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Michael Wilson presents Welcome to the Weekend sponsored by FT Weekend from 6-7pm on Friday evenings.

Michael presents an intelligent and easy-on-the-ear guide to the best music, sport, art and theatre coming up over the weekend, alongside informed comment on all kinds of engaging topics.

FT Weekend - Smart. But casual. FT Weekend is the weekend newspaper for people who appreciate intelligent thinking and good living. From fascinating stories on far-flung places to big-name interviews, top global stories and inspiring culture and lifestyle features, it's all about making the most of your time off. Available Saturday through to Sunday.

Click here to see what's coming up in this week's FT Weekend

Latest Blog Entries

Coming up on the 24th February

Singer Emilia Martensson joins Michael in the studio and Emma Dibdin takes us through all the Academy Awards runners and riders! [read more]
Coming up on the 17th February

Michael catches up with actor and musician Dan Aykroyd and superstar DJ Mr Scruff on the eve of his UK tour. [read more]
Coming up on the 3rd February

Russ Hargreaves previews this weekend's Six Nations Rugby and Emma Dibdin has the skinny on all the new movies. [read more]
Coming up on the 27th January

Michael chats to pianist and composer Alex Wilson about his current Kings Place residency. [read more]
Coming up on the 20th January

Michael is joined by great pianist Neil Cowley and comedienne and TV presenter Sue Perkins. [read more]
Coming up on the 13th January

Michael is joined by the fantastic Jocelyn Brown ahead of her upcoming Jazz Cafe shows. [read more]
Coming up on the 6th January

Michael chats with Mitch Winehouse about his charity work and Emma Dibdin reviews all the new movies. [read more]
Coming up on the 30th December

It's a roundup of our favourite guests of 2011 including Kyle Eastwood, Beverley Knight and Avery Sunshine. [read more]
Coming up on the 23rd December

Andrew Wander from Save the Children explains how we can help families devastated by the Philippines flooding. [read more]
Coming up on the 16th December

Michael is joined by none other than Sir Bruce Forsyth. [read more]
Coming up on the 9th December

It's a Britfunk fest featuring interviews with Jan from The Brand New Heavies and Joey Negro. [read more]
Coming up on the 2nd December

Drizabone Soul Family drop in for a chat ahead of their Jazz Cafe shows and there's some amazing guitar playing from Tommy Emmanuel. [read more]
Coming up on the 25th November

Michael talks to smooth jazz supergroup Fourplay which features Harvey Mason, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East and Bob James. [read more]
Coming up on the 18th November

Michael chats with legendary drummer Bill Bruford about a new limited edition version of his autobiography. [read more]
Coming up on the 11th November

We look at the University of East Anglia's orchestral tribute to Duke Ellington and speak to the musical director of the London Jazz Festival. [read more]
Coming up on the 4th November

Brilliant boogie pianist Diz Watson pops in to talk about his Speakeasy Sunday gig this weekend at Hideaway in South London. [read more]
Coming up on the 21st October

Actor Nigel Lindsay tells us about playing Shrek in the West End. [read more]
Coming up on the 14th October

Michael welcomes Rat Pack legend Buddy Greco to the studio on the eve of his 85th birthday, and chats to celebrity snapper Terry O'Neill. [read more]
Coming up on the 7th October show

Mr 'Annie I'm Not Your Daddy' Kid Creole drops in for a chat with Michael and plays two tracks from his new album. [read more]
Coming up on the 30th September

Editor of Jazzwise Jon Newey drops by to talk about the Icelandic jazz revival and London Jazz Festival highlights. [read more]

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