- Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) for most of his career. He has been a leading media personality in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s, and is often referred to as a "national treasure". - Steve Wright
Stephen Richard (Steve) Wright (born August 26 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He currently presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He rose to prominence in the early-1980s while working with Peter Dickson on BBC Radio 1. - Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine (born May 17, 1965, Epsom, Surrey) is an English current affairs presenter on BBC radio and television. - Bob Harris
"Whispering" Bob Harris (born Robert Brinley Harris in Northampton, England on 11 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week. His programmes feature a moderately eclectic blend of mostly American and British rock, country, and occasional folk music from the 1950s to the present. His on-air delivery suggests a deep enthusiasm and affection for the music and musicians featured on his shows. - Ken Bruce
Kenneth Bruce (born 2 February 1951, Glasgow, United Kingdom) is a British broadcaster. He is best-known for his mid-morning programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9:30am until 12pm. - Janice Long
Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a English radio broadcaster working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday from midnight and Monday-Thursday at 00:30. She is the sister of TV personality Keith Chegwin. - Paul Jones
Paul Jones (born Paul Pond, 24 February 1942, in Portsmouth, England) is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, and radio and television presenter. In 1962, Jones became resident-singer with Alexis Korner's Bluesbreakers (alongside Long John Baldry, both towering out above a shorter third vocalist, aspiring Michael 'Mick' Jagger). Jones then went on to be the vocalist and harmonica player of the successful 1960s group, Manfred Mann. - Stuart Maconie
Stuart John Maconie (born 1960 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio D.J. and television presenter, writer, journalist,critic and champion of pop music and popular culture. He is currently active on BBC Radio 2, co-hosting the "Radcliffe and Maconie" show from 8pm to 10pm on weeknights. He is also a frequent stand-in for holidaying presenters, most notably Chris Evans on the drivetime 5pm-7pm slot. - Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker MBE (born Peter Dingley, 30 March 1945 in Birmingham, England) is a British radio disc jockey. He was educated at Solihull School. Walker's outlook is slightly anti-establishment, often claiming "nobody rebels anymore". He is moderately conservative and often criticises attitudes that he perceives as pedantry or political correctness. On February 27, 2006, he announced his departure from the BBC Radio 2 drive time slot he had occupied for several years. - Dermot O'Leary
Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. (born 24 May, 1973 in Colchester, England), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British television and radio presenter. He was born to Irish Catholic immigrants, he was an altar boy and attended Catholic schools. - Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel) or "The Cat" (due to his ability as a goalkeeper), is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and now BBC Radio 2 on a Wednesday from 23:30-00:30 before Janice Long. - Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Mary Kennedy MBE is a British TV and radio broadcaster, born July 8 1950 in East Grinstead, West Sussex. She has presented her own daily early morning radio show, "The Dawn Patrol", on BBC Radio 2 since 1993. Kennedy was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2005, when she was awarded the MBE for services to broadcasting. - Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy (born August 23, 1975) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of legendary English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson. At the age of thirteen she formed the Waterdaughters with her mother, aunt (Lal Waterson) and cousin Maria Knight. She has subsequently worked with Nancy Kerr, with her parents as Waterson:Carthy, … - Alex Lester
Alex Lester (born 11 May, 1956 in Walsall, United Kingdom) is a British broadcaster. He presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2. - Lesley Douglas
Lesley Douglas is the current Controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music. She was appointed Controller of both stations on October 10 2003 and began January 5 2004, succeeding James Moir. She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963, where she grew up but as a child she went to see Sunderland FC, her father's team, play at Roker Park and became hooked. She gained a degree in English from the University of Manchester. She began at the BBC as a production assistant, … - Graham Norton
Graham Norton, (born Graham Walker on 4 April 1963 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Britain's Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed television series "Father Ted". Though he only appeared in three episodes, Norton's performance as Father Noel proved extremely popular with viewers. - David Jacobs
David Jacobs is a British broadcaster, who became known as a disc jockey in the 1950s. Jacobs served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1947, and first broadcast on "Navy Mixture" in 1944. He was an announcer on the Forces Broadcasting Service before becoming Chief Announcer on Radio SEAC in Ceylon (1945-47), graduating to Assistant Station Director. As a BBC Staff Announcer in the early 1950’s, … - Marc Riley
Marc "Lard" Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ - Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh, MBE (born 2 May 1949) is a famous English broadcaster, particularly in the field of gardening programmes on UK television, although Titchmarsh has also had lengthy stints presenting daytime and religious programming on BBC TV and BBC Radio 2. - Dale Winton
Dale Winton (born May 22 1955 in London) is an English radio DJ and television presenter.He was well known in Nottingham for his stint at Radio Trent, for his morning show from 1975 till 1984, when some kind of mix up with contracts, he did not renew. He did stints at Beacon Radio afterward. He has presented shows including "Supermarket Sweep", which is currently back on our screens with the original format, and "Pets Win Prizes". - Malcolm Laycock
Malcolm Laycock is a British radio presenter and producer, best known for his work on programmes related to jazz, dance band and big band music. He presents shows for both BBC Radio 2 and the BBC World Service, and his credits include documentaries on performers such as Nat King Cole, Ted Heath, Joe Loss, Gilbert Becaud and Billie Holiday (for which he won a Sony Award). - Brian Matthew
