Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Norman Steel.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Major Charles King.
1/3. Joint presenters Barbara Windsor and Matt Lucas recall the life and career of songwriter Lionel Bart, who died in 1999, aged 68, following huge successes and a long period of drug and alcohol addiction. Bart provided Cliff Richard with his first number one - Living Doll (1959) - and wrote the 1960 big-hit musical Oliver!, whose 1968 filmed version won six Oscars.
He also wrote for Tommy Steele, Anthony Newley and Matt Monro. Contributors include Cliff Richard, Cameron Mackintosh, Don Black, Justin Hayward, Richard O'Brien, Herbert Kretzmer, Ronnie Corbett and Ron Moody. Producer Elliot Davis Barbara Windsor on Bart: p113
Nick Davies conducts the BBC
Concert Orchestra, with guests
Kim Criswell and James Graeme , recorded at the Mermaid Theatre in London. Presented by Brian Kay.
Sex and the City star
Cynthia Nixon reads an abridged verson of Anita Loos's satirical 1925 novel, which spawned numerous stage and screen adaptations. 2/8. Cruising towards Europe,
Lorelei meets a ghost from her past. Abridged by Neville Teller
Frank Renton presents the second of two programmes featuring the Grimethorpe Colliery Band in concert at Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Richard Evans conducts.
Arts show with Mariella Frostrup. Go to www.radiotimes.com for quest details
At 2.30am Pause for Thought with the Rev Mary Stallard in Wales.
