Jo Brand narrates a profile of the BBC's first flagship live music programme, The Old Grey Whistle Test, which ran from 1971-1987. Show more
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Spoof documentary following ageing rock star Brian Pern. Brian reunites with his Thotch bandmates to discuss the making of their first ever jukebox musical, Stowe Boys. Show more
Spoof documentary following ageing rocker Brian Pern, former frontman of the prog rock group Thotch. Brian records a charity Christmas record in aid of bipolar polar bears. Show more
Annie Nightingale introduced a generation to an exciting new sound as the face of the Old Grey Whistle Test from 1978. Now Annie opens up the archive on this era. Show more
In this music compilation, BBC’s first female DJ and face of the Old Great Whistle Test, Annie Nightingale, handpicks more of her favourite punk and new wave performances. Show more
Living in '66
Moving with the Times
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Oxfordshire
Annie Nightingale takes a tour of what and who was getting people moving in 1966 in the south. Show more
An arts and culture special, with Paul Morley, Annie Nightingale, Katie Derham, Will Gompertz, Tim Marlow, Janet Street-Porter, Richard Stilgoe and Meera Syal. Show more
Woman's Hour
Annie Nightingale, Jenny Valentine, Sadia Azmat
54 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Annie Nightingale talks about her career as a DJ at Radio 1. Plus stand-up comedian Sadia Azmat, and Jenny Valentine discusses her new book Fire Colour One. With Jane Garvey. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Annie Nightingale, Dame Evelyn Glennie
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, with Jenni Murray. Annie Nightingale talks about her 50 years in the music industry. Plus Dame Evelyn Glennie, male fertility and Anne Fine. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Music Special
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Lauren Laverne fronts a special edition to mark the 6Music Peel Lecture by Charlotte Church on sexism, sexualisation and the representation of women in music. Show more
Front Row
Dad's Army, Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin, Dawn Walton, Hieronymus Bosch
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver Parker and Hamish McColl tell Kirsty Lang about the new Dad's Army film, plus Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin and Dawn Walton on A Raisin In The Sun. Show more
Front Row
The Legend of Barney Thomson, Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong, Michael Morpurgo, York galleries
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Arts news with John Wilson, including The Legend of Barney Thomson, Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong, Michael Morpurgo's 946 and York galleries charging for entry. Show more
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
1 hour
Anne Nightingale presents a live concert special featuring Ian Dury and the Blockheads at the Dominion Theatre.
Annie Nightingale presents the rock magazine, with studio performances from Siouxsie & the Banshees and John Cooper Clarke, plus the Cars, Steely Dan, Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger. Show more
Singer Elkie Brooks in concert at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, first broadcast simultaneously with Radio 1 in 1977. With a special introduction by Annie Nightingale.
Radio 1's longest-serving broadcaster Annie Nightingale takes us on a counter-cultural journey through the events, people and sounds that have inspired her illustrious career. Show more
Andrew Neil is joined by Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson. Plus One Foot in the Grave's Richard Wilson looks at the government's White Paper on the future of the BBC. Show more
Spoof documentary following ageing rocker Brian Pern. Brian plans to stage his entire unreleased solo album live from the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro with a host of special guests. Show more