Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Sody Kahlon.

At 9.15 Pause for Thought with Steve Rettenmayer.

Country tunes, including archive classics and modern recordings. PHONE [number removed] for details of music played this evening

Classic R&B, the cream of new blues releases and a second helping of a session by Zoot Money and his Big Roll Band, recorded last year.

2/6. Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson returns with a new series tracing the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal.
This edition profiles singer Ian Gillan , who joined Deep Purple in 1969 but left in late 1973 following tensions with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. But after a decade of other projects - a brief spell in the motorbike industry, the jazz-inspired Ian
Gillan Band and the straight-up hard-rocking band Gillan, and a year spent with Black Sabbath - Gillan returned in 1984 to a reformed Deep Purple, where he's rocked ever since.

New series 1/3. Andrew Collins kicks off another satirical series targeting various aspects of the music industry. He is abetted by Jon Holmes and Robin Ince , with further irreverent input from Julian Taylforth , DJ Hooker and Jackie Clune.
Producer Will Saunders
Repeated on Saturday at 1.30pm

Guest Noddy Holder reviews the latest television.
Go to www.radiotimes.com today for guest details

Including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Sharon Grenham-Toze .

3.30 as 1.30