With the Dawn Patrol, including at 6.15
Pause for Thought with Jeffrey Leader.

And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with DH Nagaraja.

A selection of country music stretching from archive classics to the cutting edge.
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Featuring classic blues, the cream of new releases and a specially recorded session from celebrated bluesman Taj Mahal.
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; Marty Wilde presents a series on rockabilly, the genre that emerged from America's Deep South and was influenced by traditional hillbilly music. Its rock incarnation, backed by acoustic guitar and bass, imbibed the music of Elvis Presley , the Everly Brothers, Rufus Thomas and others. This instalment looks at rockabilly's importance to Sun
Records, with music by Jerry Lee Lewis , Charlie Rich , Billy Reilly , Sonny Burgess , Warren Smith and Carl Mann.

Last in the present series for the Hole in the Wall Gang, Northern Ireland's leading comedy troupe known for their bizarre characters and sardonic observations.
Repeated Saturday 1.30pm

Mark Radcliffe presents a series on the music of Manchester, the city that bred Oasis, the Smiths, Herman's
Hermits, New Order, the Buzzcocks, Simply Red, the Hollies and countless others.
Tonight Graham Nash and Dave Lee Travis wax nostalgic over
Manchester's part in the sixties beat boom.

Including at 1.30
Pause for Thought with Jenny Nemko.

Including at 3.30
Pause for Thought with Jenny Nemko.