with the Dawn Patrol
6.15 Pause for Thought With Clare Carson.

With Rabbi Lionel Blue.

With the Popmaster Quiz. E-MAIL: [address removed]

Talking to the people who make the news.
PHONE the Comment Line on [number removed]. Lines open from
11.30am to 1.15pm

Early-afternoon entertainment.

Including the final of the Accumulator Quiz

The fourth of six programmes celebrating black Broadway musical stars, presented by Gary Wilmot. This programme concentrates on Sammy Davis Jr , Pearl Bailey , Leslie Uggams , Cleavon Little and Virginia Capers .

Introduced by Richard Baker from the Hippodrome,
Golders Green, London.
James Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday , with guest singers Yvonne Lea and Gordon Sandison , and pianist Andrew Vinter.
At 8.15, during the interval, there is music on disc.
Producer Alan Boyd

Sharon Gless begins a five-part reading of Charles Portis 's True Grit.
1: Mattie Ross sets out to bring the man who shot her father to justice, with the help of Federal Marshall Rooster J Cogburn .
Adapted by Matthew Solon
Produced by Virginia Crompton

Frank Renton presents a session from the Point of Ayr Band, conducted by Michael Fowles.

with the Radio 2 Arts Programme
A weekly roundup from the arts world, with reviews, music and a look at forthcoming events.

Including at 2.30
Pause for Thought
With Canon Stephen Oliver.