And at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Akhandadhi Das in Wales.
Brian Matthew spins big hits, B-sides, obscurities and requests.
Music, banter and special guests. Go to www.radiotimes.com for quest details
3/5. Topical comedy in which
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis scour the week's news for the funny and entertaining misfortunes of others. Accomplices include Sue Perkins , Toby Longworth and Mitch Benn.
1/6. Musician and writer Rowland Rivron presents a light-hearted music show with lively guests and unusual features. Both Suggs and Dale Winton join Rowland today. Repeated from Thursday
Music, features and special guests.
New acts, including live sets.
With America's Greatest Hits.
Radio 2 profiles American hard-rocking hit-makers
Aerosmith, who have been in and out of the American charts since 1973, when they scored a US regional hit with the distinctive metal melodrama Dream On. Other milestones include their 1976 hit single Walk This Way (a landmark crossover hit for rappers Run-DMC ten years later) and the band's only US number one, / Don't Want to Miss a Thing (from the 1998 film Armageddon, which stars lead singer Steve Tyler 's daughter Liv Tyler ). Other hits include Love in an Elevator, Dude (Looks Like a Lady) and Livin'on the Edge. All five band members provide input. Producer Des Shaw
Tips for a record collection, with listeners' input, news of re-releases and a spotlight on Jackson Browne's 1976 LP "The Pretender"
(Stuart Maconie 's DVD review: p46)
Including at 2.30 Pause for Thought with Akhandadhi Das in Wales.
6.15 as 2.30
