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Bob Dylan features records themed around the name Joe, including songs by Hank Williams Snr, Bo Diddley, Joan Baez, Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Cisco Houston.

Presenter/Bob Dylan, Producer/Phil Hughes

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

In his continuing explorations of the life and music of Joseph Hayden, based on contemporary accounts, Donald Macleod tells the story of Haydn's trip to England, where he won the hearts of everyone from the concert-going public to royalty - not to mention one or two ladies of a certain age.

The music includes: Sailor's Song; Symphony No. 94 Surprise; String Quartet Op. 71, No. 2; and O Tuneful Voice.

Haydn is one of Radio 3's Composers of the Year, alongside Handel, Purcell and Mendelssohn. There is a dedicated website, including detailed information about Haydn, at www.bbc.co.uk/composers.

Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Kerry Clark

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

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BBC Radio 3, marking the 250th anniversary year of Handel's death, continues its unprecedented cycle of Handel's operas, broadcast in chronological order, every Thursday afternoon at 2pm, as part of extensive celebrations throghout the year.

Today's opera, Agrippina, written when Handel was just 24, is the third in the series. Perhaps, because it was written for performance in Venice, the opera revels in a cynical picture of political wheeling and dealing in ancient Rome: Agrippina is the mother of the Emperor Nero. There never was much love lost between defiantly independent Venice and the Papal/Imperial city. The opera's bumbling Roman emperor, Claudius – around whom Agrippina runs rings – may well be a dig at Pope Clement.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts an all-star cast in this early-Nineties recording of Agrippina. Della Jones takes the title role; Derek Lee Ragin is her son, the up-and-coming psychopath, Nero; Alastair Miles is Emperor Claudius; Michael Chance is long-suffering army commander Otho; and Anne Sofie von Otter is the goddess Juno.

Act 3 can be heard on Friday 23 January in the afternoon.

Radio 3's extensive Composers of the Year website features pages devoted to Handel and each of the operas at www.bbc.co.uk/composers.

Presenter/Penny Gore, Producer/David Gallagher

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

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Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, performing Mozart and Dallapiccola, the latest in their Neglected Genius series.

Dallapiccola's rarely heard Partita, scored for a massive orchestra, draws on the forms and traditions of Italian Baroque and Renaissance music to make a haunting and striking work. It is juxtaposed with works of more modest scoring: orchestral music from Mozart's first major opera, Idomeneo; and his last symphony, the Jupiter. Tonight's Performance On 3 was recorded on Saturday 17 January at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/David Papp

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

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In this week's Essay, Scottish poets describe their attitudes to the metaphorical presence of Robert Burns at the back of the room as they read or write their own poetry.

Today's poet, Kathleen Jamie, is intrigued by Burns's ability to transform himself into whatever his audience required of him. She visits the Falls of Bruar to observe the trick.

Reader/Kathleen Jamie, Producer/Dave Batchelor

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

Five Meet To Make Up Myths

Thursday 22 January

11.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4

Gyles Brandreth investigates the inspiration for five great Victorian writers

Gyles Brandreth investigates 1890's London to discover what inspired five of the greatest Victorian authors: Robert Louis Stevenson; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Oscar Wilde; JM Barrie; and Bram Stoker.

The programme features extracts from the authors' works, the novels and radio adaptations, and includes visits to the places frequented by the men themselves.

Gyles meets various people who have an abiding interest in the five authors. Contributors include Sherlock Holmes authority David Stuart Davies and Claire Harman, a recent biographer of Robert Louis Stevenson. Also joining Gyles will be Brett Kahr, the Freudian psycho-analyst, who explains why readers remain so fascinated by the characters that these authors created over 120 years ago.

Presenter/Gyles Brandreth, Producer/Libby Cross

BBC Radio 4 Publicity

Mark Saggers presents all the day's sports news, with reports from Day Three of the Australian Open with Jonathan Overend in Melbourne.

From 8pm, Mark is joined by former referee Graham Poll for Seeing Red, a BBC Radio 5 Live Sport Special, assessing the impact of the FA's Respect campaign and the performance of football referees this season.

At 9pm, Steve Parry joins Mark for London Calling, reporting on the road to the London Olympics 2012. Parry and guests focus on some of the athletes who won gold in Beijing and are now looking ahead to 2012, as well as those hoping to taste success in London for the first time.

Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/TBC

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

Tennis

Thursday 22 January

8.30am-2.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Schedule Amendment 15 January

Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted commentary from the night session of the Australian Open, live, from Melbourne Park.

Producer/Jen McAllister

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity

Imran gets a phone call from abroad, in today's visit to Silver Street. He bumps into Jas and they head to the Golden Crown, where Mary tells Imran about Mani's recent troubles.

Later, Imran visits Mani but he doesn't want to talk about himself. Mani wants to hear all about Imran's travels instead. Imran cryptically answers that travelling made him realise he has always put others first. From now on, Imran is going to concentrate on himself and the people closest to him...

Imran is played by Narinder Samra, Jas by Hema Mangoo, Mary by Carole Nimmons and Mani by Kaleem Janjua.

BBC Asian Network Publicity