Brian Matthew (born 17 September 1928, in Coventry) is a veteran British broadcaster, who became well known in the 1960s. He is still broadcasting on radio for the BBC, having presented "Sounds of the Sixties" since 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he used in previous decades. Matthew started broadcasting in 1948 in Germany, and trained as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC in 1954. - Russell Davies
Russell Davies was born in Barmouth, North Wales and currently presents a Sunday radio programme on BBC Radio 2 which spotlights popular song. He was awarded a first class degree at St John's College, Cambridge but soon abandoned his post-graduate studies in German literature when the opportunity arose to tour with the Cambridge Footlights revue. As a journalist, Davies worked as a film and television critic for "The Observer" and "The Sunday Times", … - Desmond Carrington
Desmond Carrington (born 23 May 1926) is a UK-based actor and broadcaster, currently best-known for his weekly showon BBC Radio 2. His show went out on Sundays for 23 years from 1981 to 2004, when it moved to Tuesdays. He currently lives in Scotland. Carrington's first professional stage appearance was in 1942, although he was conscripted into the army a year later. - Mo Dutta
Mohit 'Mo' Dutta is a television & radio presenter, known for his sardonic sense of humour, who presents Saturday & Sunday morning shows on BBC Radio 2. He has been a familiar face on Daytime TV. His TV work includes, Big Day Out, TalkAbout, Network East, and Bollywood or Bust, the Hindi movie quiz show which was the first specialist game show on national television. He joined Radio 2 in 1994 when he took over his current Saturday & Sunday morning shows. - Beverley Knight
Born in Wolverhampton in 1972, Beverley started singing with her church aged four and started writing songs when she was twelve. After gaining a degree in theology, she landed a record deal with Dome Records in 1995 resulting in her debut album 'The B-Funk' Two further albums, 'Prodigal Sista' (1998) and 'Who I am' (2002) followed. - Janey Lee Grace
Janey Lee Grace, (born 4 March 1963), is a UK-based singer (mostly backing vocalist, although she has released solo recordings), author, television (VH-1 and ITV) presenter and radio disc jockey, firstly with Virgin Radio as a travel reporter and then graduating to her own late night show for the station. She began her career singing backing vocals for George Michael, Kim Wilde and Boy George, touring the world with Wham! for three years. - Ian Shaw
Ian Shaw is a Welsh jazz singer, record producer, and former stand up comedian. He has recorded and performed several times with Claire Martin, and appeared with her on the BBC Radio 2 show Big Band Special, a show that he has also presented. He also presents a jazz show on BBC South with Charlie Crocker. Shaw performed in "Jerry Springer: The Opera" in 2002, Richard Thomas created the part of the warm-up man/devil for Shaw. - Nigel Ogden
Nigel Ogden is an organist and radio broadcaster in the UK who presents "The Organist Entertains" on BBC Radio 2. Inspired by theatre organists such as Reginald Dixon, he took up playing the organ at the age of 12, and was first heard on "The Organist Entertains" in 1972. In 1980, he took over as the regular presenter of the show. Nigel Ogden regularly travels around the UK, playing concerts of popular light classical music on all types of organ. - Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone. - Mica Paris
Mica Paris (born Michelle Wallen on April 27 1969 in London, England) is an English singer. She began singing in church at an early age and then went on to become a session singer at the age of 15, for bands such as Hollywood Beyond and Shakatak. In 1988, she released her most successful single, "My One Temptation", which peaked at #7. In the continuing years she went on to release many more singles and albums. - Steve Punt
Steve Punt (born 1962) is a British writer, comedian and actor, most famous for his long-time partnership with Hugh Dennis. He was educated at Whitgift School, an independent school for boys in Croydon, Surrey, and met Dennis while at Cambridge University. Punt was a student of St. Catharine's College. They became resident guest comedians on shows presented by Jasper Carrott, including "Carrott Confidential" and "Canned Carrott", … - Rhys Darby
Rhys Darby is a stand-up comedian from New Zealand. A manic live performer, he is adept at mimicry, with the noises of machinery a particular speciality. He was twice nominated for the Billy T Award. Darby is probably best known in the United Kingdom for playing the Flight of the Conchords' manager Brian, in their BBC Radio 2 series. Rhys plays the character Murray in the new HBO sitcom Flight Of The Conchords. - Nick Barraclough
Nick Barraclough (born 1951 in Cambridge) is a British disc jockey, who is best known for hosting shows related to Country and Western music. He can currently be heard on the Smooth Radio network, where he presents the station's Sunday evening "Smooth Country" programme, and was also the host of the long-running "Nick Barraclough's New Country" show for BBC Radio 2. - Andrew Collins
Andrew John Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster. After studying graphic design at Chelsea School of Art, Collins started writing for "New Musical Express" in the early 1990s, subsequently taking up editorship of "Q". He also formed a double-act with fellow music journalist Stuart Maconie, presenting the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 1 show "Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade", … - Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968 in South Orange, New Jersey) is an American jazz singer. - Mitch Benn
Mitch Benn (born Mitchell John Benn 20 January 1970) is a British musician of Liverpudlian/Scottish descent and stand-up comedian known for his satirical songs performed on BBC radio. Mitch Benn was born in Liverpool, England. He was educated at the Dovedale County Primary School (the same primary school John Lennon and George Harrison attended), the Liverpool Blue Coat School and the University of Edinburgh, … - Norman Jay
Norman Jay (b. Notting Hill, London) is an innovative and pioneering British DJ. He first came to prominence playing unlicensed or 'warehouse' parties in the early 1980s, such as Shake 'n' Fingerpop. His diverse and deep musical knowledge and his refusal to be restricted to playing from any single genre distinguishes him from his peers. He has an ongoing radio show on regional station BBC London, … - Ed Stewart
Ed Stewart (born April 23 1941 in Exmouth, Devon) is a radio broadcaster from England. He presented the Sunday early-evening show on BBC Radio 2 until his last show on 16 April 2006, at which point he retired from the BBC. His nickname is "Stewpot". - Lucy Porter
Lucy Porter (born 1973 in Croydon) is a British stand-up comedian living in Primrose Hill, North-West London. She has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, the Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She has also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 in various panel shows, including "Quote... Unquote" and "The Personality Test".
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