The essential start to your weekend - entertainment ideas and a few laughs.

Including The Coffee Shop and all that's good about Nottinghamshire life.

The best stories of the week on BBC Radio Nottingham.

Your essential guide to today's games. Expert opinion on Forest, Notts and Mansfield Town.

Birmingham v Nottingham F, Notts County v Bristol and Mansfield v Accrington. NOT online.

All the post-match interviews and analysis that really matter.

Dean Jackson and the team with AlunaGeorge, The Petebox and Field Studies. There's a look back at some classics from previous Beat music polls and a few alternative festive tunes.

With Dean Jackson. The Beat Introducing: The best of under the radar local music.

Devon's seasonal soul; Mary J Blige, Alexander ONeal, Sheree Hicks and Jonathan Butler plus neuvo cuts from Peven Everett and Beyonce.

BBC Radio Nottingham joins BBC Radio 5 live.