The Light Programme Playlist
- 14:01 Jeff Bressler - Make Beleave Ballroom Show 013 (12-28-20) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 14:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 13:01 Rickshaw - 1940s Pop Countdown Show 075 - December 1945 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 13:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:58 Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five - The Gentle Grifter Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:56 Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Breathless Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:53 Bing Crosby - You Belong To My Heart Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:01 Bud Pearson - The Swing Era 3212 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:59 Ambrose and His Orchestra - Copenhagen Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:57 Billie Holiday - Trav'lin All Alone Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:54 Charlie Kunz - In A Garden In The Rain Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:50 Harry Roy Band with Marjorie Kingsley - Madelaine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:48 Anita O'Day - Love Me or Leave Me Anita O'Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:42 Woody Herman - Dallas Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:38 Guy Lombardo (C Lombardo, voc) 1930 - I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:35 Dinah Shore - The Gypsy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:32 Doris Day - Made Up My Mind Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:26 Benny Goodman - Somebody Else is Taking My Place Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:23 Buckingham String Players - So Beats My Heart For You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:20 Carrol Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - You Started Something Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:18 Judy Garland - It's A Great Day For The Irish Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:15 Judy Garland & Merry Macs - On The Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:12 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Take it Easy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:12 Martha Tilton & Benny Goodman - And the angels sing 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:09 Louis Armstrong 1930 - Memories Of You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:02 Benny Goodman - One O'Clock Jump Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:59 Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:56 Frank Sinatra - Whispering Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:54 Benny Goodman with Helen Ward - Goody-Goody Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:50 Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans (feat. Anne Lenner) - The Moon Got In My Eyes Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:47 Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal) - Summer Souvenirs Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:44 Artie Shaw - I Get A Kick Out Of You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:41 Ethel Smith (instrumental) - Tico-Tico Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:26 AFRS GI Jive Show 1944 - GI Jill 76 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:01 AirChecks - Benny Goodman Camel Caravan CBS Radio Show August 17 1937 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:00 8.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:01 Shaun Moncaster - 1930s Hour 13-02-21 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:00 Guy Lombardo (original 1944 version) - Humoresque Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:57 Just A Little Dance Mam'selle - Dell-S Casino Dance Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:54 George Formby - With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:51 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra - Fine And Dandy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:48 Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner, v) - Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:45 Wayne King and Buddy Clark 1941 - Darling How You Lied Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:42 Abe Lyman Orchestra 1932 - High Society Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:39 The Boswell Sisters 1932 - If It Ain't Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:37 Dick Haymes - Day By Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:34 Anne Shelton - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:31 Glenn Miller - Alice Blue Gown Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:28 Feelin'kind O'blue - Eugene Brockman's Dance Orchestra (Bert Firman) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:25 Lou Preager and His Orchestra - It's Dreamtime Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:22 Tommy Dorsey - Cocktails For Two Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:16 The Andrews Sisters - The Buck Privates Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:13 Tommy Dorsey (with vocal quartet) - Once In A While Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:11 Bing Crosby; Bob Haggart - Sioux City Sue Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:08 Ella Fitzgerald - If You Should Ever Leave Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:07 03.01.1938 BBC News - Chamberlain on National Health 03 January 1938 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:04 Billy Cotton - The Man Who Comes Around Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:01 Glenn Miller Orchestra - Run, Rabbit, Run Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:00 6.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 07:57 Harry James (instrumental) - Music Makers Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 07:01 Guy Roles - My pick of the 40s Show 032 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 07:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 07:00 5.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:58 Artie Shaw - Love Is Good for Anything That Ails You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:56 Bob Crosby - Muskrat Ramble Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:01 Lynda Moncaster 40s Favourites - A Decade At The Oscars Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:00 4.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:57 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - At Sundown Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:54 Bob Chester and his orchestra 1939 - The Octave Jump Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:48 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Blues In The Night Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:45 Billie Holiday - My Old Flame Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:43 Durium Dance Orchestra - Can't We Talk It Over (1932) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:40 Harry James (Helen Forrest, vocal) - I Cried For You 1942 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:39 Lynda Moncaster - Web 1 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:37 Charlie Kunz - Love In Vain Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:34 Carrol Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Sweet and Lovely Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:30 Judy Garland - In Between Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:27 Harry James (instrumental) - Velvet Moon Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:24 Woody Herman 1939 - Orchestra Doctor Jazz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:21 Jimmy Durante - Inka Dinka Doo 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:18 Frank Sinatra - Embraceable You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:15 Benny Goodman, V. Martha Tilto - You're My Desire Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:14 28.09.1938 BBC News - Chamberlain Before Munich Conference September 28 1938 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:12 Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra - All I Do Is Dream of You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:09 Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal) - Love Is Here To Stay Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:08 Lynda Moncaster - Web 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:05 My Kinda Love - Jack Padbury's Cosmo Club Six Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:03 Les Brown (instrumental) - Leap Frog Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:59 Benny Goodman - Life Goes to a Party Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:56 Carrol Gibbons with The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Journey's End Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:53 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - I'm My Own Grandpa Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:48 Doris Day - I've Got a Feelin You're Foolin Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:45 Fred Astaire - They All Laughed Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:42 Kay Kyser - On a slow boat to China Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:39 Benny Goodman - Goody Goody Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:37 Joe Loss and His Orchestra - Tiggerty Boo Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:34 The Andrews Sisters - Hurry Hurry Hurry Back To Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:31 Noble Sissle & His Sizzling Syncopators - You Can't Get To Heaven That Way (1930) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:28 Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Come out, Come out, Wherever You Are Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:26 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 1941 - The Band Played On Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:26 14.09 1938 BBC News - Chamberlain Offers To Meet Hitler September 14 1938xxxx Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:20 Tommy Dorsey - Chicken Real Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:20 30.09.1938 BBC News - Neville Chamberlain Just After Munich September 30 1938 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:14 Ella Fitzgerald - I Found My Yellow Basket Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:11 Bing Crosby - You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:09 27.09.1938 BBC News - Chamberlain On Czechoslovakian Crisis September 27 1938 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:07 Bertini And The Tower Blackpool Dance Band - Strolling In The Park 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:03 Bing Crosby 1936 - I Got Plenty of Nuttin' Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:03 Guy Roles - 1940s UK Radio Show reminder Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:01 AirChecks - Glenn Miller Orchestra Air Checks 1939 to 1942Lady Be Good June 4 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:00 2.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:58 Jan August (piano instrumental-his ) - Misirlou Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:56 Glenn Miller - The Lamp Is Low Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:55 1940sUKRadio#2 - 1940sUKRadio#2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:01 Shaun Moncaster - 1930s British Bands Show 1 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:00 1.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 02:59 Stan Kenton (instrumental) - Intermission Riff Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 02:01 Jeff Bressler - Make Beleave Ballroom Show 047 (07-26-21) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 02:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 01:01 Rickshaw - 1940s Pop Countdown Show 066 - December 1941 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 01:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
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The Light Programme was a BBC radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 29 July 1945. It primarily broadcast light entertainment, comedy, drama, and popular music, catering to a general audience. The station was created to provide relief and entertainment after World War II, succeeding the wartime General Forces Programme. On 30 September 1967, it was replaced by BBC Radio 2 as part of the BBC's reorganization of its radio services. Many of its programs and traditions were carried over to the new station.
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