Alan Keith 1950s, he devoted time to devising and presenting music programmes for the BBC. In 1959, he devised "Your Hundred Best Tunes", a programme of famous classical music, operetta and ballads. Keith chose the original 100 pieces himself. Many works were suggested by listeners and played in the programme. Thus a good many more than 100 works were played and the list evolved. Therefore, in subsequent years, a 100 Best were periodically voted for by listeners. In early March 2003, at the age of 94, he recorded an announcement that he intended to retire from the programme after 44 years. However,
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show The Radio 2 Breakfast Show The Radio 2 Breakfast Show refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 from 1967, and predating "Wake Up To Wogan" which started in 1993. From Radio 2's inception in 1967 a breakfast programme was broadcast in tandem with The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, featuring a mix of news, music, traffic and weather reports.. Unlike its Radio 1 counterpart which had started with a single presenter, "Breakfast Special" was a continuation of a Light Programme format which had been running since 1965 with a roster of presenters who hosted in