Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought.

Brian Matthew spins hits and B-sides.

Wirral septet the Coral perform live.

4/6. A satirical spin on the week's music news. Presented by Andrew Collins with Jon Holmes.
1.30 Does the Team Think?
6/8. Vic Reeves invites audience members to target a panel of famous people with seemingly mundane queries. Repeated from Thursday

(Stuart Maconie on Live Aid: p31)

With live sets from London-based
Aqualung (aka Matt Haies ) and Brooklyn-based trio White Rabbits.

With America's Greatest Hits.

RT Continuing Radio 2's season of programmes devoted to the CHOICE 1960s, Doors keyboard player
Ray Manzarek revisits the summer of 1967 - the so-called Summer of Love
- when the Doors rewrote the rules of AM radio with their sexy, seismic US hit Light My Fire. Manzarek recalls the inspiration for the song's bass line - Fats Domino's Blueberry Hill (1956) - and offers a selection of tracks that influenced the band's distinctive sound. Artists include
Muddy Waters (Hoochie Coochie Man), Little Richard (Tutti-Frutti), Jerry Lee Lewis (Good Rockiri Tonight), the Kingsmen (Louie Louie ), the Rolling Stones (The Last Time), the Beatles (I'm Looking through You) and Them (Gloria). Producer Dave Barber Music choices: page 120

Manic chat.
HPodcast: highlights available at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/brand

Performing guests include revered blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa.

Including at 2.30 Pause for Thought.

6.15 as 2.30