7.30 The week's Top 40 rundown

reviews the new album chart.

Including at 12.30pm Newsbeat with Jane Markham

From a school band in Dublin to the most successful group of 1987: Bono, Adam Clayton and The Edge talk about their rise to fame, and manager Paul McGuinness adds his percentage.

(Rock Round-Up: page 23)

Bruno Brookes presents compact disc releases from the past year.

Including at 5.30 Newsbeat with Alison MacKenzie

Four of the world's mega rock brains link up around the globe.
Britain's contestant: Tim Rice. Simon Mayo asks the questions. Questions set by John Tobler

(BBC Manchester)

Anne Nightingale looks back on her recent visit to the Soviet Union, where she talked to musicians, writers and ordinary Russians, and plays some of the music she managed to bring back.

with some of the year's favourite sessions, and Nos 30-21 in the Festive 50