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Dale Winton counts down the charts from this week in 1980 and 1993, with hits from Michael Jackson, SWV, The Bluebells, Whitney Houston and Ace Of Base.

Presenter/Dale Winton, Producer/Phil Swern

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BBC RADIO 2's COMEDY HOUR
Radio 2's Comedy Showcase – Strings Ep 5/5

Saturday 8 May

10.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 2

Musician and comedian Tim Minchin

This brand new comedy, written by and starring musician and comedian Tim Minchin, is the final pilot in the Comedy Showcase series for BBC Radio 2.

Tim Minchin plays Jonny, lead singer of rock band Perspex, who's left everything behind him in Australia in pursuit of fame.

Blasting onto the music scene with their hit single Shag With The Stereo On, Perspex are on the cusp of becoming famous. A garrulous Glaswegian A&R man will make sure of that. But Jonny is fighting against a feeling of being unfulfilled.

A chance encounter with Verity, the beautiful lead singer of Christian pop band, In-X-Chelseas, ignites Jonny's interest. Worlds apart but undeniably drawn to each other, will their connection lead Jonny to redemption, or supply him with the suffering he craves to create great rock?

The programme contains original songs written by Tim Minchin and performed by Perspex. It also stars Peter Serafinowicz, Will Adamsdale, Rosalie Craig, Emily Watson Howes, Dan Antopolski, Lizzie Roper and Lewis McLeod.

Producer/Lianne Coop

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Bob Harris's session guest this evening is Australian singer Danny George Wilson.

Known as the former front-man of country rock group Grand Drive, Danny has now hooked up with The Champions Of The World, a band that also includes members of Goldrush, among others.

Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Mark Simpson

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Opera On 3 – Live From The Met: Lulu

Saturday 8 May

6.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 3

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Berg's opera Lulu is conducted by Fabio Luisi with Marlis Petersen as Lulu and James Morris as Dr Schön.

An animal trainer presents to his audience the wonderful wild beasts they are about to see. There's a tiger, a bear and – last but not least – a dangerous serpent, who will mesmerise, seduce and kill, and who eventually gets murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Marlis Petersen plays the scandalous femme fatale of the title – a role for which she has won international acclaim. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Countess Geschwitz, Gary Lehman plays Alwa and James Morris plays Dr Schön.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait with Ira Siff as guest commentator, there are live backstage interviews and the Met Quiz during the two intervals.

Presenter/Margaret Juntwait, Producer/Anthony Sellors

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Big In Bangalore, Big In Beijing Ep 1/2

Saturday 8 May

10.30-11.00am BBC RADIO 4

In this two-part series presenter Rajan Datar follows legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden to Bangalore to find out if the emerging economies of the world offer opportunities for Western music acts.

With the rise of India and China as economic powerhouses, complete with growing middle classes, Rajan investigates if these are now the new territories for bands and artists to target as they seek new audiences.

In the Eighties, with the collapse of the Iron Curtain, Western bands were able to perform to fans in Eastern Europe. Before the collapse many music groups had avoided the region because of difficulties in obtaining permission to perform. Rajan finds out if the East now presents a similarly unexploited opportunity for music bands.

With exclusive access, he hangs out backstage with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, who not only fronts the band, but pilots the band's tour plane. He speaks to the promoters who are trying to make India the new destination of choice for Western music artists and hears from fans who have travelled for days from all parts of the subcontinent to be at the concert. He also discovers, with surprising results, which musical genres sell in India and which don't.

Presenter/Rajan Datar, Producer/Tim Mansel

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Based on a true story and written by Oscar-winning screen writer Ronald Harwood, An English Tragedy details the final days of a man awaiting execution.

Starring Derek Jacobi, the drama tells the story of the traitor John Amery, son of Churchill's Secretary of State for India and is based on actual events at the end of the Second World War.

It is May 1945: victory in Europe, and a Labour landslide. English traitor John Amery, the son of a prominent politician, is arrested in Italy and brought back to London for trial. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.

The play charts the weeks leading up to the execution, following John's arrest in Italy and trial in London. He clutches his teddy bear, lies, boasts and jokes as the day of execution draws inexorably nearer. Meanwhile, his distraught parents try everything in their power to save him.

