BBC Radio 2 listeners have been voting on their favourite duets from the 1980s, and today we can reveal the winner is Fairytale Of New York, by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl (1987). Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie (1981) takes second place, and Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers (1983) comes in third.

BBC Radio remains the number one UK radio brand and listeners continue to turn to us for trusted news and analysis, as well as the big sporting moments in the national calendar.”BBC stations accounted for 42.

Radio 2’s audience slumped to a two-decade low after the station lost a million listeners – as rival Boom Radio celebrated a new high. Radio 2’s audience fell to 12.6 million during the last quarter,