and opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, Ryman Auditorium (as it is now called) became the home of the Grand Ole Opry in 1943. Between then and the Opry's departure in 1974, the venue played host to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and others. Following decades of disuse, interest in the building surged following its 1992 use by Emmylou Harris, Tony Bennett, Neil Young and Coldplay have all performed in the refurbished landmark.

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: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 12/11/2009

Music, guests and banter, plus regular guest Noddy Holder.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

The Blagger's Guide to Jazz

The Blagger's Guide to Jazz: Episode 1: Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop

Episode 1

Episode 1: Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop

Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop

BBC Radio 2 - The Blagger's Guide to Jazz, Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop

David Quantick turns his eye to that mystical, magical and misunderstood world of jazz.

David Quantick turns his eye to that mystical, magical and misunderstood world of jazz. In episode one, he looks at Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop.

We've had country and classical, now David Quantick takes a comic look at the mystical, magical and misunderstood world of jazz. 

This six-part series will explain the basic terminology, provide a guide to the major players, as well as some of the places synonymous with the genre. Episode one focuses on Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop.

David Quantick takes a comic look at the world of jazz

The Comedy Hour: The Blagger's Guide To... Jazz

1/6. Decidedly droll and not quite reverential music enthusiast David Quantick tackles jazz, with comically constructed and occasionally fabricated explanations of the American genre, starting with Duke Ellington, the saxophone and bop.

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings: Episode 1: Al Tied Up With Nowhere to Go

Episode 1: Al Tied Up With Nowhere to Go

Al Tied Up With Nowhere to Go

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Carr's Comedy Outings, Al Tied Up With Nowhere to Go

Alan finds himself on an unusual hen night. With clips from Les Dawson and Ed Byrne.

Alan finds himself on an unusual hen night. The classic comedy clips feature the likes of Les Dawson, Ed Byrne and Michael McIntyre.

Another chance to hear Alan Carr's scripted comedy clip show, which first broadcast on Radio 2 last year. 

In the first episode, Al Tied Up With Nowhere To Go, Alan finds himself on an unusual hen night. The classic comedy clips feature the likes of Les Dawson, Ed Byrne and Michael McIntyre.

... Outings. New comedy clip show featuring the distinctive humour of Alan Carr

New six-part comedy clip show featuring the distinctive humour of Alan Carr. Alan describes the difficult situations he finds himself in, interspersing his unusual adventures with classic comedy clips

1/6. A scripted comedy-clip show, tonight involving a hen night.

Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro brings American music direct to listeners

Suzi Quatro was weaned in Detroit on the best American music, taking in everything from Doo Wop and rock 'n' roll to Motown and soul. She brings the best of it to R2

Suzi Quatro: 12/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 12/11/2009

With tracks and personal recollections from Suzi's American music collection.

Hollywood star and Rock'N'Roll performer extraordinaire Suzi Quatro plays the music she heard in her formative years, from doo-wop to Motown and rock 'n' roll, taking us through the fifties and sixties right up to the present day. Suzi often features American classics that never made the wireless over here and loves telling anecdotes about her American Heroes. 

Every week Suzi focuses on a particular year in American chart history and once a month Suzi talks, in depth, to a special guest about their American influences.

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: 13/11/2009

13/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 13/11/2009

Senses join Janice to play in session. Plus the Janice Theme Time Hour.

Senses join Janice to play in session. Plus there's the Janice Theme Time Hour, Tunes of the Unexpected and Radio 2's Record and Album of the Week.

Senses join Janice to play in session plus there's the Janice Theme Time Hour, Tunes Of The Unexpected and Radio 2's Record and Album of the Week.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 13/11/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 13/11/2009

With music, chat and features, including Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library.

The 'Dark Lord' presents musical instalments from Lester's Library and the Listener's Library. Plus Pause for Thought.

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord. Includes 2 hourly visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library, and your musical contribution in the Listeners' Library. Submit your own choices by going to Alex's pages at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2.

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