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GENERAL ELECTION 2010

Throughout the week on BBC RADIO 4, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE and BBC ASIAN NETWORK

The BBC delivers the most comprehensive coverage of any broadcaster on BBC TV and radio, including reports from key constituencies; a live debate on crime hosted by Victoria Derbyshire; and an Election Special with coverage throughout the night

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Music Matters

Saturday 1 May on BBC RADIO 3

An interview with Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón as he prepares for his long-awaited debut at the Royal Festival Hall in London

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Archive On 4 –
The Bradford Fire: A Day That Will Live With Me...

Saturday 1 May on BBC RADIO 4

Gabby Logan remembers the day 56 people died in the worst fire disaster in British football history, the Bradford City fire, 25 years ago

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Sunday Feature – Theatre At The Front Line

Sunday 2 May on BBC RADIO 3

BBC World's Zeinab Badawi reports from Sudan on theatre groups helping those caught up in conflict

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The Drum & Bass Takeover

Bank Holiday Monday 3 May on BBC RADIO 1 and BBC RADIO 1XTRA

This special 10-hour simulcast celebrates the journey of the genre over the last 20 years

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The Record Producers

Bank Holiday Monday 3 May on BBC RADIO 2

A profile of the work of Stephen Street, whose production credits include The Smiths, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs, The Cranberries, New Order and Morrissey

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Composer Of The Week –
Italian Opera From Monteverdi To Rossini

Bank Holiday Monday 3 to Friday 7 May on BBC RADIO 3

As part of the BBC's focus on opera in 2010, Donald Macleod explores more than two centuries of Italian opera

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BBC Radio 2's Jazz Night –
Paloma Faith With The Guy Barker Orchestra

Tuesday 4 May on BBC RADIO 2

Paloma Faith performs in a special one-off concert with The Guy Barker Orchestra as she closes the Cheltenham Jazz Festival

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Performance On 3

Wednesday 5 May on BBC RADIO 3

A programme highlighting a musical friendship between two very different Russian composers, Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vladimir Jurowski

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Random Edition Special –
350th Anniversary Of The Restoration

Friday 7 May on BBC RADIO 4

Peter Snow marks the 350th anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II to the throne, with the help of the Parliamentary Intelligencer "newsbook" for 1660

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