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Network Radio BBC Week 18: 1-7 May
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Network Radio BBC Week 18: Saturday 1 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Saturday 1 May 2010
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Jonathan Ross and Andy Davies are joined by British actor Toby Stephens, who starred as Rochester in BBC One's 2006 adaptation of Jane Eyre and as the supervillain in the James Bond film Die Another Day. There's also live music from English electronic music duo Goldfrapp.
Presenter/Jonathan Ross, Producer/Fiona Day
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Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1969 and 1977, with hits from Simon And Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Who, Andrew Gold and Elkie Brooks.
Presenter/Dale Winton, Producer/Phil Swern
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Kevin Eldon and Liza Tarbuck star in the fourth comedy in BBC Radio 2's showcase series, Hamilton's Ode-ssey, which is written by Kevin and script-edited by Stewart Lee.
Kevin stars as a poet in a mid-life crisis, with Liza as his girlfriend attempting to shake him out of his torpor. Will going on a road trip get the creative juices flowing and end his writer's block?
Radio 2's Comedy Showcase highlights a rich array of comic talent, both established and emerging, including Mathew Horne and Tim Minchin.
Producer/Ed Morrish
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Tonight's session guest is singer, songwriter and guitarist Philip Sayce.
Philip was born in Aberystwyth but moved with his family to Toronto, Canada, when he was two years old. He grew up in a musical household, learning the guitar and piano, but after seeing an Eric Clapton concert he was in no doubt about the instrument for him. After jamming on stage with one of his heroes – guitar player and fellow Canadian Jeff Healey – he was invited to join Healey's band.
In 2001, Philip moved to Los Angeles and joined Uncle Kracker. He was with the band when they had their massive US No. 1 Drift Away. He starred in and wrote the music for the short film Cockroach Blue, directed by Robert Crossman, which received acclaim when it was shown at the Woodstock Film Festival. Then, in 2003, Grammy and Oscar winner Melissa Etheridge came calling and he enjoyed playing and recording with her band until 2008.
Philip Sayce's new studio album, Innerevolution, was recorded with his current touring band: keyboardist Fred Mandel (Queen, Supertramp, Elton John, Alice Cooper), bassist Joel Gottschalk and drummer Ryan MacMillan (Matchbox 20). Some of the new songs have been co-written with Richard Marx.
Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Mark Simpson
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BBC RADIO 3 Saturday 1 May 2010
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Tom Service catches up with one of today's hottest opera stars, Rolando Villazón, as the Mexican tenor prepares for his long-awaited debut at the Royal Festival Hall in London, in an all-Handel programme.
Also in today's programme, as the Royal Opera House stages a new production of Verdi's Aida, its director, David McVicar, tells Tom why he's challenging old preconceptions about this Egyptian tale of power, love and betrayal, while conductor Nicola Luisotti outlines his approach to this most colourful score.
Tom also travels to Paris as a new book, Messiaen The Theologian, explores the profound and meaningful links between the French composer and his Catholic faith. Peter Bannister, one of the book's contributors, explains how Messiaen drew inspiration from the latest trends in Catholic thought; and organist Carolyn Shuster Fournier, whose spiritual life was radically changed after working with the composer, talks about her time with Messiaen.
Presenter/Tom Service, Producer/Juan Carlos Jaramillo
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Fifty years after 16 countries in Africa became independent, Lucy Duran and French journalist Florent Mazzoleni play rare tracks from the period. Music was to play a central role in the search for new identity, and in the Sixties and Seventies some of the continent's greatest dance music was created. Today's World Routes celebrates countries that became independent in the first half of 1960, including Congo, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon.
Based in Bordeaux, French writer and photographer Florent Mazzoleni has travelled all over Africa collecting music and, in particular, documenting the soundtrack of the golden era of Atlantic African music. The programme includes tracks from Florent's collection, many of which have not been re-released since their limited pressing in the Sixties and Seventies, let alone played on British radio.
Another programme with Florent will be broadcast in September 2010, celebrating some of the African countries that became independent in the second half of 1960, such as Mali, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Gabon.
Presenter/Lucy Duran, Producer/James Parkin
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Opera On 3 – Live From The Met: Armida
Soprano Renée Fleming sings the part of the sorceress who plans to use her beauty to enslave the crusading soldiers in Rossini's Armida, live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She falls in love with Rinaldo (sung by tenor Lawrence Brownlee), who is captivated by her until he sees his reflection and realises he is no longer the noble warrior he once was. Riccardo Frizza conducts the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait, with guest commentator Ira Siff, the two intervals include live backstage interviews and the famous Met Quiz.
Presenter/Margaret Juntwait, Producer/Ellie Mant
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BBC RADIO 4 Saturday 1 May 2010
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Laurie Taylor investigates the pain – and occasional pleasure – of the UK's public address announcements and goes on a mission to improve their quality with the people who make them.
It's a form of broadcasting that people often have very little or no training in whatsoever, yet it's heard by millions each day. Laurie discovers what elements are needed to make people listen to public messages and asks if the people who make them simply get handed a microphone and told to speak. He looks at what causes unnatural pronunciation, with the stress nearly always in the wrong place, and why some of the language used is often archaic. Laurie holds a masterclass for shop workers eager to improve their announcements and tests the before and after results.
Comedian Arthur Smith, who has trained railway workers to speak, challenges Laurie to master the tannoy himself and listeners hear what happens when he takes over making the announcements on the 12.03 to Birmingham.
Presenter/Laurie Taylor, Producer/Howie Shannon
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From Fact To Fiction Ep 1/8
Acclaimed television writer Tony Grounds is the first in the hot seat as From Fact To Fiction, the award-winning series in which writers create a fictional response to a story in the week's news, returns.
Each week a 15-minute stand-alone piece of fiction is created from scratch in the days leading up to the transmission. The form and content is entirely led by the news topic so listeners can expect drama in a number of guises, as well as poetry and prose. The series presents writers with the opportunity to work in a bold and instinctive way as they respond to events in the news.
Tony Grounds has a long track record of producing scripts for acclaimed and multi-award winning television drama. His TV drama credits include When I'm 64; Births, Marriages And Deaths; Our Boy; and First Signs Of Madness.
Producer/Sasha Yevtushenko
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Twenty-five years on, Gabby Logan remembers the day 56 people died in the Bradford City fire. She asks what lessons have been learnt since the worst fire disaster in British football history.
Saturday 11 May 1985 is a day which will live with Gabby for ever. The third division trophy had just been paraded around Valley Parade by the triumphant Bradford City players.
Gabby's dad, Terry Yorath, was assistant manager of Bradford City that season and, aged 12, she attended the match with her family. The fire which later swept through one of the stands in just four minutes started about four rows from where Gabby and her brother and sister usually sat.
Fifty-six people died in the disaster while more than 260 were injured. The majority of those who perished were either young children or the elderly. In some cases, several generations of the same family were wiped out.
Gabby hears from survivors who were forced to make split-second decisions to escape, as well as the lengths people went to in order to save others.
In the weeks and months following the fire, £3.5m pounds was raised by The Bradford Disaster Appeal Fund.
The disaster led to major changes in football safety as well as pioneering medical products for burns injuries and the establishment of the Bradford Burns Unit. Gabby reflects on how, 25 years on, lives are still being saved as a result of this often forgotten disaster.
Presenter/Gabby Logan, Producer/Ashley Byrne
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Saturday 1 May 2010
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5 Live Sport
Mark Pougatch presents an afternoon of live sport and news.
There's coverage of the afternoon's 3pm football kick-offs, including some key Premier League games. In the race for the fourth Champions League spot, Tottenham Hotspur face Bolton and Manchester City play Aston Villa, while there's a relegation battle between lowly Wigan Athletic and Hull City.
