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With music and features. Richard celebrates British songwriting with an hour of classic songs, including archive live tracks from BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 21 Nov 200903:00

Music Played

  • Andy Williams

    Music To Watch Girls By

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Raphael Saadiq

    Never Give You Up (feat. Stevie Wonder)

    • The Way I See It.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 11.
  • Take That

    Hold Up A Light

    • The Circus.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • MIKA

    Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Scritti Politti

    Absolute

    • Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85.
    • Rough Trade.
  • George Harrison

    What Is Life

    • George Harrison: All Things Must Pass.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Girls In Their Summer Clothes

    • Magic.
    • Columbia.
  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.
  • Seal

    I Am Your Man

    • Hits.
  • Barbra Streisand

    If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)

    • Love Is The Answer.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    November Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
  • Duran Duran

    Save A Prayer

    • Now 1982 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam

    Coming Up For Air

    • (CD Single).
  • Leona Lewis

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.
  • Coldplay

    God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Traffic

    Paper Sun

    • Traffic: The Collection.
    • Spectrum.
    • 6.
  • ABC

    Tears Are Not Enough

    • THE LEXICON OF LOVE.
    • Mercury.
    • 271.
  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.
  • Visage

    Fade To Grey

    • Knight Records.
  • Heaven 17

    Temptation

    • Top Of The Pops - 1983 (Various Artists).
    • UMC.
  • Spandau Ballet

    Communication

  • Classix Nouveaux

    Is It A Dream

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 4.
  • Duran Duran

    Rio

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.
  • The Human League

    Love Action (I Believe In Love)

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.
  • Culture Club

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

    • Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
    • Virgin.
  • Ultravox

    Vienna

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Nov 200903:00