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The Organist Entertains was a long-running music programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The 30 minute programme focused on the organ in its many guises, and played recordings and live broadcasts of theatre organs, pipe organs and electronic organs around the United Kingdom and the rest of the world. The programme ran as a weekly feature on Radio 2 ...
Nigel Ogden (born 1954) is an English theatre organist, known for presenting and performing on the BBC Radio 2 programme The Organist Entertains between 1980 and the end of the show's run in 2018. Ogden was born in Manchester, England, [1] the son of a church organist, and had several years of piano lessons, before taking up the organ at the ...
On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money. [7] He created the BBC Radio 2 series The Organist Entertains in 1969, and was its main presenter until 1980, often at the BBC Theatre Organ in Manchester. A special edition in 2012 marked the centenary of his birth. [4]
1983. 4 January – BBC Radio 2 revives Music While You Work. 12 February – Sounds of the 60s is broadcast for the first time a new programme dedicated to hits of the 60s, The show is presented by Keith Fordyce. December – Kenny Everett leaves the station.
Doreen Chadwick. Doreen Chadwick (7 August 1918 – 26 June 2014) was a British pianist and theatre organist. [1] She was known for being the organist at the Odeon and Gaumont cinemas in Manchester, broadcasting organ recitals on BBC Radio, including on the The Organist Entertains, and for her performances in the US, Holland, and Britain. [2]
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show. Chris Evans Drivetime. Chuffer Dandridge. The Clitheroe Kid. Clive Anderson's Chat Room. Clive Anderson's Comedy Revolutions. Comedians' Comedians. Comedy Showcase (radio show) Confessions (radio programme)
July 10, 2024 at 5:17 AM. Radio 2 presenter Steve Wright died from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach, according to his death certificate. The much-loved BBC DJ died suddenly in February aged 69 ...
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 since the station's inception on 30 September 1967. The show's longest serving host to date was Sir Terry Wogan, who worked on the programme for over 29 years in two separate stints, from 3 April 1972 until 28 December 1984, and again from 4 January 1993 until 18 December 2009.