There are also updates from rugby union's European Cup semi-finals as Toulouse meet Leinster, cricket's ICC World Twenty20 in Guyana, and the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mark Williams
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Saturday 1 May 2010
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Rugby League
Uninterrupted commentary of Leeds Rhinos versus Wakefield Trinity in the Super League comes live from Murrayfield, Edinburgh, as part of the Magic Weekend in which a round of Super League is played over two days in one city featuring all 14 teams.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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BBC 6 MUSIC Saturday 1 May 2010
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The Souljazz Orchestra are in session with Craig Charles tonight. Hailing from Ottawa, The Souljazz Orchestra combine jazz, funk, African and Latin music while touching on politics and spirituality.
They come into the studio to play live for Craig and tell him about their European tour and their new album, Rising Sun.
Presenter/Craig Charles, Producer/Hermeet Chadha
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BBC ASIAN NETWORK Saturday 1 May 2010
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Raj and Pablo speak to Shahid Kapoor and Anushkha Sharma, the stars of the latest Bollywood release, Badmaash Company. Set in the Nineties, in Mumbai's middle class, the film tells of four young friends who get together to start their own company. Finding a way around the system and by doing all the wrong things the right way, their business becomes an instant hit.
Shahid and Anushkha talk about their roles, and Raj and Pablo also round-up the latest news and gossip from Bollywood.
Presenters/Raj and Pablo
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BBC WORLD SERVICE Saturday 1 May 2010
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Harriett Gilbert talks to Richard Ford about his award-winning international bestseller, The Sportswriter. The book is a powerful tale about a failed novelist turned sportswriter, who undergoes an emotional crisis following the death of his son.
Presenter/Harriett Gilbert, Producer/Karen Holden
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Network Radio BBC Week 18: Sunday 2 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Sunday 2 May 2010
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Sir Terry Wogan is joined by singer-songwriter Katie Melua and Grammy award-winning American country pop singer and guitarist Glen Campbell.
Presenter/Sir Terry Wogan, Producer/Alan Boyd
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This week's show features music from the Bette Davis film Now Voyager and Kevin Costner's Academy award-winning film Dances With Wolves, for which composer John Barry won the Oscar for Original Music Score in 1990.
Presenter/Elaine Paige, Producer/Julie Newman
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Status Quo's Francis Rossi joins Johnnie Walker in the studio to discuss the band's career and music from the Seventies.
Presenter/Johnnie Walker, Producer/Natasha Costa Correa
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Alan Titchmarsh presents music by Edward Elgar, Duke Ellington and Leroy Anderson.
Alan's A-Z Of Operetta reaches the letter C with Franz Lehar's The Count Of Luxembourg.
Presenter/Alan Titchmarsh, Producer/Bridget Apps
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Brian D'Arcy looks at Psalm 139 in his final programme on the Book of Psalms. It has been called the "God knows everything" psalm, which celebrates God's sovereignty, and has inspired many much-loved hymns.
This week's music includes Forth In Thy Name, Lord Of All Hopefulness and Fill Thou My Life.
Presenter/Brian D'Arcy, Producer/Janet McLarty
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BBC RADIO 3 Sunday 2 May 2010
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Three award-winning writers join forces for this new drama about DIY, politics and the absurdity of modern life.
Fran and Eddy decide they need a change, so they rip out their kitchen, then start taking their house apart. Fran wants the walls taken down. Next door, Neil and Clare are waiting for the arrival of their first baby. And waiting. Then Clare reveals that she isn't ready to give birth yet.
As these small domestic worlds shift, the bigger picture is changing too. On polling day, nobody turns up to vote. In a record-breaking election, the Government is left in power by default and the political process is in disarray.
As the drama unfolds, it reveals what happens when Fran and Eddy take the windows and doors out; whether Clare ever has her baby; and if anyone will stand as Prime Minister for the newly formed cross-party Unity Party.
Dan Rebellato is a popular Sony-nominated radio drama writer; Linda McLean is a leading Scottish theatre writer; and Duncan Macmillan is an up-and-coming talent (Royal Exchange Theatre Bruntwood winner). And So Say All Of Us... marks the first time that the writers have worked together.
The play was recorded on location with original music by award-winning composer Alice Trueman and sound design by Eloise Whitmore. Fran is played by Louisa Lytton, Eddy by Derek Riddell, Neil by Michael Begley and Clare by Amelia Bullmore. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill as the Leader of the Opposition, David Annen as the Prime Minister and Effie Woods as the news anchorwoman.
Producer/Melanie Harris
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BBC World reporter Zeinab Badawi reports from Sudan on theatre groups helping those caught up in conflict. She visits the Albuga Festival in Khartoum to meet actors and directors who are using their skills to help communities recover from war.
In many places where there has been conflict in the world – such as the destructive violence of civil war – theatre workers, writers, directors, and actors are using the potential of theatre to help people work through their grief, anger and suffering. With the release offered by the theatrical experience, damaged communities are encouraged to regenerate. By exploring and reviving cultural roots – stories, songs and music – they re-establish connections with a traditional way of life.
Zeinab visits Khartoum to meet some of those dedicated to this task, including Ali Mahdi, director of the National Theatre in Khartoum and an active member of the International Theatre Institute, who has established a Centre for Theatre in Conflict Zones. Each year he runs a festival which brings together some of those groups working in distant parts of Sudan. Zeinab meets these groups at the Festival and hears their stories about how they attempt to help those communities in which they work.
Many of the groups have been influenced by the theories of Augusto Boal, who pioneered theatre that works within victimised communities. The people, or the audience, become a part of the action and play out their experiences, reaching a kind of resolution from which they can rebuild. Zeinab Badawi talks to Thomas Engel and Alexander Stilmark, who have brought Boal's theories to the people of the Sudan, as well as to other Sudanese and international figures.
Presenter/Zeinab Badawi, Producer/Richard Bannerman
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Sarah Alexander and Julian Rhind-Tutt read from Milton, Chaucer, Herrick and Richmal Crompton, alongside music by Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Michael Berkeley, Henry VIII and the Rolling Stones.
May Day is often associated with English pastoral images: maypoles, morris dancing and the gathering of greenery. But there's a darker side too. May Day has, throughout history, had an undercurrent of misrule, evil practices and sexual liberty.
Readers/Sarah Alexander and Julian Rhind-Tutt, Producer/Ellie Mant
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BBC RADIO 4 Sunday 2 May 2010
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Sue MacGregor reunites the pioneering team behind the BBC's Tonight programme, as the series concludes.
On 18 February 1957, the BBC broadcast the first programme of a series that was destined to run for more than a thousand episodes, although many people involved in making the programme were far from convinced that they would be able to pull off even the pilot successfully.
Tonight was the first time the BBC had tried to broadcast a live current affairs programme to run five nights a week.
An incredible array of talent went through Tonight's offices, and in this programme, Sue is joined by five of its leading lights.
Alasdair Milne was, with Donald Baverstock, one of the programme's original executive producers and went on to become Director General of the BBC. Antony Jay was in charge of the ground-breaking film unit and went on to write Yes Minister. Cynthia Kee was in charge of the cultural side of the programme, booking famous names such as Louis Armstrong and Brigitte Bardot. Jack Gold worked in the editing department before branching out to become a successful film director, responsible for The Naked Civil Servant, Aces High and The Medusa Touch; and Julian Pettifer was one of the programme's roving reporters.
The programme also features contributions from other key players: presenter Cliff Michelmore, reporter Alan Whicker and singer Cy Grant.
Presenter/Sue MacGregor, Producers/James Crawford and David Prest
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Sunday 2 May 2010
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5 Live Sport
Colin Murray presents the latest sports news and an afternoon of live sport, including Premier league commentary of Liverpool versus Chelsea from Anfield from 1.30pm. There are also regular updates from the final day of the Championship season. All the games kick off at 1pm, with the final relegation and play-off positions set to be decided.
There are also reports from rugby union's European Cup semi-finals as Biarritz meet Munster, the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield and cricket's World Twenty20 in Guyana.
At 4pm there's live commentary of Sunderland versus Manchester United live from the Stadium of Light in the Premier League.
Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Adrian Williams
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Sunday 2 May 2010
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Football
Listeners can hear uninterrupted commentary on one of the afternoon's top games in the Championship on the final day of the season, when all the play-off and relegation places will be decided.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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Rugby League
Uninterrupted commentary of Wigan Warriors versus Huddersfield Giants (kick-off 4pm), followed by St Helens versus Hull KR (kick-off 6pm) in the Super League comes live from Murrayfield, Edinburgh as part of the Magic Weekend, in which a round of Super League, featuring all 14 teams, is played in one city over two days.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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BBC 6 MUSIC Sunday 2 May 2010
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Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan meets members of sun-bleached garage rockers the Strange Boys as they hit town in support of Spoon and Deerhunter.
Huey talks to front man and songwriter Ryan Sambol, noted for his distinctive Dylan-esque slurred vocals, about his musical heritage, including a love affair with the early Rolling Stones.
Huey also asks about the quick turnaround from the debut album The Strange Boys And Girls Club of 2009 to Be Brave, released earlier this year; signing to Rough Trade; and why Ryan rejects comparisons between his band and the psychedelic Nuggets collections as "ridiculous".
Also on the show are Huey's usual selection of unusual tunes and he puts the needle on the record for a listener's special request in Vinyl Fetish. Simon Green, the British musician and producer known as Bonobo, continues his residency in Sharing Is Caring, raiding his personal record collection to share some of his favourite cuts with the listeners.
Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Rebecca Maxted
BBC 6 Music Publicity
6 Mix celebrates the May Day weekend with a brand new mix from techno pioneer Derrick May. Derrick – best known for his 1987 dance anthem Strings Of Life, produced under the name Rhythim Is Rhythim – has been an iconic name on the techno scene for more than 20 years, DJing worldwide to a devoted fan base.
Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Derrick's work alongside fellow DJs Juan Atkins and Inner City's Kevin Saunderson (they became known as the Belleville Three) has provided the catalyst for a number of producers worldwide.
In his latest BBC 6 Music show Derrick plays a selection of tunes which have influenced and inspired him, including tracks by Brian Eno, Peven Everett and Model 500. There's also a brand new Mayday club mix featuring hot new material from his label, Transmat Recordings, plus a selection of tracks of Derrick's favourite album of 2010 so far: Gil Scott Heron's I'm New Here.
Presenter/Derrick May, Producer/Rowan Collinson
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Network Radio BBC Week 18: Monday 3 May 2010
BBC RADIO 1 Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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On Bank Holiday Monday, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcast a special 10-hour simulcast Drum & Bass Takeover from 7pm–5am, celebrating the journey of the genre over the last 20 years.
Highlights of the evening include The Drum & Bass Takeover from 7-9pm. Presented by Radio 1's Zane Lowe and Radio 1 and 1Xtra's Mistajam, this show includes interviews and exclusive tracks from current D&B acts Pendulum, Chase N Status and Sub Focus, who have enjoyed recent chart success and huge critical acclaim.
On a special Drum & Bass Review Show at 9pm, Radio 1Xtra D&B DJ Bailey is joined by panellists DJ Storm, MC Tali and Adam F, while the notorious British DJ Jaguar Skill presents a special BBC Radio 1 Stories – The Story Of Drum & Bass With Jaguar Skills from 10pm, voiced by MC Skibadee and including Jaguar Skills mixing tracks from the last 20 years.
Following that, Radio 1 DJs Fabio and Grooverider and Radio 1Xtra's Bailey and Crissy Criss are in Drum & Bass Masters from 11pm.
Other programming later in the evening includes The Best Of Drum & Bass On Radio 1 And 1Xtra, voiced by Annie Mac, at 1am; Drum & Bass – The Club Mixes, featuring sets from Sub Focus, Alix Perez, Doc Scott, Ed Rush and Optical from 2am; and The Drum & Bass Takeover – The Story Of Pendulum from 4am.
Producer/Jocelin Stainer
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As Pendulum and Chase N Status line up a summer of massive festival and headline appearances, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Jaguar Skills digs in the crates to create the definitive musical guide to the ground-breaking genre of drum and bass (D&B), from the very earliest jungle breaks right through to the modern Dubstep fusions.
This documentary is part of a special 10-hour simulcast Drum & Bass Takeover from 7pm–5am with Radio 1xtra, celebrating the journey of the genre over the last 20 years. Other programmes include Mistajam with Zane Lowe, and the best Drum & Bass on Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra over the past 12 months.
BBC Radio 1 Stories explore the musical back-stories of listeners' favourite artists, eras, genres and scenes. Previous episodes of the series have included International Radio 1 , Story Of The DIY Gig and The Art Of Noise.
Producer/Jaguar Skills
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BBC RADIO 2 Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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Aled Jones sits in for Sarah Kennedy this Bank Holiday Monday.
Presenter/Aled Jones, Producer/Mark Hagen
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Graham Norton sits in for Chris Evans this week and, at 9am every day, Graham plays a classic Eurovision entry in the lead up to this year's competition.
Presenter/Graham Norton, Producers/Jessica Rickson and Phil McGarvey
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As part of BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook Day, Richard Allinson invites a host of Britain's finest songwriters to choose their favourite song penned by a Brit and talk about one of their own hits and what inspired them to write it.
Richard hears from songwriters including Roger Greenaway (You've Got Your Troubles, Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart), Geoff Stephens (The Crying Game), Tony Hatch (Downtown), Les Reed (It's Not Unusual, The Last Waltz) and Jamie Hartman (All Time Love, Let Me Out).
Radio 2 celebrates the work of the country's finest British songwriters by creating a landmark collection of their very best songs – as chosen by listeners, presenters, artists and songwriters – in BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook. As part of this, today is BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook Day. Throughout the day, presenters are showcasing the talent of our best songwriters with songs penned by Brits and special guests. These include Paul Rodgers (of English rock band Bad Company/Free) who shares his Tracks Of My Years all week with Ken Bruce, and guitarist Albert Lee, who is in conversation with Simon Mayo on Drivetime.
Through Radio 2's Great British Songbook, listeners are given the opportunity to be inspired by British popular song and discover more about what songs define and inspire us as a nation, as well as the work that goes into crafting hit records. Related online content includes interviews with songwriters and videos of artists performing their versions of great British songs.
Presenter/Richard Allinson, Producer/Bequi Sheehan
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In this Bank Holiday special, Paul Jones devotes the show to the work of songwriter, producer, bass player and blues legend Willie Dixon, whose hits include Hoochie Coochie Man, I Just Want To Make Love To You, Little Red Rooster and My Babe.
Presenter/Paul Jones, Producer/Paul Long
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Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie begin their weekly discussions about BBC Two's new six-part music series I'm In A Rock 'n' Roll Band!, which investigates what makes the "perfect" rock group.
Starting today and over the next five weeks, Mark and Stuart review each episode of the series on their show, continuing the debate raised by that week's TV programme. Is a drum solo ever justified? Does every member of the band secretly want to be someone else? Was there such a thing as a "front man" before Mick Jagger?
The TV series, narrated by Mark Radcliffe, delves into the world of rock 'n' roll bands, dissecting the roles of the individual members to look at what makes them tick. It then pieces the band back together, investigating the secrets of their success, culminating in a live studio show on June 5.
In tonight's programme, Mark and Stuart feature clips from the TV programme and bring the debate to BBC Radio 2's listeners, encouraging them to take part in the online poll and vote for their ultimate rock 'n' roll musician.
Alongside the content on BBC Two and Radio 2, fans will also have the opportunity to get involved with an online poll at bbc.co.uk.
Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Viv Atkinson
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Richard Allinson and Steve Levine profile the work of Stephen Street, whose production credits include The Smiths, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs, The Cranberries, New Order and Morrissey.
The programme features interviews with former Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, Blur's Graham Coxon and Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson and also includes exclusive access to multi-track recordings of the Blur hits Girls And Boys and Parklife and the first play of Stephen Street's rare songwriting demos for Morrissey.
Steve Levine has been honoured with a Sony Radio Award nomination this year for Best Specialist Contributor.
Presenters/Richard Allinson and Steve Levine, Producer/Neil Myners
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This week, Jools Holland is joined by Fun Lovin' Criminal and BBC 6 Music presenter, Huey Morgan. Huey and the band perform the Jimi Hendrix classic Foxy Lady.
