Including at 6.20 Pause for Thought.

Including at 9.15 Pause for Thought.

From London.

With The Organist Entertains.

With just 12 days remaining for Englanders to light up legally in enclosed public places, Mariella Frostrup explores the cultural significance of smoking throughout the last century. Her non-judgemental survey recalls Hollywood's contributions to smoking iconography in artistically noteworthy films such as Now, Voyager (1942) and The Big Sleep (1946). and considers the impact a ban would have made to the pose-fuelled rock 'n' roll stances of Keith Richards, Joe Strummer, Pete Doherty and countless others.
Frostrup hears from old smokers, writers, artists and commentators such as Terry O'Neill, Peter York, Alan Coren, Guy Garvey, Christopher Frayling and David Hockney, who recently has publicly poured scorn on the upcoming ban.

2/6. Northern Soul series in which former Wigan resident Stuart Maconie spins classic recordings of the genre - including listeners' requests - and the latest releases. His guest tonight is radio presenter and former Wigan Casino resident DJ Richard Searling, who now co-owns Expansion Records.

Including at 1.30 Pause for Thought.

3.30 as 1.30.