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A Musical Trip To South Africa – With Lenny Henry

Tuesday 30 March on BBC RADIO 4

Lenny Henry experiences South Africa through its music in a new five-part series

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Reasons To Be Cheerful – Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Saturday 27 March on BBC RADIO 2

Actor Andy Serkis commemorates the 10^th anniversary of Blockhead singer Ian Dury's death in this documentary

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Jazz Library – John Dankworth

Saturday 27 March on BBC RADIO 3

Listeners can hear the late Sir John Dankworth in an archive interview selecting some of his key recordings and reminiscing about his Big Band's first appearance in America

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BBC Asian Network – The Official Asian Download Chart

Saturday 27 March on BBC ASIAN NETWORK

Bobby Friction counts down the best new Asian music as the world's first Official Asian Download Chart launches on BBC Asian Network

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Tom Deacon

Sunday 28 March on BBC RADIO 1

Award-winning stand-up comedian Tom Deacon kicks off his new BBC Radio 1 show

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Belief

Monday 29 March to Good Friday 2 April on BBC RADIO 3

Joan Bakewell discusses belief in a week of programmes featuring Sara Maitland, Junaid Bhatti, Emma Restall Orr, Mark Haddon and the Bishop of Liverpool

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The Unbelievable Truth

Monday 29 March on BBC RADIO 4

David Mitchell hosts the fifth series of the acclaimed general knowledge-based comedy panel game with guests including Marcus Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus, Tony Hawks, Catherine Tate, Liza Tarbuck and Charlie Brooker

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At The Foot Of The Cross

Good Friday 2 April on BBC RADIO 2

BBC Radio 2's meditation in words and music for Good Friday in Salisbury Cathedral is hosted by Aled Jones and features atmospheric music by Karl Jenkins

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Performance On 3

Good Friday 2 April on BBC RADIO 3

The broadcast première of James MacMillan's St John Passion, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Choirs, comes live from King's College, Cambridge

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Counterpoint Special

Good Friday 2 April on BBC RADIO 4

This Easter celebrity edition of the wide-ranging music quiz features musical clues performed live by the BBC Philharmonic from Manchester, with Katie Derham, Kit Hesketh Harvey and Rainer Hersch

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The Evening Session

Good Friday 2 April on BBC 6 MUSIC

Thirteen years after the demise of BBC Radio 1's legendary Evening Session – the programme that sound-tracked the Nineties for a generation of indie kids – Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley reunite for a one-off programme

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