Schedule

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30 Aug Mon
31 Aug Tue
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03 Sep Fri
04 Sep Sat
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06 Sep Mon
07 Sep Tue
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13 Sep

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

Morning:

07:00 - 08:00 Cambridge Minds

Trevor Dann meets two more of our city's great thinkers. American-born Jim Secord heads up Cambridge University's Department of History & Philosophy of Science where he specialises in nineteenth century scientists. He's also the leader of the Darwin Project which is publishing all of Charles Darwin's letters online. Back in the 21st century, David Tong is Cambridge's answer to Brian Cox. He's a professor of theoretical physics and spends his time wondering about quarks and black holes and trying to show where Newton and Einstein got things wrong. Programme Website

08:00 - 11:00 Cambridge Music Mix

The Music of Your Life – back to back. Programme Website

11:00 - 13:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene

John Gannon brings you the Top Ten chart, One Hit Wonders, the Guitar Twangers’ Corner and Almost Made It. Programme Website

Afternoon:

13:00 - 14:00 Polish Waves

Bringing Polish culture closer to the wonderful community of Cambridge: a portion of news and entertainment, lavishly seasoned with specially selected music. Presented by Błażej Mikuła, Maciej Pawlikowski, Basia & Chris Hubbard, and Sebastian Lesniewski. Programme Website

14:00 - 16:00 The Eclectic Light Show Listen Again

Thirty years ago this month, Kate Bush released her Hounds of Love album. Nicola explores the album and the singer's motivation and recalls last year's series of concerts. Agatha Christie started writing her first book a hundred years ago. Her biographer Laura Thompson discusses with Mandy the significance of Christie's work and her personal life which led to her famous disappearance in 1926. Programme Website

16:00 - 18:00 Jazz Today

Pete presents some new releases from names you may not be familiar with. On the list are string players Giovanni Maier and Jorg Brinkman, reedsmen Brian Landrus and Adam Pieronczyk, the trio Oliver’s Cinema and the quartet Indigo Kid. We’ll also be hearing the intriguing vocals of Michael Schiefel, the guitar of Ken Silverman and a foursome called Drifter. Plus plenty more, including a rundown of jazz events coming up in Cambridge. Programme Website

18:00 - 19:00 From The Terraces

As the new season gets underway, Tim Armitage and team are back with the local football show that’s all about the fans.

New series Programme Website

Evening:

19:00 - 20:00 Rock Lit

This edition covers the extraordinary artist who Jagger and Richards wrote a song for, and who also recorded with Jimmy Page and then dropped out, disappearing to a remote part of Scotland for 40 years. In addition we look at a historic interview with Van Morrison, and a fly-on-the-wall report from Brian Wilson’s original Smile recording sessions. We also hear about the grizzly death of Bobby Fuller. These are in our coverage of the new editions of Ugly Things and Flashback magazines. Programme Website

20:00 - 19:00 Cambridge Music Mix

The Music of Your Life – back to back. Programme Website

19:00 - 20:00 Rock Lit

Alan Alder and guests look at the literature of rock, folk, punk, post-punk and reggae as well as other types of music. It plays the music associated with biographies, autobiographies, music histories and reviews. Programme Website