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BBC Radio 2 presenter and DJ Trevor Nelson

Trevor Nelson's Album Of The Week is Honey by The Ohio Players.

In 1975, The Ohio Players were one of R&Bs most successful acts, and were inescapable for anyone who listened to "black radio" at the time. This album kept the band's commercial momentum going thanks to such hard-driving funk as Love Rollercoaster (a song that was heavily sampled by rappers in the Eighties and Nineties and covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996), Fopp and the playfully jazz-influenced hit Sweet Sticky Thing.

Presenter/Trevor Nelson, Producer/Dan Cocker

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Britain's first major motorway, the M1

As Britain's first major motorway, the M1, celebrates its 50th year, performance poet and musician John Hegley presents a poetic meditation on the 200-mile stretch of road that is the backbone of Britain.

Fifty years on from the opening of the six-lane highway in November 1959, John Hegley with his mandolin in tow, spans the spine of the London-to-Yorkshire motorway, and admires it for the extraordinary work of architecture, sociology and glimpse on the modern world it undoubtedly is.

Growing up in nearby Luton, this road is particularly familiar to John. Many of his childhood excursions involved car journeys on "the motorway" and it marked the boundary of his paper round. John's brother Marcel, a former "ton-up boy" as bikers attempting to do 100mph were known, tells how he used to put his Ducati through its paces on the M1 before the 70mph speed limit was introduced in 1965.

John also reveals many more little-known facts such as why there is no Junction 3, through narrative and specially composed verse.

On his quest to get under the skin of the M1 he meets the people whose daily lives are shaped by the road including Michael Clapham, MP for Barnsley West and Penistone, and Chris Marshall, a road enthusiast who sees romance in the M1.

John considers the gastronomy of the motorway with motorway service stations, past and present – and of course, no road trip would be complete without a stay in a motorway hotel.

Presenter/John Hegley, Producer/Emily Palmer

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Ivan And The Dogs by Hattie Naylor is based on the extraordinary true story of a boy adopted by a pack of wild dogs on the streets of Moscow.

When he was four years old Ivan Mishukov walked out of the flat of his drunken arguing parents and went to live on the streets of Moscow. There he was adopted by a pack of wild dogs and spent two winters on the streets with them.

When the play begins, Ivan is 11 and has never told anyone of his time with the dogs – until one night his foster mother promises him another dog if he will tell his story.

His tale takes listeners though the backstreets of Moscow at a time when the idea of life itself is being devalued; where glue-sniffing children fight for territory in underground sewers; and drunks often freeze to death in the winter. Amid this human catastrophe, Ivan learns that only his dogs can really be trusted and he embarks on an extraordinary relationship of mutual need.

Ivan is played by 13-year-old Tom Glenister.

Producer/Paul Dodgson

BBC Radio 4 Publicity

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Thinking Allowed Ep 1/3

Wednesday 4 November

4.00-4.30pm BBC RADIO 4

In a special three-part series made in association with the Open University, Thinking Allowed explores the dark, winding corridors of White Collar Crime, from its late addition to the statute books, to the increasing difficulty in securing a conviction.

Presenter Laurie Taylor, discusses why people of high status are perhaps more likely to get shorter and easier jail sentences, and what underpins the notion that crimes committed by professionals at work should not be investigated by the police.

He also looks at what cultural factors lead professional people into committing crimes and whether class still plays a role in prosecution and conviction.

Laurie speaks to academic experts in the field, explores the latest sociological research and hears from professionals on both sides of the law about the culture, practice and often non-prosecution of White Collar Crime.

The first programme looks at The Culture Of The Crime, next week's programme looks at Regulating The Crime, and the final programme in this series explores Punishing The Crime.

Presenter/Laurie Taylor, Producer/Charlie Taylor

BBC Radio 4 Publicity

5 Live Sport

Wednesday 4 November

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

BBC Radio 5 Live Presenter Mark Pougatch

Mark Pougatch presents all the day's sports news and from 7.45pm there's live Champions League group-stage coverage of Olympique Lyonnais versus Liverpool, Arsenal versus AZ Alkmaar and AFC Unirea Urziceni versus Rangers.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mark Williams

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

Football

Wednesday 4 November

7.40-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted Premier League commentary on West Ham United versus Aston Villa, live from Upton Park.

Producer/Jen McAllister

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity

Marc Riley's live studio guest is Euros Childs, former lead singer of Welsh indie band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Euros Childs recently released his fifth album and is on tour with Yo La Tengo.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

BBC 6 Music Publicity

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Gideon Coe presents another chance to hear David Bowie in session with veteran bandleader Arthur Greenslade.

There's also a timely archive concert from Gorkys Zygotic Mynci (listeners can hear Euros Child, who also features on tonight's Marc Riley's show, in his former glory), and archive sessions from Boston-based lung-busting bluesman Barrence Whitfield And The Savages and Portland folk-rock ensemble The Decemberists.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Frank Wilson

BBC 6 Music Publicity

Jodie gives Roopa until the weekend to decide if she wants to work in the cafe, but gets annoyed when Deepika offers Roopa her opinion, as the drama continues.

Later, Krishan reveals Roopa's "secret job" during an argument. Roopa denies everything but will Rita believe her?

Elsewhere, Kuljit reassures Jodie that they can still be friends. Later Deepika and Kuljit have a heated business meeting at the cafe. Deepika notices Kuljit's attention is focused elsewhere and offers sarcastic advice...

Jodie is played by Vineeta Rishi, Roopa by Rakhee Thakrar, Deepika by Babita Pohoomull, Krishan by Rahual Das, Rita by Bharti Patel, Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal and Vinnie by Saikat Ahamed.

BBC Asian Network Publicity

A Dollar A Day Ep 1/3

Wednesday 4 November

8.00-8.30pm BBC WORLD SERVICE

In a new three-part series, BBC World Affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge explores factors that keep a billion people trapped in permanent poverty.

The first episode focuses on Nicaragua and the experiences of Justa, a woman whose life has been blighted by domestic violence and sexual abuse. Now destitute, she and her granddaughter are dependent on the meagre remittances her daughter can send from abroad. Thirty years after the Sandinista revolution, the promise of a better life for women like Justa remains unfulfilled.

Presenter/Mike Wooldridge, Producer/Ruth Evans

BBC World Service Publicity