"On The Beat" is available for the following week on BBC Radio Merseyside's Listen Again facility.

Saturday 5 January 2008 - American singer/songwriter Peter Rowan

Saturday 12 January 2008 - No show. The concert "Liverpool - The Musical" is being broadcast live from the ECHO Arena.

Saturday 19 January 2008 - (from 5.30pm to 8.00pm) Film director, Peter Bogdonavich, whose latest film is a celebration of Tom Petty, and Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett of Little Feat, and the blues guitarist Stephen Dale Petit.

Saturday 26 January 2008 - Steel guitarist B J Cole and slide guitarist Michael Messer.

Saturday 2 February 2008 - No show, late kick-off.

Saturday 9 February 2008 - The Tim Harvey Quartet, mainstream jazz with blues guitarist Bill Hackney and Canadian beat poet Ralph Alfonso recorded at BBC Radio Merseyside.

Saturday 16 February 2008 - Juke Box Jury with the artistic director of the Bluecoat Bryan Biggs, guitarist Neil Campbell, publicist and author, Neil Cossar and owner of the Door cafe, Matt Robinson.

Saturday 23 February 2008 - Conductor, writer and arranger, Laurie Johnson, noted for his themes for The Avengers, The Professionals and This Is Your Life.

Saturday 1 March 2008 - (From 5.30 to 8pm) 50s star Johnny Brandon, who also wrote songs for Bill Haley, Mark Wynter and Billy Fury, and Fionna Duncan of the Clyde Valley Stompers.

Saturday 8 March 2008 - The wacky career of music writer C P Lee, formerly of Albertos Y Los Paranoias.

Saturday 15 March 2008 - Live Buddy Holly special with his guitarist Tommy Allsup, Johnny Rogers, Juke Box Eddies, Susan Hedges and Raphael Callaghan. This is to celebrate the tribute concert to Buddy at the Phil on 20 March, the 50th anniversary of Buddy playing the concert hall. (Because of a split frequency with rugby, this programme will only be on FM from 7pm)

Saturday 22 March 2008 - No show: late-kick off for soccer.

Saturday 29 March 2008 (from 5.30 to 8.00pm) - Juke Box Jury with record collector and ardent concertgoer, Tim Adams, Raphael Callaghan from Blue C, Henry Priestman (former Christian) and from Radio Merseyside's sports team, DJ Paul Bradshaw, plus Stan Williams talks about being at school with John Lennon.

Saturday 5 April 2008 - Songwriter Roger Cook (Part 1) (You've Got Your Troubles, Lovers Of The World Unite, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing,, Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - how's that for starters?)

Saturday 12 April 2008 - Songwriter Roger Cook (Part 2)

Saturday 19 April 2008 - Maurice Cockrill on Liverpool's hippie bohemia in the 1960s.

Saturday 26 April 2008 - "I can't remember if I cried, When I read about his widowed bride" - Spencer Leigh talks to Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly. Spencer also talks to Joe McGann, star of the new touring production of Fiddler On The Roof.

Saturday 3 May 2008 (from 5.30pm to 8.00pm) - He's back: the most popular of all my guests - Little Richard's biographer, Chas (Dr Rock) White. Expect mayhem and you'll get it! Plus the first UK interview in years with Liverpool star, Michael Cox, who had a Top 10 hit with Angela Jones. Plus a vintage interview with Humphrey Lyttelton.

Saturday 10 May 2008 (from 5.00pm to 8.00pm) - Stuart Shea, author of the 500 page, Fab Four FAQ, and Sid Griffin fromt the Coal Porters and author of The Basement Tapes..

Saturday 17 May 2008 - Juke Box Jury with Colin Hall (Rock'n'Reel writer, custodian of Mendips), Norman Killon (DJ at Eric's), Beatles promoter Sam Leach and rock'n'roll aficionado Mick O'Toole

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Starting at 5pm on Sunday 18 May 2008 for six weeks is Starry Eyed, six one hour programmes about the BBC's files on Liverpool entertainers and events. Unless you (like me) have read these files, you cannot possibly know what will be in these programmes. An introductory note is on BBC Radio Merseyside's website.

Sunday 18 May 2008 - Part 1, Give Me The Spotlight

Sunday 25 May 2008 - Part 2, It's Those Men Again!

Sunday 8 June 2008 - Part 3, Horses For Courses

Sunday 15 June 2008 - Part 4, Let Me Entertain You

Sunday 22 June 2008 - Part 5, You Cant' Do That

Sunday 29 June 2008 - Part 6, Trust Us, We're The BBC

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Saturday 24 May 2008 - A live concert featuing bands visiting Liverpool for the International Pop Overthrow at the Cavern and other venues in Mathew Street.

Saturday 31 May 2008 - Waterloo-born, Radio 4 comic, Steve Gribbin, with a radio version of his stage show, Adolf To The Zutons.

Saturday 7 June 2008 - British country star from the 60s, Houston Wells, who was produced by Joe Meek, artist Ben Johnson on going to the Cavern, Giles Martin on Love and Anton Barbeau performing live.

Saturday 14 June 2008 - Peter Carlin, author of Catch A Wave - The Rise, Fall And Redemption Of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, and Mark Lewisohn on the new edition of The Beatles' London..

Saturday 21 June 2008 - Wigan-born songwriter, Barry Mason, in concert at BBC Radio Merseyside, with former Applejack Don Gould and local singer/songwriter Rachael Wright (Part 1)

Saturday 28 June 2008 - Wigan-born songwriter, Barry Mason, in concert at BBC Radio Merseyside (Part 2), plus Tim Whitnall, back on Merseyside to appear in Eight Miles High at the Royal Court.

Saturday 5 July 2008 - Prior to their Cavern appearance, Stackridge live in the studio plus Peter Noone on The Very Best Of Herman's Hermits and from the swamps of Louisiana, Tony Joe White.

Saturday 12 July 2008 - Juke Box Jury with Ron Ellis, author of the Johnny Ace detective novels, Gary Murphy, whose show, Guitar Legends, is at the Phil on Sunday July 27, Ray O’Brien, author of There Are Places I’ll Remember, a guide to Beatle venues on Merseyside, and Christine Purnell from the blues duo, Blue C.