Both Jools and Huey are celebrating Sony Radio Award nominations – Jools for Best Specialist Music Programme and Huey for Music Broadcaster of the Year.
Presenter/Jools Holland, Producer/Sarah Gaston
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BBC RADIO 3 Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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As part of the BBC's focus on opera in 2010, this week Donald Macleod conducts a whistle-stop tour through two centuries and more of Italian opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini, including the first opera; the first operatic masterpiece; and one of the first operas to be staged in a public opera house.
Pasta, pizza and opera – just three of Italy's many gifts to the world. But while pasta may have originated in China and the Ancient Greeks appear to have had a form of pizza, there's no doubt that the origins of opera are thoroughly Italian.
Bank Holiday Monday's programme starts with opera in its infancy, as Donald explores the origins of the form in the courtly entertainments of late-16th-century Florence, and plays music from the earliest true opera to have survived intact. Once Monteverdi comes on the scene, the infant's growth accelerates rapidly, illustrated with music from the first operatic masterpiece.
Extracts also come from one of the first operas to offer a realistic portrayal of human relations and motivations: Monteverdi's The Coronation Of Poppea – about Poppea, a courtesan who sleeps her way to the very top.
Finally, there's a look at the two composers who, more than any others, dominated the genre in the immediate aftermath of Monteverdi: Francesco Cavalli and Antonio Cesti. They're hardly famous names today, but between them they produced the most popular operas of the 17th century.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Chris Barstow
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The Hallé Orchestra continues its Manchester-based series highlighting Mahler's creative path through his symphonies, with Sir Mark Elder conducting Mahler's highly personal Fifth Symphony. Its musical canvas and emotional scope are huge, moving from despair to hope, darkness to light. Opening with a solo trumpet, the tragic first movement gives way to a more positive mood and echoes of the Viennese waltz, reaching the blazing finale by way of the famous Adagietto.
Each Mahler symphony in this series is preceded by a new work. Tonight it is the turn of the American musical polymath Uri Caine, who has long taken inspiration from Mahler in his jazz-influenced reworking of classical repertoire. This piece – Scenes From Childhood – features the Hallé Youth Choir as well as orchestral forces.
Presenter/Ian Skelly, Producer/Janet Tuppen
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Celebrating Istanbul's year as European City of Culture, Professor Mary Beard casts a classicist's eye over the city under the reign of the great Roman emperor Constantine.
The city's unique position as the bridge between Europe and Asia made it Emperor Constantine's perfect choice as the new capital of his vast Roman Empire. Renamed Constantinople or the "New Rome", magnificent buildings, gardens and squares in the Roman model were built, including a vast Hippodrome for chariot races. By examining the fates of these incredible classical riches, Mary Beard explores the rich cultural heritage, and many faces, of this unique city.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles the continents of Europe and Asia. It was chosen this year as the joint European Capital of Culture. This week's essays paint five very different and very personal views of this extraordinary city.
Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is also a regular radio broadcaster and writes a blog for the Times Literary Supplement.
Presenter/Mary Beard, Producer/Justine Willett
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BBC RADIO 4 Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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Book Of The Week – Blood Knots Ep 1/5
Author and Observer dance critic Luke Jennings has a lifelong interest in fishing. In this memoir-cum-natural history he describes the sort of solitary, ramshackle and possibly dangerous places for hunting down that shark of freshwater – the pike.
It's somewhere near 3am and he's on a dark and dank stretch of canal near King's Cross Station; but that's just when seeking out pike. More glorious surroundings typify his hunt for trout and salmon, and in his pages he recalls the childhood passion for nature and the deep waters that got him started. He also recalls the mentors that helped him become adept at casting a line, and maybe, just maybe, he'll be hooking one of those big bad pike.
His story is abridged for Book Of The Week by Katrin Williams and read by Nigel Hastings.
Reader/Nigel Hastings, Producer/Duncan Minshull
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Tim Samuels asks what is driving the exponential rise in people changing their name by deed poll.
The number of people changing their name by deed poll has doubled in the past five years and is expected to top 70,000 this year. With a one-hour express service that costs just a few pounds, people are hastening to fill in the forms, make the change and become someone new.
After tea with Christine Hamilton – now Mrs British Battleaxe – Tim heads off to meet some of the migrants, attention seekers, former drunks and others reinventing themselves. He encounters Ian Roberts, who transformed himself into the distinguished actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah; a young man called Dylan who changed his surname to reject his undeserving father; and Princess-Rainbow.com who woke up one morning with more than just a hangover.
He brushes dust off the "Close Rolls" at the National Archives to discover the origins of the deed poll and is on his best behaviour with the senior master at the Royal Courts of Justice.
And before he takes the plunge to change his own name, Tim pauses to contemplate identity, aspiration and belonging.
Presenter/Tim Samuels, Producer/Sarah Bowen
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Barbershopera! is the comedy musical story of a barbershop group in crisis, by Rob Castell and Tom Sadler with Sarah Tipple.
When star tenor Tony decides to quit his barbershop group on the eve of the Euro Barbershop Competition final, a replacement must be found. The remaining 75 per cent of the quartet – Al Legro, Frank Sonata and Hugh B Doo – are left to pick up the pieces.
As luck would have it, an unemployed opera singing diva comes warbling past with time on her hands and a vocal range uncannily similar to the departed tenor. Hugh invites her to join the ranks and the initial dismay of Al and Frank subsides with the realisation that this lady is also called Toni and can in fact sing!
All that stands between the heroes and the Euro Barbershop prize are their evil Swiss rivals, The Tax Havens. Romance, treachery and close-harmony singing all combine as the play romps towards its thrilling conclusion.
Narrated by comedy legend John Sessions, Barbershopera! is based on a live show which garnered rave reviews and won the Best Lyrics and Most Promising New Musical prizes at the Musical Theatre Matters Awards.
The cast stars John Sessions as Old Fabiano, Lara Stubbs as Toni Soprano, Pete Sorel-Cameron as Al Legro, Rob Castell as Frank Sonata, Tom Sadler as Hugh B Doo, Sam Spedding as Young Fabiano, John Evanson as Jean-Claude, Jeremy Limb as Gunther and Ian Aitkenhead as Gangrenus.
Producer/Ben Walker
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Traveller's Tree Ep 1/6
A month from the World Cup, Katie Derham kicks off a new series of Traveller's Tree with holidays in South Africa.
There's growing excitement in the country just a few short weeks from the World Cup. Infrastructure and hotels have been upgraded but what's on offer for the tourist? And how easy is it to navigate the country and the social divide?
With reports from Johannesburg, Cape Town and the Winelands, the programme presents advice on ways of meeting local people and describes how to access some world-class music. There's also a listener report from the Reeves of Worcester.
Katie is joined in the studio by guest Lenny Henry who has recently returned from South Africa exploring the country through its music, and South African-born travel editor of the Telegraph, Graham Boynton.
Presenter/Katie Derham, Producer/Susan Marling
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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GENERAL ELECTION 2010
Victoria Derbyshire
In the last of her live debates focusing on key election issues, Victoria Derbyshire hosts a debate on crime from Leeds.
The panel will include home secretary Alan Johnson, Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Grayling and Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne and an audience of BBC Radio 5 Live listeners to discuss the big issues surrounding crime in the election.
Presenter/Victoria Derbyshire, Producer/Louisa Compton
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Richard Bacon hosts a General Election special edition of the points for punditry panel show Fighting Talk.
Richard acts as judge and jury to a panel of guests from the main political parties battling it out over topical election issues.
Presenter/Richard Bacon
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5 Live Sport
Russell Fuller presents a Bank Holiday 5 Live Sport special with Premier League commentary of Wigan versus Hull live from the DW Stadium from 1.30pm.
Presenter/Russell Fuller
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Football writer Ian McGarry gets special "behind the scenes" access to Arsenal and England's Theo Walcott; talking to him about his family, his life at Arsenal and his World Cup hopes with England.