John Amery was the Harrow-educated son of Churchill's Secretary of State for India, Leo Amery. His brother Julian was later to become a prominent Conservative MP. A troubled man, who had been expelled from public school and bankrupted as a young entrepreneur, John became a passionate fascist. He broadcast pro-Nazi propaganda during the Second World War and ran a programme recruiting British prisoners of war to fight for Germany on the Eastern Front.

Ronald Harwood's work as a screenwriter includes The Pianist, which won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay, and his films The Dresser and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly also won Oscar nominations.

An English Tragedy stars Geoffrey Streatfield as John Amery and Derek Jacobi as his father, Leopold Amery. Isla Blair plays Bryddie Amery, with Christopher Knott as the warder and sergeant, Pip Donaghy as both the judge and the mayor and Melanie Jessop as Dr Rosemary Pimlott.

Producer/Frank Sterling

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This Archive On 4, presented by Roger Law, celebrates the evolution of satire in Britain.

From early drawings of gentlemen misbehaving to today's sharp comedy, co-creator of Spitting Image Roger Law looks at what the archives can teach us about the evolution of British satire. He asks if the British really have more of a taste for satire than other nations, and how it all started.

Roger explores how British satire developed on television with examples from the BBC archives. He revisits his early days at the Establishment Club set up by Peter Cook, and talks to Gerald Scarfe and others who helped form the satirical approach of the Sixties.

Roger reveals some of the juicy details behind Spitting Image and its satirical forays, describing how the team depicted the Duke of York – then a bachelor about town – as a nude pin-up with 2lbs of glistening Cumberland sausages between his legs.

Presenter/Roger Law, Producer/Mark Rickards

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5 Live Sport

Saturday 8 May

12.00noon-7.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Chapman presents an afternoon of live sport and news.

There's live coverage of the Championship first-leg play-off matches, plus all the latest from the final day of the season in Leagues One and Two.

From 1pm there's coverage of the qualifying session in the Spanish Grand Prix and the latest from cricket's ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados, as well as reports from golf's Players Championship in Florida.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Louise Sutton

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5 Live Formula 1

Saturday 8 May

9.55-11.05am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
12.55-2.05pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on the third practice session (9.55am) and the qualifying session (12.55pm), respectively, for the Spanish Grand Prix, comes live from Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

Producer/Jason Swales

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Saturday 8 May

2.15-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on two matches in the Super Eight round-robin stage of the ICC World Twenty20 comes live from Bridgetown, Barbados, as the final eight teams compete for a place in the semi-finals.

Play starts at 2.30pm in the first game and at 6.30pm in the second match of the day, with commentary from the Test Match Special team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Raj and Pablo talk to the director of the new Bollywood release Badmaash Company, actor Paremeet Sethi, who makes his directorial debut with the film.

Paremeet opens up about his new behind-the-scenes role, and reveals how he put his heart and soul into the production. He certainly makes waves in the film – set in the Nineties in middle-class Mumbai, it's a story of four young friends who get together to start a company. Their business is an instant hit because they find a way to beat the system, doing all the wrong things the right way!

As well as enjoying Paremeet's interview, listeners can catch up on the latest news and gossip from Bollywood.

Presenters/Raj and Pablo

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BBC Asian Network DJ Bobby Friction

Bobby Friction presents the latest Official Asian Download Chart, which, for the first four weeks has had Jay Sean in the No. 1 spot. Listeners are invited to tune in to see if he has been knocked out of pole position.

The Official Asian Download Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company from UK sales data.

Presenter/Bobby Friction

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Aled Jones says Good Morning Sunday to journalist and author Bel Mooney, who talks about how her world fell apart after the breakdown of her marriage and how a small dog called Bonnie inspired her recovery.

The Reverend Bazil Meade, founder and principal conductor of the London Community Gospel Choir, discusses the news of the week from a faith perspective and gives the Moment Of Reflection. The choir also sings live in the studio.

Presenter/Aled Jones, Producer/Hilary Robinson

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Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch Ep 1/5

Sunday 9 May

11.00am-1.00pm BBC RADIO 2

BBC Radio 2 presenter and West End star Michael Ball

Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch returns to Sunday mornings on BBC Radio 2.

