Radio 2 50th Birthday
Ken Bruce, aided and abetted by the ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell, recalls some of the great programmes and moments of Radio 2's first fifty years.
Stand back as Ken Bruce wheels in the birthday cake and lights the candles for Radio 2's 50th anniversary!
In September 1967 we'd only just recovered from the long hot summer of love. Whilst ±«Óãtv television experimented with a new fangled idea of colour pictures, ±«Óãtv Radio closed the fader for the last time on the Light Programme and launched a broadcasting revolution. This major re-structuring brought two brand new babies to the ±«Óãtv family - Radios 1 and 2.
In this special concert Ken Bruce aided and abetted by the ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell recall some of the great programmes and moments of Radio 2's long history. This covers music, comedy, religion, sport and news and current affairs. We've been waking you up, driving you home, informing, educating, entertaining and tucking you up in bed for the last half century. Presenters past and present gather at the Hackney Empire in London for a good old catch up and to remember shows such as Open House; Breakfast Special; Late Night Extra; the News Huddlines; Waggoner's Walk; Sing Something Simple and many, many more.
Our guests include Laura Wright (former Radio 2 Chorister of the Year); Tom Solomon(Radio 2 Voice of Musical Theatre) and Matilda Lloyd (Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist). Plus a singer songwriter whose pen and ink has provided classic hit songs throughout all five decades. He's written for nearly all Radio 2's mainstream artists over the years such as Diana Ross, Julio Iglesias, Tina Turner, The Hollies, Leo Sayer, The Carpenters, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin. He is Albert Hammond - and tonight he'll perform a selection of classic Radio 2 hits with the full ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra.
First broadcast in September 2017.
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Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune
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THAT`S ENTERTAINMENT
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell & Nathaniel Anderson-frank
ROMANCE - THE MAGIC BOW
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Sport on 2 (Number One)
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell & Matilda Lloyd
PEOPLE (FUNNY GIRL)
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Huddlines in Europe Theme
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LOVE'S THEME
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TOM SOLOMON & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra
OUT THERE (HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME)
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
50 Years of Radio 2
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Albert Hammond & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
It Never Rains In Southern California
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Albert Hammond & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
Medley (When You Tell me that you love me/ One Moment in Time
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
SHE LOVES YOU
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
Prelude - Te Diem (Eurovision Theme)
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell & Laura Wright
Chanson Boheme from Act 2 of Carmen
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
Pops Hoedown
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
FORGOTTEN DREAMS
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Albert Hammond & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
Free Electric Band
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Albert Hammond & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
WHEN I NEED YOU
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Albert Hammond & ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell
NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
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±«Óãtv CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell
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±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra
High Adventure (Friday Night Is Music Night Sig Tune)
Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Sep 2017 20:00±«Óãtv Radio 2
- Fri 16 Feb 2018 20:00±«Óãtv Radio 2
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