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For the current (successor) station, see <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former British national radio station from 1990 to 1994</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Radio station</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">BBC Radio 5</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radio_5_1990.png" class="image"><img alt="Radio 5 1990.png" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220321062947im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Radio_5_1990.png/119px-Radio_5_1990.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="130" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220321062947im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Radio_5_1990.png/179px-Radio_5_1990.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220321062947im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Radio_5_1990.png/238px-Radio_5_1990.png 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="268"/></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label">United Kingdom – national <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_wave" title="Medium wave">MW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">693 kHz, 909 kHz (990 kHz in <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wales" title="West Wales">West Wales</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Sports, children's and educational programmes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">27 August 1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Last air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">27 March 1994</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BBC Radio 5</b> was a national <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">radio station</a> that broadcast sports, children's and educational programs. It ran from 1990 to 1994 and was transmitted via <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue_electronics" title="Analogue electronics">analogue</a> radio on 693 and 909 kHz <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude_modulation" title="Amplitude modulation">AM</a>. </p><p>On 28 March 1994, three years and eight months after the station started, it was replaced by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">Radio 5 Live</a>, following the success of rolling news coverage of the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> on <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_News_FM" title="Radio 4 News FM">Radio 4 News FM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newswatch_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newswatch-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"/><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Launch"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Launch</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Structure"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Structure</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Demise"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Demise</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Programming"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Programming</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Weekdays"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Weekdays</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Weekends"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Weekends</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Evenings"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Evenings</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Presenters"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Presenters</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="Timeline of BBC Radio 5 Live">Timeline of BBC Radio 5 Live</a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Launch">Launch</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Launch">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>A new fifth national radio station was first announced by the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> on 9 October 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> In line with the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Thatcher_ministry" title="Third Thatcher ministry">Conservative government</a>'s broadcasting policy at the time, the BBC ended its longstanding practice of <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcasting</a> its services on both <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude_modulation" title="Amplitude modulation">AM</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_modulation" title="Frequency modulation">FM</a>, freeing the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_wave" title="Medium wave">medium wave</a> frequencies which <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">Radio 2</a> had been using since 23 November 1978 for another use.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>On 15 August 1990, Radio 2 began to draw to a close its medium wave transmissions by broadcasting a daytime information service providing advice about how to listen on FM as well as advertisements for the new station. This continued until 2.00pm on the day before Radio 5's launch, and Radio 2 ended its medium wave transmissions at midnight on Sunday 26 August. Nine hours later, at 9.00am on Monday 27 August, Radio 5 launched with five-year-old boy Andrew Kelly uttering the words: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996844942">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Hello, good morning and welcome to Radio 5.</p></blockquote> <p>Prior to this, the new station's frequencies broadcast a long sequence of programming trails linked by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Briggs" title="Jon Briggs">Jon Briggs</a> (one of the station's launch presenting team) and pre-recorded sketches from comedians <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_and_Simon" title="Trevor and Simon">Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson</a> (consisting of the two larking about in the studio amid the strains of "<a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_By" title="Sailing By">Sailing By</a>", and Trevor suddenly being cut off while he was reading his so-called "Ode to Radio 5").<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> The official first program was <i>Take Five</i>, a pre-recorded program by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Brookes" title="Bruno Brookes">Bruno Brookes</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Structure">Structure</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Many believed that BBC Radio 5 was a service the four other main BBC stations did not want, reflected in a speech by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Abramsky" title="Jenny Abramsky">Jenny Abramsky</a>, News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media 2002 at <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford" title="Exeter College, Oxford">Exeter College</a>, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>. Abramsky described the service,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996844942"/><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The sports output from Radio 2 Medium Wave, all the Schools and Continuing Education programmes from Radio 4 FM, the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University" title="Open University">Open University</a> programmes from Radios 3 and 4 FM, and programmes for children and young people from Radio 4 and some World Service output. This was a network with no audience focus, born out of expediency.