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22 unusual facts about BBC Radio 2


Augustine Harris

Bishop Harris had a variety of broadcasting experience, including a series of appearances for Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 programme in 1974.

Dean Parrish

I'm On My Way – The Dean Parrish Story was broadcast on Saturday 12 January 2008 on BBC Radio 2.

Ena Baga

She performed on the Light Programme, and from 1969 on, she played on BBC Radio 2's The Organist Entertains.

Folkworks

Until 2005, Folkworks, in partnership with production company Smooth Operations, was responsible for the organisation of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, a competition funded by the BBC and associated with Mike Harding's folk programme.

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Tracks from the band's debut release received airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.

Iain Sutherland

Between 1973 and 1987 Sutherland was regularly invited by BBC Radio 2 in central London as guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra for the "Friday Night Is Music Night" programme.

Jacqui Dankworth

This album brought her to the attention of Michael Parkinson and BBC Radio 2, and she appeared regularly on air throughout that year.

Janet and John

The radio and television broadcaster Terry Wogan regularly satirised the series on his BBC Radio 2 show Wake Up To Wogan by reading out stories clearly based on the premise of the original Janet and John books, but deriving humour through euphemism and innuendo.

Matt Cardle discography

The first single, a duet with Melanie C called "Loving You", premiered on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 on 2 July 2013.

Matthew Crabb

Although Crabb achieved second place beating the world champion, at the end of competition auction his "Dragon's Mouth Throne" fetched twice that of the carving awarded first place, sparking a debate on BBC Radio 2.

Mike Stephenson

He first appeared on British airwaves in 1988, when he was invited to co-commentate on the rugby league Ashes series in Australia for BBC Radio 2 with Eddie Hemmings.

Nick Doody

He has appeared on BBC Radio 2, The Comic Side of 7 Days on BBC Three, and has written for 8 out of 10 Cats, The Late Edition (BBC Four), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (BBC Radio 4) and took his second solo show Hypocrite to the Edinburgh Festival in 2007.

Nimrod Ping

Thanks to his unusual name, he achieved national fame after the BBC Radio 2 presenter Terry Wogan used his name as scale against which to compare other interesting names.

Rachel Morris

She has also appeared as an expert guest on BBC Radio 1's Sunday Surgery, Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show and is a regular guest on several Radio 5 Live talk shows.

Ray Steadman-Allen

Steadman-Allen regularly took part as Bandmaster in the popular radio programme Sounding Brass which was presented by Gloria Hunniford and Owen Spencer-Thomas on Radio 2 and Radio London in the 1970s.

Rich tea

In 2004, Terry Wogan, a radio presenter for the BBC, described the Rich Tea as the "Lord of all Biscuits" on his Radio 2 breakfast show.

Rocks and Honey

At mid-day, Tyler was interviewed and then performed an acoustic version of the song on BBC Radio 2's Weekend Wogan with her Eurovision group.

Sam Costa

On Sundays he did both Breakfast Time and Glamorous Nights and he also presented Housewives' Choice and Midday Spin, transitioning into BBC Radio 2 from 1967.

Saynoto0870.com

The site has gained popularity by being awarded Website Of The Day by BBC Radio 2.

The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes was a BBC Radio 2 comedy series written by Tony Hare.

Trystan Owain Hughes

He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought, as well as to programmes on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales.

Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra

They have performed at the School Proms in 2000 and 2004 and in 2002 they won the BBC Radio 2 National Big Band Competition.


2001 in British radio

17 December - Release of the Gordon Haskell song How Wonderful You Are which was issued as a single after mass promotion by BBC Radio 2 where it became a favourite of listeners after being played on the Johnnie Walker show.

2013 in Scottish television

Those restored are BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Extra and BBC Asian Network, while BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC World Service remain unavailable while BBC Alba is broadcasting.

Anita Skorgan

In November 2010 she was interviewed and sang live on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2.