Saturday 19 July 2008 - Hey, Mony, Mony! It's Tommy James.

Saturday 26 July 2008 - Songwriter and producer, Tony Macaulay, who has written and produced Baby Now That I've Found You (Foundations), Let The Heartaches Begin (Long John Baldry), The Lights Of Cincinnati (Scott Walker) and Home Lovin' Man (Andy Williams).

Saturday 2 August 2008 - The Granada TV producer, Johnnie Hamp, on working with Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Gene Vincent. He has just written his autobiography, It Beats Working For A Living. (Trafford Publishing).

Saturday 9 August 2008 - Scottish singer/songwriter Tam White, who had a hit with What In The World's Come Over You, and Mike Heron from the 60s festival favourites, the Incredible String Band.

Saturday 16 August 2008 - No show: late kickoff.

Saturday 23 August 2008 - Beatles Week in Liverpool: Beatle authors John Boland (Beatles For Sale), Damian Smith (Beatles In Ireland), Eric Woolley (The Golden Years Of Merseybeat) and Beatles' photographer Robert Whittaker.

Saturday 30 August 2008 - The former Controller of Radio 1 and a key producer, Johnny Beerling, talking about his book, "Radio 1 - The Inside Scene" (Trafford Publishing).

Saturday 6 September 2008 (Starts 5.30) - Rita Tushingham talks about her career with music from The Trap and Dr Zhivago, followed by a Juke Box Jury with Dave Crosby (organised Buddy Holly tribute at the Phil in March 2008), Colin Hall (Mendips curator), Norman Killen (DJ at Eric's), Mick O'Toole (50s authority).

Saturday 13 Saturday 2008 (Starts 5.30 and ends at 7.00pm as BBC Radio Merseyside is broadcasting a Russell Watson concert live) - Cockney special! Tommy Steele on his BBC files and Alan Klein who wrote What A Crazy World We're Living In and Sally Ann and was part of the New Vaudeville Band.

Saturday 20 Saturday 2008 - British rock'n'roll singer, Terry Wayne, and singer/ songwriter Phillip Goodhand Tait.

Saturday 27 Saturday 2008 - (Starts 5.30) Record producer Snuff Garrett, whose artists include Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and Gene McDaniels, The One And Only Chesney Hawkes, Waterloo-born comedian, Steve Gribbin, and Sonny West, the writer of "Oh Boy!" and "Rave On"..

Saturday 4 October 2008 - (Starts 5.30) Feature on Percy Phillips' recording studio where Ken Dodd, Billy Fury and the Beatles first recorded with Percy's grandson, Peter Phillips, plus Nigel Greenberg, who ran the Cavern's recording studio, and Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne.

Saturday 11 October 2008 - (Starts 5.30pm) Juke Box Jury with Chris Beazer, Pete Cowley, Brian O'Connell and Bernard Wrigley.

Saturday 18 October 2008 - Philip Norman on his new biography, John Lennon - The Life.

Saturday 25 October 2008 - (Starts 5.00pm) In Concert - Edwin McCain, Henry Priestman and Pete Riley. Also, Hoylake born songwriter, Paul Kennerley, who wound up in Nashville writing country hits for the Judds, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart and Emmylou Harris, and a session from US singer/songwriter Corrine West.

Saturday 1 November 2008 - No show. Late kickoff.

Saturday 8 November 2008 - No show. Late kickoff.

Saturday 15 November 2008 (5.30pm - 8pm) - The drummer, Bryan Dodson, formerly with Liverpool Scene and a session with Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby.

Saturday 22 November 2008 - Alwyn Turner on his new book, Halfway To Paradise, featuring Harry Hammond's photographs and published by the V&A, and Susie Boyt on her highly acclaimed book, My Judy Garland Life.

Saturday 29 November 2008 (5.30pm to 8pm) - An interview with Nigel Rees (formerly from Crosby and now host of Quote, Unquote) and Ian Greaves (co-author of Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me, a book about Radio 4's Week Ending), plus a Juke Box Jury with Paul Gallagher (Curator of Contemporary Collecting, National Museums Liverpool), Andrew Millin (champion show-jumper and owner of Church Farm equestrian centre in Mawdesley), Alun Parry (Liverpool agit prop singer/songwriter and organiser of recent working class song festival at the Picket), and Melissa Storey (manager of Vivienne Westwood store in Cavern Walks).

Saturday 6 December 2008 - Andrew Cornall, record producer for many years with Decca and now executive director (orchestra, ensembles and education) at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Ken Seymour, who interviewed John and Yoko in Montreal..

Saturday 13 December 2008 - Folk musician Roy Bailey and guitar supremo Stefan Grossman.

Saturday 20 December 2008 (5.30 to 8pm) - Strictly Come Christmas!

Guests: Tim Adams (doowop collector), Chris Beazer (collector of original versions of hit songs), Simon Bell (publicity officer, Liverpool University Press), Bryan Biggs (Director, Bluecoat), Frank Donovan (local promoter of guitar heroes), Steve Hardstaff (graphic designer with a new book of record sleeves and posters, Cover Versions), Dean Johnson (singer/songwriter: opening act for Paul Carrack and the Christians), Carl Jones (Lonnie Donegan expert), Norman Killon (DJ at Eric’s and The Sink), Mick O’Toole (rock’n’roll collector), and Matt Robinson (former DJ at Zanzibar and now owner of The Door café in Hanover Street).

Each guest has been asked to bring in two Christmas records that he would like the world to hear (and they can through Listen Again). They will be voting on the other choices and so by the end of the show, we will have a winner – Strictly Come Christmas.

Saturday 27 December 2008 (5pm to 8pm) - A musical review of the Capital of Culture year.

Guests: Tony Brown (artist responsible for 100 Heads Thinking As One), Ron Ellis (creator of the detective Johnny Ace), Steve Gribbin (Radio 4 comedian), Mark McNulty (photographer – new book Pop Cultured), Raphael Callaghan and Christine Purnell (blues musicians, Blue C) and Bill Kenny and Alan Schroeder (Black Knights, who were in the film, Ferry Cross The Mersey).

Guests will be talking about the Capital of Culture year and some of the highlights for them. There will be live music from Blue C.

Saturday 3 January 2009 - No show, football.

