And at 6.15 Pause for Thought with the Rev Chris Webb in Wales.

Brian Matthew with hits and B-sides.

Music, banter and special guests. Go to www.radiotimes.com for guest details

5/6. Clive Anderson recalls comedy milestones from the postwar era to the present, with archive material and period tunes. Today Rob Newman, Jo Brand, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner.

2/6. Stand-up comedian Jeff Green harnesses his fascination with relationships in this series devoted to love's successes and failures.
Repeated from Thursday

New acts.

With America's Greatest Hits.

nFive days before the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon , Radio 2 recalls a critical moment in the history of popular culture, when on 4 March 1966 London's Evening Standard published an interview in which Lennon stated that the Beatles had overtaken Jesus in popularity. Britain barely batted an eyelid, while the Vatican and the American
Deep South responded with rage. With input from Cynthia Lennon ,
Alabama DJs who burned Beatles records in protest, biographer Ray Connolly , Beatles press officers and publicists, and Maureen Cleave , who conducted the original interview. Presenter Paul McGann.
Producer Owen McFadden
On Thursday Radio 2 airs four hours of programmes dedicated to the memory of John Lennon
Lennon remembered: page 20

R2 recalls a critical moment in the history of popular culture, when, on 4 March 1966, a newspaper published an interview in which John Lennon said that The Beatles had overtaken Jesus in popularity. Show more

Featuring a spotlight on John Martyn's 1977 LP One World.

Including at 2.30 Pause for Thought with the Rev Chris Webb in Wales.

6.15 as 2.30