</p></blockquote> <p>In 1991, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a> was launched, as part of the multinational response to the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Kuwait">invasion of Kuwait</a>. From 16 January, Radio 4's FM frequencies were used to provide an <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-news_radio" title="All-news radio">all-news network</a> for the coverage of the war, dubbed '<a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_News_FM" title="Radio 4 News FM">Radio 4 News FM</a>' (or more popularly in the media as <i>Scud FM</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-news_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-6">[6]</a></sup> but despite protests mainly received praise for the quality of this service and the speed with which it was established. Following the end of the conflict, Radio 4 resumed its normal schedule but the positive response to commencing review into the possibility of providing a full-time news station, leading to the broadcast of a similar service on <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave" title="Longwave">longwave</a> during the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a> campaign. Due to the resistance to any use of Radio 4 FM (or LW) frequencies, it was decided that Radio 5, criticized by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt" class="mw-redirect" title="John Birt">John Birt</a> as "improvised and disjointed", would relaunch as a combined news and sports channel. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Demise">Demise</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demise">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The "old" Radio 5 signed off at midnight on Sunday 27 March 1994 with a pre-recorded <i>Nigel and Earl</i> sketch at the end of one of the network's Irish music magazine program <i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Line_(radio_show)" title="Across the Line (radio show)">Across the Line</a></i>. Ten minutes later, the frequencies closed down for the night following a generic <i>BBC Radio News and Sport</i> bulletin and the new <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">Radio 5 Live</a> began its <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_news_cycle" title="24-hour news cycle">24-hour service</a> at 5.00am on Monday 28 March. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Programming">Programming</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Programming">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The station was on air daily from 6.00 am until just after midnight although initially, apart from sports coverage, original programming was restricted to key times of the day – breakfast, mid-mornings and on weekdays, with drive and programs for young people during the evening. The rest of the day was filled with simulcasts of other BBC stations and programs from the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">World Service</a>. This filler output was broadcast for several hours each day with programs aired at 6.00am, 11.00pm and on weekday afternoons. Radio 3 was broadcast on weekday lunchtimes,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> and Radio 4 on Saturday evenings,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> as well as at Sunday lunchtime and teatime.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> Also, Radio 1 and Radio 2 were simulcast on Sundays – Radio 2 in the afternoon when there was no sports coverage and Radio 1 during the early evening as a replacement for <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University" title="Open University">Open University</a> programs.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>From spring 1991, the station started to expand its original programming. The first to be discontinued was, at the end of March, the 11.00pm World Service block, followed in autumn by the simulcasts of other BBC stations, followed by in May 1992 the removal of the weekday afternoon block of World Service programs which meant that the station was now producing its own programming every day from 6.30am until just after midnight. The 6.00am World Service news bulletin simulcast remained throughout the station's time on air. </p><p>The new network allowed the BBC to significantly enhance its sports coverage, especially in its later years. For example, during the <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Barcelona Olympics</a>, the network devoted its entire output to the event<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> and during the summer months, sports coverage was broadcast all afternoon every day of the week. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Weekdays">Weekdays</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Weekdays">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r998391716">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morning_Edition_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morning Edition (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">Morning Edition</a></i> (with Sarah Ward, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Briggs" title="Jon Briggs">Jon Briggs</a>, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Baker" title="Danny Baker">Danny Baker</a> and Michele Stephens)</li> <li><i>This Family Business</i> and <i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_AM_Alternative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The AM Alternative (page does not exist)">The AM Alternative</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ)" title="Johnnie Walker (DJ)">Johnnie Walker</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Health_Show_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Health Show (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">The Health Show</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Rippon" title="Angela Rippon">Angela Rippon</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound_Advice_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sound Advice (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">Sound Advice</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Michelmore" title="Guy Michelmore">Guy Michelmore</a>, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daire_Brehan" title="Daire Brehan">Daire Brehan</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Barclay" title="Liz