At 6.15 Pause for Thought with Barney Leith.
At 9.15 Pause for Thought with Roger Royle.
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Says Thanks for the Memory.
Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with soprano Susan Bullock , baritone Anthony Michaels -Moore, tenor Bonaventura Bottone and the BBC
Singers, live from London's Royal Festival Hall.
Presented by Brian Kay.
Charles Dance reads a seven-part adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's classic tale set in the Sudan.
1: The regimental career of young Harry Feversham is destined to be a tragic one. Abridged by Neville Teller
A young soldier tries to clear his name from the shame of the white feather by taking on a highly dangerous mission
The Four Feathers
9.15pm R2
This year the fifth film version of A.E.W. Mason's classic story is due for release, so this is a timely reading, by Charles Dance, of the novel itself. The core of the story, presented in seven weekly parts, concerns young British army officer Harry Feversham, who deserts his regiment during General Gordon's campaign in Sudan. The token of cowardice, a white feather, is sent to Feversham by three fellow officers and his girlfriend. But Feversham believes that his circumstances left him with desertion as the only choice - so he devotes his life, via a dangerous lone mission in Africa, to clearing his name. This is an adventure story, the thread of which is honour lost and honour, perhaps, restored.
Frank Renton looks at the latest big band recordings.
Conclusion of a series in which Eartha Kitt profiles six of the great torch singers.
6: A portrait of the late Julie London - perhaps the last of the great torch singers - whose peak performances include The One I Love
Belongs to Somebody Else, Gone with the Wind, A Foggy Day in London Town and her signature 1955 debut classic Cry Me a River.
And at 2.30 Pause for Thought with Andrew Graystone.