Night Ride (BBC Radio 2)

Night Ride was a long-running BBC Radio 2 overnight radio programme. It first went on air in 1967, the next late-night programme ran on Radio 2 from 1979.[1] For 14 years the voice of the night was Bill Rennells.[2]

References

Sean Street A Concise History of British Radio, 1922-2002 Page 115 1903053145-- 2002 Night Ride — A late-night programme on Radio 2 from 1979, developing a number of the Network's announcers as personalities.
New Statesman - Volume 130, Issues 4562-4568 - Page 46 2001 "BBC1 is closing down now for tonight, but those of you who aren't quite ready for bed yet can join our friends over on Radio 2, where Bill Rennells is just about to begin his Nightride," intoned the announcer seemingly every night of my childhood.

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[1] Sean Street A Concise History of British Radio, 1922-2002 Page 115 1903053145-- 2002 Night Ride — A late-night programme on Radio 2 from 1979, developing a number of the Network's announcers as personalities.

[2] New Statesman - Volume 130, Issues 4562-4568 - Page 46 2001 "BBC1 is closing down now for tonight, but those of you who aren't quite ready for bed yet can join our friends over on Radio 2, where Bill Rennells is just about to begin his Nightride," intoned the announcer seemingly every night of my childhood.