with The Saturday Show In session the songs of yesteryear performed by Cosmotheka and TV themes played by the Colin Campbell Orchestra.
with Sounds of the 60s
with Sounds of the 50s
Sandra King with the BBC
Big Band conducted by Barry Forgie , with Angela Christian. On record, Lou Rawls.
In a series of three programmes, Betty Comden and Adolph Green talk to Robert Cushman about their work on Broadway and in Hollywood. With Jule Styne. 2: Justin Time.
Presented by Chris Stuart.
with New Country
A Smooth Operations production
Music from the BBC Big Band conducted by Max Harris , with Bellacappella. Producer Richard Willcox
Continuing her series celebrating black British and British-based musical entertainers who came to fame between the 30s and 50s, Moira Stuart pays tribute to Edric Connor, singer, actor, and one of Britain's earliest television celebrities. The programme includes a feast of song, and the memories of Petula Clark, Thomas Baptiste and Edric Connor's widow, Pearl.
A Ladbroke Radio production
Elisabeth Kales ,
Ulrike Steinsky and John Dickie , three stars of the well-known Wiener Volksoper , celebrate the music of Johann Strauss and Franz Lehar. The programme includes excerpts from Die Redermaus, The Merry Widow, The Gypsy Baron and Wiener Blut , plus The Blue Danube and The
Emperor Waltz.
The Volksoper's Erste
Kapellmeister, Rudolf Bibl , conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and the concert is introduced by Adele Leigh , one of the first
British stars to appear on the Volksoper's stage.
And at 8.20-8.40 Tied Up
In Notes. Bob Sinfield goes walkabout in search of the perfect Saturday night out in Nottingham.
Producer John Langridge
(In association with the Royal Concert Hall. Nottingham)
presents Easy Does It With the BBC Big Band conducted by Pete Moore and singer Christine Scott.
with Sheridan Morley.
Sounds of the 50s
with Night Ride
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought with Rev David Runcorn.
with The Sunday Show Featuring in session the songs of yesteryear performed by Cosmotheka and favourite film and TV themes played by the Colin Campbell Orchestra.