Radio 2 Remembers Steve Wright

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Steve Wright In His Own Words

20240826

Introduced by Paul Gambaccini, we hear Steve himself from the BBC archive talking about his career, the broadcasters who inspired him, and playing the records he loved.

The programme features excerpts from Steve's episode of the award-winning Radio Radio series which aired in 1986, plus a 2010 interview, much of it previously un-broadcast, for the Radio 2 series ‘Music in the Air: A History of Music Radio'. Steve also reveals his early love for offshore pirate radio in the 1960s and his admiration for innovative DJ Kenny Everett and American music radio pioneers, such as Rick Dees and Scott Shannon who popularised the Zoo radio format. “Scott was the ultimate, he worked so hard in the studio,” Steve said... but so did Steve, through the many years when millions tuned into Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 1 and then, for 23 years, on Radio 2.

Paul Gambaccini introduces excerpts of Steve from the BBC archive talking about his career

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.

Steve Wright Remembered

20240826

20250209 (R2)

On what would have been Steve's 70th birthday, Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of the funny and generous man they knew.

Alongside archive interviews and material, there's newly recorded contributions from David Cameron, Richard Curtis, Dawn French, Emma Freud, Stephen Fry, Barry Gibb, Lenny Henry, Peter Kay, Stewart Lee, Billy Ocean, Sue Perkins and Will Young, and Steve's remembered by his BBC radio colleagues Michael Ball, Tony Blackburn, Rylan Clark, Gary Davies, Katie Derham, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Goodier, Bob Harris, Janey Lee Grace, Trevor Nelson, Elaine Paige, Bobbie Pryor, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Smith, Liza Tarbuck, Pete Tong, Jeremy Vine, Johnnie Walker and Jo Whiley.

Vernon Kay remembers legendary broadcaster Steve Wright.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.

Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of him.

[LISTEN NOW]

Steve Wright Remembered

20240826

Vernon Kay remembers legendary broadcaster Steve Wright.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.

Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of him.

Steve Wright's Peter Kay Christmas Special

20231203

20240225 (R2)

Steve Wright sits down with much-loved comedian and TV star Peter Kay in this one-off Christmas treat. Peter picks his favourite songs as he reminisces and chats about his best-selling memoir, TV: Big Adventures on the Small Screen, for this exclusive special. Peter relives a childhood obsessed by TV and how his perseverance and passion for the small screen set him up for a career in comedy. Highlights include how Peter and a barking dog nearly upstaged Sir Paul McCartney on the world's biggest stage; the day when three Knights of the Realm – Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir Michael Caine and Sir David Attenborough - helped him do his tie up; his own rendition of the theme to Blockbusters; and music from the TV shows that Peter grew up with, including Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Mork & Mindy and Minder.

Steve Wright sits down with the much-loved comedian and TV star in this one-off treat.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great.

Steve Wright sits down with much-loved comedian and TV star, Peter Kay, in this one-off Christmas treat. Peter picks his favourite songs and chats about his TV-based memoir.

Tell It To Steve, Best Of Guests Special

20230407

20240309 (R2)

With highlights from the first three episodes of the BBC Sounds series Tell It To Steve: Best Of Guests, which showcases the breadth and depth of the guests that Steve Wright has sat down with at the BBC, and includes newly recorded interviews to update their story.

There's archive material from across Steve's career on BBC radio and television, and many of these interviews have never been aired again since their original broadcast. As well as replaying them, Steve also introduces, contextualises and shares memories of chatting with the guests.

The themes of the first 3 episodes are:

They Did Comedy First – celebrities who made their name by making us laugh, before going into other fields of entertainment.

They Made It In America – domestic stars who've created careers for themselves in the USA.

Number 1 In The 21st Century – artists whose music we've bought and streamed so much over the past two decades, that they topped the charts.

You'll hear material that goes as far back as 1991, right up to newly recorded chats with guests Eddie Izzard, Sarah Millican and Jax Jones.

There's also excerpts of interviews with stars including Joan Rivers, Leona Lewis, Rihanna and Eric Idle, plus Amy Winehouse previewing her album Back To Black in 2006, and Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discussing Radiohead's career in 2008.

Featuring new and archive interviews with Eddie Izzard, Sarah Millican and Jax Jones.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great.