This week, Michael is live from Glasgow as he reviews the newspapers and previews the best of the week's film, DVD, TV and radio entertainment.

Presenter/Michael Ball, Producer/Jodie Keane

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This week's guest is Dennis Locorriere, former lead singer of Dr Hook, who 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 Aram Khachaturian and Jean Sibelius as well as light music favourites from Victor Young and Frederick Loewe.

Alan's A-Z Of Operetta reaches D for The Desert Song, with music by Sigmund Romberg.

Presenter/Alan Titchmarsh, Producer/Bridget Apps

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Brian D'Arcy marks Rogation Sunday – a traditional observance which asks for God's blessing on the natural world.

Music comes from Tewkesbury Abbey's Schola Cantorum and features the voice of one of BBC Radio 2's Young Choristers of the Year 2009, Laurence Kilsby. The musical director is Benjamin Nicholas and the organist is Carleton Etherington.

Hymns featured include Brother Sister Let Me Serve You, Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us and The Spacious Firmament On High.

Presenter/Brian D'Arcy, Producer/Janet McLarty

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Science writer Philip Ball discusses with Michael Berkeley how people listen to music, illustrated by a range of pieces from Bach to Bartók.

Philip has written a range of popular books on scientific and aesthetic subjects. His most recent, The Music Instinct – How Music Works And Why We Can't Do Without It, explores how the latest research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how people understand and respond to music.

Philip discusses his ideas with Michael Berkeley, using a range of personal musical favourites – from a Bach prelude to a piano concerto by Bartók, a piano sonata by Prokofiev, Stravinsky's Tango For Two Accordions and a jazz number by Duke Ellington.

Presenter/Michael Berkeley, Producer/Chris Marshall

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Comedian and Channel swimmer Doon Mackichan marks the 200th anniversary of poet Lord Byron swimming the Hellespont, celebrating his commemorative poem and comparing Byron's feat with the experiences of today's swimmers.

Lord Byron commemorated the feat in a poem and set up a mania throughout Europe for swimming. He said it was his proudest moment.

Byron's talent for swimming was one of the qualities that made him a legend and wherever he swam became almost a sacred spot. On the shore of the Bay of Spezia, where Shelley drowned, stands a plinth dedicated to "Lord Byron, noted English swimmer and poet".

Doon compares Byron's swim with the experiences of some of the swimmers who turn up every year for a race across this historic channel that separates Europe and Asia. Organised by the Canakkale Rotary Club, it is one of the highlights of the wild water swimming calendar.

Byron was inspired by the Greek myth of Leander, who nightly swam the strait to visit his beloved Hero and, after hours of lovemaking, swam back home again.

Swimming gave Byron, lame as he was, some of the most exhilarating moments of his life. Only in swimming was he able to experience complete freedom of movement – and freedom was a state he aspired to in all things.

Doon Mackichan takes a look at the man and the event through his poetry and journal entries.

Presenter/Doon Mackichan, Producer/Merilyn Harris

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5 Live Sport

Sunday 9 May

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents 5 Live Sport on the final day of the 2009-10 Premier League season.

From 1pm there's live commentary of the Spanish Grand Prix and the latest from cricket's ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados, and reports from golf's Players Championship in Florida.

There's live coverage of all the afternoon's matches from 4pm, including Chelsea versus Wigan, Manchester United versus Stoke, West Ham United versus Manchester City and Burnley versus Tottenham Hotspur, as the destination of the title and the relegation and European places are finalised.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mark Williams

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Sunday 9 May

2.15-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Cricket fans can hear uninterrupted commentary on two matches in the Super Eight round-robin stage of the ICC World Twenty20, as the final eight teams compete for a place in the semi-finals, live from Bridgetown, Barbados.

Play starts in the first game at 2.30pm, and at 6.30pm in the second match of the day, with commentary from the Test Match Special team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan

Huey Morgan speaks to London's funk, soul and spoken-word five-piece Benin City. Described as Outkast meets James Brown, Benin City have been causing a stir among Huey's peers, from Craig Charles to Mark Lamarr. The band are fronted by two vocalists, Musa from Uganda and Josh from Nigeria. Benin City add saxophone, drums and cello; fuse funk, folk, drum and bass, hip hop, Afrobeat and jazz; and overlay their socially aware but often very funny lyrics.

