BBC Radio 2

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What happened lately

October 22, 2026 2.7x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 234,182 views a day, 2.7 times a normal day (86,514).

This week on the channel +586K views this week

Kiefer Sutherland's musical memories take center stage on BBC Radio 2

Vernon Kay's guest picks songs from The Clash to Alanis Morissette, while Linda Perry revisits Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful."

Channel: BBC Radio 2 · Story of October 11, 2026

Video taking off 16x its usual first day

Michael Caine, a bin and a humbled Rob Brydon: Radio 2's short runs sixteen times past usual

Brydon's anecdote on Dermot O'Leary's weekend breakfast show has viewers rewriting Caine's most famous line from The Italian Job around the…

Channel: BBC Radio 2 · Story of October 2, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Emma Thompson Asked Judi Dench WHAT?! 😂🍷

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

10,217

Video views, pace per day

15,516

Views in its first 11 hours

10,217

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Emma Thompson Asked Judi Dench WHAT?! 😂🍷	October 23, 2026	0:43 short	10,217	15,516	10,217 (11 hours)	233	2
Dame Judi Dench and a slide whistle is pure joy 😂🧡	October 23, 2026	0:32 short	4,616	6,866	4,616 (12 hours)	46	1
Dame Judi Dench: Fellow Dames ask Judi the Ultimate Questio…	October 23, 2026	8:34	9,537	13,064	9,537 (13 hours)	126	8
No Fontaines D.C. without School of Rock 🎸🎬	October 22, 2026	0:36 short	5,326	2,289	4,208	69	1
Emma Thompson on THAT Love Actually scene 😭🎬	October 20, 2026	1:04 short	145,819	12,610	60,027	3,080	75
Meera Syal chooses 10 Tracks Of My Years, inc. Nina Simone,…	October 18, 2026	35:21	7,096	448	3,992	77	14
What links 'Easy' by Commodores to Mcfly's 'All About You'?	October 16, 2026	1:33 short	3,847	43	1,992	61	0
Owain Wyn Evans plays ‘Money, Money, Money’ with the ABBA V…	October 14, 2026	0:47 short	2,086	16	1,466	20	0
How 5 Wannabes Became Global Superstars - Eras: Spice Girls	October 14, 2026	0:33 short	1,812	26	1,070	21	0
When Steve Coogan says your impressions are good	October 14, 2026	1:47 short	109,501	2,008	25,560	1,107	35
Giovanna Fletcher picks her Tracks Of My Years, inc Frank S…	October 11, 2026	41:33	15,191	94	5,290	85	5
Chloe Slater is gobsmacked Johnny Marr thinks she is "cool"	October 11, 2026	1:20 short	90,209	1,518	16,770	1,118	33
Why Celebrity Gogglebox was the role Josh Hartnett feared m…	October 10, 2026	0:43 short	13,923	88	5,419	156	3
Johnny Marr on the magic of Oasis 🎸	October 9, 2026	1:29 short	27,876	36	11,071	322	20
The lesson Kiefer Sutherland took from 'Stand By Me'	October 9, 2026	1:34 short	13,348	29	4,630	231	7

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

14.7 in the category: 21.0

comments per 1,000 views

0.4 in the category: 0.7

a video's usual first day on this channel

5,307 views

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 35,715
average views per long video: 10,608

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 234,182 views a day, 2.7 times a normal day (86,514).
2. October 21, 2026Video taking offEmma Thompson on THAT Love Actually scene 😭🎬 The video opened at a pace of 44,484 views a day, 8.1 times a normal first day on this channel (5,473).
3. October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 198,639 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (84,718).
4. October 2, 2026Video taking offMichael Caine Brought Rob Brydon Back Down to Ear… The video opened at a pace of 73,797 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (4,590).Read the story