BBC Radio 2 presents Johnnie Walker Meets...Peter Kay

The two-hour show will see the duo get behind the wheel and take to the road for two hours of great conversation, laughs and music as they interview each other while taking in the sights of Peter's home towns of Bolton and Manchester.

The interview is a result of Peter's fondness for Johnnie as a broadcaster, as Peter explains: “I wrote to Johnnie because I've always listened to him - all my life. I love Sounds of the 70s and I just feel that if you like somebody, you should let them know, so I wrote to him and then we had a phone chat. Johnnie said 'why don’t we do an interview?' and suggested we could maybe record it in an actual car on the move, in a similar style to Car Share?' I thought that'd be a great idea brilliant, just a nice drive, a nice chat. I agreed on the proviso that it wouldn’t just be an interview about me. That Johnnie talked too, he’s an interesting man with some fascinating stories.”

Johnnie says: “Peter contacted me saying that he was a fan of the show - which was lovely to hear as I'm such a huge fan of his. You can tell he loves radio from the radio station Forever FM that he created for BBC One's Car Share. The station was a big part of the show. We got chatting about my Sounds of the 70 show and music in general, and I came up with the idea of doing a special two hour show driving around Bolton whilst having a chat and playing lots of our favourite records. We had a lot of fun on the drive, as you can hear from all the laughter.”

As they drive around the area listeners will be treated to a playlist covering the 1950s to the current day includes Gary US Bonds, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, The Drifters, Mike & The Mechanics, Simon & Garfunkel and Van Morrison.

Sounds of the 70s is broadcast on Radio 2 every Sunday afternoon from 3-5pm.

This Christmas, Radio 2, which has a weekly audience of 15.14m listeners, will be broadcasting a series of Johnnie Walker Meets...

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Johnnie Walker Meets... Carly Simon

In an exclusive - and very candid - interview recorded at her Martha's Vineyard home, Carly Simon discusses life, love and her astonishingly diverse career with Johnnie Walker, offering an unique insight into her creativity and personality.

• Monday 26 December, 5pm

Johnnie Walker Meets... Phil Collins

Phil Collins discusses his life and career in a candid, hilarious and fascinating special with Johnnie, after recently announcing his return to the live arena, reissuing his solo back catalogue and writing his autobiography Not Dead Yet. This includes what he calls camera shutter moments - the early family fun on the river Thames, the acting, the music, the hits, the misses, his inability to say no to work, his marriages and divorces and the tabloid headlines. Phil ultimately brings us around to today's happiness, in both his personal and professional life. Above all, as one of the few people to sell more than 100 million records worldwide, Phil goes through his amazing solo success, creating the extraordinary In The Air Tonight, working with royalty, Disney and his idols The Who and Eric Clapton, amongst many others.

• Tuesday 27 December, 5pm

Johnnie Walker Meets... Bonnie Raitt

Ten time Grammy winner and hugely respected musician, singer-songwriter and blues star Bonnie Raitt talks through her 45 year career, including her work with everyone from John Lee Hooker and Ray Charles to Paul Brady, John Prine and Bruce Hornsby.

She takes listeners through her early days as a civil rights protester, daughter of a Broadway singer and Quaker, being a student at Harvard and meeting John Lee Hooker and other blues giants at the age of 19 to her success with Luck Of The Draw, Nick Of Time, I Can't Make You Love Me and Thing Called Love, among many others. Bonnie also brings listeners up to date with 2012's Slipstream and her twentieth album Dig In Deep. This is an extended version of a programme that was originally broadcast in May.

• Wednesday 28 December, 5pm

Johnnie Walker Meets... Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler talks in depth to Johnnie Walker about his hugely successful career as a solo artist and member of Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies, his collaborations with people like Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Chet Atkins and Emmylou Harris and his work as a film soundtrack composer.

Mark also discusses his earlier jobs and musical adventures, the first steps of Dire Straits and his childhood, especially his first treasured guitar and the vinyl singles and performances from the Everly Brothers, Hank Marvin and Duane Eddy, which sent him down a path that led to 125 million record sales.

Mark will talk listeners through all the key tracks from his life (both influences and compositions) and his most recent, eighth solo album Tracker.

• Thursday 29 December, 5pm