Presenter/Ian McGarry
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5 Live Sport
Russell Fuller presents Premier League commentary of Blackburn Rovers versus Arsenal, live from Ewood Park from 5pm.
Presenter/Russell Fuller
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Mark Chapman has all the day's sports news, including reports from England versus West Indies in cricket's World Twenty20 in Guyana. Mark is also joined by Steve Claridge and John Motson for the Monday Night Club to discuss the latest big issues in football.
Mark Clemmit joins Mark at 9pm for 5 Live Football League, with all the news from the Championship and Leagues One and Two.
At 9.30pm Tim Lovejoy and Mark Chapman take a humorous quick-fire look at the latest football news in Chapman And Lovejoy's Football Express.
Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Steve Houghton
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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Football
Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted commentary on the FA Women's Cup Final, Everton Ladies versus Arsenal Ladies, live from the City Ground, Nottingham.
Producer/Jen McAllister
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
World Twenty20 Cricket
Uninterrupted commentary of the Group D match, England versus West Indies – England's opening match in the ICC World Twenty20 – comes live from Providence, Guyana, with the Test Match Special commentary team.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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BBC 6 MUSIC Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2010
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It's a special show for Marc Riley as his live session guest is the "Godmother of Freak Folk", the legendary Vashti Bunyan.
Bunyan gave up on a career in music aged 25 after what she described as the "terrible failure" of her debut album.
However, she was persuaded to return to music after her growing cult status led to the re-release of the album in 2000.
Several younger folk-style artists have been influenced by her and since recorded with her.
New York's Animal Collective invited Vashti to collaborate on their Prospect Hummer EP in 2005. Her second release Lookaftering, featuring Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, also came in that year.
Vashti joins Marc midway through her current UK tour.
Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhrey
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Eighties music fanatic and record label MD Mark Jones goes Back To The Phuture for a mutant disco special. The sound of New York in the early part of that decade, mutant disco – or "no wave" as it was also known – became popular in the clubs with labels such as Ze Records cranking out a stream of big tunes. The mutant sound soon spread to the UK, with the Wag Club in London and Manchester's Hacienda embracing it and creating their own mutant bands such as Funkapolitan and A Certain Ratio.
In this show, Mark plays classic tracks from Was (Not Was), 23 Skidoo and Animal Nightlife, alongside current mutant-influenced music from Yeasayer, Lonelady and LCD Soundsystem.
In the second hour of the show Mark is joined by August Darnell, talismanic front-man of Kid Creole And The Coconuts, talking about the New York "no wave" scene and life on Ze Records in the Eighties. Best known for hits Stool Pigeon and I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby, Darnell also picks music which influenced and inspired the band from Tito Puente, Cab Calloway and Sky Stone.
In the final hour the man behind London's infamous Wag Club, Chris Sullivan, takes to the decks for a mutant disco set featuring forgotten gems from Blue Rondo A La Turk, Pig Bag and Yello.
Presenter/Mark Jones, Producer/Rowan Collinson
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Network Radio BBC Week 18: Tuesday 4 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Jamie Cullum kicks off BBC Radio 2's Jazz Night, an evening of jazz programming on the network.
This week, Jamie is backstage at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which concluded on Monday evening with a performance by Paloma Faith, having featured a range of current and established jazz artists including John Scofield, Dave Holland, Polar Bear, Elaine Paige and Carla Bley.
As guest director of the event, Jamie talks to some of the artists and shares the best anecdotes from the festival.
Jazz Night also includes another opportunity to hear the BBC Radio 2 documentaries Miles Plugs In and, at 10pm, the Sony Award-nominated Angel Of Harlem – The Billie Holiday Story.
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Jazz Night continues on BBC Radio 2 with a special one-off performance by Paloma Faith with The Guy Barker Orchestra, which closed the Cheltenham Jazz Festival last night.
The East End singer, whose hits include Stone Cold Sober and New York, is an actress and former magician's assistant whose retro-soul sound has been compared to that of Amy Winehouse.
Paloma first performed on Radio 2 in Dermot O'Leary's show last June and was part of the station's live line-up at the 2009 Blackpool Illuminations.
In this exclusive concert, she performs tracks from her album alongside the music of some of her idols, such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
Producer/Anthony Cherry
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BBC RADIO 3 Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Garrick Ohlsson, one of the leading modern interpreters of Chopin and a past winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, gives a recital celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, recorded at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw earlier this year.
The main focus of the programme is the complete Preludes, a cycle demanding high virtuosity, in which Chopin captures a universe of feeling and mood. Before these, sit some of his grandest works – the demanding F sharp major Impromptu, the intensely dramatic Fantasy and one of the epic Scherzos.
Presenter/Ian Skelly, Producer/Janet Tuppen
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BBC RADIO 4 Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Jon Culshaw uncovers an extraordinary audio archive of early Morecambe and Wise material, including a number of long lost tapes.
A few years ago, Ernie’s widow, Doreen Wise, discovered piles of tapes and 78 recordings while clearing an old family garage. At the end of last year, Eric and Ernie’s agents contacted independent radio production company, Whistledown, and they took a look at the material.
The most important finds are a number of long-lost episodes of Eric and Ernie's first radio show, You're Only Young Once, which was made for the BBC between November 1953 and June 1954. These feature songs, sketches, their trade mark banter and guest cameo appearances from other well-known performers including Bob Monkhouse.
The tapes in Ernie's garage are believed to be "run off" copies recorded by studio engineers immediately after the recordings and probably never played since, as well as acetate copies which Doreen paid the studio engineer a few shillings for.
Producer David Prest says: "Much of the value of the material is in what it shows about their comedy development. The early radio series are very naturalistic, and feature historical sketches and songs which precede the Seventies BBC TV shows by almost 15 years."
Presenter/Jon Culshaw,
Producers/David Prest and Stewart Henderson
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
As a youngster, Professor Justin Champion, head of history at Royal Holloway, University of London, loved adventure novels jam-packed with sword play such as the Three Musketeers, The Prisoner Of Zenda and Sir Walter Scott's Waverley series.
Justin has always been intrigued by men's urge to defend their honour in such a dangerous way. In this programme, he traces the history and influence of the duel and the stories of some particularly pivotal encounters. He is also shown how to sword fight, and thinks he's found the reason why duelling eventually ceased as a practice in the UK.
Justin talks to experts on Shakespeare about how frequently the Bard picked up on the duelling debate in many of his plays, including Romeo And Juliet. He visits the Royal Armouries Collection in Leeds to witness a sword fight and is given a tutorial in the techniques required. He also charts the transition from sword to pistol and is shown some of the collection's important duelling weapons.
Justin also talks to fellow historians about significant duels and their political and literary impact.
Presenter/Justin Champion, Producer/Sarah Taylor
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David Haig stars in Raymond Briggs's own dramatisation of his graphic novel of the same title, Gentleman Jim.
Toilet attendant Jim Bloggs dreams of a better life for himself and his beloved wife Hilda. Ruminating over the jobs in the paper, Jim's imagination leaps into action as he seeks adventure and excitement.
Setting out to turn his dreams into reality, Jim soon discovers that things aren't straightforward. Hindered by a lack of education and funds, his life begins to spiral out of control, and his romantic dreams turn into terrible nightmares.
Gentleman Jim is a wonderfully funny, yet intensely moving tale which, despite its melancholy, has a real feeling of optimism at heart.
The cast stars David Haig as Jim and Jan Ravens as Hilda, with John Sessions, Adrian Schiller and Sara Markland.
Producer/Celia de Wolff
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Come Away, Come Away! Ep 1/3
To mark the 150th anniversary of JM Barrie's birth, three leading writers for young people contribute new stories inspired by a chapter title from Peter Pan. The authors have been set the task of exploring the joys and the terrors of childhood without sentimentality, much as Barrie did in his original text.
In the first episode, Melody Grove reads Peanut Butter And Cello by Geraldine McCaughrean, in which a young girl carries a precious burden on a hazardous cross-city journey.
