At 6.15 Pause for Thought with Lionel Fanthorpe.
At 9.15 Pause for Thought with DH Nagaraja.
With New Country, including the latest tunes, news and gossip from Nashville.
The latest in folk, roots and acoustic-based music. mike.harding@bbc.co.uk
Series in which Mark Lamarr looks at the history and development of reggae music. This edition profiles Alton Ellis, the rock steady veteran who moved to the UK in the early 1970s after great success in Jamaica as a solo artist and as one half of the duo Alton and Eddie.
A new four-part series in which Sheila Chandra offers an introduction to bhangra, the Punjabi dance music whose rhythms are pounded out on the dhol - a two-headed drum - and which was originally performed by men at harvest time. Now fused with western pop and still thriving in its native Asia, bhangra has yet to enter the UK mainstream.
Featuring classic tracks, guests and a competition. EMAIL: [address removed]
Including at 1.30 Pause for Thought with the Rev Lesley Carroll.
Including at 3.30 Pause for Thought with the Rev Lesley Carroll.
