This Week's Music for Grown-Ups on Radio/TV

Your exclusive listening/watching guide … thanks to compiler Mike Ollier:


Radio For Grown-Ups

New Year's Day BBCR2 19.00 ~ 20.00
* Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: Time

Thurs BBCR2 23.00 ~ 23.30
* My Country Jukebox
Nick Barraclough talks with some big-name stars about what they listen to. Barraclough's country tastes are often questionable, but his guest this week is Emmylou Harris so good taste is guaranteed.

Fri BBCR6 2100 - 2200
* Theme Time With Bob Dylan: ??

Fri BBCR3 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Jazz Library: Milt Jackson

Fri BBCR3 23.30 ~ 01.00
* Jazz On 3
More highlights from the past year of programmes: Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman, Gwilym Simcock, Eddie Prevost and Jon Rose with Frances-Marie Uitti.


TV For Grown-Ups - Turgid (Part 2)

Fri BBC4 20.10 onwards
Nothing worth looking out for till Friday on BBC4 ~ a new series in the usually good 'Britannia' strand focusing on pop. The first programme is at least watchable as its focus is the start of the Rock 'n' Roll years with Cliff, Billy Fury and Val Parnell and the skiffle craze. The show is bookended by two of Cliff's worthier efforts, Espresso Bongo and The Young Ones.

Jools Holland's usually reliable Hootenanny on New Year's Eve takes a sharp nosedive with not one act worthy of screentime ~ Sir Thumbs-A-Loft, the annoying Mika, and Kylie (OBE for 'Services To Music'? As Tom Lerner said when told of Henry Kissinger's Nobel Peace Prize, "Satire is dead."). And I bet Russell Brand is in the audience just to complete the whole sorry mess.

Bah humbug.