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Sir Terry Wogan

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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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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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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5 Live Sport

Sunday 2 May

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

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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Football

Sunday 2 May

12.55-3.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

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

Sunday 2 May

3.45-7.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

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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Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan

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

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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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