Morning:
07:00 - 08:00 Early Breakfast
Ross Watchman presents great music to start your day. Programme Website
08:00 - 10:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene
This week's show features: The Searchers, Chubby Checker, The American Breed, The Beach Boys, Martha & Vandellas, and Lou Christie. Plus the Guitar Twangers Corner, the B-Side/A-side feature and the Top Ten Chart, taken from August 30th 1961. 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
Writer and comedian, Rory McGrath about his memoirs The Bearded Tit, and The Father, the Son and the Ghostly Hole and why he decided to reveal all about his relationships with women, Catholicism, sin, and birds, among many things! We also hear from Cambridge academic, Stefan Collini on his new collection of essays about literary culture and public debate. And poet, Michael Brown, reveals how Sigourney Weaver came to be one of his biggest fans. (R) Programme Website
Afternoon:
12:00 - 13:00 What You Might Have Missed
The weekly look at the big talking points in the city and South Cambridgeshire, along with the guests we've been hearing from on-air. Programme Website
12:00 - 13:00 What You Might Have Missed
Ian Daborn features the neighbours who have created their own play area on a spare piece of land and the Cambridge film-maker working on a sci-fi film in tribute to his friend, and former Abstracts frontman, Felix Morgan. Programme Website
12:00 - 13:00 What You Might Have Missed
The weekly look at the big talking points in the city and South Cambridgeshire, along with the guests we've been hearing from on-air. Programme Website
13:00 - 14:00 Roundabout with Tony Barnfield
With ITV poised to reveal Britain’s Favourite Detective tonight, Tony Barnfield turns to crime and talks to thriller writer Peter James and Barry Forshaw, author of Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide, and reflects on the music that enhances our enjoyment of detectives on radio, film and television in conversation with composer Nigel Hess. Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 Flavour
The fortnightly show dedicated to food and drink produced and enjoyed in and around Cambridge. Presented by Matt Bentman and Alan Alder. Programme Website
15:00 - 17:00 Classical Cambridge
Former St John’s College Organ Scholar John Challenger talks to Tony Barnfield about his love of the instrument, notably the Father Willis Organ in Salisbury Cathedral, where he is Assistant Director of Music. Also, BBC Radio 3’s Chris Berrow previews the Live Proms from the Royal Albert Hall. Plus Tony’s eclectic choice from the classical repertoire. Programme Website
17:00 - 18:00 Cambridge Arts Roundup
Simon Bertin and guests look at the life of television critic and poet Clive James. Programme Website
17:00 - 18:00 Polish Waves
Sebastian Lesniewski is joined by Aleksandra Szypowska, a graduate in classics from the University of Cambridge, who explains how her studies inspired her to write her own poetry. Programme Website
18:00 - 18:30 Cambridge United: Game of the Decade
On the lead up to the football season, Ollie Slack and Tim Armitage look back at some of the greatest matches at the Abbey Stadium from the past decade, as selected by fans. Programme Website
18:30 - 19:00 The Business of Cambridge
Tales of Retail. Sue Keogh is joined by Harriet Kelsall, who launched her bespoke jewellery business in 1998 and now trades from her beautiful shop on Green Street in Cambridge, and John Hoyle from brand new startup Sook, which has just opened up at the Grafton Centre and offers space for retailers to book by the hour. 5/10 Programme Website
Evening:
18:30 - 19:00 The Business of Cambridge
Sue Keogh talks to local businesses about the challenges they face. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 20:00 The Big Band Show
On this week's Big Band Show we have tracks from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, better know as NYJO, and James Morrison the Australian born Jazz Trumpeter, as well as many great big band tracks. Programme Website
19:00 - 20:00 The Big Band Show
John Hammond presents the fortnightly show that plays big band tracks from the top ensembles as well as local bands recorded over the last 60-70 years. Programme Website
20:00 - 21:00 Let The Good Times Roll
Jackie Bond presents the best rock 'n' roll from the 1950s through to the bands keeping the music alive today. Programme Website
22:00 - 23:00 Stagger
Tom Taylor, David Cunnington and Ian Shaw present the alternative music show with rap, electronica and experimental music. Programme Website
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