with the Early Show
News, views and music, plus a review of the papers.
with news, travel, weather and the greatest hits.
with Leila Badawi.
with dedications and requests. Including at
10.00 Pick of the Hits.
talks to the people who make the news.
prepares for the weekend with music from 40 years of No 1 hits and at 2.30 the star guest interview.
with the final of the Accumulator Quiz.
Including the Mystery Voice competition.
Richard Stilgoe presents the off-beat musical quiz which takes a tuneful meander through everything from pop to rock and jazz to classical. Team captains Rod Argent and Kate Robbins are joined this week by Phil Pope and Neil Innes. Written by Jeremy Pascall and Phil Swern
Recorded at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, London. Barry
Wordsworth conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday. With
Marilyn Hill Smith and Karl Morgan Daymond , and the Nigel Brooks Singers.
Introduced by Robin Boyle. Producer Alan Boyd
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
John Nettles reads a ten-part adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson 's classic adventure story.
Part 2: The pirates attack the Admiral Benbow.
Adapted by Trevor Royle
First broadcast on BBC Radio
Scotland
Frank Renton presents current British Open
Champions the BNFL Band, conducted by their musical director Richard Evans.
with the Radio 2 Arts Programme
Live from Birmingham, including a celebration of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus's 21st anniversary with their director Simon Halsey; The Bottle Imp, a new music-theatre production by Major Road Theatre Company; Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version at the Belgrade, Coventry; plus artistic directors Bill Alexander and Martin Duncan talking about their new seasons at the Birmingham Rep and the Nottingham Playhouse.
with Jazz Notes
Featuring studio sessions from Brass Reality and the Anthony Kerr Group.
with Night Ride
Music to take you through the night.
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought with John Young.
A TH production
