Schedule

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06 Nov

On Air | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Week at a Glance

Morning:

07:00 - 08:00 Early Breakfast

Ross Watchman presents a great variety of music to start your Sunday. And why not have a go at his weekly brainteaser? Programme Website

08:00 - 10:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene

John Gannon selects tracks from the 1960s, and along with the Guitar Twangers' Corner featuring The Outlaws, he'll be playing tracks from the Top 10 chart taken from this day in 1960. Programme Website

10:00 - 11:00 Women Making Waves

Women Making Waves features women who each play a positive part in shaping our society and are at the forefront of empowering change. Presented by Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness. Programme Website

11:00 - 12:00 Bookmark

Leigh Chambers’ guest is David Reynolds talking about his book, Island Stories, which investigates how Britain’s sense of national identity has been shaped, and how that has brought us to Brexit. Simon Parkin discusses his book A Game of Birds and Wolves in which he reveals how a secret war game played helped Britain win the Battle of the Atlantic. And Isabella Tree talks about Wilding, her account of what happened when she and her husband allowed their land to return to the wild. (R) Programme Website

Afternoon:

12:00 - 12:30 The Cavendish School

Neil Whiteside presents a special programme that tells the story of The Cavendish School, which has been created to serve the needs of children living with autism. Programme Website

12:30 - 13:00 Black History Month

The Cambridge bridge renamed in honour of the African writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano and former Blue Peter presenter Diane Louise Jordan on her new portal that tells the story of Black Britons. Programme Website

13:00 - 14:00 From the Terraces Listen Again

If you love local football then join Tim Armitage and the From the Terraces team as they follow Cambridge United, Cambridge City, Histon and our local women sides through another exciting season. Programme Website

14:00 - 15:00 Tony Barnfield Listen Again

Tony meets the Cambridge “zero-chance doctor” who now advises government, Raghib Ali OBE, and the former West End “Matilda”, Hayley Canham, now studying Classics at Queen’s College and directing the musical Chess, opening this Tuesday at the ADC Theatre. Programme Website

15:00 - 16:00 Classical Cambridge

Conductor Darren Bloom tells Tony Barnfield about Wednesday’s 90th birthday tribute to Cambridge Emeritus Professor of Music Alexander Goehr, while Cambridge Early Music Chairman Edward Wickham outlines next weekend’s 350th anniversary tribute to Heinrich Schütz and Christopher Brown reflects on his composing career ahead of
Friday’s première of Book 3 of his Preludes and Fugues. Programme Website

16:00 - 17:00 Jazz Today

Pete Butchers has details about the upcoming Cambridge Jazz Festival, illustrated with music from reedsmen Tim Garland, Alex Hitchcock and Courtney Pine, pianists Jason Rebello and Zoe Rahman and harpists Julie Campiche and Alina Bzhezhinska. Programme Website

17:00 - 18:00 Polish Waves Listen Again

Jan Rosek, who studies economics at Queen Mary University of London, tells Sebastian Lesniewski about the upcoming Poland 2.0 conference. Programme Website

18:00 - 19:00 Cambridge Film Show

We discuss the latest film releases on the big and small screens. Friendships are tested in comedy-drama The Banshees of Inisherin and true-crime story The Good Nurse. A superyacht trip goes awry in satire Triangle of Sadness and we discuss universal love in heartfelt comedy Bros. Plus, we get ready for Halloween with films Barbarian and Wendell and WIld.

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Evening:

19:00 - 20:00 Clubglobal

DJ Skunk plays new releases of world and roots music. Programme Website

20:00 - 21:00 The Ska n B Show

Rhythm & blues, ska and mod revival/Two Tone music and chat brought to you by RevNix and Ben Phillips. Programme Website

21:00 - 22:00 Queer Cambridge

Hannah Bestwick and Daisy Thurston-Gent present Cambridge 105 Radio’s dedicated LGBTQ show. We give you the low down on the LGBTQ events you can go to around Cambridge, and take a look at queer news happening nationally and locally. And every song we play is by either a queer artist or has a strong association for LGBTQ people. Programme Website

22:00 - 23:00 Stagger

The alternative music show with rap, electronica and experimental music. David and Tom are joined by Lana from Something Elsie and listening to her new track, Frightened.

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23:00 - 00:00 Opus 105

Join Sara Woo-Sam for an hour of your favourite classics and music from the movies. Programme Website