Including at 6.15
Pause for Thought
With Sounds of the 60s.
1.00pm The Monkhouse Archive
Bob Monkhouse looks at the quintessential British phenomenon of seaside comedy and humour.
1.30 What on Earth?
The last in Radio 2's topical sketch series, starring Jon Glover, Sally Grace. Ronnie Ancona and Lewis Macleod.
Repeated from Thursday
With Pick of the Pops.
To kick off Radio 2's
Country Week,
Johnnie Walker presents his show live from Nashville, where is joined by Nanci Griffith.
With America's Greatest Hits.
Miles Kington and his guests review and recommend books about music. To commemorate the centenary of Gershwin's birth, his friend Larry Adler compares two recent biographies of the composer. And flautist James Galway recalls his time under the baton of Herbert von Karajan , the subject of A Life in Music by Richard Osborne.
E-MAIL: reading.music@bbc.co.uk For details of books reviewed ring the Radio 2 Information Line on 08 [number removed]
A live performance from the top-selling female country artist, as part of Radio 2's Country Week. Introduced by David Allan , who also talks to the singer during this broadcast from her studio in Nashville.
Producer Stuart Hobday
* Going to the country: p42
Tonight's programme features calypso king the Mighty Sparrow.
Including at 2.30
Pause for Thought. With Patrick Forbes.
Including at 6.15
Pause for Thought With Patrick Forbes.
