with the Dawn Patrol
With John Florance.
With the Rev Frank Topping.
Dedications and requests.
11.30 Jimmy Young
The eternal Jimmy Young broadcasts live from the Eternal City - Rome. With news and music reflecting everyday Italian life, its politics and peculiarities, the Vatican, the Pope, the Mafia and the people.
2.00 Debbie Thrower from Sicily
Guidebook in hand, Debbie Thrower spends her afternoon exploring the streets of Sicily's capital Palermo and the nearby tourist haunt of Mondello.
Producer Bridget Apps
3.30 Ed Stewart
He's already climbed Mount Snowdon and Ben Nevis. Now Ed Stewart's Italian challenge is Vesuvius, above the Bay of Naples, where he's joined by two intrepid Radio 2 contestants for a volcanic edition of the Accumulator Quiz.
5.05 John Dunn from Venice
Radio 2's Italian day continues as John Dunn visits Venice, city of romance, lagoons, canals, gondolas, palaces and museums.
Richard Stilgoe conducts the last in the series of the offbeat musical quiz.
Team captains Rod Argent and Kate Robbins are joined by John Maloney and Ruthie Henshall.
Written by Jeremy Pascall and Phil Swern
from the Hippodrome,
Golders Green, London.
Robin Stapleton conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday , with guest singers
Jacquelyn Fugelle and Arthur Davies , and Serenata Voices, directed by David Beavan. Introduced by Robin Boyle. Sample an Italian opera, ballet, symphony and carnival as the final course of Radio 2's gourmet Italian banquet is served. Producer Alan Boyd
Frank Renton presents a programme played by the Sun Life Band from Bristol, conducted by Roy Newsome.
Pam Ayres investigates Jane Austen in a tour around Austen country - Hampshire, Bath, Lyme
Regis and Devon. She talks to local enthusiasts and the occasional expert to find out what the author's life was like and how it is reflected in her novels. With readings from her novels, and music from the period. A Rewind production
with Jazz Notes
Tonight, Sax Appeal in concert at this year's EBU Festival in Marciac.
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought With Dennis Bailey.
Pat de Whalley gets the day off to an early start.
A Unique Broadcasting production