Saturday 10 January 2009 - No show football

Saturday 17 January 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Graham Fellows, better known as Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, graphic artist Steve Hardstaff on his book, Cover Versions and singer/guitarist Jeff Alan Ross, former member of Badfinger and the leader of Peter and Gordon's band.

Saturday 24 January 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Derek Barker, author of a 500 page book on cover versions sung by Bob Dylan called Bob Dylan - Under The Influence.

Saturday 31 January 2009 - No show, football..

Saturday 7 February 2009 - No show, football.

Saturday 14 February 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Country music songwriter, Pam Rose, who tours with Emmylou Harris and records as part of Kennedy Rose, and the guitar and cello duo, Richard Smith and Julie Adams.

Saturday 21 February 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Billy Kinsley in concert, supported by Aylssa Bonagura, plus an interview with .Sonja Kristina of Curved Air.

Saturdaay 28 February 2009 - Andy Neill, author of 'Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - The Complete Chronicles Of The Who'.

Saturday 7 March 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Raul Malo of the Mavericks and the Liverpool drummer who played with Frank Zappa, Aynsley Dunbar.

Saturday 14 March 2009 - Another Juke Box Jury with Jamie Bowman (press office, The Beatles Story), Steve Dinwoodie (owner of record promotions company), Bill Hackney (blues guitarist) and Ijs Latham (Up Front team).

Saturday 21 March 2009 (from 5.30pm) - Vic Flick, guitarist with the John Barry Seven and featured on the James Bond Theme, Jonatha Brooke, who has just put her music to some of Woody Guthrie's lyrics, and Matt Greenhalgh, who has written the forthcoming film about John Lennon, Nowhere Boy.

Saturday 28 March 2009 (from 5.30pm) - Fairport Convention and Phil Cool.

Saturday 4 April 2009 -No show. Football.

Saturday 11 April 2009 - (5.30 to 8.00)pm Top rock writer, Barney Hoskyns, author of the current best seller, Lowside Of The Road - A Life Of Tom Waits.

Saturday 18 April 2009 - (5.30 to 8pm) Juke Box Jury with Chris Beazer, keen cyclist and a collector of original versions of hit records, Jim Finn, biographer of Frankie Vaughan, Sam Leach, Merseybeat promoter who often booked the Beatles, and Geoff Skelhorn, leader of new wave band, the Guttersnipes.

Saturday 25 April 2009 - Birkenhead born, Michael Gray, author of Hand Me My Travelling Shoes, a life of the blues singer Blind Willie McTell, and Verden Allen of Mott the Hoople. Gerry Marsden talks about getting the Freedom of the City and Charlie Landsborough pays tribute.

Saturday 2 May 2009 (5.30pm - 8pm) - Searchers Special withFrank Allen of the Searchers on his biography, The Searchers And Me, and Jackie DeShannon, who recorded the original versions of Needles and Pins and When You Walk In The Room.. Plus Paul Du Noyer on the photographs of Liverpool youth 1978-82 by Francesco Mellina, now at the Conservation Centre, and John Doubleday on the 25th anniversary of his Beatles' statue at Cavern Walks.

Saturday 9 May 2009 - No show. Football

Saturday 16 May 2009 - A celebratory concert of local songwriting with Xander and the Peace Pirates, Jimmy Rae and Blue C.

Saturday 23 May 2009 - (6pm to 8pm) The Soul'd On Blues tour with Chris Farlowe, Cliff Bennett and Herbie Goins, plus the opening of the Mersey Sound exhibition with Professor Kelvin Everest, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, plus Colin Hall, the curator of Mendips, on the visit by Bob Dylan.

Saturday 30 May 2009 (Probably on air from 7pm: depends on timings in the Cup Final) - The former leader of the Byrds, Roger McGuinn, who is about to play Merseyside, and Birds Of A Feather actor Dave Cardy, who is starring in the rock and roll musical, Dreamboats And Petticoats, and Roger rog.

Saturday 6 June 2009 (6pm to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Peter Cowley (ardent concertgoer), Francesco Mellina (rock photographer), Mick O'Toole (rock'n'roll and counry specialist) and Meliissa Storey (director, Hard Days Night Hotel art gallery). Also, Richard Havers, author of The Stones In The Park.

Saturday 13 June 2009 (6pm to 8pm) - Ben Taylor, son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, the blues singer, Louisiana Red and Graham Jones, the author of Last Shop Standing, a celebration of independent record shops. Actor Con O'Neill and director Nick Moran discuss the film about Joe Meek, Telstar, and Earl Preston and Tommy Kelly (drummer with Earl Preston's Realms) look at the reissue of Liverpool Today - Live At The Cavern.

Saturday 20 June 2009 (6pm to 8pm) - Liverpool drummer, Pete Clarke from the Escorts and Liverpool Scene, and film director, Mike Figgis, who made Leaving Las Vegas and the Red, White And Blues about British Blues. Denise Theophilus talks about her tribute to George Harrison at St George's Hall in August, and Paul Whelan and Jaki Florek talk about their book about Eric's club in Mathew Street.

Saturday 27 June 2009 (6pm to 8pm) - Bruce Baxter, who toured with the Beatles in the Sons of the Flintstones and produced the best-selling cover LPs, Top Of The Pops, and Roger Chapman of Family.

Saturday 4 July 2009 - Liverpool band, Deaf School, who have reformed and folk singer Carolyn Hester, who recorded with both Buddy Holly and Bob Dylan. (This programme will be on FM only due a split frequency with rugby league: it will be on Listen Again from Monday.)

Saturday 11 July 2009 - Juke Box Jury with Bryan Biggs (director of the Bluecoat), Andrew Hesford (leader of the community music group, the Waltones), Billy Kinsley (Merseybeats, Liverpool Express) and LIPA graduate, the singer/songwriter, Aylssa Bonagura.

Saturday 18 July 2009 - Soul star Billy Paul on his new film, Am I Black Enough For You, Maggie Bell (Themes from Hazell and Taggart), Dave Kelly (from the Blues Band), Jim Diamond (I Should Have Known Better, Hi Ho Silver), and Andy Babiuk on his new book about the guitar manufacturer, Paul Bigsby.

