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Radio 2 and 6 Music to broadcast Bob Dylan's US radio show
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Listeners will be able to hear Theme Time Radio Hour, Bob Dylan's radio show, for the first time in the UK when ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 2 and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 6 Music broadcast the music legend's critically acclaimed XM Satellite Radio show.
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Bob Dylan started his radio broadcasting career in the USA in May 2006 with a weekly radio show on XM Satellite Radio, the leading satellite radio service in the US.
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Both Radio 2 and 6 Music will broadcast the programmes throughout 2007.
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Radio 2 will offer a sneak preview, broadcasting six of the shows over the Christmas period starting on Saturday 23 December running through to Thursday 28 December 2006 (all at 7pm except 5pm on 24 December 2006 - schedule available at bbc.co.uk/radio2).
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6 Music will broadcast the shows starting on 31 December 2006 at 9pm and then every Friday night from the 12 January 2007 at 9pm (schedule available at bbc.co.uk/6music).
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"A lot of my own songs have been played on the radio, but this is the first time I've ever been on the other side of the mic," said Dylan of his shows.
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Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan features an eclectic mix of music hand-selected by Dylan. The radio shows also includes interviews and commentary on music and other topics.
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Lesley Douglas, Controller Radio 2 and 6 Music, says: "Bob Dylan is a legendary figure and I'm sure these shows will be of great interest to our audience. It'll be fascinating to hear who his favourite artists are and who has influenced him throughout his career."
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Themes for the show include weather with a track list that includes A Place In The Sun sung in Italian by Stevie Wonder, The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix and Keep On The Sunny Side by The Carter Family.
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Song list themes for other shows include cars, dance, police, and whiskey.
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Bob Dylan is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having sold nearly 100 million albums and performed thousands of shows around the world in a career spanning five decades.
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His newest album, Modern Times, has already sold more than two million copies, reaching the number one slot in 13 countries. Both Uncut and Mojo magazines recently named Bob Dylan "Man Of The Year".
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He wrote and recorded Things Have Changed for the 2000 film Wonder Boys, for which he received both the Academy Award and Golden Globe.
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The first volume of his memoirs, Chronicles, was one of the most acclaimed and best-selling non-fiction works of 2004, and last year's No Direction Home film, directed by Martin Scorsese, captivated audiences worldwide as it documented Dylan's early career and rise to fame. The film won a Peabody Award in 2006.
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US Press Reviews
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"...he taps America's musical heritage with words that veer from the logically linear to the abstract..." – The New York Times
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"He's informative, funny...his taste is impeccable." – Boston Herald
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"...revelatory...Dylan's song choices are impressively varied." – Rolling Stone
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"...Dylan's poetic voice shines through - often giving a glimpse into his early musical past." – New York Post
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"...he delivers a very nice piece of radio... It's music that seemed to come, literally and metaphorically, out of the air, expanding the world while wrapping a common thread around all who heard it. To recapture that is a splendid thing." – New York Daily News
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"...by turns playful and spooky, topical and historical, eager to share his favorite stories and records - and clearly having a ball" – Reuters
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Radio 2 Publicity
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