BBC Sussex

In common with much of the BBC's early local radio output, Radio Brighton broadcast only for limited daytime hours in its early years, relying on Radio 2 and Radio 4 for a sustaining service, but building to a full daytime service by the mid-1970s.

Chasing Owls

'We Began' enjoyed extensive press coverage at both a regional and national level with repeated airplay across BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music complemented by the support of media heavyweights such as The Scotsman, BBC Radio Scotland, Central FM and Absolute Radio.

Chic Murray

Neither Here nor There is a BBC Radio 2 programme about Murray's life, devised and scripted by Simon Treves and originally broadcast in August 2007.

Children's Favourites

After Radio 1 and Radio 2 were launched, the show was renamed Junior Choice (simultaneously broadcast on the two stations) and Puffin' Billy was replaced by Morningtown Ride.

Derek McCulloch

--so not dropped?--> After his retirement it became Junior Choice, hosted by Ed Stewart, when the BBC Light Programme was replaced by Radio 1 and Radio 2 in 1967.

Edinburgh Youth Choir

Other projects include the world premiere of Shadow Aspect by Judith Bingham, a recording for BBC Radio 2 and performances at the National Museum of Scotland.

Fochabers

Fochabers is frequently mentioned in the travel news on the Ken Bruce show, BBC Radio 2

Gaby Roslin

Roslin sat in for Alan Carr on BBC Radio 2 on 15 and 22 August 2009 alongside Patrick Kielty and joined Alan to present a Christmas party edition of his show on 24 December 2009.

Hey Ma

Only one day later, DJ Janice Long played "Waterfall" during her radio broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

Jonny Saunders

He was the morning sports presenter on BBC Radio 2, featuring on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show between 6:30-9:30 am, until leaving on 8 July 2011, to become a teacher.

Ken Sykora

For BBC Radio 2, he created and presented the program series Be My Guest, interviewing Count Basie, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Andrés Segovia, Isaac Stern and Gloria Swanson, among others.

Lucy Beresford

Her appearances include the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, LBC, CNN, Daily Politics on BBC2, BBC Breakfast on BBC1, Daybreak on ITV, NewsTalk on Channel 5 and Women's Hour and the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.

Madfox

Their debut album Looking Through You was released on the 28 September 2009, and was selected for BBC Radio 2's 'Album of The Week' from 5 October 2009.

Memory Lane: The Best of McFly

Love is Easy was released on 11 November 2012, going on to peak at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart and premiered on BBC Radio 2 Graham Norton at 10:55 on 20 October 2012.

Nicky Horne

In 1998 Horne joined BBC Radio 2, presenting the weekend overnight show (Fridays/Saturdays 12 midnight-3am & Saturdays/Sundays 1-4am), before his shows were taken over by Lynn Parsons in 1999.

Paul Kingsnorth

In recent years, he has written for or contributed to the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Le Monde, New Statesman, Ecologist, New Internationalist, Big Issue, Adbusters, BBC Wildlife, openDemocracy, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, BBC Four, ITV and Resonance FM.

Shuna Scott Sendall

Ne andrò lontana from Alfredo Catalani’s opera La Wally and Vissi d'arte from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca, followed by Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed with Bryn Terfel and Ella Taylor & Liam Jones (winners of Radio 2's 2010 Young Chorister Competition) performed live on 10 December 2010 for BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night.

The Musgraves

The Musgraves debut single, "Last of Me" (to be released digitally in March 2012), was first championed by Graham Norton on his BBC Radio 2 show.

The New York Fund

This EP was well received and led to them being championed by several radio DJs, most notably Dermot O'Leary on his show on BBC Radio 2, which has led to their track, "Nobody Home", being included on his compilation album, The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show.

The Youngest Was the Most Loved

The track was added to several UK playlists, including the B-List of BBC Radio 2, the A-List of BBC 6 Music, and XFM London's playlist.

Thirteen:13

All hopes were resting on "Try" breaking into the top 40 after the band appeared on various TV shows promoting the single, and receiving playlistings on Virgin Radio, BBC Radio 2 and MTV2.