2Day - Journey Back to 1980

This Friday on BBC Radio 2 sees the return of 2Day for its third year in a row. And, as is now tradition, I delve into the station’s past and feature a day’s broadcasting condensed to just a few minutes.

So its back to Saturday 8 March 1980, all in just nine minutes. That day’s schedule ran as follows:

0200 You and the Night and the Music with Geoff Bennett
0500 Tom Edwards with The Early Show
0800 David Jacobs with Star Sounds
1000 Pete Murray’s Saturday Show
1300 The News Huddlines(not included)
1330 Sport on 2 with Peter Brackley
1800 Europe 80 with Colin Berry
1900 Beat the Record with Don Davis
1930 Big Band Special with Sheila Tracy
2000 Saturday Night is Gala Night(not included)
2200 Sentimental Journey with Carl Sheppard
2300 Bob Kilbey with The Late Show

You’ll also hear the voices of Tim Gudgin, James Alexander Gordon and Vivien Stuart.