Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Jonathan Romain.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Rabbi Pete Tobias.
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With The Music Go Round.
With The Organist Entertains.
A distinguished presence on stage, film and television, Judi Dench has become something of a national institution. Ahead of her 70th birthday on Thursday, biographer John Miller looks at the story so far, eliciting warm tributes from Trevor Nunn , Peter Hall , Geoffrey Palmer , Ian McKellen , Samantha Bond and Billy Connolly. Expect to hear extracts from her career-defining moments, including Cabaret, Macbeth, As Time
Goes By, A Little Night Music, Amy's View and Mrs Brown. Producer Tom Alban
New series 1/4. Rivalling Charlie Parker as the most influential saxophonist of the last 50 years, John Coltrane produced a wealth of recorded material prior to his death in 1967, aged 40. Courtney Pine celebrates the 40th anniversary of Coltrane's monumental work, A Love Supreme - a spiritually inspired LP with just 33 minutes of music. Interviewees include original members of Coltrane's classic quartet and many others. Producer Terry Carter
Steve Harley is joined by Rolan Bolan for a tribute to his father
Marc Bolan , who died in 1977.
Poet Simon Armitage invites poems from listeners.
Including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Michael McMahon.
3.30 as 1.30
