Douglas Reeve joins Sam Costa. Studio guests: BBC Northern Ireland
Orchestra, conducted by KENNETH ALWYN
Grimethorpe Colliery Band conductor RAY FARR
Producer PETER PILBEAM BBC Manchester including at 6.55 New Day
Producer CHRIS REES
presents Melodies for You BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by Robert Farnon
REGINALD LEOPOLD ORCHESTRA with Jean Grayston Producer PETER BELL
with Family Favourites and at 11.30 On The Way
say Les Dawson
Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn
Written and produced by JAMES CASEY
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Fri 10.2 pm)
Producer JACK DABBS
Presented by David Allan Producer RAY HARVEY
with Sounds Easy
Producer BARBARA PAGE
The Adam Singers directed by CLIFF ADAMS Producer BILL BEBB
with Len Jackson
A chance to hear again the pick of the year's broadcasting on Radio 2 Written by PETER CLAYTON Producers ALLAN GILES and CHARLES CLARK-MAXWELL
Knockout Town Quiz
A weekly contest, in 15 parts, of music, voices, sounds and general knowledge between teams representing towns in England, Scotland. Northern Ireland and Wales. Round 1: England Knutsford
Captained by Patrick Moore with Keith Bowes Howell Davies Bob Mcrrilees v Lymm
Captained by Brian Johnston with John Brewer
Eve Collen , Mike Skinner Questionmaster
Nigel Starmer-Smith Producer DON MOSEY BBC Manchester
Band of the Grenadier Guards conductor
MAJOR DEREK KIMBERLEY Introduced by Paddy O'Byrne
Producer ROBERT BOWMAN
Around the World
Carols from around the world presented by ur Lionel Dakers , Director of the Royal School of Church Music.
Introduced by Alan Keith Producer ALLAN GILES
The last in the present series in which Francis Matthews uncovers amusing stories from home and abroad including Our Fond Farewells Fellow reporters Ronald Fletcher, Sally Grace, David Timson and the songs of Richard Digance
Producer ALAN NIXON
(Repeated: Sat 1.2 pm)
(Francis Matthews is in 'Middle Age Spread' at the Apollo Theatre, London)
Carlos Romanos introduces Sounds Latin from his Orchestra and Chorus, and Peggy Spen cer takes you through the Latin-American Ballroom. Producer BRIAN WILLEY
11.2 Sports Desk
Gershwin - Yesterday and Today
The BBC entry for this year's Nordring Radio Prize and final concert of the series: a musical view of Gershwin from the 80s, recorded recently in the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki Performed by Colin Anthony , Sarah King DICK MORRISSEY (reeds) and ALAN DOWNEY
(trumpet and flugelhorn) with reminiscences from IRA GERSHWIN, FRED ASTAIRE, IRVING CAESAR, CHARLIE TEAGARDEN, LARRY ADLER and the voice of GEORGE GERSHWIN himself
NORDRING 80 LIGHT MUSIC ORCHESTRA of Finnish Radio Arranged and conducted by Barry Forgie
Devised and produced by ROBIN SEDGLEY
12.0 Midnight Newsroom
with The Late Show
with Liz Allen