At 6.15 Pause for Thought with the Rev Derek Browning.

At 9.15 Pause for Thought with Roger Royle.

Julian Biggconductsthe
BBC Concert Orchestra, live from the Buxton Opera
House in Derbyshire, with guest vocalists
Gary Williams and Naomi Harvey in a concert devoted to all aspects of theatre music. Presented by Brian Kay.

A live broadcast from Blackpool to mark the switching-on of the annual lights spectacle - over half-a-million lights stretching for six miles. This year's event features performances from Darius, A1, Toploader and the Sugababes. Abridged by Peter Mackie

Frank Renton presents the Ever Ready Band, conducted by Les Palmer.

A new four-part series in which Ruthie Henshall pays tribute to Jimmy Van
Heusen, the songwriter whose repertoire of classics includes Swingingon a Star, / Thought about You, Nancy with the Laughing Face, But Beautiful and All the Way. Contributors include
Van Heusen 's nephew Donald Babcock and composer Richard Rodney Bennett. Producer Emma Kingsley

And at 2.30 Pause for
Thought with David Wilkinson.