BBC Radio 2 is to move two of its longest-running shows, Big Band Special and The Organist Entertains, and switch its hour-long comedy slot for the second time in 12 months.

Lynn Parsons’ Sunday morning show, which currently runs from 5am to 7am, is being axed in the reshuffle, to make way for an extra hour of Good Morning Sunday, which will air from 6am to 9am. Parsons will remain with the station, deputising on shows elsewhere on the schedule, a Radio 2 spokeswoman said.

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