At 6.15 Pause for Thought with Nick Baines.
Including at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Naga Raja.
Michael Ball celebrates the recent revival of Broadway musicals. 3: Contact
Today's programme looks at the Tony Award-winning Contact-three stories about relationships set to lavish MGM-style production numbers.
James Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, with soprano Anne Williams -King, bass-baritone Jonathan Viera and the Ukelele
Orchestra of Great Britain.
Presented by Brian Kay.
An adaptation of Herman Melville's novel, read by Richard Griffiths. 5: Ahab dismisses Captain Mayhew's warnings of the white whale. Abridged by Peter Mackie
Frank Renton presents a session from the Band of the Coldstream Guards.
Last in a series devoted to popular lyricist Sammy Cahn. 6: Success runs well into the seventies, when Cahn finds fame as a performer. With the voices of Jule Styne , Jimmy Van Heusen , Tony Bennett ,
Jack Jones and Cahn himself.
With the Radio 2 Arts
Programme. A lively roundup of reviews, music and events.
Including at 2.30 Pause for Thought with Frank Topping.
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