with Sounds of the 60s
1.00pm Arthur Smith 's
Amusing Bits
A look at comic aspects of contemporary life. 6: Health
1.30 Smith and Jones Sound
Off
A series of compilations from their BBC TV shows, re-edited and remixed for radio.
with New Country
Today Grimsby,
Tomorrow the World
Paul Gambaccini presents a two-part documentary looking at one of the world's most successful musical acts.
1: The time when Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel originally met and their first big success. Sounds of Silence. Producer Kevin Howiett
Recorded in California in 1977. Introduced by Ken Bruce. Producer Richard Masters
Sheridan Morley looks behind the scenes of the classic musical, through to the opening night. Then, at 7.35, the curtain rises on the musical based on the novel "Kipps" by H.G. Wells.
Starring Jonathan Morris and Leslie Phillips.
With Nicola Dawn, Rosemary Leach, Elizabeth Seal, Nicola Keen, Michael Winsor, David Kelsey, Stephen Hill, Jonathan Hart, Michael Cahill, Stephen Matthews, Lynsay Danvers, Stephanie Benevente, Helen Duncan, Taffy Taylor
With the Stephen Hill Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn
Script adaptation by Warner Brown
(Repeat)
A festival of Scots music and poetry for Hogmanay.
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought With Jenny Nemko.