Barclay">Liz Barclay</a>)</li> <li><i>The Crunch</i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Kershaw" title="Liz Kershaw">Liz Kershaw</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Worldwide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sportsbeat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sportsbeat (page does not exist)">Sportsbeat</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_King_(presenter)" title="Ross King (presenter)">Ross King</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Boyd" title="Tommy Boyd">Tommy Boyd</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Game_of_Two_Halves_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Game of Two Halves (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">A Game of Two Halves</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inverdale" title="John Inverdale">John Inverdale</a>, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Edmonds" title="Frances Edmonds">Frances Edmonds</a>, <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caron_Keating" title="Caron Keating">Caron Keating</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kermode" title="Mark Kermode">Mark Kermode</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Five_Aside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Five Aside (page does not exist)">Five Aside</a></i> (with Sue McGarry and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Worricker" title="Julian Worricker">Julian Worricker</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inverdale" title="John Inverdale">John Inverdale's Drive-in</a></i></li></ul> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Weekends">Weekends</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Weekends">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r998391716"/><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Your_Marks_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="On Your Marks (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">On Your Marks</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Curry_(television_presenter)" title="Mark Curry (television presenter)">Mark Curry</a>)</li> <li><i>Get Set</i> (with Steve Johnson)</li> <li><i>Go!</i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_King_(presenter)" title="Ross King (presenter)">Ross King</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Crooks" title="Garth Crooks">Garth Crooks</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sportscall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sportscall (page does not exist)">Sportscall</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Diamond" title="Dominik Diamond">Dominik Diamond</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morning_Edition_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morning Edition (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">Sunday Edition</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Johnston_(writer)" title="Barry Johnston (writer)">Barry Johnston</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fanshawe" title="Simon Fanshawe">Simon Fanshawe's Sunday Brunch</a></i></li></ul> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Evenings">Evenings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Evenings">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r998391716"/><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>Fabulous</i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lamarr" title="Mark Lamarr">Mark Lamarr</a>/<a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Vaughan" title="Johnny Vaughan">Johnny Vaughan</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Football_League" title="Fantasy Football League">Fantasy Football League</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Diamond" title="Dominik Diamond">Dominik Diamond</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Trevor Brooking's Football Night</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/606_(radio_show)" title="606 (radio show)">6-0-6</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Baker" title="Danny Baker">Danny Baker</a>/<a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor" title="David Mellor">David Mellor</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Five" title="Formula Five">Formula Five</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101_(Radio_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Room 101 (Radio series)">Room 101</a></i>, a later transfer to <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101_(British_TV_series)" title="Room 101 (British TV series)">television</a></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Think_It%27s_All_Over_(TV_series)" title="They Think It's All Over (TV series)">They Think It's All Over</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a>, another transfer to television)</li> <li><i>Cult Radio</i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Riley" title="Marc Riley">Marc Riley</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Top&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Top (page does not exist)">Le Top</a></i>, a translated version of the French chart show on <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_1" title="Europe 1">Europe 1</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Mix_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Mix (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">The Mix</a></i> (with Mark Thomas)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hit_the_North_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hit the North (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">Hit the North</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Radcliffe_(radio_broadcaster)" title="Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)">Mark Radcliffe</a> and <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Riley" title="Marc Riley">Marc Riley</a>, who featured the first ever radio session from <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earshot" title="Earshot">Earshot</a></i> (with John Kavanagh)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Beat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Beat (page does not exist)">Eastern Beat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rave_(BBC_radio_programme)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rave (BBC radio programme) (page does not exist)">Rave</a></i> (with <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Brydon" title="Rob Brydon">Rob Brydon</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Line_(radio_show)" title="Across the Line (radio show)">Across the Line</a></i>, produced by <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">BBC Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_Steel_Solution" title="The Mark Steel Solution">The Mark Steel Solution</a></i> (first series only)</li></ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Presenters">Presenters</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Presenters">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r998391716"/><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Baker" title="Danny