Saturday 25 July 2009 - Barry McGuire (Eve Of Destruction) and John York (Byrds). and Mike Evans on his new book about Woodstock. (This programme will be on FM only due a split frequency with rugby league: it will be on Listen Again from Monday.)

Saturday 1 August 2009 - A special programme looking at the recent conference in Liverpool organised by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). The panel is:

Dr Ian Biddle (University of Newcastle) – His specialist subjects are German music from 1800 to 1945, the music of Eastern Europe from 1877 to 1945, the traditional music of Spain and Portugal, and Anglo-American popular music traditions.

Dr. Line Grenier (Universite de Montreal) – Research relates to the rituals of valorization of popular music in Québec. Her most recent project focused on issues of fame in the Céline Dion phenomenon. Dr Grenier has recently initiated a project on corporate concerts as a terrain to study how music circulates.

Professor Anahid Kassabian (Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool) - Research focuses on ubiquitous music; music, sound, and moving images; listening; disciplinarity; music and new technologies, especially games, virtual worlds, and pervasive computing.

Dr. Steve Waksman (Smith College, Massachussets)--Dr Waksman specialises in the study of U.S. popular music and is the author of two books: ‘Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience’ (Harvard, 1999) and ‘This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk’ (University of California, 2009). He is researching the history of live music in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present.

There will be live music from Dean Johnson, accompanied by Raphael Callaghan.

The programme will be rounded off by live songs from Jeff Slate (from Badge) who is in Liverpool for the George Harrison tribute at St George's Hall.

Saturday 8 August 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Paul Du Noyer on his new book, In The City, American country singer, Gretchen Peters and Roger LaVern of the Tornadoes,.

Saturday 15 August 2009 - No programme - late kickoff.

Saturday 22 August 2009 - (5.30 to 8pm) - Walter Becker from Steely Dan, Manfred Kuhlmann on his new book about Merseybeat groups, The Sound Of The City, and live music from Michael Weston King.

Saturday 29 August 2009 - Celebrating the Beatles Convention on Merseyside and the Mathew Street Festival. Guests will include the editor of the Mersey Beat newspaper, Bill Harry.

Saturday 5 September 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Jean Catharall (Liverpool Beatlesscene), Colin Hall (custodian, Mendips), Matt Robinson (owner, Door Cafe) and Howard Storey (installation artist), plus an interview with David Knopfler and a session from Australian country artist, Nicki Gillis.

Saturday 12 September 2009 - Martin Simpson (who is playing the Phil that evening), Mik Kamenski from ELO, and Gerry Marsden on the new Gerry and the Pacemakers' DVD, It's Gonna Be Alright.

Saturday 19 September 2009 - No programme - late kickoff.

Saturday 26 September 2009 - Engelbert Humperdinck, actor Mark Maroghan who has made a swing album of new songs, plus academic Martin Cloonan on a three year project to note the way live music has changed in the UK: you can help with this!

Saturday 3 October 2009 (5.30-8pm) - Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers, Hunter Davies on the new edition of his Beatles biography and Jeff Christie of Christie.

Saturday 10 October 2009 - (5-8pm) Gary Walker of the Walker Brothers plus Juke Box Jury with Pete Cowley, Norman Killon,Maria-Luisa Olmos and Mick O'Toole

Saturday 17 October 2009 - Country music special with Charlie Dore, Billy Yates and Jason Ringenberg (Jason and the Scorchers)

Saturday 24 October 2009 (5.30 to8pm) - Actor Mark McGann (famed for his portrayal of John Lennon), Billy Hatton and Joey Bower (Fourmost), Aaron Williams from the Merseybeats and, playing live, Southport band, Misery Guts.

Saturday 31 October 2009 - Licorice Locking from the Shadows

Saturday 7 November 2009 - (5.30-8pm) Backstage at David Gest's soul show with Peabo Bryson, Dennis Edwards (Temptations), Jean Knight, Dorothy Moore, Jimmy Ruffin, Billy Paul, Freda Payne, Percy Sledge, Russell Thompkins Jr (Stylistics) and Deniece Williams.

Saturday 14 November 2009 (5.30 to 8pm) - A Prog Rock special with Mick Box (Uriah Heep), Thjs Van Leer (Focus), Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) and Dave Cousins and Dave Lambert (Strawbs)

Saturday 21 November 2009 - No show, football

Saturday 28 November 2009 (5.30pm to 8pm) - Terence Pepper (curator of Beatles To Bowie at the National Portrait Gallery, David Bedford (author of Liddypool) and a Juke Box Jury with David Bedford, Tony Bolland (author of the Plug Inn books), George Burton (of the Beatcombers and now studying on the Beatles And Popular Society course at Hope University) and Ron Ellis (creator of Liverpool detective, Johnny Ace).

Saturday 5 December 2009 - Scottish special with Barbara Dickson and the Proclaimers plus screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh and actor Josh Bolt talk about the new film about John Lennon, Nowhere Boy.

Saturday 12 December 2009 - The Bonzo Dog Band with Rodney Slater, Sam Spoons and Roger Ruskin Spear, plus singer/songwriter Dan Clews and Andy Linehan the Curator of Popular Music at the National Sound Archive.

Saturday 19 December 2009 (5.30-8pm) - Get Thee Behind Me, Santa! A mammoth Christmas special with Tim Adams, Dave Ball, Ron Ellis, Andrew Hesford, Felice Illume, Norman Killon, Ije Latham, Colin McCourt, Christine Purnell and Kevin Roach: music from Raphael Callaghan, Dean Johnson and Lizzie Nunnery: review potential Christmas gifts and casting votes for the world's worst Christmas record.

Saturday 26 December 2009 - No show, football

Saturday 2 January 2010 - No show, football

Saturday 9 January 2010 - Soul special with Alexander O'Neal, Eddie Holman, Kenny Thomas and Andy Abraham.

