This was carried out as a response to the BBC Trust, who dictated that Radio 2 must feature more live music.

Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan made the decision to cut one of Radcliffe & Maconie's shows in order to make way for the repeats featured within 'In Concert'.

On 1 February 2011 it was announced that the pair were to move to BBC Radio 6 Music to present a weekday show, starting on 4 April.

[4] The final show on Radio 2 was broadcast on 23 March and featured live music from Manic Street Preachers.

Radcliffe took a break from broadcasting in early October 2018 after he had announced he was receiving treatment for cancer.

Bands and artists who have featured in session in the past include The Raveonettes, Arcade Fire, Crowded House, Sheryl Crow, Supergrass, Elbow, Seasick Steve, Siouxsie Sioux, The Flies, Vashti Bunyan, Kate Walsh, Ed Harcourt, The Earlies, Maps, Laura Veirs, Feist, Editors, Travis, Cherry Ghost, The Coral, The Thrills, Tinariwen and many more.

On 4 January 2011, Burns joined the show to celebrate the 2,000th link, which was "Fame" by David Bowie.

He joined the show again on 9 October 2013 for the 4,000th link, "Dear Prudence" by the Beatles, the date coincidentally being John Lennon's birthday.

Although there is no prize for getting the connection right, the first person to contact the show with the correct answer has the honour of having their name mentioned as the winner.

The feature is introduced by the song "On the Radio" by Donna Summer, with the shouted word "crisps" inserted before the key phrase sung by the artist.

Every day on the Radio 2 show, Radcliffe and Maconie would take it in turns to choose a new track on the Pick 'n' Mix feature, usually by a less well known artist.

After an impromptu moment on the show's Hadrian’s Wall tour, the feature was rechristened "The Miracle of Pick 'n' Mix".

Between 3 and 10 September 2009, the show was broadcast live from different locations along the Hadrian's Wall trail, as Radcliffe and Maconie walked between the Solway Firth, the BBC studios in Carlisle and Segedunum in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne.

In September 2010 Radcliffe and Maconie broadcast from locations along the Jurassic Coast including Exmouth, Weymouth, Lyme Regis and Sidmouth.