The Whispering Bob Harris Archive is a remarkable and still-growing body of work by one of music broadcasting's most revered journalists.
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VIDEO from Bob: "Thank you to our production team, Trudie, promoters, @SJMConcerts, & the @RoyalAlbertHall - & thanks most of all to the fans who have made this concert possible. Tickets go on sale on Friday 25th Sept, 10am at gigst.rs/BHLIM3Dec
See you 3rd December!"
VIDEO: Bob discusses the loss of @DollyParton on BBC’s #Newsnight, 25th August 2026...
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VIDEO: Bob announces the biggest show of the year!
On 2nd December the @RoyalAlbertHall will host a special concert to celebrate an extraordinary career in music broadcasting...
OK... we're sooooo close to tipping Bob over 100K #Instagram followers... there's c.30K followers here on Facebook... he needs just 200 to make the leap... which of you will do the deed, we wonder..? x
instagram.com/whisperingbob/
VIDEO: Bob's interview with Hipgnosis, shown on the #OGWT broadcast on November 12, 1974, featuring Roger Dean, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell.
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Bob introduces @SantanaCarlos performing at the @RoyalAlbertHall on 18 June 1970.
The performance featuring @GreggRolie was broadcast on #OGWT on October 17, 1972.
The show's full running order can be found on Bob's #archive website - link in bio...
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The #OGWT, 30th November 1976 - Bob interviews George Harrison... you'll struggle to find a more delightful 10 minutes of video anywhere in Cyberspace today...
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Now that Bob has some more time on his hands he’s making a concerted effort to clear the dining table in time for Christmas lunch..! A wealth of broadcasting history is available to browse in his Shows Archive & available to purchase in his online store… explore & enjoy!
VIDEO: Bob on BBC Breakfast this morning discussing his health and stepping down from his radio shows...
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"Broadcasting legend Bob Harris has announced he is leaving BBC Radio 2. The DJ told listeners he was "so sorry that my health issues are forcing me to step down, but I realised that I must concentrate now on getting myself well again".
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On this day exactly 50 years ago Bob introduced @ThePattiSmith Group to #OGWT - an extraordinary studio performance - watch it right here...
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#OTD exactly 52 years ago @alicecooper was in the #OGWT studio for an interview with Bob... you can see the whole show's playlist - and order a copy of the show's script (signed by Bob himself) right here, right now..!
archive.bobharris.org/the-ol…
The playlists from this year's @C2Cfestival @BBCRadio2 shows from @TheO2 are now both live on Bob's #Archive - take a look...
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Last night on The One Show Bob told THAT story... no less astonishing & epic after all these years... and to those who've not heard it before, where have you been..?!?
(Elton John helps #OGWT set up the now-legendary NYC interview with John Lennon in 1975)... take a look...
VIDEO: The 1970s were simply extraordinary; in terms of creativity & vibrancy there’s not been a decade like it & Bob was at the heart of the music of that incredible moment, sharing time & space with close friends & associates from that era...
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At a time when it feels like we’re saying farewell to far too many music legends this feels huge; a true giant in songwriting back when the truest test came from the old whistling greys of New York’s Brill Building, RIP @neilsedaka.
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Yesterday's #SoundsOfThe70s show on @BBCRadio2 featured @JacksonBrowne's 1976 #OGWT performance of "The Pretender"... take a look at the whole playlist on Bob's site right now..! :)
archive.bobharris.org/sounds…
Yesterday's #SoundsOfThe70s playlist (featuring Argent's 1973 #OGWT performance) is now live on Bob's #archive site - take a look..!
archive.bobharris.org/sounds…
Yesterday's #SoundsOfThe70s playlist is now live on Bob's site - take a look..!
archive.bobharris.org/sounds…
We've just been sent this rather marvellous magazine from November 1973! A visit by Music Scene magazine to the BBC #OGWT studios and an interview with Bob.... take a look..!
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