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.

The new album is now in post production

Guitar great Duke Robillard—a founding member of Roomful of Blues and a former Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist—has a new album, Duke Robillard & His Dames of Rhythm. The disc will be released October 13 via M.C. Records.

The album is an eclectic collection of jazz/swing tunes from the Twenties and Thirties.

Best of all, Robillard invited some swinging and sultry ladies to the party, including Maria Muldaur, Catherine Russell, Kelley Hunt, Sunny Crownover, E(yes, lizabeth McGovern, that Elizabeth McGovern—the one from Downton Abbey) and Madeleine Peyroux.