Huey talks to the band about their lyrical content, the current Invisible Cake EP, their musical influences and their fearsome live reputation while checking out what they can do stripped back and on the hoof.

Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Rebecca Maxted

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Richard Allinson and Sony nominated Steve Levine profile the work of Stephen Street, a producer whose credits include albums by The Smiths, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs, New Order and Morrissey.

The programme includes interviews with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, Blur's Graham Coxon and Kaiser Chiefs lead singer Ricky Wilson. There is also exclusive access to multi-track recordings of the Blur hits Girls And Boys and Parklife, and the first play of Stephen's rare songwriting demos for Morrissey.

Presenters/Richard Allinson and Steve Levine,
Producer/Neil Myners

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In the companion programme to tonight's Record Producers, Steve Levine plays a selection of music produced by Stephen Street. Artists include New Order, Ooberman, Shed Seven and The Zutons.

Presenter/Steve Levine, Producer/Neil Myners

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It's a BBC 6 Music DJ takeover on the Live Music Hour all week. The Live House is curated by 6 Music presenters, starting with Gideon Coe, who have lovingly hand-picked their favourite concerts and sessions from the BBC's extensive archive.

Gideon's headline act is Roxy Music in concert at the BBC's Paris Theatre in 1972 – a gig that features some most enthusiastic keyboard bashing from the one and only Brian Eno.

Presenter/Chris Hawkins, Producer/Claire Slevin

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As BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is about to descend on Wales for the biggest free party in Europe, BBC Introducing in Wales presenter Bethan Elfyn takes a look at the country's biggest musical export of the last decade: rock.

Heading into the heart of the South Wales Valley towns of Merthyr, Pontypridd and Bridgend, Bethan finds out why so many bands – from Lost Prophets to the Blackout – want to make such epic noise. In their own words, "this is the story of how Welsh rock took on the world". As Zane Lowe said, "There's something in the water!"

Presenter/Bethan Elfyn

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Graham Norton sits in for Chris Evans this week. At 9am every day, Graham treats listeners to a classic Eurovision entry to get them in the mood for this year's contest, which takes place in Norway at the end of May.

Presenter/Graham Norton, Producers/Jessica Rickson and Phil McGarvey

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Lead singer of British rock group Keane, Tom Chaplin

Simon Mayo chats to Keane's Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes, as they become the latest band to join BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook Library.

Keane preview tracks from their new album, Night Train, named after the band's favourite mode of transport on a recent world tour, which is released this week. They also rework the Fleetwood Mac classic, Go Your Own Way, and Tim talks about writing for Kylie's new album.

Presenter/Simon Mayo, Producer/Andy Warrell

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Paul Jones is joined by young British singer-songwriter and guitarist Oli Brown, who is currently working on a follow-up album to his 2008 debut, Open Road.

Presenter/Paul Jones, Producer/Paul Long

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Jools Holland is joined by Blockheads pianist and guitarist, Chaz Jankel. Chaz, Jools and the band perform a version of the Ian Dury And The Blockheads classic, Clever Trevor.

Jools is currently celebrating a Sony Radio Award nomination for Best Specialist Music Programme. The winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony today (Monday 10 May).

Presenter/Jools Holland, Producer/Sarah Gaston

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BBC Radio 3 presenter Donald Macleod

Aside from his musical genius, Beethoven is perhaps best known for his devastating loss of hearing and tumultuous love life. Donald Macleod looks at how this complex man was affected by these crises in his life in a week of programmes that put them into context, setting them against the backdrop of the turbulent years through which the composer lived. Each programme focuses on the music and events in and around one significant year, beginning today with 1803.

Beethoven was 33 in 1803 and his hearing had already begun to deteriorate. He had previously written of his despair and thoughts of suicide but this year marked a change in his music and a new "heroic style" emerged, reflected in the virtuosic Waldstein Sonata and in the Eroica Symphony, originally written in honour of Napoleon.