Highlighting the first three episodes of the BBC Sounds series Tell It To Steve: Best Of Guests - showcasing the breadth and depth of the guests that he's sat down with at the BBC.

Tell It To Steve, The Movie Stars

20230812

20240224 (R2)

A century of Hollywood history, as shared by famous names from the world of movies and television, in interviews with Steve Wright.

Using archive from more than 30 years of his programmes across BBC Radio, Steve hears amazing stories as told to him by people who've worked in front of, and behind the camera.

Recollections include...

Liza Minnelli and Nancy Sinatra sharing childhood memories of being born into showbiz families.

Tony Curtis remembering Marilyn Monroe.

Lupita Nyong'o on what it's like to win an Oscar for your movie debut.

Robin Williams' thoughts about 'Hollywood people'.

The technical issues with the making of Jaws.

Spike Lee on his love of musicals.

The movie that kept Tom Hanks' dad awake.

And what Mark Hamill thought when he first got the script for Star Wars.

100 years of Hollywood as told through interviews with Steve Wright.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great.

Steve Wright chats to famous names from the world of movies and TV, who take us through 100 years of Hollywood, from the influence of the silent era up to the franchises of today.

What Steve Meant To Me ... A Listeners' Special, With Liza Tarbuck

20240826

Liza Tarbuck gives listeners themselves the opportunity to share their own fond memories of Steve as they look back and remember his many shows from across the decades. Some will have had wedding or anniversary dedications read out by him on Love Songs, others will have grown up with him throughout their school years and remember his characters or special moments from Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 1 and Radio 2

Liza Tarbuck and listeners remember the legendary broadcaster Steve Wright.

