The Latest Breaking News from BBC Radio 2

Robert Plant and Johnnie Walker’s ex-radio colleagues arrive for DJ’s funeral

Walker died aged 79 in December, with his death being announced on New Year’s Eve by Bob Harris

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

BBC Radio 2 poll reveals the UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song

Fans were asked to vote ahead of what would have been the King of Rock and Roll’s 90th birthday

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2025

Suspicious Minds voted UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song by Radio 2 listeners

In The Ghetto finished second, while If I Can Dream came third, Always On My Mind came fourth, and in fifth was Can’t Help Falling In Love.

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2025

Johnnie Walker, legendary BBC Radio presenter, dies aged 79

Walker first rose to fame among British music fans as a disc jockey on pirate station Radio Caroline in the Sixties, and later became a favourite among BBC listeners, even if he did hate the Bay City Rollers

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024

Vernon Kay insists he's 'loving' his radio job as he jokes about retirement plans

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Radio 2 star also reveals what happened when he got to go ‘behind the velvet rope’ at his hero Elvis Presley’s home in Graceland

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

Celebrity New Year's resolutions: From Nick Jonas to Paloma Faith and Michelle Visage

EXCLUSIVE The stars share with The Standard their hopes and dreams for the year ahead

Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2024

Ruth Jones apologises live on BBC Radio 2 after expletive blunder ahead of Gavin And Stacey finale

Fans took to social media after lamenting that they’d love the sitcom’s cast to front a radio show on the broadcaster

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2024

Laughter and tears as Zoe Ball presents her final breakfast show for BBC Radio 2

Presenter thanks listeners for ‘special intimate relationship’ and signs off with message of female empowerment

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Zoe Ball’s final message to BBC Radio 2 listeners on last-ever breakfast show

Zoe Ball has signed off her final BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, thanking her listeners for their “special intimate relationship” over the last six years.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024

Teary Zoe Ball bids farewell to BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

Zoe Ball has bid farewell to BBC Radio 2 with her last-ever instalment of 'The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show'.

BANG Premier · Dec 20, 2024