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: 10/12/2009

10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Sarah Kennedy, 10/12/2009

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: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Wake Up to Wogan, 10/12/2009

Terry Wogan and the team with music, travel, news and chat.

Ken Bruce

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

Ken Bruce: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, 10/12/2009

Martin Kemp picks two songs in Tracks of My Years.

Martin Kemp talks about his favourite concert and reveals who the New Romantics owe a debt of gratitude to in Tracks of My Years.

Ken Bruce polishes his shoes and gets his best top hat and cane out and puts on the Ritz. But by Ritz I mean Radio 2 studio. And by top hat and cane, I mean laptop bag. Nevertheless, it will be a cracking show. Martin Kemp talks about how his favourite concert ever and reveals who all the New Romantics owe a debt of gratitude to in Tracks Of My Years.

Including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, in which Martin Kemp (of re-formed Spandau Ballet) selects two more of his ten favourite records.

Jeremy Vine

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

Jeremy Vine: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, 10/12/2009

Jeremy discusses the pre-Budget report, a Christmas card, Generation Y and tattoos.

Jeremy discusses the results of the pre-Budget report, a letter written to a burglar, the difference between successive generations and tattoos.

Jeremy discusses the results of the pre-Budget report, a letter written to burglar, the difference between successive generations and finally tattoos.

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: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, 10/12/2009

With the Mighty Boosh, actor Mark Strong, Oldies and Factoids.

Steve Wright talks to The Mighty Boosh and actor Mark Strong. Plus the Factoids, the Non-Stop Oldies and music.

Steve Wright talks to The Mighty Boosh, actor Mark Strong, 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: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Chris Evans, 10/12/2009

Nigel serves Chris winter warming steak and kidney Pudding in the food slot.

Drivetime gastro-gnome Nigel Barden serves Chris winter warming steak and kidney pudding in Thursday's food slot. And we discover the secret to successful ear syringing!

Drivetime gastro-gnome Nigel Barden serves Chris winter warming Steak and Kidney pudding in Thursday's food slot. And we discover the secret to successful ear syringing!

The Country Show with Bob Harris

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names.

Bob Harris Country

The Country Show with Bob Harris: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, 10/12/2009

Bob is joined by Austin country-rock band Reckless Kelly.

Bob is joined by Austin-based band Reckless Kelly, whose country-rock style has been described as 'red dirt music'.

Bob is joined by Austin-based band Reckless Kelly, whose country-rock style has been described as "red dirt music". Formed in Oregon by brothers Willy and Cody Braun and their drummer Jay Nazz, the band named themselves after Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, relocating to Austin in 1997.

The three lived together and established the band on Austin's live scene, releasing their debut album in 1998. Their latest album Bulletproof came out last year on the Yep Roc label and includes the anti-war anthem American Blood which explores the government's treatment of returning troops.

Country, roots and Americana, with Austin-based country-rock "red dirt music" band Reckless Kelly, who named themselves after Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

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: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 6 Music - The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, 10/12/2009

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

The Blagger's Guide to Jazz

The Blagger's Guide to Jazz: Episode 5: Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz

Episode 5

Episode 5: Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz

Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz

BBC Radio 2 - The Blagger's Guide to Jazz, Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz

Looking at Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz.

David Quantick presents his fast-paced, comical guide to the world of jazz. In this episode he covers Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz.

David Quantick continues his fast-paced, comical guide to the mystical, magical & misunderstood world of jazz. Tonight he covers Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz.

David Quantick takes a comic look at the world of jazz

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

5/6. Music enthusiast David Ouantick explains the ins and outs of jazz. Armed with fake archive footage, adverts and recordings, he offers comically constructed and occasionally untrue explanations of the American genre, continuing with Billie Holiday, jazz bass and free jazz.

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings

Alan Carr's Comedy Outings: Episode 5: Casino Roy-Alan

Episode 5: Casino Roy-Alan

Casino Roy-Alan

BBC Radio 2 - Alan Carr's Comedy Outings, Casino Roy-Alan

Alan is hired by British Intelligence for a dangerous mission.

Alan is hired by British Intelligence for a dangerous mission but ends up strapped to a nuclear warhead. Features comedy clips from Michael Redmond, Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons.

Another chance to hear Alan Carr's scripted comedy clip show, which first broadcast on Radio 2 last year. In the fifth episode, Casino Roy-Alan, our eponymous hero is hired by British Intelligence for a dangerous mission but ends up strapped to a nuclear warhead. As he recounts this tale of espionage, Alan introduces some classic comedy clips including material from Michael Redmond, Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons.

... 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

5/6. A scripted comedy-clip show in which camp comedian Alan Carr is thrown into bizarre escapades in which things inevitably go wrong. Tonight's instalment finds Alan as a British Intelligence agent strapped to a nuclear warhead whose target is a famous British retailer. With archive snatches of Andy Parsons , Michael Redmond and Ed Byrne.

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: 10/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Suzi Quatro, 10/12/2009

Suzi heads back to 1972 with music from Jackson Browne, Neil Young and Elvis.

Suzi heads back to 1972 with music from Dr Hook and The Stray Cats.

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. 

Tonight's it's 1972 with music from Three Dog Night, Dr Hook and Elvis.

Suzl Quatro

US chart oldies, tonight showcasing 1972, with discs by Three Dog Night, Dr Hook, Elvis Presley and others.

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: 11/12/2009

11/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long, 11/12/2009

Riding The Low play live on the show. Also featuring listeners' Tunes of the Unexpected and the Theme Time Janice Hour.

Midlanders Riding The Low, including award-winning actor Paddy Considine, play live on the show. There's also your Tunes of the Unexpected, and another Theme Time Janice Hour.

Midlands indie rock quintet Riding the Low perform a live set.

Alex Lester

Weekday morning music and entertainment with Alex Lester

Alex Lester: 11/12/2009

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 11/12/2009

Lynn Parsons sits in for Alex Lester with music and chat.

Lynn Parsons completes her 2-week residency in charge of Alex Lester's Best Time of the Day Show.

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