Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Lalitavira.

Including at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Major Charles King.

5/6. Jazz vocalist Clare Teal pays tribute to some of the most distinctive female singers in her field. Her celebration of British divas includes Beryl Davis ,
Marjorie Stedeford , Elisabeth Welch , Anne Lenner , Anne Shelton , and Dorothy Squires , and Dorothy Carless and her younger sister Carole Carr , both of whom sang with Geraldo and His Orchestra.

Roderick Dunk conducts the BBC
Concert Orchestra with soprano Natasha Marsh and tenor
Bonaventura Bottone , recorded at the Watford Coliseum.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny .

Derek Jacobi reads an abridged version of Robert Graves's 1934 novel about the Roman Emperor Claudius, whom Jacobi portrayed over 30 years ago in the BBC's hugely successful drama series.

5/8. Tiberius has assumed the imperial purple.
Abridged by Tamsin Collison

1/2. Frank Renton presents highlights from the fourth annual brass soloist competition, held last Sunday before a Manchester audience. Accompanying the eight young semi-finalists are the Brighouse and Rastrick Band, conducted by Ian McElligott. The final takes place on 17 February, and airs on Radio 2 on 23 February. Producer Terry Carter

Culture show in which
Matthew Wright looks at the current arts.

Including at 3.30 Pause for Thought with Katy Radford in Northern Ireland.