Saturday 16 January 2010 - No show, football

Saturday 23 January 2010 - Charlie Gillett, the author of The Sound Of The City and Making Tracks: The History Of Atlantic Records

Saturday 30 January 2010 - On Electric Avenue with Eddy Grant

Saturday 6 February 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) - David Courtney (songwriter and producer for Adam Faith, Leo Sayer and Roger Daltrey), guitarist Erik Mongrain and Bernard Crawley (Bernie and Red)

Saturday 13 February 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) - Nanci Griffith, country singer/songwriter Bob Cheevers and Robin Scott (M)

Saturday 20 February 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) ,- Juke Box Jury with Tim Adams, Dave Donnelly, Mick O'Toole and Joe Riley, plus Michele Monro on the biography of her father, Matt Monro, The Singer's Singer.

Saturday 27 February 2010 - (5.30 to 8pm) Joan Armatrading and Will Birch of the Kursall Flyers who has written Ian Dury - The Definitive Biography.

Saturday 6 March 2010 - (5.30 to 8pm) Peter Doggett, former editor of Record Collector, who has written about rock and revolution in the 1960s, There's A Riot Going On, and a study of the Beatles' finances, You Never Give Me Your Money. Colin Hall, the custodian of Mendips, will be joining us for the discussion of the Beatles' book.

Saturday 13 March 2010 - Film critic Mark Kermode on rock films and live music from Susan Hedges and Bible Code Sundays

Saturday 20 March 2010 - Juke Box Jury with keen music fan Gerard Brennan, Jean Catharell (Liverpool Beatles Scene), David Charters (Liverpool Daily Post) and Colin Hall (custodian, Mendips)

Saturday 27 March 2010 - The weird and wacky world of Earl Okin

Saturday 3 April 2010 (from 6pm to 8pm) - Dan McCafferty, lead singer of Nazareth and American singer/songwriter, Tom Russell, plus a review of the new Neil Sedaka musical, Laughter In The Rain, with Colin and Sylvia Hall.

Easter Monday 5 April 2010 (BBC Radio Lancashire) - The Man With The Golden Trumpet. One hour special on the Eddie Calvert files donated to Liverpool University.

Saturday 10 April 2010 - Daughter of Carl Smith and June Carter, step-daughter of Johnny Cash and former wife of Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter - and she's great in her own right!

Saturday 17 April 2010 - Elkie Brooks

Saturday 24 April 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Nic Corke (runs Liverpool arts website), Colin McCourt (composer, The Devil Rides Out), singer/songwriter Lizzie Nunnery and Phil McGinity (from folk group, Reckless Elbow), plus an interview with Don McLean

Saturday 1 May 2010 - The Saw Doctors and American session guitarist Jennifer Batten, who worked with Michael Jackson.

Saturday 8 May 2010 (5.30pm to 8pm) - Country star, 86 year old Slim Whitman, Liverpool born comedian, Kenneth Earle, who was the stage partner of 50s hitmaker, Malcolm Vaughan in Earle and Vaughan, Liverpool actor, Ian Hart, who was recently in BBC-TV's Five Daughters, plus live music from Gavin Stanley, who is performing in a Billy Fury tribute night at the Cavern..

Saturday 15 May 2010 ( 6 to 8pm) - Leading violinist Nigel Kennedyand Larry Kane, US news anchor who toured with the Beatles

Saturday 22 May 2010( 6 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Neil Campbell (guitarist and composer), Peter Grant (Trinity Mirror books and Liverpol Echo), Ije Latham (production team, Up Front) and Clive Pownceby (organiser, Bothy Folk Club)

Saturday 29 May 2010 ( 6 to 8pm) - Back to the 1970s with Bridget St John and Michael Chapman

Saturday 5 June 2010 ( 6 to 8pm) - A LIPA special with singer/songwriters Sandi Thom and Alyssa Bonagura, plus a look at the new exhibition of Harry Goodwin's Top Of The Pops photographs at the V&A with Alwyn Turner, authoer of the accompanying book, My Generation.

Saturday 12 June 2010 ( 6 to 8pm) - Blues guitarist Miller Anderson, who played with the Keef Hartley Band at Woodstock, and Les Dennis and Michael Starke who are starring in Hairspray, shortly to come to the Liverpool Empire.

Saturday 19 June 2010 (6 to 8pm) - Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy

Saturday 26 June 2010 (6 to 8pm) - The first radio broadcast of Neil Campbell's Frankenstein, a musical suite featuring Neil Campbell (guitar), Gary Mavers (narration) and the Sense of Sound choir, under the direction of Perri Alleyne- Hughes. In addition, there is the songwriter Bill Martin and book reviews from Tim Adams, Neil Campbell and Mick O'Toole.

Saturday 3 July 2010 (6 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with oldies collector Chris Beazer, promotions man Sreve Dinwoodie, Norman Killon from the Walker Art Gallery and Elvis specialist, Mick O'Toole,

Saturday 10 July 2010 (6 to 8pm) - Composer and arranger Del Newman, who has worked with Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Paul McCartney and has written a memoir, A Touch From God: It's Only Rock'n'Roll..

Saturday 17 July 2010 (6 to 8pm) - Folk music with Cara Dillon and Seth Lakeman and a session from My Sweet Patootie.

Saturday 24 July 2010 (6 to 8pm) - American blues legend, Robert Cray and Australia speaks with country singer Nicki Gillis and bluesman Geoff Achison.

Saturday 31 July 2000 (6 to 8pm) - Merseyside-born writer, Ray Connolly, who interviewed Elvis Presley and the Beatles and wrote the films, That'll Be The Day and Stardust.

Saturday 7 August 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Jean Catharell (Liverpool Beatlescene and secretary, LIPA), David Charters (Liverpool Daily Post), Jim Finn (biographer of Frankie Vaughan), and Billy Kinsley (Merseybeats, Liverpool Express)

Saturday 14 August 2010 (6.30 to 8pm) - Samantha Jones (aka Jean Owen) , Liverpool singer originally with the Vernons Girls

Saturday 21 August 2010 (6.30 to 8pm) - Marc Almond

Saturday 28 August 2010 (6.30 to 8pm) - Celebrating Beatle Week and the Mathew Street Festival with Billy J Kramer, Top Of The Pops photographer Harry Goodwin, former PR for Paul McCartery, Geoff Baker, and Howard Sounes, author of a new, very comprehensive biography of Paul McCartney, Fab. Tim Adams reports on the Beatles Auction. Special guest - drummer Liberty De Vitto who was worked with Meat Loaf, Carly Simon, Billy Joel and now Billy J Kramer.

