The Light Programme Playlist
- 17:34 The Andrews Sisters - You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:31 Charlie Kunz - Love Is A Song Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:28 Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Blue Baby Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:25 Harry James and His Orchestra - Two O'Clock Jump Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:22 Mitchell Ayres (Mary Ann Mercer, voc) (original #1) - Make-Believe Island Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:19 Gene Krupa - It All Comes Back To Me Now Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:16 Mills Brothers - Sleepy Head 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:13 Kay Kyser - Woody Woodpecker Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:10 Tex Beneke & Glenn Miller Orchestra - A Gal In Calico 1947 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:07 Ronald Frankau and Tommy Handley - The Quartermaster Store's Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:04 Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, vocal) - My Prayer 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 17:01 Freddy Martin (Jack Fina, piano) - Warsaw Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:58 Ambrose and His Orchestra - Streamline Strut Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:55 Bobby Sanders, With Geoffrey Gelde - I Ain't A Gonna Tell Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:52 Billy Cotton - The Night The Floor Fell In Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:49 Doris Day - You Should Have Told Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:46 Duke Ellington (78 version) - Sentimental Lady (I Didn?t Know About You) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:40 Benny Goodman - Dizzy Spells Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:40 Lynda Moncaster - Web 1 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:37 Fred Astaire - Change Partners Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:34 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Merry-Go-Round Waltz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:32 Ella Fitzgerald - Slumming On Park Avenue Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:29 Lew Stone with Al Bowlly 1934 - As Long As I Live Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:26 Glenn Miller - Farewell Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:26 Lynda Moncaster - Web 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 16:00 AirChecks - Nbc Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra Manhattan Centre Nyc September 28 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 15:57 Henry Hall - Goodnight, Everyone Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 15:54 Bing Crosby - I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 15:01 Shaun Moncaster - 1930s British Bands Show 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 15:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 15:00 1.00 pm - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 14:59 Harry James (instrumental) - Easter Parade Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 14:01 Jeff Bressler - Make Beleave Ballroom Show 042 (06-21-21) 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
- 14:00 12.00 pm - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 13:01 Rickshaw - 1940s Pop Countdown Show 007 November 1944 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
- 13:00 11.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:59 Ambrose and His Orchestra - Toy Trumpet Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 12:01 Bud Pearson - The Swing Era 2820 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
- 12:00 10.00 am - Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:58 Benny Goodman - How Am I to Know- Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:55 Noble Sissle & His Sizzling Syncopators - You Can't Get To Heaven That Way (1930) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:51 Nat Gonella and His New Georgians 1939 - The Man Who Comes Around Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:49 Bix Beiderbecke - Davenport Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:46 Freddie Slack (instrumental) - Riffette Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:43 Harry James and His Orchestra - My Love for You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:43 Lynda Moncaster - Web 1 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:40 Rudy Vallee - I Guess I?ll Have To Change My Plan Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:37 The Boswell Sisters 1932 - Doggone I've Done It Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:34 Judy Garland - Poor Little Rich Girl Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:31 Joe Loss Orchestra 1939 - Until We Meet Again Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:28 Tony Pastor (Dorsey Anderson, vocal) - Maria Elena 1941 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:27 Lynda Moncaster - Web 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:25 Charlie Kunz - Love In Vain Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:22 Ivy Benson and her All Girl Band - Lemon Drop Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:19 Woody Herman - The Good Earth Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:16 Ella Mae Morse - Tess's Torch Song Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:13 Will Bradley and His Orchestra - Flying Home Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:10 Horace Heidt (Larry Cotton & Heidt-Lights, ) - The Man With The Mandolin Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:06 Tony Pastor & His Orchestra - Not Mine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:04 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Ballad In Blue Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:03 Benny Goodman - Sensation Rag Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 11:00 Artie Shaw - Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:57 Arthur Askey - All To Specification Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:54 Tony Pastor & His Orchestra (Dorsey Anderson, Vocal) - Maria Elena 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:53 Guy Roles - 1940s UK Radio Show reminder Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:51 A Little Less Of Moonlight - 1931 - Dave Frost & His Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:48 Gracie Fields - Ee, By Gum Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:45 Benny Goodman, V. Martha Tilto - You And I Know (To Broadcast C Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:41 Frank Sinatra - I Fall In Love Too Easily Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:39 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Hark The Sound Of Tar Heel Voices Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:36 Abe Lyman and His Californnia Orchestra - She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:33 Louis Jordan - I'll Die Happy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:30 Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest - Bewitched Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:27 George Formby - Sitting on Top of Blackpool Tower Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:22 Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:07 AFRS GI Jive Show 1943 - GI Jill 41 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:01 AirChecks - Sgt Joe Stabile's Band Of Air Transport Command NBC 1938 to 1940sOne Night Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 10:00 The UK 1940s Radio Station - 1940s Radio Donation Request Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:58 Freddy Martin (Jack Fina, piano) (instrumental) - Grieg Piano Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:56 The Andrews Sisters - Alexanders Ragtime Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:55 1940sUKRadio#2 - 1940sUKRadio#2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 09:01 Shaun Moncaster - 1930s Hour 36 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
