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

3 hours

Last on

Sat 24 Jul 201003:00

Music Played

  • The Beatles

    Magical Mystery Tour

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Scouting for Girls

    Famous

    • Everybody Wants To Be On TV.
    • Sony.
    • 4.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.
  • The Police

    So Lonely

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 1).
    • A&M.
  • Joshua Radin

    Brand New Day

    • (CD Single).
    • 14th Floor Records.
    • 1.
  • George Michael

    Outside

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • The Hoosiers

    Choices

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Robert Palmer

    Every Kinda People

    • The Very Best Of Robert Palmer.
    • EMI.
  • The Gaslight Anthem

    The Diamond Church Street Choir

    • American Slang.
    • Side One Dummy.
    • 1.
  • The Kinks

    Days

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
  • Paula Cole

    Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Hockey

    Song Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Coldplay

    Life In Technicolor II

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Kid Rock

    All Summer Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.
  • Justin Nozuka

    Heartless

    • (CD Single).
  • Prince

    I Wanna Be Your Lover

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Lou Rawls

    Lady Love

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Lady A

    I Run to You

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Louis Armstrong

    We Have All The Time In The World

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
  • Ellie Goulding - The Writer

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.
  • I Am Arrows

    Green Grass

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

    • Gold.
    • Hip-O.
  • Pixie Lott

    In My Life (Great British Songbook)

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.
  • Average White Band

    Atlantic Avenue

    • The Best Of The Average White Band.
    • Hit Label.
  • Del Amitri

    Always The Last To Know

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Athlete

    Wires

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • The Police

    Roxanne

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.
  • Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    The Valley Road

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jul 201003:00