And at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Akhandadhi Das in Wales.
Brian Matthew with hits and B-sides.
Hip tunes, banter and A-list guests. Go to www.radiotimes.com for guest details
4/8. Satirical series that takes aim at the music industry. Presented by Andrew Collins with accomplices Jon Holmes and Robin Ince.
1.30 It's Been a Bad Week
4/5. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with absurd antics, abetted by Emma Kennedy , Toby Longworth and Mitch Benn. Rptd from Thursday
Current tunes, hip oldies, listener requests, trivia and personal picks for a record collection.
(Stuart Maconie 's DVD review: p38)
Featuring the Zutons live in session.
With America's Greatest Hits.
Radio 2 continues an occasional series of exclusive, invitation-only songwriter showcases with an hour of song from the pioneers of the "Philly sound", Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff , who wrote and produced the slick, string-rich and bass-thumping R&B-pop hits that foreshadowed the disco era.
Among their defining discs from the 1972-74 era are If You Don't
Know Me by Now (Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes), Back Stabbers, Love Train and For the Love of Money (all US gold records for the O'Jays) and Me and Mrs Jones (Billy Paul ). Performing songs from the duo's vast repertoire this evening is Sheila Ferguson , who sang with the Three Degrees on two 1974 Gamble and Huff hits -
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) and the UK number one smash
When Will I See You Again. Producer Mark Hagen
Including at 2.30 Pause for Thought with Akhandadhi Das in Wales.
6.15 as 2.30