FREE! Music for grown-ups on air in the next 10 days

Tempting TV/radio broadcasts in the next 10 days:


Wed 25 June
2045 Franz Liszt, Composer Of The Week – BBC Radio 3
(3/5, continues Thurs-Fri)

Thurs 26 June
2300 Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan (Rpt) – BBC Radio 2

Friday 27 June
2000 La Fille du Regiment (Dessay, Florez in once-in-a-lifetime London 2007 production) – BBC4

Friday-Sunday: Glastonbury – not my cup of Darjeeling, but there’s blanket BBC coverage on Radio 2 and TV. Among the musical mush for the mainstream middle-aged (in wellies), about 5% of the acts play for grown-ups: I’ll be watching out for Amy Winehouse on Saturday evening, and Leonard Cohen.

Sat 28 June
1030 What’s So Great About… Bob Dylan? – BBC Radio 4
1900 The Definitive History of UK Dance Music (2/3) – BBC Radio 2

Sun 29 June
2400 Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan (Series 2) – BBC 6 Music

Tues 1 July
2330 The Greatest Dance Records Of All Time (1/3) – BBC Radio 2

Fri 4 July
2230 Cassandra Wilson, Jazz Library, BBC Radio 3


Online access: many BBC radio and TV programmes are available online, streamed and/or archived. You can access radio via BBC Listen Again and TV via BBC iPlayer: please see BBC channel web sites for details.



Gerry Smith