BBC Radio 2 Schedule Saturday 5 April 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Romesh Ranganathan: For the Love of Hip Hop—Eva Lazarus in session
  The genre-surfing MC and vocalist is at Maida Vale.
2. 01:00
  The Country Show with Bob Harris—Gethin's Guide to Country
  New to country? Gethin's got your back!(R)
3. 02:00
  Pop Top 10—Popstar Reinventions, with Anastacia
  Anastacia joins Scott and Rylan to rank their Top 10 Popstar Reinventions.
4. 03:00
  Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco—DJ Ellis-Bextor with the Upbeat Tunes
  Sophie plays Kitchen Disco anthems from the likes of Dua Lipa, Chic and The Cardigans.(R)
5. 04:00
  Celebrating Music's Greatest Stars—Tina Turner
  A classic In Concert from Tina Turner at Wembley Arena in June 1987.(R)
6. 05:00
  Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin—The April Showers Unwinds Mix with Simon & Garfunkel, Nina Simone and Eva Cassidy.
  Angela Griffin marks the changeable British weather with a playlist of cosy classics.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn—Let There Be Love
  Tony Blackburn brings you two hours of jam-packed hits from the 1960s.
2. 08:00
  Dermot O'Leary—Explorer Levison Wood. Plus Dermot's dad's racing tips
  Levison Wood has walked the Nile, the length of the Himalayas and from Mexico to Colombia.
3. 10:00
  Romesh Ranganathan—With chef Tom Kerridge
  Tom Kerridge is here to join in the fun, live in the studio.
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Afternoon
1. 13:00
  Pick of the Pops—1980
  Mark Goodier counts down the chart from this day in 1980.
2. 14:00
  Pick of the Pops—1992
  Mark Goodier counts down the chart from this day in 1992.
3. 15:00
  Rylan On Saturday—Owain Wyn Evans sits in
  Owain takes Rylan's hot seat to play his usual feature as well as a few of his own.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Liza Tarbuck—(Burn Barbie Burn) Disco Inferno
  Spring has sprung, Tarby-Q season is GO, and Barbie has some smoking hot dance moves.
2. 20:00
  Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies—Once Upon A Time...Jim Kerr co-host!
  Simple Minds' Jim Kerr joins Gary, celebrating 40 years of 'Once Upon A Time'.
3. 22:00
  Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton—With tunes from Savage Garden, Natalie Imbruglia, and Five
  Fearne's remembering the good, the bad, the great, and the just-plain-weird from the 90s!
4. 23:00
  Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton—90s Road Trip Mixtape Vol. 2
  Wind the windows down for an hour of belt-along 90s classics!
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Late
1. 00:00
  Radio 2 Loves Brass!—Top Brass, Episode 1
  1/4Trumpet virtuoso James Morrison introduces the brassiest selection of music around.
2. 01:00
  Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay—Brass Dance Bops
  Get your horns out and party along to an hour of brass bangers mixed up by Vernon Kay!
3. 02:00
  The Country Show with Bob Harris—C2C Glasgow Showcase with Chanel Yates, Harper O'Neill and Kassi Ashton
  Edith Bowman introduces a special C2C showcase from King Tut's in Glasgow.(R)
4. 03:00
  Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin—The Woodland Walk Unwinds Mix with Macy Gray, Myles Smith and The Emotions
  Take a woodland walk, soundtracked by Angela Griffin.(R)
5. 04:00
  The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews—Robert Cray - In Concert (1988)
  Blues legend Robert Cray performing live at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1988.(R)
6. 05:00
  Tracks Of My Years—Rory Bremner
  Gary Davies interviews one of the UK's finest satirists and impressionists Rory Bremner.

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