With the Dawn Patrol, including at 6.15
Pause for Thought with Shah Husain.
Including at 9.15
Pause for Thought with Rose Hudson Wilkin.
A selection stretching from archive classics to the cutting-edge.
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Featuring a specially recorded session from one of the world's most highly regarded bluesmen, Taj Mahal.
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Stuart Maconie launches a second six-part series devoted to one of the most popular and enduring of all musical cults - Northern Soul. Maconie combines classic tracks with comments from some of the genre's movers and shakers. The first segment features celebrity soul fan Mike Pickering, the former DJ and founder of M People, whose debut album was titled "Northern Soul".
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis scour the week's news for the funny and entertaining misfortunes of others. With support from Jon Culshaw and Mitch Benn.
(Repeated Saturday 1.30pm)
Dionne Warwick presents a new six-part series devoted to six of the all-time greatest soul albums, featuring interviews with the artists and those they've inspired. Among the classics are works by Marvin Gaye ,
Curtis Mayfield. AI Green and Aretha Franklin.
1:Perfect Angel by the late Minnie Ripperton. Producers Matt Hall and Dave King
Including at 1.30
Pause for Thought with Angela Wood.
Including at 3.30
Pause for Thought with Angela Wood.