This week’s best radio: Bing Crosby and the road to rock’n’roll
Elizabeth McGovern celebrates the 40th anniversary of the crooner’s last visit to the UK and his unlikely duet with David Bowie. The Road to Rock’n’Roll (11 October, 10am, Radio 2) is a slightly misleading title for a programme that should content itself with emphasising just how massive a star Bing Crosby was. This documentary features the voices of a number of the people who worked with Crosby on his final trip to the UK, which was 40 years ago this month, and is presented by Elizabeth McGovern.