The Paul Gambaccini Collection Episodes Episode guide
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19/01/2025
Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.
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12/01/2025
Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.
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Years and Years
Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.
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Sounds of 1955 – 70 Years On
Paul plays all of his favourite hits from the golden year of 1955.
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#49 Gambo's Christmas Movie Collection
Paul picks his favourite music from Christmas films from across the decades.
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#48 What are Life and Love?
Paul plays tracks on the theme of Life and Love, two topics well covered by popular music.
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#47 1973 - The year I started on Radio 1
Paul shares his memories and favourite tracks from the year he started on Radio 1.
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#46 Remembering George Michael
Paul remembers the work of his friend George Michael.
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# 45 The Ronnie Dyson Special
Paul celebrates the genius behind hits from The Spinners, The Stylistics and many more.
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# 44 In Memory Of Quincy Jones
Paul celebrates the extraordinary work of Quincy Jones.
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# 43 Tim Rice Birthday Special
On Tim Rice's 80th birthday, Paul plays tracks from the career of one of his friends.
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#42 The Radio 2 Buffet!
Gambo lets you feast on a buffet of Dean Martin, Don McLean and Neil Diamond.
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Ultra Lounge Concert: Henry Mancini and Beyond
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Concert Orchestra and conductor Edwin Outwater celebrate the music of Mancini.
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# 41 The Music Of My Life
Paul picks tracks from key moments in his life and career.
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#40 Murder Most Foul
Paul pays tribute to Bob Dylan's epic masterpiece about the assassination of JFK.
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#39 Cat Stevens and tracks from 1978
Paul takes his pick from the work of Cat Stevens and celebrates 1978 in music.
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#38 - Sunshine Knopfler and Nelson
In appreciation of the work of Mark Knopfler, Paul plays tracks from across his career.
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#37 The Hits of 1968
Paul plays his pick of the hits from one of the greatest ever years in music - 1968.
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#36 The Radio 2 Turner Prize
The nominations for The Radio 2 Turner Prize are ... Paul will explain all.
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#35 The Elvis Special
Paul plays the original versions of tracks that Elvis made international hits.
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# 34 Four Seasons & Weather
Paul's picks this week celebrate an anniversary for The Four Seasons.
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# 33 Vehicles and Paris
Gambo's collection includes vehicles of all types from vans, to boats, to ... a swan?
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#32 Don't stray from the path
Paul brings you the GPS of R2 to guide you to the best tunes.
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#31 Keeping it live!
Paul continues the live music theme with his favourite live recordings.
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#30 Paul prepares your musicial meals
Paul has been in the kitchen, hard at work to bring you your breakfast, lunch and dinner
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# 29 Rubies & Diamonds
Paul brings out the diamonds and rubies for this glittering collection.
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# 28 The United States Of Radio 2 - part 2
Paul picks more of his United States Of Radio 2 and an early celebration of Father's Day.
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# 27 William Bell & Bert Kaempfert
Paul celebrates two titans in their field, William Bell and Bert Kaempfert.
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#26 Happy Songs
Inspired by a listener's message, Paul is focusing on the theme of 'Happy' this week.
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#25 Bob Dylan, Proms and the Military
Bob Dylan as covered by the Byrds, Joan Baez and many others.