- 08:57 Artie Shaw - Ubangi (aka The Chant) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:54 Squadronaires - Pretending Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:51 Tommy Dorsey voc Edythe Wright - The Music Goes 'Round and Around Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:48 Ink Spots - Don?t Get Around Much Anymore Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:46 Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:45 Lynda Moncaster - 1940s Radio Ident 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:42 Ruth Etting 1930 - Exactly Like You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:39 Anita O'Day - Watch The Birdie Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:37 Billie Holiday - Me, Myself And I Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:34 Harry Roy and His Orchestra 19 - My Girl's Pussy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:31 Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket, A Tasket Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:28 Harry Hudson - I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:25 Vera Lynn - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:22 Doris Day - Keep Cool, Fool Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:19 Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Beginning To See The Light Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:16 Bob Crosby - Savoy Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:14 Mills Brothers - St. Louis Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:11 Dick Haymes - Laura Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:08 Bing Crosby - You've Got Me Where You Want Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:04 Ray Noble - Try A Little Tenderness Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 08:01 Glenn Miller - Tail End Charlie 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
- 07:58 Boston Pops (1st recorded version) - Fiddle Faddle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 07:01 Guy Roles - Guy's 40s Jumping Boogie 269 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
- 06:57 Randy Brooks (instrumental) - Tenderly Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 06:01 Lynda Moncaster - Music From The Musicals Show 8 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
- 05:58 Wayne King (instrumental) - Intermezzo (aka ?Souvenir de Vienne?) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:55 Harry James - Woo-Woo Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:51 Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Pipers, ) - Oh Look At Me Now Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:48 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians 1927 - Charmaine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:45 Carl Fenton Orch - You Do Something To Me (vocalist Scrappy Lambertl) 1930 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:43 Harry James and His Orchestra - It's Funny to Everyone But Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:40 Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal) - I Double Dare You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:37 Carroll Gibbons - Says My Heart 1938 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:34 Benny Goodman - My Little Cousin Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:33 1940sUKRadio#2 - 1940sUKRadio#2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:30 Harry Hudson's Melody Men - When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:27 Jack Payne - There'll Always Be An England 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:24 Frank Sinatra - Almost Like Being in Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:22 Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers) (#1 v) - There Are Such Things Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:19 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Beale Street Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:16 Mildred Bailey (Red Norvo & Orchestra) - So Help Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:14 Bob Crosby (Bob Haggart & Ray Bauduc) - The Big Noise From Winnetka 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:11 Tex Beneke & the Glenn Miller Orch - The Woodchuck Song 1946 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:08 The BBC Dance Orchestra Directed By Henry Hall - Thank You Mister Bach (1936) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:05 Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, vocal) - Hear My Song Violetta 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 05:02 Duke Ellington (instrumental) - Cotton Tail Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:59 Ambrose and His Orchestra - Message From Mars Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:56 Charlie Kunz - The White Cliffs Of Dover Medl Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:53 Beryl Davis - Daddy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:50 Andrews Sisters - Near You 1947 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:47 Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen, voc) (orig. #1 v) - Besame Mucho Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:45 The Andrews Sisters - Tea for Two Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:42 Rudy Vallee - Lost In A Fog 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:40 Fred Astaire - A Foggy Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:36 Ella Fitzgerald - Isn't It A Lovely Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:33 Harry Roy 1941 - The Boogie Woogie Piggy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:30 Glenn Miller - Song Of The Volga Boatmen 1941 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 04:01 AirChecks - Glenn Miller Radio Show Cafe Rouge January 5 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 Tommy Dorsey (instrumental) - Well Git It! Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:55 Bing Crosby - The Dixieland Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:55 Martha Tilton & Benny Goodman - And the angels sing 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 03:01 Shaun Moncaster - 1930s Hour 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 Freddie Slack (boogie-woogie piano instrumental) - Cuban Sugar Mill Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
- 02:01 Jeff Bressler - Make Beleave Ballroom Show 048 (08-02-21) 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 109 -Oct 1943 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
- 01:00 11.00 pm - Time Check 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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