Later in the week, Donald focuses on 1809 (Tuesday), when Napoleon invaded Vienna, and on 1812 (Wednesday), the year in which Beethoven wrote a love letter to his "Immortal Beloved", whose identity has given rise to endless speculation.

Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Deborah Preston

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As part of the BBC's year of science programmes, Night Waves is running a special series of extended interviews with leading scientists from across the globe. Each month, scientific figures talk about their research specialism, their wider scientific views, their personal background and their involvement with broader cultural and political questions.

Tonight, Rana Mitter interviews husband-and-wife team Chris and Uta Frith, both of whom are eminent neuroscientists and leaders in their fields. Chris Frith, Emeritus Professor at the Wellcome Trust, specialises in schizophrenia and Uta Frith, Professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, specialises in autism – which means that they are both working on what has been called "the social brain".

Rana talks to them about the nature of these illnesses, the dominant public perception of them and their often high political profile. They discuss how the latest wide-ranging scientific research on the brain is changing scientists' understanding of these illnesses. Rana also asks the pair how a scientific relationship co-exists with a marriage.

Presenter/Rana Mitter, Producer/James Cook

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Book Of The Week – A Gambling Man:
Charles II And The Restoration Ep 1/5

Monday 10 to Friday 14 May

9.45-10.00am BBC RADIO 4

Jenny Uglow's fascinating portrait of Charles II explores his elusive nature through the lens of 10 vital years. It portrays a vibrant, violent, pulsing world, in which the risks the King took forged the fate of the nation.

In May 1660, after years of exile in Holland, Charles II crossed the Channel in fine weather to be reinstated as Sovereign. The Restoration was a time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis.

Charles II was 30 and his return was greeted with maypoles and bonfires. But there was no going back – certainty had vanished and the divinity of kingship fled with his father's beheading. Honour was now a word tossed around in duels and providence could no longer be trusted. As the country was rocked by plague, fire and war, people searched for new ideas by which to live.

Exactly 10 years later, Charles would stand again on the shore at Dover, laying the greatest bet of his life in a secret deal with his cousin, Louis XIV.

The Restoration decade was one of experiment: from the science of the Royal Society to the startling role of credit and risk, from the shocking licence of the court to the failed attempts at toleration of different beliefs. But all the while, Charles's true intentions lay hidden.

A Gambling Man is read by Michael Maloney and abridged by Libby Spurrier.

Reader/Michael Maloney, Producer/Joanna Green

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Woman's Hour Drama – The Donor Trail Ep 1/5

Monday 10 to Friday 14 May

10.45-11.00am BBC RADIO 4

Samantha Bond and Maxine Peake star in Richard Monks's drama, which tracks the journey of a donor heart, given by one human being to another. Through five monologues, The Donor Trail tells of a patient's suffering as he languishes on a waiting list and of his relief when a matching organ is found. But as one family celebrates, another grieves the loss of their son.

The week begins with the story of The Recipient. Steven is an active 38 year old, with a wife only weeks away from giving birth to their first child, when he is left reeling by the news that he is suffering from a congenital heart condition, cardiomyopathy. At the time of the operation, Steven is told little about the donor, only that he was 15 years old and killed in a road traffic accident. It leads him to think over and over again of contacting the family.

On Tuesday, the story of the heart is taken up by Clare, The Recipient Transplant Co-ordinator. Clare is the woman responsible for getting the heart from the donor to the recipient. With only four hours to achieve this, hers is a high-pressure job and things don't always go well.

Wednesday's story is told by Miranda, The Surgeon, whose rise to the top of her profession has not been without sacrifice. She is considered both ruthless and arrogant – a persona she has cultivated to prevent others getting too close. But her encounter with Jean, the donor's mother, changes her.

In Thursday's episode, The Donor Transplant Co-ordinator, Terry remembers Saul and his mother well. Brought in with severe head injuries, 15-year-old Saul was never expected to recover. Terry's job is to ensure that a patient dies with dignity and in an unrushed manner. In Saul's case, his mother, Jean, had lain with him on his bed until his ventilator had been switched off. The music that Jean chooses to play while she prepares and dresses her dead son triggers Terry's memories of his brother's death.