Monday 30 August 2010 (10 to 12 noon) - Special programme to celebrate the Mathew Streer Festival featuring The Christians playing live, Paul McCartney's biographer Howard Sounes, and reporters Dave Donnelly and Colin McCourt. Steve Barnes will be talking about saving Madryn Street, June Lornie on her Beatles art exhibition and tour guides from Hamburg Peter Pretzold and Julie Wardruff who are visiting the city.

Saturday 4 September 2010 (5.30 to 8pm) - Hit records galore with P.J. Proby, Fish (Marillion) and KeithPotger from the Seekers.

Saturday 11 September 2010 (5.30-8pm) - Beatle photographer Astrid Kirchherr and Paul Berriff and a Juke Box Jury with Bryan Biggs (Bluecoat Arts Centre), blues musician Raphael Callaghan, C P Lee (Albertos Y Los Paranoias) and Val Morley (Kingsize Taylor's cousin!).

Saturday 18 September 2010 (6.30-8pm) - Bob Hewitt, director of new DVD film, Leo Fender's Telecaster, plus live music from the SeYes.

Saturday 25 Saturday 2010 - Paul Heaton, formerly from the Housemartins and the Beautiful South.

Saturday 2 October 2010 - Bob Eaton, director of Lennon and many other musical productions, and the comedian and author Alexei Sayle.

Saturday 9 October 2010 (5.30 - 8pm) Rock singer, Terry Reid, who could have been the lead singer with Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, Liverpool author, Mike Evans, on his book, The Art Of British Rock, and BBC Radio 2 presenter and jazz singer, Clare Teal.

Saturday 16 October 2010 (5.30 - 8pm) It's the latest! It's the greatest! Dee Dee Sharp talks about Mashed Potato Time and coming to performing in Liverpool Cathedral, plus Andy McCluskey from OMD discusses their new album, History Of Modern.

Saturday 23 October 2010 (5.30-8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Colin Hall (custodian, Mendips), Ije Latham (Up Front), Geoff Nugent (Undertakers) and Lyn Staunton (theatrical agent), plus conversation with Eden Kane and Jet Harris.

Saturday 30 October 2010 - Barry McGuire, who recorded Eve Of Destruction in 1965, and Harry Whitehouse (founder of billyfury.com) and our annual dose of Dr Rock, Chas White.

The Billy Kinsley series, It's Love That Really Counts, is being repeated from 7-9pm on Friday 5 November and then from 12-2pm on Saturday 6 November.

Saturday 6 November 2010 (6pm - 8pm) - Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis and the News with Pete Brown (Cream lyricist) and Phil Ryan (Man)

Saturday 13 November 2010 - No show: late kick-off.

Saturday 20 November 2010 - No show: late kick-off.

Saturday 27 November 2010 - (6.30-8pm) Peter Asher from Peter and Gordon and producer of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt

Saturday 4 December 2010 - (6.30-8pm) Blues singer Dana Gillespie and crime writer Keith Elliot Greenberg, whose new book December 8, 1980 is about the assassination of John Lennon.

Saturday 11 December 2010 - What's with these late kick off?s Here's another one...

Saturday 18 December 2010 (5.30-8pm) - Football postponed due to snow. Special show of Christmas records!

Saturday 25 December 2010 (3pm to 4.30pm) - Christmas Special, God Rest Ye Mersey Gentlemen, featuring 90 minutes of Christmas records by Liverpool performers.

Saturday 1 January 2011 (6.30 to 8pm) - Stan Kelly, author of Liverpool Lullaby and I Wish I Was In Liverpool

Monday 3 January 2011 (5.30 - 8pm) - Holiday special. Guests include music academic Mike Brocken, playwright Brian McCann, David Charters (Liverpool Daily Post), Colin Hall (custodian, Mendips), Sylvia Hall (Colin's wife and children's writer), Geoff Davies (Probe Records), Ije Latham (Upfront) with music from Dean Johnson, Alternative Radio and George Burton.

Saturday 8 January 2011 - Jacqui McDonald on the 50th anniversary show for Jacqui and Bridie at the Phil, and Albie Donnelly from Supercharge

Saturday 15 January 2011 (5.30-8pm) - A walk in Hamburg plus Jimmie McGregor (of the folk duo Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor)

Saturday 22 January 2011 - Cabaret singer, Barb Jungr

Saturday 29January 2011 (5pm to 8pm) - Gilbert O'Sullivan and Juke Box Jury with Frank Carlyle (Liverpool historian), Colin Hall (custodian, Mendips), Billy Hui (presenter, Orient Express, and rock'n'roll pianist) and Phina Oruche (actress, Footballers' Wives and Hollyoaks)

Saturday 5 February 2011 - No show this week. Come Dine At Mine time!

Saturday 12 February 2011 - Pick Withers from Dire Straits

Saturday 19 February 2011 - (5.30 -8pm) Neville Wortman, producer of Juke Box Jury and The Eamonn Andrews Show, plus Dave Pegg and Chris Leslie from Fairport Convention

Saturday 26 February 2011 - Bobby Vee and Colin Blunstone

Saturday 5 March 2011 - Juke Box Jury with Jean Catharell (Liverpool Beatles Scene), Steve Dunwoodie (CD promotion man), Peter Grant (Liverpool Echo columnist and prolific author) and Lionel Ross (blues reviewer)

Saturday 12 March 2011 (5.30 to 8pm) - Helen Shapiro and Dr Robert from the Blow Monkeys.

Saturday 19 March 2011 - No show, football

Saturday 26 March 2011 (5.30-8pm) - 60s heart-throb Bobby Rydell who had hits with Wild One, Volare and Sway, and 60s sensations (but never heart-throbs!), The Dubliners

Saturday 2 April 2011 - Lamont Dozier, who co-wrote Reach Out- I'll Be There, Stop In The Name Of Love and Where Did Our Love Go and many other Motown hits.

Saturday 9 April 2011 (5.30-8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Tim Adams (doowop collector), Pete Cowley (keen concertgoer), Jim Finn (Frankie Vaughan's biographer) and Sylvia Hall (children's author and custodian of Paul McCartney's adolescent home)

Saturday 16 April 2011 - Blues singer and guitarist, Norman Beaker, who has worked with everyone!

