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Texan singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is Bob Harris's session guest this week. His latest album, Beautiful Day, was written during the breakdown of his marriage to Emily Erwin of The Dixie Chicks and reflects the anger, sadness, hope, resilience and liberation that came with the dissolution of a relationship. It ends with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's Racing In The Street.

Charlie was born in Houston and raised in Bandera, Texas. Before embarking on a solo career he was in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys and Two Hoots And A Holler. He released his first album, Bandera, in 1994. His brother Bruce is also a singer-songwriter and the two have frequently worked together as songwriters and performers.

Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Al Booth

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This week, Suzi Quatro reflects on the music and events of 1971 with tracks from Sonny And Cher, The Chilites and Janis Joplin.

This was the year the US lowered the voting age to 18; Intel introduced the microprocessor; Pittsburgh won the 1971 World Series; All In The Family debuted on CBS; Jim Morrison from The Doors died in Paris; and the cost of a first-class stamp was six cents.

Presenter/Suzi Quatro, Producer/Mark Simpson

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Fifty years after the death of the composer Bohuslav Martinů, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its dynamic young conductor Kirill Karabits are contributing to a revival of his music with The Frescoes Of Piero Della Francesca. Martinů was inspired by an encounter with Piero's work on a visit to Italy, and this suite glows with an intensity that evokes the atmosphere, serenity and layers of colour of the frescoes themselves.

The central work in the concert is Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, which contains both rich expansive melodies and technical fireworks for the violin, performed by prominent French virtuoso, Renaud Capuçon.

One of Sibelius's most popular symphonies rounds off the concert. He began writing his Second Symphony whilst holidaying in Italy. Mediterranean warmth penetrates the work, but there is also tension, which finally releases in the finale with a flood of triumphant brass.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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Tonight's Nightwaves features a debate recorded as part of Free Thinking 2009 – Sport Versus The Arts: Which Is The Greatest Human Achievement?

Its cerebral advocates claim global sport is a triumphant blend of high drama, athletic grace and operatic personalities, but in tonight's programme a panel discuss whether today's sport really is the noblest of endeavours – or just an over-hyped money market. They question whether the arts can they still be dismissed as elitist when season tickets cost a fortune, while great national museums and galleries are free. These questions are becoming increasingly relevant as the London 2012 Olympics, and all its funding consequences, loom.

A panel of outspoken enthusiasts from both the sports and arts worlds tackle the issues in front of an audience at The Sage, Gateshead – just over the Tyne from Newcastle's home-ground, St James's Park. They are Simon Pryde, presenter of BBC Newcastle's Total Sport; Ed Smith, former test cricketer and now journalist and author of What Sport Teaches You About Life; Bill Feaver, art critic and author of The Pitmen Painters (on which the play of the same name is based); Edith Hall, historian of ancient Greece; and Martin Kelner, author and sports writer.

Presenter/Philip Dodd, Producer/James Cook

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Off The Page Ep 1/7

Thursday 5 November

1.30-2.00pm BBC RADIO 4

In the first of a new series of Off The Page, Dominic Arkwright invites guests to write and argue about the idea of "leaving the comfort zone".

These days people are encouraged to push themselves – to do better, try harder, eat healthier, change jobs, move house, climb mountains, run marathons – to get out of their comfort zone.

Joining Dominic to explore why this is and to reveal where they feel outside their comfort zones are writer and comedian Rhona Cameron, mountaineer Andy Cave and journalist Agnes Poirier.

Presenter/Dominic Arkwright, Producer/Miles Warde

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Highly acclaimed writing and performing comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls return to BBC Radio 4 with a stirring, moving and comic Afternoon Play recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre.

This is the story of the botched plot to blow up Parliament by Guy Fawkes – and his subsequent interrogation in the Tower Of London.

Starring Kevin Eldon as Guy, The Penny Dreadfuls are also joined on stage by Miles Jupp and Andy Pugsley.

The Penny Dreadfuls are David Reed, Humphrey Ker and Thom Tuck.

Producer/Julia McKenzie

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5 Live Sport

Thursday 5 November

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Eleanor Oldroyd has the latest sports news and is joined by Matt Dawson and guests for The Headline Hour; discussing the latest big sports issues making the news.

At 8pm, there's Uefa Europa League group stage commentary on Everton versus Benfica live from Goodison Park, plus updates from Roma versus Fulham and Hamburg versus Celtic.

At 10pm two of 5 Live Sport's pundits get some sporting issues off their chests in And Another Thing.

Presenter/Eleanor Oldroyd, Producer/Steve Rudge

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Gideon Coe features performances from two American acts, LA's Sparks and Washington's Trouble Funk, both live at Glastonbury in 1987. Plus, four archive sessions from The Associates, Throwing Muses, First Aid Kit and late-Sixties British whimsy from Fairfield Parlour.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Frank Wilson

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Krishan finds one of Roopa's business cards and gives "Bunty" a call, as the drama continues. Krishan later tells Rita, who is furious with Roopa, and ultimately him too.

Elsewhere, Kuljit still can't win Deepika over. He then notices that she has cancelled the OAP fitness classes and warns her it won't go down well. He's right, Kamla is on the warpath when news of the cancelled classes reaches her.

Krishan is played by Rahual Das, Roopa by Rakhee Thakrar, Rita by Bharti Patel, Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal and Deepika by Babita Pohoomull.

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