The final episode, The Donor's Mother, tells the story of Jean, who is called and told of her son's accident. Jean tells her moving story and looks to the future that her son has given to others.

Steven is played by Derek Riddell, Clare by Julia Ford, Miranda by Samantha Bond, Terry by Jeff Hordley and Jean by Maxine Peake.

Producer/Nadia Molinari

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The Museum Of Curiosity Ep 1/6

Monday 10 May

6.30-7.00pm BBC RADIO 4

Professor John Lloyd is joined by a new curator, comedian Jon Richardson, to throw open the doors of the world's most curious museum once more. As they prepare to receive gifts from Sir Terry Pratchett, Marcus Chown and Shappi Khorsandi, the pair hurriedly throw the dust covers off the Museum's empty plinths for a brand-new series of this comedy panel show.

Bestselling fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett kicks off the series by offering up a Secret And Personal Extra Day Of The Week, while cosmologist and author Marcus Chown donates a bizarre but plausible scientific theory of the afterlife, known as the Enigma Point, and comedian and writer Shappi Khorsandi offers Charlie Chaplin.

Producer/Richard Turner

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Book At Bedtime – No And Me Ep 1/10

Monday 10 to Friday 14 May

10.45-11.00pm BBC RADIO 4

When 13-year-old Lou, with an IQ of 160, meets the homeless No, her life changes irrevocably. Set in contemporary Paris, No And Me is a tale of adolescence and homelessness.

Lou Bertignac has a deep fear of standing up in front of her class. At home, her father puts a brave face on things but secretly cries in the bathroom, while her mother rarely speaks and hardly ever leaves the house.

Lou seeks escape from this silent misery at the Gare d'Austerlitz, where she finds grand emotions in the smiles and tears of arrival and departure. But everything changes when she encounters No, a girl who lives on the streets of the city of lights.

A bestseller in France, No And Me is written by Delphine de Vigan and is her first novel to be published in English. It is read by Emerald O'Hanrahan and abridged by Jeremy Osborne.

Reader/Emerald O'Hanrahan, Producer/Rosalynd Ward

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Mark Chapman has all the day's sports news and is joined by special guests 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 latest from the Championship and Leagues One and Two.

At 9.30pm, in Chapman And Lovejoy's Football Express, Tim Lovejoy and Mark Chapman take a humorous, quick-fire look at this week's news from the beautiful game.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Steve Houghton

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Monday 10 May

2.15-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Sports Extra features uninterrupted commentary on two matches in the Super Eight round-robin stage of the ICC World Twenty20, as the final eight teams compete for a place in the semi-finals, live from Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Play starts in the first game at 2.30pm; the second match begins at 6.30pm. Commentary is provided by the Test Match Special team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Foals join Lauren Laverne for a live session in the BBC 6 Music studios. Following the rapturous acclaim heaped upon their 2008 debut album, Antidotes, the Oxford five-piece return this month with Total Life Forever. The new album was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden and was produced by Luke Smith of electro pioneers Clor.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Hudson Mohawke provides the Video Of The Week with his new single, Joy Fantastic, featuring the vocals of Olivier Daysoul, taken from Hudson's Warp Records debut album, Butter.

Hudson Mohawke – aka Ross Birchard – is an electronic music producer and DJ from Glasgow, affiliated with the LuckyMe collective. He attributes his deconstructive production style to an early involvement in "turntablism". At the age of 15, Birchard (under the name DJ Itchy) was the youngest-ever UK DMC finalist. He joins Andrew Collins to talk about the Joy Fantastic video.

Presenter/Andrew Collins, Producer/Jax Coombes

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Gideon Coe brings listeners a live concert from The Strokes from 2005 and Joe Strummer at Glastonbury in 1999. Session highlights come from New Mexico quartet The Shins, Ohio singer Jessica Lea Mayfield, long-serving punk icons UK Subs and Icarus, playing for John Peel in 1980.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

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Tom Robinson is the latest BBC 6 Music presenter to search through the family silver to choose his Live Music Hour.

