BBC Radio 2 in huge schedule shake-up as Craig Charles is axed

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Coronation Street star Craig Charles' show being dropped. Craig Charles' House Party – which airs from 10pm until midnight on Saturdays – is coming to an end, as are Ana Matronic's Dance Devotion and Dr Rangan Chatterjee's show.Meanwhile, Tony Blackburn's Golden Hour is moving to a new slot on Sunday nights between 7pm and 8pm.And RuPaul's Drag Race legend Michelle Visage is joining the line-up with her own show on Friday nights, as well as returning with the second series of her BBC Sounds podcast, Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers.Speaking of his Radio 2 exit, Craig said: "Every party must come to an end and although I’m packing up my Trunk of Funk on Radio 2, I’ve loved bringing the party to its funky listeners each Saturday night."Michelle – who has well and truly cemented her space as a BBC staple – said: "I’m over the moon to be broadcasting my very own show to millions of listeners on Radio 2, where each Friday night I’ll be launching the listeners’ weekends in fabulous style with some of my all time favourite tracks that promise to get you in the best mood!"And I’m back with a new series of my Rule Breakers for BBC Sounds – I'm so excited!

Bring it all on!”Other changes include Fearne Cotton's show Sounds of the 90s moving from 10pm until midnight on Fridays to the same slot on Saturdays.The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker is moving to the Friday night late slot, between 11pm and midnight.And Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies is moving from Friday nights to Saturday, 8pm until 10pm.The Good Groove with DJ Spoony – originally a four-part series in January – is getting a weekly show on Friday nights between 9pm and 11pm, in which Spoony will be bringing the dance music from the vaults to listeners.DJ Spoony said: “I’m.