including at
6.15 Pause for Thought
including at
8.27 Racing Bulletin
8.45 Pause for Thought
ai 1.45 Sports Desk
a! 2.45, 3.45 Sports Desk
with David Symonds at 4.45, 5.45 Sports Desk
at 6.45 Sports Desk
A celebration in 28 parts of 50 years of film musicals
'I had to write a song about oats and horses. The name of the film was Purple Sage in the Twilight, so I wrote a song called "Purple Sage in the Twilight". Tremendous hit. Sold a million.' (Jule Styne)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr examines some of the odd and unexpected ways in which songs in musical films became hits.
Also taking part: Harold Arlen, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Joshua Logan, Johnny Mercer, James Stewart, Mel Torme.
Joan Savage and Niall Murray invite you to join them for your favourite tunes with The Nigel Brooks Singers BBC Radio Orchestra conducted by Iain Sutherland Producer
ROBERT BOWMAN
presents Radio 2's arts magazine Round Midnight including at 12.0
Midnight Newsroom
with Chris Aldred