Every Saturday afternoon at 12:05 Jeff Cheung brings you a weekend happy-radio musical oasis full of the latest and the greatest. Whether you are working or playing, take Radio 3 with you, turn us up, and Jeff will make sure he keeps you feeling… So Saturday.

Saturday afternoons 12:05 to 3... only on Radio 3

Every Saturday afternoon, Simon Willson brings you two hours of twentieth century pure… rolled… gold! Join him for yesterday’s hits that became today’s classics, along with some of those awesome album tracks you won’t have heard on Radio 3 since they were released. If you are into the music of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, you’ve come to the right place.

Turn Radio 3 'up to 11'… with Simon’s Rolled Gold.

Every Saturday afternoon from 4:05 to 6 - on Radio 3

James Ross plays two hours of The Greatest Hits of Music from the last five decades, and from around the world. In the mix this week we’ve the latest from Raye, Shakira, Taylor Swift, and Dasha, plus Number Ones from the Scissor Sisters, the Monkees, and the current chart-topper from the Australian Top 40. We’ve got classics from Chris De Burgh (photo), Harry Connick Jnr., Ramsey Lewis, and Donna Summer, plus oldies from The Temptations, Reparata & The Delrons, The Velvelettes, and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates… and much more...

Saturday nights - 6:10 - 8 - on Radio 3

Danny Lau will be back with you from 10.05 until 1 this Saturday night. Enjoy Danny's Weekend Blenz  of classics from Europe and the USA, with some of the best canto and mando pop tracks ever recorded.

Saturday nights from 10.05 until 1... only on Radio 3

Jimmie Lunceford kicks things off, this week, with the first of two sort of organ features, one being from 1936. Colin digs up a stunning recording that you won’t believe was recorded in 1927, and a big cinematic 1955 recording from Caterina Valente. All this and many more million selling tunes of their day on VCT !

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Sunday morning from 8:30 to 9 - on Radio 3

This week has finally seen the return of some new releases, so Carolyn will be taking the chance to round them up, playing new music from the likes of Big Special, Dry Cleaning, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Memorials and wondering whether this will prove a vintage year for music. There will also be a bit of a sneaky Sunday Cover Supplement, a very topical Super Clever Music Mystery Quiz and seasonal biscuits that are becoming increasingly unseasonal. 
Every Sunday morning  from 9 til 12 - Only on Radio 3

Robin Ewing presents a soundtrack to your mellow Sunday afternoon: A jazz-based jambalaya of seasoned classics, rediscovered gold, hard-to-find vinyl, modern marvels and a few laid-back lashings of soul, blues and R&B. Feeling Kinda Sunday is designed to enhance or enable whatever it is you may be doing on a Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong.

Every Sunday afternoon at 12:05 - on Radio 3

Every Sunday afternoon we invite you to buckle up for Caravan Tracks, featuring Radio 4’s early morning classical music presenter Livia Lin.

Throughout the working week, she takes you from Bach to Bernstein and way beyond, but each Sunday afternoon she'll cruise on over to Radio 3 for a very different journey… where music is the compass, and every detour leads to a surprise. Join Livia on her weekly cross-genre virtual road trip, weaving together unexpected musical paths from global beats to rare fine music gems, while always celebrating the spirit of adventure.

Every Sunday afternoon at 1:10 - on Radio 3