Saturday 23 April 2011 - Andy Kim (who had a hit with Rock Me Gently and wrote Sugar Sugar) and Phil Bates of Trickster, ELO2 and Orchestra..

Saturday 30 April 2011 - Larry Weiss (songwriter, Rhinestone Cowboy and Hi-Ho Silver Living)

Saturday 7 May 2011 - Concert to celebrate 50th anniversary of Billy Fury's Halfway To Paradise featuring Gavin Stanley and the Gutterfighters, and an opening set from Davy Edge.

Saturday 14 May 2011 (5 to 8pm) - Randy Edelman (Uptown Uptempo Woman, Concrete And Clay), Mary Dorsal from the Liver Birds and more of Phil Bates (ELO2, Orchestra).

Saturday 21 May 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with author of Johnny Ace detective stories, Ron Ellis, Eric's photographer, Francesco Mellina, singer,songwriter and playwright Lizzie Nunnery and Dire Straits' former drummer, Pick Withers, now based in Liverpool with his new band, Pick'n'Mix.

Saturday 28 May 2011 (6 to 8pm) - American Country star Gene Watson, noted for Paper Rosie, Love In The Hot Afternoon and Fourteen Carat Mind plus a look at Eddie Calvert.

NOTE SUNDAY SERIES "CHANGES" BELOW

Saturday 4 June 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Judy Collins (who once sang Liverpool Lullaby!) and Liz Thomson, Bob Dylan authority and co-editor of a new edition of Robert Shelton's famed biographer of Bob Dylan. (Sorry, the "Bob Is 70" show is a little late!), and live music from Sadie Jemmett.

Saturday 11 June 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Mark Radcliffe on his soundtrack of a Northern life, Reelin' In The Years.

Saturday 18 June 2011 (6 to 8pm) - It's Trad, Dad, with Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk, and Acker's trumpeter, Ernie Tomasso.

Saturday 25 June 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Juke Box Jury with Gerard Brennan, David Charters (Liverpool Daily Post), Ije Latham (broadcastter) and Kevin Roach (Liverpool Record Office)

SPECIAL SUMMER SERIES, MAY/JUNE/JULY 2011

CHANGES

This series looks at how the BBC coped with changes in cultural tastes from 1955 to 1980 and it has been written with the help of exclusive files from their written archives. It is being broadcast for six weeks on Sunday afternoons between 4 and 5pm from 29 May on BBC Radio Merseyside. Each episode will be on Listen Again for the following week.

Changes will also be broadcast on Saturday afternoons on BBC Radio Lancashire but the transmission date depends on whether Accrington Stanley have a play off..

No matter how much you know about the subject, I can guarantee you will hear things that you didn't know and a lot of it is extremely funny..

The episodes are:

(1) I Hate Rock’n’Roll -How the BBC responded to the advent of rock’n’roll

(2) Black And White Rag -Winfred Atwell, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr, Johnny Mathis and the Black and White Minstrel Show

(3) I’d Love To Turn You On - Auditions and the BBC – Rolf Harris, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Kenny Everett, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin

(4) Funny Bones - Benny Hill, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Morecambe and Wise, Max Miller, Max Wall, Flanders and Swann

(5) We Can’t Let You Broadcast That - Banned records from George Formby to the Sex Pistols

(6) The Awkward Squad - Frank Sinatra, George Melly, Fritz Spiegl, Gilbert Harding, Bernard Levin, Ken Dodd

Saturday 2 July 2011 (6 to 8pm) - John Blaney author of the Paul McCartney biographies, The Songs He Was Singing. Volume 2; The Eighties has just been published, with contemporay band, Morcedai Symth.

Saturday 9 July 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Roger Hodgson, former lead singer and songwriter for Supercharge, and the Liverpool soul singer fronting the Strictly Come Dancing band, Tommy Blaize.

Saturday 16 July 2011 (6 to 8pm) - Rollermania with Les McKeown,.lead singer with the Bay City Rollers, plus live music from Mike Badger and Nashville band, Buffalo Cover.

Saturday 23 July 2011 - 60s hitmaker (Venus In Blue Jeans) and now actor, Mark Wynter, and music from Liverpool band, the Good Intentions, with their US producer, Rick Shea

Saturday 30 July 2011 - American singer/songwriter John Hiatt (She Loves The Joke, The Way We Make A Broken Heart, Damn This Town, Riding With The King) and Suzi Quatro (Can The Can, Devil Gate Drive)

Saturrday 6 August 2011 (5.30 to 8pm) - Rod Davis (Quarrymen) and his folk singing brother, Bernie Davis. Plus a guitar pull from Ethan Allen, Paul Cooper and Dean Johnson.

Saturday 13 August 2011 - Juke Box Jury with Chris Beazer (collector of original verions of hit songs), Peter Bentham (Marketing Officer, The Brindley, Runcorn), Colin McCourt (author of musical< The Devil Rides Out) and Robbie Quinn (local politician and music fan)

Saturday 20 August 2011 - BBC presenter, Andy Kershaw, whose autobiography No Off Switch has just been published.

Saturday 27 August 2011 - No show, late kickoff.

Monday 29 August 2011 (noon to 2pm) - Bank Holiday Beatle Convention special with Paolo Hewitt (Beatles and Small Faces biographer), Bruce Spizer (noted Beatles discographer), Monica Stumpt (Beatlemania museum, Hamburg) and reviewers Dave Donnelly and Colin McCourt. Music from Steve McDonald (Tripper) and Dean Johnson

Saturday 3 September 2011 (5.30-8pm) - Roy Kerridge (author, Raised On Skiffle), Bryan Biggs (co-author, Liverpool - City Of Radicals), Hughie Jones (former Spinner), Mike Byrne (of the Sunrockers) and Mick O'Toole (skiffle expert).

Saturday 10 September 2011 - A previously unheard interview with the legendary songwriter Mort Shuman

Saturday 17 September 2011 - Sharon Corr (from the Corrs), a Beatles collector from the Ukraine, Sergey Radchenko, and live music from Jimbo Lawton

Saturday 24 September 2011 - Juke Box Jury with Tim Adams, Colin Hall, Sam Leach and Khristina Rainford

Saturday 1 October 2011 (from 5.30 to 8pm) - Martin Creasy, author of Beatlemania (The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours) and Legends On Tour (The Pop Packages Of The 1960s), cabaret performer Barb Jungr and 50s star, Craig Douglas.

