Radio 2 announces Piano Room month, new shows’ launch dates, Elaine Paige celebration and specials

Radio 2 announces the return of Piano Room month in February along with the new Radio 2 weekday schedule launching later this month, plus a number of exciting new shows and specials across the station, including a concert in celebration of Elaine Paige’s incredible 60 year career in show business at the London Palladium hosted by Zoe Ball and a new five-part series – Eras: Bob Marley – presented by Trevor Nelson, and much more…

Launching on Monday 27^th January are The Scott Mills Breakfast Show (Monday to Friday, 6.30am-9.30am), Trevor Nelson (Monday to Friday, 2-4pm) and The Good Groove with DJ Spoony (Monday to Thursday, 10pm – midnight), and on Friday 31^st January, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco launches her new weekly two hour show (9-11pm).

Scott says: “I am counting down the days until I get to host the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. It’s the biggest breakfast show in the UK and a career dream for me come true. I feel honoured to be a part of the morning routine for millions of listeners as they wake up and start their day.”

From Monday 3^rd February to Friday 28th February in Vernon Kay’s weekday mid-morning show, a month of incredible Piano Room performances return. The season will feature 16 of pop’s most loved artists, launching with Coldplay and including Elkie Brooks on her 80^th birthday, and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman reuniting specially for this Piano Room with fellow band co-founder Kevin Godley in the 50^th anniversary year of their seminal hit, I’m Not in Love. The artists will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra from London’s BBC Maida Vale studios. Each will perform a new song, a classic and a cover version – and, as well as being on BBC Sounds, will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from later that day. The 100^th Piano Room will air on Thursday 27^th January, featuring one of the UK’s most successful singer songwriters, Gary Barlow.

To find out more about the eclectic line up, visit here…