A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Steve Wright In His Own Words	20240826		Introduced by Paul Gambaccini, we hear Steve himself from the BBC archive talking about his career, the broadcasters who inspired him, and playing the records he loved. The programme features excerpts from Steve's episode of the award-winning Radio Radio series which aired in 1986, plus a 2010 interview, much of it previously un-broadcast, for the Radio 2 series ‘Music in the Air: A History of Music Radio'. Steve also reveals his early love for offshore pirate radio in the 1960s and his admiration for innovative DJ Kenny Everett and American music radio pioneers, such as Rick Dees and Scott Shannon who popularised the Zoo radio format. “Scott was the ultimate, he worked so hard in the studio,” Steve said... but so did Steve, through the many years when millions tuned into Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 1 and then, for 23 years, on Radio 2. Paul Gambaccini introduces excerpts of Steve from the BBC archive talking about his career A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.
Steve Wright Remembered	20240826	20250209 (R2)	On what would have been Steve's 70th birthday, Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of the funny and generous man they knew. Alongside archive interviews and material, there's newly recorded contributions from David Cameron, Richard Curtis, Dawn French, Emma Freud, Stephen Fry, Barry Gibb, Lenny Henry, Peter Kay, Stewart Lee, Billy Ocean, Sue Perkins and Will Young, and Steve's remembered by his BBC radio colleagues Michael Ball, Tony Blackburn, Rylan Clark, Gary Davies, Katie Derham, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Goodier, Bob Harris, Janey Lee Grace, Trevor Nelson, Elaine Paige, Bobbie Pryor, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Smith, Liza Tarbuck, Pete Tong, Jeremy Vine, Johnnie Walker and Jo Whiley. Vernon Kay remembers legendary broadcaster Steve Wright. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great. Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of him. [LISTEN NOW]
Steve Wright Remembered	20240826		On what would have been Steve's 70th birthday, Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of the funny and generous man they knew. Alongside archive interviews and material, there's newly recorded contributions from David Cameron, Richard Curtis, Dawn French, Emma Freud, Stephen Fry, Barry Gibb, Lenny Henry, Peter Kay, Stewart Lee, Billy Ocean, Sue Perkins and Will Young, and Steve's remembered by his BBC radio colleagues Michael Ball, Tony Blackburn, Rylan Clark, Gary Davies, Katie Derham, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Goodier, Bob Harris, Janey Lee Grace, Trevor Nelson, Elaine Paige, Bobbie Pryor, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Smith, Liza Tarbuck, Pete Tong, Jeremy Vine, Johnnie Walker and Jo Whiley. Vernon Kay remembers legendary broadcaster Steve Wright. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great. Vernon Kay presents a two hour special in which his friends from the worlds of entertainment, broadcasting and beyond, pay tribute to Steve and share their memories of him.
Steve Wright's Peter Kay Christmas Special	20231203	20240225 (R2)	Steve Wright sits down with much-loved comedian and TV star Peter Kay in this one-off Christmas treat. Peter picks his favourite songs as he reminisces and chats about his best-selling memoir, TV: Big Adventures on the Small Screen, for this exclusive special. Peter relives a childhood obsessed by TV and how his perseverance and passion for the small screen set him up for a career in comedy. Highlights include how Peter and a barking dog nearly upstaged Sir Paul McCartney on the world's biggest stage; the day when three Knights of the Realm – Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir Michael Caine and Sir David Attenborough - helped him do his tie up; his own rendition of the theme to Blockbusters; and music from the TV shows that Peter grew up with, including Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Mork & Mindy and Minder. Steve Wright sits down with the much-loved comedian and TV star in this one-off treat. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great. Steve Wright sits down with much-loved comedian and TV star, Peter Kay, in this one-off Christmas treat. Peter picks his favourite songs and chats about his TV-based memoir.
Tell It To Steve, Best Of Guests Special	20230407	20240309 (R2)	With highlights from the first three episodes of the BBC Sounds series Tell It To Steve: Best Of Guests, which showcases the breadth and depth of the guests that Steve Wright has sat down with at the BBC, and includes newly recorded interviews to update their story. There's archive material from across Steve's career on BBC radio and television, and many of these interviews have never been aired again since their original broadcast. As well as replaying them, Steve also introduces, contextualises and shares memories of chatting with the guests. The themes of the first 3 episodes are: They Did Comedy First – celebrities who made their name by making us laugh, before going into other fields of entertainment. They Made It In America – domestic stars who've created careers for themselves in the USA. Number 1 In The 21st Century – artists whose music we've bought and streamed so much over the past two decades, that they topped the charts. You'll hear material that goes as far back as 1991, right up to newly recorded chats with guests Eddie Izzard, Sarah Millican and Jax Jones. There's also excerpts of interviews with stars including Joan Rivers, Leona Lewis, Rihanna and Eric Idle, plus Amy Winehouse previewing her album Back To Black in 2006, and Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discussing Radiohead's career in 2008. Featuring new and archive interviews with Eddie Izzard, Sarah Millican and Jax Jones. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great. Highlighting the first three episodes of the BBC Sounds series Tell It To Steve: Best Of Guests - showcasing the breadth and depth of the guests that he's sat down with at the BBC.
Tell It To Steve, The Movie Stars	20230812	20240224 (R2)	A century of Hollywood history, as shared by famous names from the world of movies and television, in interviews with Steve Wright. Using archive from more than 30 years of his programmes across BBC Radio, Steve hears amazing stories as told to him by people who've worked in front of, and behind the camera. Recollections include... Liza Minnelli and Nancy Sinatra sharing childhood memories of being born into showbiz families. Tony Curtis remembering Marilyn Monroe. Lupita Nyong'o on what it's like to win an Oscar for your movie debut. Robin Williams' thoughts about 'Hollywood people'. The technical issues with the making of Jaws. Spike Lee on his love of musicals. The movie that kept Tom Hanks' dad awake. And what Mark Hamill thought when he first got the script for Star Wars. 100 years of Hollywood as told through interviews with Steve Wright. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much-loved broadcasting great. Steve Wright chats to famous names from the world of movies and TV, who take us through 100 years of Hollywood, from the influence of the silent era up to the franchises of today.
What Steve Meant To Me ... A Listeners' Special, With Liza Tarbuck	20240826		Liza Tarbuck gives listeners themselves the opportunity to share their own fond memories of Steve as they look back and remember his many shows from across the decades. Some will have had wedding or anniversary dedications read out by him on Love Songs, others will have grown up with him throughout their school years and remember his characters or special moments from Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 1 and Radio 2 Liza Tarbuck and listeners remember the legendary broadcaster Steve Wright. A collection of programmes paying tribute to the much loved, broadcasting great.