Baker">Danny Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Barclay" title="Liz Barclay">Liz Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Boyd" title="Tommy Boyd">Tommy Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daire_Brehan" title="Daire Brehan">Daire Brehan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Briggs" title="Jon Briggs">Jon Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Brookes" title="Bruno Brookes">Bruno Brookes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Trevor Brooking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Brydon" title="Rob Brydon">Rob Brydon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Crooks" title="Garth Crooks">Garth Crooks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Curry_(television_presenter)" title="Mark Curry (television presenter)">Mark Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Diamond" title="Dominik Diamond">Dominik Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Edmonds" title="Frances Edmonds">Frances Edmonds</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fanshawe" title="Simon Fanshawe">Simon Fanshawe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_and_Simon" title="Trevor and Simon">Simon Hickson</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inverdale" title="John Inverdale">John Inverdale</a></li> <li>Steve Johnson</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Johnston_(writer)" title="Barry Johnston (writer)">Barry Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caron_Keating" title="Caron Keating">Caron Keating</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kermode" title="Mark Kermode">Mark Kermode</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Kershaw" title="Liz Kershaw">Liz Kershaw</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_King_(presenter)" title="Ross King (presenter)">Ross King</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lamarr" title="Mark Lamarr">Mark Lamarr</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a></li> <li>Sue McGarry</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mellor" title="David Mellor">David Mellor</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Michelmore" title="Guy Michelmore">Guy Michelmore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_and_Simon" title="Trevor and Simon">Trevor Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Radcliffe_(radio_broadcaster)" title="Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)">Mark Radcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Rae" title="Miranda Rae">Miranda Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Riley" title="Marc Riley">Marc Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Rippon" title="Angela Rippon">Angela Rippon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Steel" title="Mark Steel">Mark Steel</a></li> <li>Michele Stephens</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Vaughan" title="Johnny Vaughan">Johnny Vaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ)" title="Johnnie Walker (DJ)">Johnnie Walker</a></li> <li>Sarah Ward</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Worricker" title="Julian Worricker">Julian Worricker</a></li></ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_5_(former)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1072126029">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{float:right;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:solid #aaa 1px}.mw-parser-output .portalbox.tleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalbox.tright{margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .portalbox>ul{display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;">Nationwide</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">Radio 1</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">Radio 2</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">Radio 3</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">Radio 4</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live"><span class="nowrap">Radio 5 Live</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;">Digital-only</th><td 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title="BBC Radio Cymru">Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru_2" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Radio Cymru 2">Cymru 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_Ulster" title="BBC Radio Ulster">Ulster</a> / <a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_Foyle" title="BBC Radio Foyle">Foyle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;">English regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">International stations</th><td 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2LO" title="2LO">2LO</a> London</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5IT" title="5IT">5IT</a> Birmingham</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ZY" title="2ZY">2ZY</a> Manchester</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5NO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5NO (page does not exist)">5NO</a> Newcastle</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5WA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5WA (page does not exist)">5WA</a> Cardiff</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5SC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5SC (page does not exist)">5SC</a> Glasgow</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2BD" title="2BD">2BD</a> Aberdeen</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6BM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6BM (page does not exist)">6BM</a> Bournemouth</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2FL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2FL (page does not exist)">2FL</a> Sheffield</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5PY&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5PY (page does not exist)">5PY</a> Plymouth</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5GB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5GB (page does not exist)">5GB</a> Daventry</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2BE_Belfast" title="2BE Belfast">2BE</a> Belfast</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><b>Relays</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2EH_Edinburgh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2EH Edinburgh (page does not exist)">2EH</a> Edinburgh</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6LV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6LV (page does not exist)">6LV</a> Liverpool</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2LS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2LS (page does not exist)">2LS</a> Leeds and Bradford</li> <li><a href="/web/20220321062947/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6KH&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6KH (page does not exist)">6KH</a> Hull</li> <li><a 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