Saturday 8 October 2011 (from 5.30 to 8pm) - Singer/songwriter Steve Ashley and guitar heroes Steve Cropper (Booker T and the MG's, cowriter Knock On Wood, In The Midnight Hour) and Chris Spedding (The War Of The Worlds, The Wombles and Motorbikin' - how's that for a CV?)

Saturday 15 October 2011 - No show. Football.

Saturday 22 October 2011 - No show. Football.

Saturday 29 October 2011 - No show. Football.

Saturday 5 November 2011 - Janis Ian plus reviews of the Alice exhibition at the Tate and George Harrison's Living In The Material World.

Saturday 12 November 2011 (from 5.30pm to 8pm) Blues performer Keb' Mo' and a Juke Box Jury with Ron Ellis (crime novelist), Sylvia Hall (Custodian, Paul McCartney's childhood home), Mick O'Toole (rock'n'roll and country expert) and Geoff Speed (presenter of Radio Merseyside's Folk Scene).

Saturday 19 November 2011 - Country star Toby Keith and Irish singer/songwriter Charlie McGettigan who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with Rock'n'Roll Kids.

Saturday 26 November 2011 - Breaking glass with Hazel O'Connor and Johnnie Spence (Pirates)

Saturday 3 December 2011 (5.30 to 8pm) - New York singer/songwriter Willie Nile, singer/songwriter Adam Cohen (son of Leonard) and author Simon Wells, whose latest book is about the trial of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1967

Saturday 10 December 2011 - Juke Box Jury

Saturday 17 December 2011 - The highly varied career of singer/songwriter Mike Redway which includes covering the Beatles' songs for Woolworth's! Plus Richard White on his forthcoming book about the Beatles and spirituality.

Saturday 24 December 2011 (6.30 to 8pm) - A Christmas Eve special of great and unusual records. I didn't realise that there were so many songs about Christmas Eve itself! Twas the night before Christmas indeed!

Saturday 31 December 2011 (5pm to 8pm) - A New Year'e Eve Special featuring new rock books and guest reviewers. The guests are Tim Adams (on Rock Places), Mike Brocken (on David Bowie), Paul Gallagher (John Lennon), Colin Hall (on Beach Boys), Sylvia Hall (on Beatles), Billy Hatton of the Fourmost (on Rolling Stones). Dean Johnson (on Jeff Beck) and Mick O'Toole (Everly Brothers).

Saturday 7 January 2012 - A celebration of the late, very great American singer/songwriter John Stewart with his widow Buffy Ford Stewart and John Stewart admirers: Geoff Davies, Andrew Doble, Andy Fergus, Brian O'Connell , and me!

Saturday 14 January 2012 - The songwriter Geoff Morrow who wrote In Thoughts Of You (Billy Fury), Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow) and several songs for Elvis Presley. Plus Phil Brady (from Phil Brady and the Ranchers), Mick Kinney and filmmaker Richard Appleton.

Saturday 21 January 2012 - No show. Late kickoff

Saturday 28 January 2012 (5.30-8pm) - My Darling Clementine, the country duo featuring Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, Curtis Stigers, plus a guitar pull from Kevin Littlewood (writer, "On Morecombe Bay"), Ian Prowse (Amsterdam) and Ethan Allen.

Saturday 4 February 2012 - Tony Cartwright (Part 1), the Huyton boy who managed Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck and associated with the Rat Pack and Elvis Presley

Saturday 11 February 2012 - Tony Cartwright (Part 2) and Mark Lewisohn and Mick O'Toole on the demolition of the NEMS building, plus remembering NEMS with Mark Lewisohn and Mick O'Toole.

Saturday 18 February 2012 - Michael Hill who went to school with John Lennon and Tony Brannon, who is behind tribute events to make the time John Lennon spent in Bermuda.

Saturday 25 February 2012 (5.30pm to 8pm) - Celebrating 100 years of Woody Guthrie with univsersity lecturer Will Kaufman, who has developed a touring show about him, plus US country singer and songwriter, Kevin Montgomery.

Saturday 3 March 2012 - Juke Box Jury with Jean Catharell, David Charters, Norman Killon and Clive Pownceby,

Saturday 10 March 2012 - No show - football

Saturday 17 March 2012 (5.30 to 8pm) - Charlie Landsborough, Allan Taylor and a look back at concerts recorded at BBC Radio Merseyside by Hank Walters

Saturday 24 March 2012 - Agent and video producer (Queen, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney) Jon Roseman who has written his autobiography, From Here To Obscurity.

Saturday 31 March 2012 - The Bowden and Williamson Band playing live in the studio as well as the guitarist Neil Campbell and singer Perri Alleyne-Hughes who have made an album together, plus Peter Purnell, managing director of Angel Air records.

Saturday 7 April 2012 - Paul McCartney's schoolfriend, Ian James and a live session with Ian McNabb.

Saturday 14 April 2012 (5.30pm to 8pm) - Drumming special with Bev Bevan (Move, ELO) and Andy White (who replaced Ringo on Love Me Do)

Saturday 21 April 2012 (7pm to 8pm: show shortened because the Giants are in town!) - Juke Box Jury with Tim Adams, David Charters, Paul Gallagher and Colin Hall

Saturday 28 April 2012 - No show. Football.

Saturday 5 May 2012 - No show. Cup Final

Saturday 12 May 2012 (6pm to 8pm) - John Dunbar (art gallery director, former husband of Marianne Faithfull and the man who introduced John Lennon to Yoko Ono), Steve Higginson (author, Waiting For Brando, new play about the Cunard Yanks), and Garry Christian on the reissue of the Christains' first albums.

Saturday 19 May 2012 (6pm to 8pm) - Christiaan Webb (singer/songwriter and son of Jimmy Webb) and British beat historian, Clive Smith

Saturday 26 May 2012 (6pm to 8pm) - Opera star Russell Watson and the British rock'n;'roll singer who might have become the fifth Beatle, Roy Young.