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Some of this work has been done in cooperation with the trade, such as Maconie's Survey of Teenage Reading (1969).

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This new move means that the edgier shows introduced by previous head Lesley Douglas – Jonathan Ross's Saturday morning programme, Radcliffe and Maconie, Russell Brand on Saturday nights – are all gone now.

Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review 2011

There also were new record audiences for the 6 Music shows fronted by Cocker, Garvey, and its weekday afternoon slot presented by former Radio 2 pairing Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, who drew 477,000 listeners a week.

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Ed Miliband fluffs his lines, Mariella gets spiky, Radcliffe and Maconie are men reborn, and Alan Bennett takes the Mastermind hot seat

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Over on 6Music on Tuesday, Radcliffe and Maconie were holding as tight as anyone can when national hero John Cooper Clarke is on air.

Rewind radio: Elbow: Live at St Paul's Cathedral; Radcliffe and Maconie; A Forensic Look at Infidelity; The No 219 Sodcast Project – review 2011

Their replacement on 2 is Jo Whiley, a safe pair of hands and a woman who loves music, but not one that Radcliffe and Maconie fans are happy with, judging by online comments.

Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review 2011

Over on 6Music on Tuesday, Radcliffe and Maconie were holding as tight as anyone can when national hero John Cooper Clarke is on air.

Rewind radio: Elbow: Live at St Paul's Cathedral; Radcliffe and Maconie; A Forensic Look at Infidelity; The No 219 Sodcast Project – review 2011

When Shennan lists the station's recent signings – Jo Whiley, who replaced Radcliffe and Maconie, Zoe Ball, Dermot O'Leary and Jamie Cullum – you could be forgiven for thinking the station was going younger.

Bob Shennan: 'Entertainment is not a dirty word' 2011

Yet more presenter shuffling: this week, it was announced that Radcliffe and Maconie will be moving from Radio 2 to 6Music, a more natural home for their quirky musical taste and offbeat humour and northern accents.

Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review 2011

The digital station, saved from closure by the BBC Trust following an unprecedented protest by listeners, has been given an overhaul by Shennan culminating in the switch of Radio 2 stalwarts Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie to 6 Music's early afternoon show this month.

Bob Shennan: 'Entertainment is not a dirty word' 2011