Tom's headline act is the mighty Led Zeppelin, in concert at the BBC's Paris Theatre, in 1971. It was seemingly a powerful but strange affair, due to the very polite audience. Other archive sessions come courtesy of The Hat, recorded for Tom's BBC 6 Music show in 2007, and Kenny Young And The Eggplants, a band capable of lifting the heaviest of souls.

Presenter/Chris Hawkins, Producer/Claire Slevin

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BBC Asian Network presenter Gagan Grewal

Gagan Grewal hears from prolific Indian director and screenwriter, Shyam Benegal.

In the Seventies, a quartet of Benegal films – Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika – gave rise to a new genre, now dubbed "middle cinema" in India.

Benegal talks about his latest film, Well Done Abba, which is part-comedy and part-political-satire on Indian village life.

Presenter/Gagan Grewal

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BBC World Service's global arts and entertainment show features an interview with critically acclaimed Uzbek novelist and poet, Hamid Ismailov, as he takes on the role of BBC World Service's writer in residence.

Hamid is a prolific writer of poetry and prose and his books have been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish and other languages. His critically acclaimed novel The Railway was translated into English in 2006.

Once a week for the next two years, Hamid will be writing creatively about events in the news, issues that have grabbed the world's attention and, occasionally, about day-to-day life at BBC World Service.

Live on today's programme, he launches his writer-in-residence blog, in which he explores the themes of work and creativity.

Presenter/Harriett Gilbert

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Jamie Cullum continues to showcase his love for all types of jazz, and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to the future.

This week's show features a live session recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios with British rising jazz stars the Neil Cowley Trio.

Following on from the success of their first two albums, pianist Neil Cowley and his bassist and drummer play tracks from their latest work, Radio Silence, and talk about the story behind some of the tracks.

Presenter/Jamie Cullum, Producer/Karen Pearson

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Last Orders At The Spinning Disc –
What's Happened To Record Shops? Ep 1/2

Tuesday 11 May

10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2

Pete Waterman, the producer behind artists such as Dead Or Alive, Bananarama, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Steps and Westlife, examines the history of independent record shops, and considers how so many such stores have recently vanished and what the future holds for them.

This two-part series features interviews with stars, moguls and artists who have spent time on either side of the counter, summoning up the sights, sounds and smells that create the strange magic of record shops.

In the first programme, Pete looks at how record shops have had a unique place in people's hearts. They have been social hang-outs, places of education, reflections of the changing world outside and shrines to music. The story that he tells encompasses sentiment, snobbery, commerce, technology, fashion and the enduring truth that most people can name the first record they ever bought.

Together with veteran DJs Johnnie Walker, Annie Nightingale and BBC 6 Music presenter Don Letts; music writer and former record seller David Hepworth; hip-hop artist Dan Le Sac; and Katrina Leskanich of Katrina And The Waves, Pete looks back at the wood-panelled HMVs of the Twenties and Thirties, and at the Woolworths stores of the Fifties and Sixties. He also traces the explosion of the pop market in the Sixties, through Liverpool's NEMS, where store manager Brian Epstein first heard the word "Beatles".

Pete investigates the snobbish appeal of the hipster outlets, and talks to Richard Branson about the opening of the first Virgin shop on London's Oxford Street in the early Seventies. He explores how the "megastore" approach irrevocably altered not just British record stores, but also the entire music industry.

The series tells the story of how record stores evolved from shops frequented simply to purchase recorded music into so much more, and evokes a time when record stores were the nerve centre for fans, a hotbed of hype where the latest cuts could springboard local bands into national fame.

Presenter/Pete Waterman, Producer/Hannah Rosenfelder

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Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama, and explores claims that Middleton had a hand in the works of Shakespeare.

Middleton wrote stories of murder, incest and sexual blackmail and was hugely popular in his day, occasionally out-selling Shakespeare at the box office. Dominic asks why, if his plays were so popular, they were banned from the stage for more than 300 years.

Gary Taylor, editor of The Complete Middleton, argues that this dangerous genius was just too controversial to survive and thrive. Shakespeare's stories of kings and queens, of hope and redemption, outlasted the disturbing visions of the trouble-maker Middleton. But more controversial is the claim that he had a hand in the Bard's success.

