Bramwell Tovey conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday, in a concert from the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. With guest singers Susan Bullock and Peter Skellern, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, conducted by Garry Cutt, and the Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore. Introduced by Robin Boyle.
Producer Alan Boyd
At 8.20, during the interval, Alan Titchmarsh discovers why Birmingham has more canals than Venice when he takes a trip down "the cut" with historian and entertainer
Dr Carl Chinn.
Producer Kathryn Morrison