The 2 Show – Season 7
Listen to Episode 8 – Chris Packham
Wildlife television presenter and naturalist Chris Packham joins The 2 Show in conversation about his deep and lifelong interest in the natural world, which developed when he was a child and has stayed with him to this day, as he now presents Springwatch.
During the course of the episode Chris examined some of Tone’s photographs and offered some very helpful advice!
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Listen to Episode 7 – Peter Davison
Accomplished actor and former Time Lord Peter Davison is our special guest on The 2 Show. Peter talked to us about his roles as Tristan Farnham in All Creature’s Great and Small, the iconic Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who and how he came to make his own 50th Anniversary Special of Doctor Who, The Fiv(ish) Doctor’s Reboot.
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Listen to Episode 6.5 – Ian Lavender (Part 2)
In Part 2, Ian talks about life after and outside Dad’s Army, including his appearance in Rick Wakeman’s recent album, The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
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Listen to Episode 6 – Ian Lavender (Part 1)
From portraying Private Pike in Dad’s Army to Derek Harkinson in EastEnders, Ian Lavender joins The 2 Show in conversation about his acting career spanning some fifty years. In this first part, Ian talks about his time acting on Dad’s Army.
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Listen to Episode 5 – Nick Miller
BBC Weather presenter Nick Miller is our latest special guest on The 2 Show. In a wide ranging conversation, Nick tells us how he went from forecasting the weather in Great Falls, Montana USA to being a national weather forecaster here in the UK.
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Listen to Episode 4 – Steve Hackett
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett joins Tone in conversation about his new album the Night Siren and his time in the rock band Genesis. Steve also demonstrates his guitar technique and plays Horizons from the Genesis album Foxtrot, live on the show.
Follow Steve at his official website at: http://www.hackettsongs.com/index.html
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Listen to Episode 3 – Ken Bruce
BBC Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce joins Tone and Henry to talk about his career in radio and his nationally acclaimed mid-morning show. During the interview, Ken plays a special version of his music knowledge quiz Popmaster, which features himself as the contestant!
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Listen to Ken’s mid morning show at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wr34
Listen to Episode 2 – BBC Weather Centre
Presenter’s Tone and Henry had the exciting opportunity of visiting BBC Broadcasting House. The team received a special tour of the BBC weather centre with weather producer Sabitha Prasher and documented the inner workings of the facility. In-between live broadcasts, the team interviewed national weather presenters Jay Wynne and Peter Gibbs as well as BBC Southeast Today weather presenter Elizabeth Rizzini.
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Listen to Episode 1 – Vladimir Georgievsky
The new season of the 2 show springs off with a trip to The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, where new presenters, Henry and Danny, meet one of the stars of the pantomime, Vladimir Georgievsky.
In the performance of Dick Whittington, Vladimir amazed and amused the audience with his acrobatic skills and then came to talk to the Unit Radio team as well as standing on his head for photos. Vladimir, long running member of The Moscow State Circus, as well as appearing on Britain’s Got Talent made a real hit with the students and a wonderful day was had by all.
More details about the performance: http://www.marlowetheatre.com/page/3009/Dick-Whittington/1076