In Wednesday's episode, James Bryce reads Daredevil by award-winning author Michael Morpurgo; a reckless challenge leads to a dark discovery in a tale of nature and brotherhood.
In the final programme on Thursday, Laura Smales reads The Beautiful Freedom Cage by Julie Bertagna. Alam travels from his desolate mountain community to the glittering promise of Europe, where he hopes to learn the true meaning of freedom.
Readers/Melody Grove, James Bryce and Julie Bertagna, Producer/Eilidh McCreadie
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Sir Stuart Rose, executive chairman of Marks & Spencer, chooses cartographer Matthew Flinders, who mapped Australia 200 years ago, as his subject in this week's Great Lives.
Matthew Parris presents, with Nigel Rigby of the National Maritime Museum offerings an expert's view.
Presenter/Matthew Parris, Producer/Miles Warde
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John Waite explores research pioneered in Cambridge that shows that some patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) might in fact retain a degree of consciousness.
Tony Bland had been in a persistent vegetative state for four years following the Hillsborough disaster and died nine days after the Law Lords gave permission for feeding to be withdrawn. It was Tony's parents' wish that future medical efforts be focused on trying to improve the diagnosis of PVS.
Now Dr Adrian Owen and his fellow Cambridge researchers are using functional MRI scans to try to detect brain activity. They have been asking patients and healthy volunteers to imagine playing tennis and answer questions while being scanned. In each of the healthy volunteers this stimulated activity in the pre-motor cortex part of the brain which deals with movement. This also happened in 4 out of 23 of the patients presumed to be in a vegetative state.
These are not patients who show any signs of physical recovery but the research raises the possibility that they might retain a degree of consciousness and that there might be a way of communicating with them.
John also talks to Professor John Pickard, head of neurosurgery at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge, and Kate Bainbridge, a 37-year-old teacher thought to be in a vegetative state after contracting a viral infection.
Presenter/John Waite, Producer/Sue Mitchell
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Dr Mark Porter visits the Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital, which has established teams of experts to rapidly deliver treatments to the seriously injured.
The Centre is based on a model of care established in the United States, which has been shown to save lives and improve the outcome for severely injured patients.
The Royal London Hospital Trauma Centre treats around 1,400 patients a year. Around a quarter of those are very seriously injured, often as the result of knife or gunshot wounds, traffic accidents, burns or falls. The team was heavily involved in the treatment of the victims of the London bombings in 2005.
The Trauma Centre is now one of four in London, collaborating to provide the best treatment to the capital.
Mark spends a day with the team of doctors and nurses to find out how they work together to save the lives of seriously injured people.
Presenter/Dr Mark Porter, Producer/Deborah Cohen
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Tuesday 4 May 2010
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5 Live Sport
Mark Pougatch presents the day's sports news, including coverage of cricket's World Twenty20 in Guyana.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Tim Peach
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Tuesday 4 May 2010
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World Twenty20 Cricket
The Test Match Special team provide uninterrupted commentary on the Group D match between England and Ireland in the ICC World Twenty20, live from Providence, Guyana.
Producer/Jen McAllister
BBC Radio 5 Live Sport Extra Publicity
BBC 6 MUSIC Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Gideon Coe selects archive concert tracks featuring Television and Lonnie Donegan.
He also delves deep to find a quartet of session rarities, including improv-experimental American composer Jim O'Rourke, London trio White Lies, Jackie Whitern and Aberdeen's funky early Eighties troupe APB.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Network Radio BBC Week 18: Wednesday 5 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Wednesday 5 May 2010
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Bob Harris continues his journey through the world of Album Orientated Rock (AOR), playing the biggest hits and the hidden gems from a genre that drove album sales into the triple millions.
This week's show features music by Asia, Bob Seger, The Wallflowers and a rarely heard version of a Mott The Hoople classic.
Powered by the West Coast experimental music scene and the release of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper LP, AOR first burst onto American radio in San Francisco in 1967 and by the mid-Seventies had become the most successful radio format in America.
Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Neil Myners
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Trevor Nelson's Album Of The Week is the 1978 release Natalie Live! from American singer-songwriter Natalie Cole.
The daughter of classic crooner Nat King Cole, Grammy award-winning Natalie has enjoyed success on both sides of the Atlantic with hits such as Wild Women Do from the soundtrack of Pretty Woman, This Will Be and Pink Cadillac.
Presenter/Trevor Nelson, Producer/Dan Cocker
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BBC RADIO 3 Wednesday 5 May 2010
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra, under their Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski, perform Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante and Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 6 in a programme which highlights a musical friendship between two Russian composers with very different personalities. Nikolai Mysakovsky began his music studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory at the mature age of 25, where he met the brash, 15-year-old Prokofiev, and their friendship blossomed.
As Russia lurched into turbulence in the early 1900s, Myaskovsky had a ringside seat as a serving officer, trying to fulfil his duty as a military engineer following in his father's footsteps, while also pursuing his passion for music. He witnessed first-hand the events which culminated in the First World War and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. After the revolution he began work on his Sixth Symphony, which became a monumental choral symphony of heroism and revolution, including themes from French revolutionary songs and a Russian sacred text. But for its large scale, it is also a deeply personal testament.
Prokofiev left Russia after the revolution but returned in the Thirties. His Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra, written near the end of his life, was prompted by Mstislav Rostropovich, whose playing had reawakened Prokofiev's interest in the cello, inspiring him to re-work an earlier concerto into this new piece. Danjulo Ishizaka is tonight's soloist.
Presenter/Ian Skelly, Producer/Janet Tuppen
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BBC RADIO 4 Wednesday 5 May 2010
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A Perpetual Love Affair Ep 1/3
Henry James described his relationship with Venice as "a perpetual love affair", and in Byron's case this is very apt. Byron arrived in Venice in 1816, following great scandal in England. He had not meant to stay long but soon fell in love – notably with the wife of his landlord – and his letters chronicle the development both of this affair and of his eccentric decision to learn Armenian.
The first programme – Byron In Venice – presents Byron's witty and outrageous letters from Venice, read by Mark Meadows.
In the second programme, Selina Cadell reads a selection of Henry James's writing on Venice; the transmission date is to be confirmed.
In the final programme in this series – Jan Morris's Venice – Garrick Hagon reads The Venetian Way by Jan Morris.
The series is abridged and produced by Christine Hall.
Readers/Mark Meadows, Selina Cadell and Garrick Hagon, Producer/Christine Hall
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Wednesday 5 May 2010
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5 Live Sport
Mark Pougatch has all the day's sports news and from 8pm Premier League commentary of Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur, live from Eastlands.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch
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BBC 6 MUSIC Wednesday 5 May 2010
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Brooklyn-based band The National perform live and in session for Lauren Laverne ahead of their two London gigs and the much-anticipated release of their third album High Violet.
Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales
BBC 6 Music Publicity
A member of the Young British Artists movement, Sam Taylor-Wood is an established conceptualist artist whose work includes photography and cinema. She joins Andrew Collins in the studio in her latest incarnation as the director of Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy.
Presenter/Andrew Collins, Producer/Jax Coombes
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Gideon Coe introduces concert archive from Talk Talk and sweeping glacial sounds from Sigur Ros, beloved of the BBC's Natural History Unit. Session tracks range from Leonard Cohen at BBC Radio 1 in 1968 to a 2008 Those Dancing Days session for BBC 6 Music, plus The Sea And Cake and The Kinks's Ray Davies playing for Simon Mayo in 1994.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon
BBC 6 Music Publicity
BBC ASIAN NETWORK Wednesday 5 May 2010
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Adil Ray speaks to MC Riz, one of the stars of the new British comedy The Four Lions. He chats to the star about the "comic tour de force" that tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to breaking point. The film is intertwined with tragic stories and Rizwan Ahmed talks to Adil about how the film conveys these messages, while still maintaining its comic sensibility.
Presenter/Adil Ray
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BBC WORLD SERVICE Wednesday 5 May 2010
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To many people, the name Guantanamo conjures up images of detainees in orange. But to those who live there, Guantanamo means green hills and stunning beaches, distinctive changui music and mouth-watering Jamaican and French-influenced cuisine.
