with Sounds of the 60s
1.00pm Arthur Smith 's
Amusing Bits
A look at comic aspects of contemporary life. 4: Crime
1.30 Smith and Jones Sound
Off
Compiled from their BBC TV shows, re-edited for radio.
Join Dame Edna on her fantasy island. With guests including Joanna Lumley, Shirley Bassey and Craig McLachlan.
Written by Barry Humphries and Ian Davidson
Musical director Laurie Holloway Producer Graham Pass
Andrew Duncan Interviews Dame Edna Everage: page 16
The Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the stories by PG Woodhouse. Steven Pacey as Bertie Wooster and Malcolm Sinclair as Jeeves lead the original cast.
From the Hippodrome,
Golders Green, London, with Carl Davis and the BBC
Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday. Introduced by Valerie Solti. At 8.20,
John McCarthy at 80 - Brian Kay talks to the choral director about his career.
Producer David Rayvern Allen
Radio 2 Arts Programme
Don Black is joined by Dora Bryan , John Mills , Ian Wallace , Keith Michell ,
Sheridan Morley and Tim Rice in a tribute to Vivian Ellis CBE , who died in June.
With Paula Wilcox ,
Jacquelyn Fugelle , Vernon Midgley , the BBC Singers and Concert Orchestra. conducted by Ian Sutherland Producer Anthony Wills
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought With Patrick Forbes.