Radio 2 audience stabilises after drop following weekday relaunch

Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: “I’m very proud that Radio 2 saw an increase in listeners this quarter, where we brought Radio 2 In the Park to Chelmsford in Essex, hosted some of the world’s most-loved musicians in the Piano Room including Robbie Williams and Richard Ashcroft, celebrated 200 years of the modern railway in 21st Century Folk, and Vernon Kay treated listeners to backstage interviews at the first Oasis live gig in Manchester.