Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Norman Steel.
At 9.15 Pause for Thought with Major Charles King.
And in Tracks of My Years Richard Ashcroft picks two final favourites.
2/4. Clarke Peters pays tribute to showman, band leader, singer and stage star Cab Calloway (1907-94), whose hi-de-ho scat singing has influenced jazz artists like Fats Waller as well as today's rap acts. His many hits included Minnie the Moocher and Kickin' the Gong Around, and in the 50s and 60s he drew rave reviews for his stage turns in Porgy and Bess and Hello, Dolly! This edition recalls Calloway's legendary residence at New York City's Cotton Club in the 1930s and features new interviews and archive material.
Roderick Dunk conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, with crooner Russell Watson and the Magnets, live from London's
Mermaid Theatre. With Aled Jones.
An abridged version of Peter Shaffer 's play about Mozart's rivalry with composer Antonio Salieri , read by F Murray Abraham.
6/8. Salieri plots to put Mozart out of favour with the Masons.
Abridged by Neville Teller
A concert featuring the newly-formed Northern All Star Brass with award-winning brass soloist Brendan Wheeler, conducted by Ray Farr at the Sage in Gateshead.
Arts show with Mariella Frostrup.
And at 2.30am Pause for Thought with the Rev Gillean Maclean.
