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Brian Matthew turns the spotlight on Roy Fox, as he continues the series celebrating the golden age of British dance bands.

Fox, a Californian émigré, came to Britain in 1930 as "The Whispering Cornettist" and put together one of the sharpest bands on the scene. With a dapper manner and a past that included affairs with the likes of Jean Harlow, he brought to the role of bandleader a sophisticated elegance unmatched by others.

For this series, writer Tony Staveacre has scoured the BBC's sound archive and interviewed many musicians and friends to assemble a vivid portrait of an era that author Robert Graves called "The Long Garden Party".

The series includes contributions from Fox; band members; and experts such as Russell Davies and Brian himself, who knew many of the figures in the series personally.

Presenter/Brian Matthew, Producers/Tony Staveacre and Roy Oakshott

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Friday Night Is Music Night

Friday 27 November

7.30-9.15pm BBC RADIO 2

Stephen Sykes, BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist Of The Year 2009, takes to the stage with the BBC Concert Orchestra for this week's Friday Night Is Music Night.

Stephen is the first soloist from the south of England to win the prize, and also the first trombonist. Joining him on stage is tenor Christian Jon Billet, who recently performed at Radio 2's Thank You For The Music ... A Celebration Of The Music Of ABBA. He performs numbers from his new Mario Lanza album.

Martin Yates conducts and Clare Teal presents tonight's box of delights, live from the Watford Colosseum.

Presenter/Clare Teal, Producer/Jodie Keane

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Jo Whiley sits in for Claudia Winkleman to present a round-up of the week's arts action.

In tonight's show, Mexican flamenco-rock duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela join Jo for an intimate live performance of their music. Rodrigo Sánchez plays lead guitar and Gabriela Quintero plays rhythm guitar.

Arturo Brachetti, the world's fastest quick-change artist, according to The Guinness Book Of Records, also appears is on the show. Brachetti, who switches from the Queen to James Bond to Harry Potter in a flash, reveals how he manages to morph into 80 different characters on stage, every night, and talks about his favourite and trickiest characters.

Presenter/Jo Whiley, Producer/Carmela DiClemente

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Performance On 3

Friday 27 November

7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3

David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in three great works of musical mourning in this live concert from London's Barbican Centre.

Josquin, born around 1450, was among the most influential and highly regarded composers of his day. His elegy Nymphes des bois, for unaccompanied voices, is one of the great threnodies of the Renaissance. It serves as a magnificent precursor to Mozart's sublime Requiem.

Before that, Pierre Boulez's dramatic Rituel, written in 1975 for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, sees eight groups of musicians spread around the performance space. Boulez dedicated it to the memory of his friend and colleague Bruno Maderna, one of the great Italian composers of the post-war era.

Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor) and Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) are tonight's soloists.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Ann McKay

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Food Programme presenter Sheila Dillon

The BBC Radio Food And Farming Awards celebrates it's 10th anniversary with an all-star line-up, including Raymond Blanc, Alex James and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, plus two very special guests.

After sifting through thousands of nominations, the judges have spent the last few weeks travelling around the UK visiting this year's finalists, watching them at work and tasting their food.

In the year of The Food Programme's 30th anniversary, this special programme will reveal the winners in the nine different categories. Find out who is producing the nation's best takeaway, which pupils are being served the best school meals and who has won the much coveted title of BBC Food Personality Of The Year.

The Food Programme presenter, Sheila Dillon, will host the awards, joined by the awards special guests. Further details of the special guests will be announced on Wedneseday 11 November.

Presenter/Sheila Dillon, Producer/Dan Saladino

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Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as The Leader in Shirleymander, a tragic comedy depicting the principal events of Shirley Porter's time as "The Westminster Whirlwind" in the Eighties.

The play explores the events that led to her fall from grace and, in doing so, dramatises how, in her two terms as Leader, Porter turned the Conservative flagship council into a mire of paranoia, fear and political corruption.

Shirleymander is written by Gregory Evans and also stars Maggie Stead as Wet; Bruce Alexander as the District Auditor; Joseph Cohen-Cole as the Senior Council Officer; Piers Wehner as the Executive Director; Stephen Hogan as deputy; Sagar Arya as the Doctor; Ewan Hooper as QC, Father; Philip Fox as the Chairman; John Biggins as Labour Councillor; and Tessa Nicholson as the interviewer.

Producer/Marc Beeby

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Colin Murray is joined by Pat Nevin and Perry Groves for Kicking Off With Colin Murray previewing the weekend's football, including Arsenal versus Chelsea, Aston Villa versus Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth against Manchester United.

From 9.30pm, Colin Murray is joined by Tim Lovejoy for Murray And Lovejoy's Sports Express in which Colin and Tim take a quick fire look at the current burning issues in sport. Murray And Lovejoy's Sports Express is also available as a podcast to download at bbc.co.uk/5live.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Louise Sutton

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Cricket

Friday 27 November

12.15-8.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The Test Match Special team present uninterrupted commentary of South Africa versus England in the third One Day International, live from the Newlands, Cape Town.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Tennis

Friday 27 November

8.30pm-12.30am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary of the ATP World Tour Finals continues live from the 02 Arena, London.

The commentary team is led by Jonathan Overend alongside David Law, Alastair Eykyn, Vassos Alexander and Russell Fuller with expert analysis from David Felgate, Annabel Croft and special guests.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Graham Coxon, one of the finest guitarists and singer songwriters of his generation, returns from the triumphant Blur reunion tour to play live tracks from his critically acclaimed seventh solo album Spinning Top.

The album is an intriguing opus, influenced by Coxon's immersion in the world of folk geniuses Davy Graham, John Martyn and Bert Jansch, resulting in 15 songs that form a narrative of a man's journey from birth to death.

Presenter/Cerys Matthews, Producer/Jax Coombes

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Former Iron Maiden front-man and BBC 6 Music presenter Bruce Dickinson

Maryland rockers Clutch take over the Rock Show tonight selecting some of the tracks that have influenced them over the years.

Formed in 1991, Clutch were inspired by the likes of Led Zeppelin and Faith No More. Nearly 20 years later, they're still going strong and have just received rave reviews for their latest album, Strange Cousins From The West, which achieved Top 40 status on the Billboard Top 200.

As well as picking out some great tracks, Clutch talk about the making of their new record and what it's like to run their own label. They also discuss the reception to their performances when they played six dates in the UK earlier this month.

Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan

BBC 6 Music Publicity

Zenab is at the Pumpworks in the final visit of the week to Silver Street. Jodie lets slip that Chunky was upset because his date left while he was in the bathroom. Later Bibi mentions that Chunky seems out of sorts, but will Zenab tell her what she knows?

Elsewhere Jaggy tells Sway that he misses Simran when she is away. Sway replies that he is really missing Nadia. Later Sway gets a reality check during a phone call with Nadia and rushes off, having made a big decision...

Zenab is played by Sudha Buchar, Jodie by Vineeta Rishi, Bibi by Indira Joshi, Jaggy by Jay Kiyani, Sway by Nicholas Bailey and Nadia by Sohm Kapila.

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