Richard Scott looks at homosexuality in opera in The Opera Hour at 4:00pm. Richard looks at Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and the desires hidden within this seemingly heterosexual story of doomed love. Scott also examines Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd. Opera singer Dan Norman who is preparing to sing the role of Squeak in English National Opera’s upcoming performance of Billy Budd joins Richard in the studio. In today’s edition of I’m Ready For My Close-Up - 5:00pm - Artists Alexis Milne, Nicola Woodham and Matthew Johnstone discuss Bunker Mentality. Nothing to do with golf, Bunker Mentality is a forthcoming four day video art exhibition that traces the history of artists video and appropriation and montage. Ed Pinsent introduces 90 minutes of classic 70′s era Dub in today’s edition of The Sound Projector at 5:30pm.


