2 ’ s ▁Monday ▁night ▁programming ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁latter ly ▁presented ▁by ▁jazz ▁singer ▁and ▁broad c aster ▁Cla re ▁Te al . ▁The ▁band ▁also ▁found ▁a ▁home ▁on ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 3 ' s ▁Jazz ▁Par ade . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁sh ake - up ▁of ▁musical ▁policy ▁at ▁the ▁BBC , ▁the ▁corpor ation ▁dis band ed ▁the ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁Orchestra ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁retain ing ▁the ▁Big ▁Band . ▁But , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁BBC ▁once ▁again ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁dis m ant le ▁the ▁Big ▁Band . ▁However , ▁due ▁to ▁over wh el ming ▁public ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁decision , ▁an ▁agreement ▁was ▁reached , ▁where by ▁the ▁band ▁would ▁continue ▁to ▁exist , ▁but ▁would ▁be ▁managed ▁outside ▁the ▁BBC ▁and ▁its ▁mus icians ▁would ▁be ▁fre el ance ▁rather ▁than ▁BBC ▁staff . ▁▁ ▁The ▁BBC ▁Big ▁Band ▁has ▁been ▁voted ▁the ▁best ▁Big ▁Band ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Jazz ▁Awards ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁has ▁played ▁with ▁mus icians ▁such ▁as ▁Van ▁Mor r ison , ▁Michael ▁B ub lé , ▁Tony ▁Ben nett , ▁George ▁She aring ,