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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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"Style bible" of the Eighties, The Face magazine

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

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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

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GENERAL ELECTION 2010
Election Night Coverage

Thursday 6 May

Throughout the evening on BBC RADIO 4 and BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

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BBC General Election 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.

BBC News Publicity

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

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GENERAL ELECTION 2010
Election Special

Thursday 6 May

10.00pm-6.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

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BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire

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

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

World Twenty20 Cricket

Thursday 6 May

2.15-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

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

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

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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

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