Alan presents a music show, Melodies for You, on Sunday evenings on BBC Radio 2 from 6.30 to 8.30 pm. Alan says: "I'm delighted to have a regular spot on Radio 2 having contributed to the station intermittently over the last 30 years. I play a mix of popular and classical music that I love, and hope that my listeners enjoy it too. I'm aware of the special nature of Sunday nights on Radio 2, and hope I can add to that."

Music has always played an important part in Alan’s life. As a young boy he sang treble in the church choir. He first walked the boards as an actor with the Ilkley Players, and as a young man he joined the Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society. He has appeared in productions of Oklahoma! and The Quaker Girl and took on leading roles in many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas including Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore and KoKo in The Mikado.

Alan has been given his own television show, transmitted on weekdays at 2.30 pm on ITV1.   The 40-episode daytime series, starting again on Monday 1st September, features a combination of music and conversation. Alan says:

"My BBC work will continue but I have always sought new challenges in my life, and I am very excited about the opportunities this new programme will offer.

The chance to meet and talk with people from all walks of life - both the famous and the less well-known 'national treasures' - is something I have always enjoyed, and the opportunity to be back in 'live' television with a mixture of music, the arts and conversation is irresistible.

I'm enjoying it enormously."

Music has always played an important part in Alan’s life. As a young boy he sang treble in the church choir. He first walked the boards as an actor with the Ilkley Players, and as a young man he joined the Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society. He has appeared in productions of Oklahoma! and The Quaker Girl and took on leading roles in many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas including Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore and KoKo in The Mikado.

Alan has been given his own television show, transmitted on weekdays at 2.30 pm on ITV1.   The 40-episode daytime series, starting again on Monday 1st September, features a combination of music and conversation. Alan says:

"My BBC work will continue but I have always sought new challenges in my life, and I am very excited about the opportunities this new programme will offer.

The chance to meet and talk with people from all walks of life - both the famous and the less well-known 'national treasures' - is something I have always enjoyed, and the opportunity to be back in 'live' television with a mixture of music, the arts and conversation is irresistible.

I'm enjoying it enormously."