with the Early Show
with Umar Hegedus.
with Father Brian D'Arcy.
Including at 10.00 Pick of the Week
Plus today: your legal questions answered.
Rounding-up Radio 2's Best of British week, Gloria presents a live concert of "The Best of British Musicals" from the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. Starring Patricia Hodge, Ron Moody, Stephanie Lawrence, and including special guest interviews with Lionel Bart, Sandy Wilson, Bill Kenwright and Andrew Lloyd-Webber.
Mark Steyn tests Dick Vosburgh and Denise Coffey , and their guests
Gemma Craven and Denis Quilley
, on what they know about the world of musicals. Producer Carol Smith
from the Hippodrome,
Golders Green, London.
Kenneth Alwyn conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The Friday Night Star
Singers are Janis Kelly and Harry Nicoll , with the Nigel Brooks Singers. Introduced by Robin Boyle. Producer Alan Boyd
In the last of the series,
Beryl Reid reads from The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend.
As part of Best of British week, Roy Newsome presents the Royal Northern College of Music Wind
Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell , in a selection of original music for wind bands. The programme includes Hoist's Marching Song; and Guy Woolfenden 's Illyrian Dances, music inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Tonight's edition is from Plymouth. Tony Staveacre reports on the spring season of the Plymouth
Theatre Royal, following its threatened grant cut last year; Robert Lenkiewicz , artist and philosopher, legend and prankster, is staging his first commercial exhibition; and a report on one of the smallest ITV regional licence holders,
Westcountry. And there's a look at the work of the Plymouth Arts Centre. Producer Tony Staveacre
with Jazz Notes
Studio sessions from Mart
Rodger Manchester Jazz and the BBC Big Band.
with Night Ride
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought with Rev Barry Overend.
