Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Shazia Khan.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought.
New series 1/6. Jazz vocalist
Clare Teal tackles the often male-heavy image of jazz with a celebration of some of the greatest female singers in her field. She starts her survey with a tribute to stylish jazz maverick Anita O'Day , who broke social taboos in her 1940s appearances with black performers and who, in her day, defied the female stereotype. She also succumbed to heroin addiction. The programme features a previously unaired interview with O'Day, who died in November, aged 87. Producer Graham Pass
Juan Diego Florez performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Robin Stapleton.
Introduced by Ken Bruce from the Mermaid Theatre in London.
I New series 1/8.
Derek Jacobi reads an abridged version of Robert Graves's
1934 novel about the Roman
Emperor Claudius, portrayed by Jacobi over 30 years ago in one of BBC TV's most successful epic drama series ever.
Abridged by Tamsin Collison Producer Frank Stirling
Frank Renton presents another programme from the Brass In Concert Championship, held in December at the Sage in Gateshead.
Culture show in which
Matthew Wright looks at the arts, including the current cinema.
Including at 3.30 Pause for Thought with the Rev Gillean Maclean.
