The Dance Band Days was a weekly half hour programme on BBC radio

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 of recordings by dance bands of the 1920s to early 1940s. It ran from 1969 to 1995 and was introduced, until his death, by Alan Dell

Alan Dell

Alan Dell, born Alan Creighton Mandell , was a BBC radio broadcaster, associated with dance band music of the 1920s, 30s and early 40s.- Formative years :...

. Its content was later subsumed in Sunday Night at 10

Sunday Night at 10

Sunday Night At 10, also known as The Age of Swing, is a weekly hour long programme on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom. Aired on Sunday evenings at 10pm, it features big band music from the late 1930s and early 1940s through to the present day...

, a late night programme on Radio 2

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 on Sunday evenings, presented by Malcolm Laycock

Malcolm Laycock

Malcolm Richard Laycock was a British radio presenter and producer, best known for his work on programmes related to jazz, dance band and big band music. During his career he presented shows for both BBC Radio 2 and the BBC World Service...

, although the Dance Bands part of the programme was discontinued in 2008.