Your Ultimate British Group will reveal listeners’ top 30 acts, when it is presented by Mark Goodier on the BBC station, after they were asked to vote for their favourite five. (Irishindependent)
The programme will air from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday October 19 as part of a day of National Album Day programming, and can be listened to now on BBC Sounds.
The day will also see Tony Blackburn play exclusively British bands on Sounds Of The 60s from 6am to 8am, while Your Ultimate British Group: The Extras, which will look at the acts who finished between 31 and 54 in the list, is available on BBC Sounds now.
The Liverpool-formed group finished ahead of Queen in second, The Rolling Stones in third, fourth-placed Pink Floyd and fifth-placed Fleetwood Mac, who qualified for the voting despite their American members, as the majority of the group were born, lived in or held British citizenship.
Listeners voted from a shortlist of 54 acts, which ranged from the 1960s to the 2010s, put together by a panel including Radio 2 presenters Jo Whiley, Sara Cox, OJ Borg, Vernon Kay, Scott Mills, Trevor Nelson, DJ Spoony, and Owain Wyn Evans.
The chairman of the selection panel was Radio 2 and 6 Music’s head of music, Jeff Smith, who is also chair of the Mercury Prize judging panel.
The top 20 in full as voted for by Radio 2 listeners:
1. The Beatles2. Queen3. The Rolling Stones4. Pink Floyd5. Fleetwood Mac6. Led Zeppelin7. Take That8. Coldplay9. Oasis10. Electric Light Orchestra11. The Who12. Depeche Mode13. The Jam14. Radiohead15. The Smiths16. Genesis17. Pet Shop Boys18. The Cure19. Duran Duran20. Madness.