In this programme, award-winning travel writer Polly Evans goes in search of "the other Guantanamo", talking to local people about their home and how they feel about it becoming synonymous with what Amnesty International called "the gulag of our times".
She delves into the history of the open-ended American lease of this corner of Cuba and asks whether the nearly 10,000 Cubans who held lucrative construction jobs on the site have different feelings about it.
Polly examines the personal, political and cultural stories of a place almost never out of the news – from a perspective that is seldom considered.
Presenter/Polly Evans
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Network Radio BBC Week 18: Thursday 6 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Thursday 6 May 2010
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Frank Renton introduces music from one of the most popular and successful public subscription bands in the world.
In a programme of music specially recorded for the show, the Brighouse And Rastrick Band recreate the current Michael Bublé hit Cry Me A River in an arrangement by conductor Alan Morrison; perform Barry Forgie's great arrangement of Chicago; and then end with Quintessence, a large-scale piece by the popular composer Robert Redhead.
Presenter/Frank Renton, Producer/Terry Carter
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BBC RADIO 4 Thursday 6 May 2010
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Thirty years after it was launched, Robert Elms investigates the origins of The Face, the Eighties "style bible" and how it influenced fashion, publishing and high-street shops.
Until 1980, music magazines were black and white broadsheet papers like the NME and Melody Maker. But in the summer of 1980, The Face changed all that. Started by former NME and Smash Hits editor Nick Logan, it brought a flash of colour to the magazine industry, mixing pop, politics, photography, fashion and style, tied together by the iconic design of art director Neville Brody.
The Face advocated that music didn't matter unless everyone looked good. With the innovative marriage of fashion and music, "the best dressed magazine" quickly became the arbiter of style and cool in Eighties England.
At its most successful, The Face was at the forefront of every major youth movement and was pivotal in launching the career of models Kate Moss and photographer Juergen Teller.
Taking stock, Nick Logan and Neville Brody reveal what they believe to be the lasting impact of The Face on style and design.
Presenter/Robert Elms, Producer/Barney Rowntree
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
The Afternoon Play is a psychological thriller by Kellie Smith about a man's craving for control in his marriage.
Anna is a bright, ambitious teacher and her partner Greg is a struggling artist. Anna is diabetic but has complications that lead to kidney failure. Dialysis forces her to take time off work.
Greg begins to thrive on her dependency and gradually their relationship strengthens. He even feels inspired artistically once more and is able to begin work on his sculpture with renewed energy. But the shift in power could prove deadly.
One day the phone rings and Greg hurriedly runs to get it. It's the hospital calling to say they have a kidney donor available – it's the call they've been waiting for. Greg thanks the nurse, puts down the receiver and goes back into the living room where Anna asks who it was. "Telesales," he answers.
This is Kellie's first radio play. She is currently writer in residence at The Liverpool Everyman Theatre.
Bryan Dick plays Greg, Sarah Smart plays Anna, Dean Smith plays Neil and Emma Hartley-Miller plays the nurse.
Producer/Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
GENERAL ELECTION 2010
Election Night Coverage
On election night the BBC will deliver the most comprehensive coverage of any broadcaster providing, at every single count, comprehensive results coverage for BBC TV and radio, for local programmes and for the election website.
On BBC Radio 4, James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn will present Radio 4's Election Special in London. Martha Kearney, Andrew Marr, Justin Webb, Jenni Murray, Julian Worricker, Libby Purves, Ed Stourton and others will report from key constituencies and keep close tabs on those hoping to be the next Prime Minister.
Victoria Derbyshire and John Pienaar present BBC Radio 5 Live's election show.
On BBC One, and on the BBC HD channel for the first time, David Dimbleby will host the Election Night programme, joined by the best of BBC talent. Jeremy Paxman will be quizzing the politicians and Nick Robinson will have the inside track on their thinking. Jeremy Vine will be using the latest graphic technology to analyse the big picture with the greatest-ever Swingometer. Emily Maitlis will be joined by Peter Kellner to look at the seat-by-seat detail of how Britain has voted. Andrew Neil plays host to the great and the good to watch the results come in, with live interviews, and Fiona Bruce has regular news updates.
BBC News Online will deliver the fastest and most compelling multi-platform results service on the web – a home for all of the results, from nation to region to constituency, with all the background information. Full results will also be shown on the Red button and Ceefax.
The TV Election Night Results programme will be on BBC One Scotland with Jackie Bird, Glenn Campbell and Brian Taylor. On radio, the results programme is with Derek Bateman, and Radio nan Gaidheal will broadcast the Gaelic-language results show.
Election Night results programme on BBC One Northern Ireland will be presented by Noel Thompson and Jim Fitzpatrick. BBC Radio Ulster's overnight results programme will be presented by Mark Carruthers and Karen Patterson, with a full overnight results service also available online.
On BBC One Wales, the Election Night programme will be presented by Huw Edwards and on S4C by Dewi Llwyd. Adrian Masters and Sarah Dickins will present the Radio Wales show, and Radio Cymru hosts will be Garry Owen and Elin Gwilym.
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Thursday 6 May 2010
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Eleanor Oldroyd has all the day's sports news and introduces coverage of cricket's World Twenty20 in Guyana.
Eleanor will be joined by Matt Dawson between 9-10pm for 5 Live Rugby, looking ahead of the conclusion to rugby union's Premiership this weekend.
Presenter/Eleanor Oldroyd, Producer/Danny Garlick
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
As the polls close Victoria Derbyshire and John Pienaar present BBC Radio 5 Live's election coverage throughout the night. There will be live link-ups with all the main parties across the UK as the results begin to be declared.
Listeners can also log-on to bbc.co.uk/5live to view how the election has played out on-air with the 5 Live Election Story, an essential source of key interviews and listener comment from across a range of platforms offering one central portal to track which issues are shaping the campaign.
The 5 Live Election Story is an interactive application that highlights audio played out on the network during the course of the campaign concerning the central issues of the election.
It also reflects audience interaction via Twitter, Facebook, blogs and texts, so that, on any one given day, the user will be able to see how much chat and discussion there has been about a particular issue on Radio 5 Live.
Presenters/Victoria Derbyshire and John Pienaar
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Thursday 6 May 2010
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World Twenty20 Cricket
Live from Bridgetown, Barbados, the Test Match Special team provides uninterrupted commentary on two matches in the Super Eight round-robin stage of the ICC World Twenty20, as the last eight teams compete for a place in the semi-finals.
The matches are scheduled to start at 2.30pm and 6.30pm.
Producer/Jen McAllister
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
BBC 6 MUSIC Thursday 6 May 2010
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Nashville singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose is in conversation with Lauren Laverne on today's show and performs tracks from her debut EP Dead Flowers.
Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Gideon Coe's concert entertainment comes via Brooklyn duo MGMT and Camden scenesters Lush.
There's also archive sessions from The Who, Sweet Baboo, Bristol's influential The Pop Group and pastoral Welsh band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon
BBC 6 Music Publicity
BBC ASIAN NETWORK Thursday 6 May 2010
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One of BBC Asian Network's Devotional Sounds presenters Zeb Quershi, presents a series of special features on female music legends from the subcontinent.
The 10-minute programmes feature eight stars in total, including Shamshad Begum and Lata Mangeshkar.
Picking up on specially recorded archive material, the first programme looks at the legendary singer Noorjahan. The series will be featured on Thursday evenings starting on May 6 on the Hindu/Urdu show and repeated in Retro Selection on Sundays.
Presenter/Zeb Quershi
BBC Asian Network Publicity
Network Radio BBC Week 18: Friday 7 May 2010
BBC RADIO 2 Friday 7 May 2010
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Desmond Carrington, who is approaching his 30th anniversary of presenting on BBC Radio 2, sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme of Heroes and Heroines, before paying musical tribute to the good guys and girls.
