@jessrickson

Programme maker for @BBCRadio2 since 1999, mainly with the G.O.A.T, Steve Wright 🧡 The sole Producer of Elaine Paige On Sunday for the past 13 years ❤️

 London & Kent
Joined March 2010
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Heartbreaking. @DollyParton was revered by so many of us at @BBCRadio2. A universally worshipped heritage artist who lit up our station, on air, and behind the scenes. Goodbye, Dolly. Thank you for sharing your sparkle. We will always love you xxx
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Went to see BEN PLATT in Midnight at the Never Get - stunning piece, stunning performance 🩵 And stunning to find myself sitting next to RACHEL ZEGLER 🩷 Showed her the ELAINE PAIGE / PEDRO PASCAL photo I took on her #Evita first night 😄 So thrilled to have a moment with her 🥹 – at Dover, England
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Cannot wait to attend the @OlivierAwards today to see my queen, Dame @elaine_paige, honoured with a Special Award ❤️ For over 13 years I have produced her @BBCRadio2 show… and on days like these, when the ‘SHE’S AN ICON’ flag is hoisted high, I feel so unbelievably proud ❤️🥹
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Launch night! ⭐️ Beyond the lightning wit, @ClaudiaWinkle is kind, easy to work with and without ego ⭐️ Hope THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW flies for her like #TheTraitors has ⭐️ Her own chat show 😍 Parky, Aspel, Wogan, Winkles - fantastic that she’s hit these heights ⭐️
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I originated The Liza Tarbuck Show for @BBCRadio2 in 2012. It was lots of sitting on the church steps trying to catch all the thousands of drops of Liza’s brilliance and fashion of a show out of them. But it didn’t need features & frippery… she alone is everything 😌
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Just announced: @elaine_paige to be honoured at the 2026 @OlivierAwards ❤️ All this recognition in the space of 12 months, after SIX DECADES of giving her all 🥹 It’s impossible not to be completely thrilled for her 🥹 Justice for The West End One!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY @elaine_paige! Hope your day has been as amazing as the day we met PEDRO PASCAL… and chaos ensued! 😆 You make @BBCRadio2, and my life in general, such a ride🎢 Love you ❤️
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After 5 weeks, next Sunday marks the return of @elaine_paige On Sunday 😃 I get to see my queen and you get to hear your dame ❤️ Someone ordered a legend! 😃❤️ See you next week! 1pm @BBCRadio2
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Colombo. Listerine. Gilbert O'Sullivan. New York. Superglue. Aviation. Febreze... a few of his favourite things 🌧️🌹🌹Two years ago today we lost the greatest to ever do it, the unforgettable STEVE WRIGHT 🖤 We miss you old chum, keep it cranked up there
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I know Twitter isn’t what it once was but I am longing to pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara 🖤 In Lockdown I had no work and felt so bereft - and it was Schitt’s Creek that got me through it 🖤 She was an icon on the big screen and a saviour on the small. Thank you so much, RIP 🫶🏽
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Happy BIG birthday to @theterrywalton 🎉 whose Welsh dulcets have been enjoyed on @theJeremyVine Show on @BBCRadio2 for years 🧡 A lovely man whose passion for onions & carrots took him from a corporate career as a Managing Director to Broadcasting Legend of the Valleys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🧅🥕
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Just to thank everyone who has listened to my beloved long-runner, @elaine_paige On Sunday, ❤️ and my #DickVanDyke Special this year 🧡 In a dizzyingly fast, ever-changing world, it means so much to make these shows for those who love to pause and appreciate crafted radio 📻🧡
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What an incredible 2025 for @elaine_paige ❤️ A major ‘60 years in showbiz’ interview and concert, her own room at the Prince Edward Theatre… and a damehood ❤️ An indescribable feeling to work so closely with Elaine for well over a decade… then all this happens in one year 🥹❤️
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Jessica Rickson 💙 retweeted
Elaine Paige@elaine_paige13 Dec 2025
Happy 100th Birthday #dickvandyke - such a great milestone! Congratulations! If you want to hear all about Dick's fantastic career tune into @bbcsounds & listen to 'The Ultimate Song & Dance Man' narrated by @Charlie_Stemp & produced by @jessrickson right now!
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Jessica Rickson 💙 retweeted
BBC Press Office
@bbcpress11 Dec 2025
Hugh Jackman to present Neil Diamond At The BBC The Radio 2 show will feature BBC archive interviews with Neil, whom Hugh has not only loved since his childhood, but also studied in preparation for his new film role More ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/h…
Neil Diamond wearing a black sparkly jacket singing into a handheld microphone under a spotlight

ALT Neil Diamond wearing a black sparkly jacket singing into a handheld microphone under a spotlight

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A pretty incredible evening at #PaddingtonTheMusical Opening Night… Sat in an @elaine_paige / #MCFLY sandwich, nothing could have prepared me for PADDINGTON in the flesh/fur 😭 Utterly perfect - one of the most beautiful, affecting creations I’ve ever seen on stage. ILY,P xx
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Jessica Rickson 💙 retweeted
Elaine Paige@elaine_paige24 Nov 2025
On @BBCSounds now, & on @BBCRadio2 on Saturday 13th Dec., you can hear @Charlie_Stemp along with many others celebrate the legendary Dick Van Dyke who, (I can't believe this!) turns 100 yrs old that very Saturday! A great tribute produced by @jessrickson ... I know her...so well!
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Delighted to say that I’ve produced a new one-off special for @BBCRadio2 celebrating the 100th BIRTHDAY of the legendary DICK VAN DYKE 🧡 It’s presented by the ridiculously talented @Charlie_Stemp, it’s super cute, and it’s on @BBCSounds now 🧡
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Very happy and proud to have celebrated Dame @elaine_paige’s investiture with her yesterday ❤️ She’s so deserving and so loved, so it’s a really emotional feeling of “At long last!” ❤️ Justice for ‘The West End One!’ 👊🏼😄😍
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From tangos to turrets. Rumbas to Round Tables. Salsas to shields. Foxtrots to farts 😊 @ClaudiaWinkle is so versatile and so brilliant #Strictly 🤍🖤 #CelebrityTraitors
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