BBC Asian Network Schedule Thursday 23 April 2026

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Asian Network's Shades On Mix with DJ Manara—Past, present and future
  A Shades On Mix that mixes Balwinder Safri into Todd Edwards & DJ O?! Stop it!
2. 00:30
  Asian Network's Shades On Mix with DJ Manara—Underground flavour and Desi club energy!
  A Shades On Mix that soars through heavy underground flavour and Desi club energy. HOT.
3. 01:00
  AJD—DJ AMXN sits in
  DJ AMXN brings the All Star Anthems mix, a summer-warm up!
4. 03:00
  Asian Network Punjabi—AJD, Funk and soul influenced Punjabi music
  AMXN explores the meeting point between funk, soul and Punjabi music.
5. 04:00
  Asian Network Celebrates—Dr Zeus
  AJD celebrates Dr Zeus, taking you through the career of an icon in Asian music.
6. 05:00
  The Everyday Hustle—Inspiring generations: Tandy Virdee
  Tandy Virdee tells Harleen Nottay how he and his sons created a new brand during Covid.
7. 05:30
  The Everyday Hustle—Combating burnout: Ravneet Panesar
  The founder of nutritional coaching business, Ravneet Panesar joins Harleen Nottay.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Asian Network Certified Mashups—Diljit Dosanjh, Tyla and Annural Khalid!
  The biggest Certified Mashups from the Asian Network.
2. 07:00
  Asian Network Breakfast—Surprise gifts, ugly runs and random finds in your pockets and bags
  We hit the streets for Poll the People! Can you guess how the public answered?
3. 10:00
  Asian Network Certified—with Nikita Kanda
  Your daily mix of Bollywood, Bhangra, UK garage, R&B, hip-hop and more with Nikita Kanda.
4. 11:00
  Haroon Rashid—The Perfect Wake Up!
  Haroon wants to know what would be your perfect wake up song!
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Afternoon
1. 12:45
  Newsbeat—Young Zendaya
  17-year-old Jordyn's telling Newsbeat how she ended up starring in The Drama with Zendaya.
2. 13:00
  Asian Network Bollywood—Haroon Rashid, Jasleen Royal interview
  Haroon speaks to Indian singer and composer Jasleen Royal about her new track Inaam.
3. 14:00
  Asian Network Certified Throwbacks—with Haroon Rashid
  Haroon Rashid plays Certified Throwback bangers! Big anthems you haven't heard in ages!
4. 15:00
  Jaz Singh—Thursdays are the new Love Friday!
  It is almost the weekend and Thursdays are the new Love Friday with a mix from Mr O.
5. 17:45
  Newsbeat—Big Weekend tickets
  Radio 1 warns not to buy tickets for the festival being re-sold for hundreds of pounds.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  AJD—Anish Kumar, BombayMami and DJ LYAN
  AJD starts the party with BombayMami, Martin Garrix, Arijit Singh and F1rstman.
2. 20:00
  Asian Network Punjabi—AJD, Shubh, Raaginder and Karam Brar
  AJD spins 60 minutes of club-ready Punjabi music from Shubh, Raaginder and Karam Brar.
3. 21:00
  The Official British Asian Music Chart—with Kizzi: Will Manni Sandhu's track Wang remain on top?
  Will Manni Sandhu and Sukha's track Wang remain on the top spot for the second week?
4. 22:00
  Bobby Friction—Bobby plays a gem of a Live Jam from the BBC archives
  Bobby Friction plays tracks from TroyBoi, Anish Kumar and Baalti.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Asian Network's Love Friday Mix—Nav Mischief
  Nav Mischief is on the decks for this week's Love Friday mix!
2. 00:30
  Asian Network's Love Friday Mix—MR.O
  MR.O jumps on the decks for this week's Love Friday Mix!
3. 01:00
  Asian Network Certified—MR.O, Certified energy with MR.O!
  MR.O brings the energy to Friday nights!
4. 04:00
  Asian Network Trending—Apprentice winner on being hired
  Karishma Vijay on becoming Lord Sugar's new business partner.
5. 05:00
  Asian Network Trending—The last Punjabi Princesses
  The exiled Punjabi princesses who became British aristocrats and activists.

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