 On 28 March 2015, Matthew presented a 25th anniversary show.In it, he selected 10 of his favourite songs of the 1960s and there were tributes from Ray Davies, Helen Shapiro, Paul Jones, (Matthew's Radio 2 colleague) Marty Wilde and Petula Clark.On 27 January 2017, the BBC announced that Matthew would be retiring from presenting the show, due to ill health.