Ok. Managed to get the basicWeek option going but it only works on the first refresh of the page where the calendar is viewed. When you click on the Week button it reverts back to the old view with the times column on the left. Presume this is a bug.
Found the Day button but this does not seem to do anything. Does it only work with a minimum number of events?
Before I start testing the beta release can you advise whether the new beta version includes the option to turn off the times column on the left in ‘week’ view?