Nicki Chapman sits in for Vanessa Feltz. Animals do the strangest things - Nicki asks listeners for their tall tales. With Word of the Day and Pause for Thought. Show more

Sam Yates from Woking is moving house and he returns in the next show to mark it out of ten. The Mystery Guest was Peter Florence, director and founder of the Hay Festival. Show more

Clare Teal chooses her Tracks of My Years. There's also a brand new Record and Album of the Week and another chance to play Popmaster. Show more

Jeremy presents news, views and live guests.

Steve, Tim and the Old Woman chat to writer Anthony Horowitz and the Old Woman visits the Olympics site. Plus more Factoids, Talkie bits, Non-Stop Oldies and loads of great music. Show more

Featuring the Radio 2 Book Club. Plus the Confession, Homework Sucks, money advice from Rebecca Pike and the sports news with Matt Willams. Show more

Rhythm and blues tunes from Paul Jones. Paul has a session from UK rhythm and blues band The Blue Bishops.

Jo is joined tonight by Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. Plus don't forget to send in your ideas for a mixtape. Show more

Clare Teal presents the first part of the BBC Big Band in concert with singer Patti Austin. Together they perform music from her Grammy winning album, Avant Gershwin. Show more

Richard E Grant explores the reasons that films can get stuck in Development Hell, with scripts that have had millions of dollars thrown at them yet still haven't been made. Show more

Sir Michael Parkinson shares recordings from forgotten masters and musical legends and introduces listeners to the next generation of singers. Show more

Top chat, great music and the best live sessions to keep you going through the night. Includes rare tracks, remixes and unusual cover versions in Tunes of the Unexpected.

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. More from Album and Record of the Week, plus Lester's and Listener's Library song choices. Show more