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Other names | The Big Show |
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Genre | Chat, music and comedy |
Running time | 3 hours (2:00 pm – 5:00 pm) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 2 |
Hosted by | Steve Wright |
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Original release | 5 July 1999 30 September 2022 | –
Audio format | Stereo |
Podcast | Steve Wright in the Afternoon - The Big Podcast |
Steve Wright in the Afternoon was the name given to the English DJ Steve Wright's popular radio shows. Wright's afternoon show was known by that name from 1989.
Wright presented the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 regularly from 30 March 1981 to 24 December 1993, and then the breakfast show, Steve Wright in the Morning, from 10 January 1994 to 21 April 1995. He presented the BBC Radio 2 afternoon show from 5 July 1999 to 30 September 2022.[1]
The Radio 2 version, broadcast from 14:00 to 17:00 on weekdays, was frequently referred to on-air as The Big Show.