Desmond plays tracks on the theme Healthy Eating: If food be the music of love... Show more

Desmond Carrington shares good tunes, some unexpected and a few you may never have heard, with the theme 'Fifties Night': The 1950s revisited. Show more

Desmond plays tracks on the theme The Family: Songs about relations. Show more

Desmond shares music on the theme of being thoroughly modern: 'Modern' as it used to be. Show more

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week his theme is 'Vinyl Night'. Show more

Desmond shares music on the theme of Young and Foolish: Youth. Show more

Desmond Carrington shares good tunes, some unexpected and a few you may never have heard. This programme's theme is 'Time on My Hands'. Show more

Desmond hunts through his personal record collection of more than 250,000 tracks for songs and music on the theme of 'Strike up the bands'. So you want to be in a band? Show more

Desmond Carrington shares good tunes, some unexpected and a few you may never have heard, with the theme 'Christmas Box': Seasonal songs and tunes. Show more

This week the theme is '70s Night'. Desmond raids his library for some surprises from the 1970s. Show more

Desmond Carrington shares good tunes, some unexpected and a few you may never have heard, with the theme 'Outward and Homeward Bound': Songs about going home and going away. Show more

Desmond sorts through his record collection for songs and music related to the theme "lucky lips". Expect songs about kissing, whistling, playing the trumpet and more. Show more

Desmond sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme "keep it clean." Bath night. Show more

Desmond shares good tunes and some unexpected ones. This is a composer special, as he celebrates songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Show more

In the first show of 2011, Desmond Carrington sorts through his record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme 'old and new'. Show more

Desmond sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme 'solitude'. Quiet reflection - or perhaps not. Show more

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week, he plays songs and music related to the theme "emotions". Show more

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week, he celebrates the words and music of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Show more

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week's theme is 'posh or not' - as he picks songs about status. Show more

Desmond moves to Friday nights, launching Radio 2's weekend schedule with a selection of records from his collection of some 250,000 titles. This week's theme is Up, Up And Away. Show more