Presenter/Desmond Carrington, Producer/Dave Aylott
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Friday Night Is Music Night celebrates the life and work of composer Frank Loesser in his centenary year. Paul Gambaccini presents the show, live from the Mermaid Theatre in London, with special guest Imelda Staunton.
Frank Loesser was born in New York on 29 June 1910. During his lifetime he wrote more than 700 songs. His first attempts came during the Second World War with morale-boosting titles such as Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition. In 1948, he wrote the vaudeville favourite On A Slow Boat To China.
After the war he moved to Hollywood and wrote songs to order for various films including Heart And Soul for A Song Is Born, I Don't Want To Walk Without You from Sweater Girl and Baby It's Cold Outside for Neptune's Daughter, which won Loesser an Academy Award for best song in 1950.
His first stage success came in 1948 with Where's Charley?, a musical based on Brandon Thomas's farce Charley's Aunt. Two years later, Loesser produced his most successful musical, Guys And Dolls, which was based on a tale by Damon Runyon.
Friday Night Is Music Night features songs from Where's Charley?, Guys And Dolls, Hans Christian Anderson, The Most Happy Fella and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
Tonight's special guest is no stranger to the London stage. Imelda was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for best actress in a musical for her performance in Guys And Dolls.
Presenter/Paul Gambaccini, Producer/Bridget Apps
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BBC RADIO 3 Friday 7 May 2010
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In Izrael Metter's story, translated by Michael Duncan and read by Jonathan Firth, a young man with the briefcase travels to a Moscow suburb to confront an older man with the merciless past.
Ryabov has come to confront Kozhin about the fate of his father. But, strangely, Ryabov is unsure how to handle the situation, despite having the advantage of surprise.
Izrael Metter, who spent most of his life in Leningrad, was a leading novelist, short-story writer and radio satirist after the Second World War. This tale was first published in 1976.
Reader/Jonathan Firth, Producer/Duncan Minshull
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BBC RADIO 4 Friday 7 May 2010
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Peter Snow marks the 350th anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II to the throne – the concluding chapter in 20 years of regicide, civil war and revolution. An archive newspaper forms the framework for the programme.
The English Revolution was brutal, divisive and politically significant. People of all classes and persuasions dreamed extraordinary dreams, some imagining the world could be "turned upside-down".
But somehow the nation more or less came together again in the spring of 1660 in support of one route out of the chaos that followed Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658: monarchy.
This Random Edition examines, with the help of the Parliamentary Intelligencer "newsbook" for 30 April to 7 May 1660, just how Charles II came to be accepted as king, 11 years after his father had been beheaded for overstepping what the regicides saw as the limits of his authority.
The Intelligencer describes in graphic detail the arrival before both Houses of Parliament of Sir John Grenville, a messenger from Charles, who was in the Dutch town of Breda. Grenville carries the king's Declaration of Breda containing the various guarantees that will make his restoration possible.
Using other extracts from the Intelligencer, Peter examines some of Charles's guarantees – that all in the army will be paid arrears owing to them; that a general pardon will be offered to almost all those who worked against the monarchy in the preceding years; and that freedom of religion will be respected.
Also in the programme, Andrew Green travels to Breda to learn about Charles II's years of exile; Trevor Barnes is in the Midlands to fill out the Intelligencer's story of how militant Republican resistance was snuffed out; and historian Jenny Uglow goes to Deal in Kent to imagine the great fleet preparing to cross the North Sea to bring Charles home from The Netherlands.
Presenter/Peter Snow, Producer/Andrew Green
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Ten years ago Zahid Mubarek was beaten to death by his cellmate, Robert Stewart, in Feltham Young Offenders Institution.
In Neil McKay's new factual drama, prison officer John acts as narrator, leading listeners through an overloaded prison system to reveal how a known racist with psychopathic tendencies ended up sharing a cell with a quiet Asian lad serving only 90 days for petty theft.
Stewart's manipulative actions get him moved around the country from one Young Offenders Institution to another as his behaviour becomes increasingly violent and erratic – from tattooing RIP onto his forehead, to inciting the murder of a fellow inmate during a cookery class. He eventually ends up in the huge and overcrowded Feltham, where cells designed for one hold two, and boys are locked up for 23 hours a day. Astonishingly, Stewart's long record of violence and racist behaviour fails to reach Swallow wing, where the only spare bed is in Zahid's cell.
The cast stars Matthew NcNulty as Robert Stewart, Ross Boatman as John and Darren Kuppan as Zahid Mubarek with Jamie Barnes as Ashley Gerlach, Fiona Clarke as Karen Stewart and nurse, Nick Underwood and Greg Wood as prison officers, John Cattrell as Travis and James Adler as Simmo.
Bafta-winning TV dramatist Neil McKay specialises in dramatising stories about real lives.
Producer/Melanie Harris
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Friday 7 May 2010
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Peter Allen and Shelagh Fogarty present BBC Radio 5 Live's General Election coverage as the results come through and the national picture emerges. John Pienaar will be on hand to provide analysis on the results.
From 12noon, Aasmah Mir takes over from Shelagh as the coverage continues with all the latest news, analysis and listener reaction to the results.
Presenters/Peter Allen, Shelagh Fogarty and Aasmah Mir
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Regular guests Pat Nevin and Perry Groves join Kicking Off With Colin Murray for a look ahead to the final weekend of the Premier League season, including West Ham United versus Manchester City, Chelsea against Wigan Athletic, Arsenal versus Fulham, Manchester United versus Stoke City and Hull City versus Liverpool.
At 8.30pm, David Croft and guests preview this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in 5 Live Formula 1.
Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Ed King
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Friday 7 May 2010
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5 Live Formula 1
Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted commentary on the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, live from Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
Producer/Jason Swales
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World Twenty20 Cricket
As the final eight teams compete for a place in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals, live from Bridgetown, Barbados, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra provides uninterrupted commentary on two matches.
Play in the Super Eight round-robin stage starts in the first game at 2.30pm and 6.30pm for the day's second match, with commentary from the Test Match Special team.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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BBC 6 MUSIC Friday 7 May 2010
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Tom Robinson features a live session from Southend art rock four-piece These New Puritans.
The band play tracks from their second album, Hidden, which was released in January.
Presenter/Tom Robinson, Producer/Adam Hudson
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Welsh rockers Bullet For My Valentine return with their eagerly anticipated new album, Fever.
The album has been described by the band as "bigger and darker" than anything they've done before. Their previous two albums, The Poison and Scream Aim Fire, quickly propelled the band to worldwide star status – a rare feat for a young UK band.
Bullet For My Valentine take over the show for an hour to talk about the making of the new album. They discuss the huge pressure on them, their growth as musicians, how producer Dan Gilmore pushed them to breaking point in pursuit of the best performances and how late-night writing sessions and The Witching Hour inspired some of their best-ever riffs.
The band also choose some of their favourite music and discuss how those songs influenced and inspired them as fans and musicians.
Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan
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BBC ASIAN NETWORK Friday 7 May 2010
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Two special Asian Network Reports cover the results of the General Election with details of the changes to Britain's political landscape.
Speaking to people around the UK, the programme investigates the effects of the results and the impact upon Asian issues, families and businesses.
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BBC WORLD SERVICE Friday 7 May 2010
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Tristan Whiston chronicles his year-long gender transition from woman to man, through the change in his singing voice, in the third programme in this series of Global Perspective documentaries.
Documentary makers from around the world have each produced a programme based on the theme At The Edge. Each documentary provides a different, local perspective on the theme. This programme is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Tristan first performed as a solo soprano at the age of six. Years of hard work led to an accomplished singing career. But two years ago, Tristan decided to give up the most precious thing a singer has – the voice.
For a year, Tristan kept audio diaries, including such milestones as the first testosterone shot, the first time shaving and the chest reconstruction surgery – but the most striking thing about these diaries is the transformation of the singing voice.
At the start of the documentary, Tristan is a soprano whose voice soars into the high notes. As the testosterone takes effect, that sublime voice is ripped to shreds and has to be completely recast, just like Tristan's identity.
Presenter/Tristan Whiston, Producers/Tristan Whiston and Carma Jolly
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