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DERMOT O’LEARY
8AM, RADIO 2 HHHH
Blood harmony, as it’s known in the music business, is that tight, precise sound that comes when musical families sing together. Twins Daniel and David Bailen – with their younger sister, Julia – deliver these harmonies every time they perform. The three of them make up the band Bailen, and will be live in Dermot’s studio to deliver a session of their slightly mysterious and totally marvellous songs.
THE SELLING OF SINATRA
8AM, 3PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA HHHH Frank Sinatra started out as a skinny kid who sang in his father’s New Jersey bar. Tommy Dorsey, the band leader, heard the young man singing, and helped to launch his career. Sinatra was to know many ups and downs
in his life, including his post-war ‘wilderness years’, which were marked by deep depression and suicide attempts. In this archive programme, the singer Kurt Elling gives us his take on Ol’ Blue Eyes.
GRAHAM NORTON
10AM, RADIO 2 HHHH
Lady Anne Glenconner was ladyin-waiting to Princess Margaret – which couldn’t always have been easy – and, with her husband, Colin Tennant, she turned the Caribbean island of Mustique into a playground for the wealthy. Lady Anne, who has endured some shattering tragedies in her lifetime, joins Graham to talk about her memoir, My Extraordinary Life In The Shadow Of The Crown.
THE REPUBLICANS
2.45PM, RADIO 4 HHHH
This continuing series about shenanigans in American politics – and who are we to cast stones? – reaches the year 2000. To the surprise of many, George W. Bush follows in his father’s footsteps as he heads for the White House. An entertaining, eye-opening drama. SUSAN JEFFREYS