With the Dawn Patrol, including at 6.15
Pause for Thought with Trish Heywood.

And at 9.15 Pause for
Thought with D H Nagaraja.

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11.45am and 1.45pm

A selection of country music stretching from archive classics to the cutting-edge.
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Featuring classic blues, new releases and slide guitarist
Michael Messer , who will be including items from his new album King Guitar. E-MAIL: [address removed] For details of music played this evening ring the Radio 2
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Marty Wilde continues a series on rockabilly, the music that emerged from America's Deep
South. This instalment hears from the genre's popular revival of the late seventies and early eighties, with music from Matchbox, the Stray
Cats and Dave Edmunds.

More laughs and gags, from the Wild West to
Transylvania. With Bella Emberg , Jeffrey Holland , Chris Emmett and Suzy Aitchison.
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.the Hollies and countless others. This instalment recalls the Madchester years of the late eighties, when the Hacienda ranked among the nation's leading clubs and the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays kick-started a new sound in rock and pop.

The second of six meditations looking towards Easter. 2 Hope

Including at 1.30
Pause for Thought with Jenny Nemko.

Includingat3.30
Pause for Thought with Jenny Nemko.