9.15 Pause for Thought with Rev Colin Semper.
with dedications and requests.
Including at 10.00 an hour of gold with Pick of the Hits
talks to the people who make the news.
Plus today: your legal questions answered.
prepares you for the weekend with the music from 40 years of number one hits and at 2.30 the star guest interview.
Ed Stewart discovers the winner of this week's
Accumulator Quiz, and asks for your help to track down some other listeners' lost relatives or friends in his Where Are They Now? slot.
There's also a chance to choose your Slushy Four tracks, and regular updates on the travel front.
Childhood memories are evoked as Leslie Crowther presents the quiz that takes a nostalgic journey back to children's radio, TV, books, films and comic favourites.
Guests this week:
Tommy Boyd , Arabella Warner , Mick Robertson and Brian Cant.
Producer Andy Aliffe
Live from the Hippodrome, Golders Green, London.
Philip Gibson conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra led by Martin Loveday. Friday Night's Star Singers:
Marilyn Hill Smith ,
Jason Howard and the Nigel Brooks Singers.
Introduced by Robin Boyle. Producer Alan Boyd
... at the piano. Producer Alan Boyd
Roy Newsome presents the Regimental Band of the Grenadier Guards,
Director of Music Major Stuart Watts.
Producer Bob McDowall
Live from Birmingham. John Florance reports on two unusual Sounds Like
Birmingham events - Spirit of the Earth, a collaboration with Radio 3 and the South Bank, featuring traditional music from four continents: and Sternklang, Stockhausen's "Star Music". The outdoor performance of this piece involves five groups of musicians about 100 metres apart, linked by runners with torches - rockets will also be fired!
This will be the first time the piece has been done (as intended) in the open air. Also in the programme, Coope, Boyes and Simpson, a new a cappella group from Derbyshire which includes members of folk bands
Swand Arcade and Rogue's
Gallery. They mix original songs with old favourites and a selection of hymns. Producer David Corser
Digby Fairweather presents the BBC Big Band, conducted by Stan Tracey.
with Night Ride
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought with Rev David Littlefair.
The Early Show eases your way from night to day.
Producers Roger Bowman and Keith Loxam
