Including at 6.15
Pause for Thought With Patrick Forbes.
with Sounds of the 60s
As Birmingham prepares for the 43rd Eurovision Song
Contest, Ed Stewart - assisted by last year's winner, Katrina - presents a show live from the National Indoor Arena.
Producer Bridget Apps
1.00pm Marks and Gran:
Funny You Should Ask
The sixth in an eight-part series in which Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran examine the best of Jewish comedy.
1.30 The News Huddlines
With Roy Hudd ,
June Whitfield and Chris Emmett ?
Announcer Richard Clegg. Repeated from Thursday
with Pick of the Pops
Classic chart rundowns from the past 40 years.
Album tracks, sessions and the best new music.
with America's Greatest Hits
Featuring music from the US charts of this week and the last four decades.
The programme follows the Eurovision Song Contest
1998 UK entrant Imaani in her preparation for the big night. Narrated by John Peel. Producer Paul Forde
Ken Bruce presents the 43rd Eurovision
Song Contest from the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, and announces the winner at the end of the contest.
Radio 2 listeners, along with BBC1 viewers, can cast their vote for their favourite song - the phone numbers are listed on page 68. You can also vote via the internet on www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision Producer Paul Walters
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At 2.30 Pause for Thought With Canon Noel Vincent.
Including at 6.15
Pause for Thought
With Canon Noel Vincent.