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 solving the ‘Musical Maths’? [More]
08:00 - 10:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene
John Gannon selects tracks from Dave Berry, Martha & The Vandellas, Love Affair, Amen Corner and others. Featuring Almost Made It, Should Have Been a Single and the Guitar Twangers Corner, plus the Top Ten Chart taken from January 31st 1965. [More]
10:00 - 11:00 Women Making Waves
Suzie Thorpe and Linda Ness meet Louise Eatock from the band Flaming June, Kelly Anstee who has set up a successful tax accountancy and Charlotte Payne who wants to encourage us to eat insects. [More]
11:00 - 12:00 Bookmark
Leigh Chambers' guest is Beth Lynch talking about her memoir, Where The Hornbeam Grows, how her search for a garden helped her overcome grief and, literally, put down roots. Melissa Fu discusses the inspiration behind her debut poetry collection, Falling Outside Eden. And Anna Levin discusses her memoir, Incandescent, about the effect that artificial lighting has had on her health and the environment. [More]
Afternoon:
12:00 - 13:00 What You Might Have Missed
Julian Clover looks back at the last seven days and hears from one of the biggest names in British pop music, Midge Ure, in conversation with Neil Whiteside; concern over the route of the East-West Rail link into Cambridge; the giant jellies that remind us of Histon’s past and the Great Pottery Throwdown Contestant who’s using Cambridge as her inspiration. [More]
13:00 - 14:00 From the Terraces
The weekly football show by the fans, for the fans. Tim Armitage wraps up Saturday's action involving Cambridge United, Cambridge City and Histon, plus previewing the local women's fixtures. [More]
14:00 - 15:00 Flavour
On this edition of Flavour, the team speak with a Cambridge resident who is helping families to get enough food. Roberto from Cambridge market talks about the effects of Brexit. Local chefs give ideas for that most underrated vegetable, celeriac. And they meet the Cambridge Baking Company which launches next week. Plus local offers for Valentine's Day. Flavour is presented by Matt Bentman, Alan Alder and Sue Bailey. (R) [More]
15:00 - 17:00 Strummers & Dreamers
Les Ray presents a showcase of Jeremy Harmer's new CD, Sweet Cherry, Bitter Wine; Matt Thompson is live from the archive, plus In the Round commemorates Burns Night, and there are new tracks by Isle 'Ave A Shanty, Tuesday Night Tea Club and Phil Norton. [More]
17:00 - 18:00 Polish Waves
Bringing Polish culture closer to Cambridge: a portion of news and entertainment, lavishly seasoned with specially selected music. Presented by Błażej Mikuła, Maciej Pawlikowski, Basia & Chris Hubbard, Sebastian Lesniewski and Monika Wiacek. [More]
18:00 - 18:30 Cambridge - In Pursuit of Equality
A 6-part docuseries from Conscious Communications in partnership with Cambridge 2030. In this episode Alison Taylor talks to Simon Humphrey, senior manager of sustainability at Arm and Jane Paterson-Todd, CEO of Cambridge Ahead, as well as members of the Cambridge community, about the impacts of the Cambridge phenomenon, and how sustainable growth might be achieved. [More]
18:00 - 18:30 Cambridge - In Pursuit of Equality
With thousands more now facing financial hardship, food banks have seen an increase in families who are “newly hungry”, who have been forced to use support services and claim benefits for the first time. There is concern that these families, and many more, will continue to struggle post-pandemic. Alison Taylor talks to Margaret Saner, CEO of Cambridge City Foodbank, and with Gavin Shelton, founder of the community farming initiative CoFarm. 2/6 [More]
18:30 - 19:00 My Life in Football
Ollie Slack chats with local footballers, past and present and asks them to reflect on their lives in football, including their earliest memories, untold stories and magical moments. This week Cambridge City player turned assistant manager Neil Midgley. [More]
Evening:
19:00 - 20:00 The Big Band Show
John Hammond dedicates this week's show to the Syd Lawrence Orchestra. He'll be playing tracks from this great band's repertoire from over the last 40 years and he will be talking to the current bandleader, Chris Dean. [More]
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. [More]
22:00 - 23:00 Stagger
Tom Taylor, David Cunnington and Ian Shaw present the alternative music show with rap, electronica and experimental music. [More]
23:00 - 00:00 Evening Under Lamplight
Robert-Louis Abrahamson presents another classic from the archives, songs and situations about a variety of people, backed up by a colourful panorama of street scenes from 1855. You are invited to attend. [More]
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