Dominic examines the evidence for Middleton's alleged collaborations with Shakespeare and looks at his claim to greatness. Also assessing the case for Middleton are Professor Jonathan Bate, Professor Sir Brian Vickers and actress Harriet Walter, who is to take to the London stage as one of the playwright's most villainous anti-heroes.

Presenter/Dominic Arkwright, Producer/John Byrne

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This dramatisation of Georges Simenon's novel Sunday, set in 1957, tells the story of Émile, a chef who decides to poison his wife.

Émile is married to a domineering older wife, Berthe, whose family owns the little hotel, La Bastide. Although Émile is the chef, he feels like a servant. In an attempt to assert himself he starts an affair with one of the maids, but he continues to be humiliated by Berthe. His hatred of his wife festers and finally he hatches a plot to poison her – and now the day of reckoning has arrived.

Sunday, first published in 1959 under the title Dimanche, takes place on a single day and is dramatised by Ronald Frame. Georges Simenon is best known for his Inspector Maigret stories.

Émile is played by Grant O'Rourke, Berthe by Emma Currie, Ada by Melody Grove and Nancy by Francesca Dymond. Michael Mackenzie plays the doctor, Simon Tait the waiter and Joanna Tope plays Madame Harnaud.

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Tales From Tate Modern Ep 1/3

Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 May

3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4

Situated in the unlikely environs of a former power station on the banks of the River Thames, Tate Modern is the most visited art museum in the world, and a global landmark.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary in May, BBC Radio 4 has commissioned three writers to respond to Tate Modern, in three distinctive ways.

The series begins with A Modern Love Story by Mark Burgess, read by Clare Corbett. She plays Sophie, a young woman working in Tate Modern's education department. Her head is full of facts and figures about the building and its contents, but she has other things on her mind as well: the imminent arrival at the museum of old boyfriend Liam, who is down from Liverpool for the day.

The second monologue, The Way To Veritas by Roy Apps, is performed by Sidney Sloane, who plays Anthony, an art-lover with a particular interest in one of Tate Modern's most celebrated installations. The Pack, by German artist Joseph Beuys, is 24 sledges arranged behind the open rear door of a Volkswagen Campervan. It captivates Anthony completely, yet he struggles to determine the truth behind its conception.

The series ends with Shifting Sand, a satirical monologue written by Cathy Feeny and performed by Nicholas Boulton. He plays an unnamed conceptual artist, desperately trying to complete his latest installation, Sand. It could all go horribly wrong, but for the talent and ingenuity of his young assistant, Eve.

Readers/Clare Corbett, Sidney Sloane and Nicholas Boulton, Producer/Peter Hoare

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So Wrong It's Right Ep 1/5

Tuesday 11 May

11.00-11.30pm BBC RADIO 4

Acerbic funny man and BBC presenter Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that celebrates failure, with guests David Mitchell, Rufus Hound and Victoria Coren competing to supply the best wrong answers and stories.

It's a game of competitive ineptitude, the aim of which is to come up with the "most wrong" answer to each question.

In this show the panel's worst holiday experiences and the internet all come under the "wrong" spotlight – as well as the guests' best ideas for the worst new reality TV show. Can anyone be more "wrong" than Rufus Hound's pitch, the primetime reality show Blaze Of Granny?

Presenter/Charlie Brooker, Producer/Aled Evans

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5 Live Sport

Tuesday 11 May

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch has all the day's sports news, and, from 7.45pm, there is live commentary of the second leg of the first Championship play-off semi-final.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Patrick Nathanson

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Tuesday 11 May

5.45pm-1.15am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary comes from two matches in the Super Eight round-robin stage of the ICC World Twenty20, as the final eight teams compete for a place in the semi-finals live from Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Play starts in the first game at 6pm and at 10pm in the second match of the day, with commentary from the Test Match Special team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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The Black Keys join Lauren Laverne for a live session at the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

The blues/rock duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney return this month with the critically acclaimed new album Brothers – the band's sixth offering. The new record comes hot on the heels of the Blakroc project, which found The Black Keys teaming up with hip-hop heavyweights Damon Dash, Mos Def and Q-Tip for an album released late last year.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Gideon Coe plays session archive from Bright Eyes and Bristol's The Flatmates; a 2008 recording from Jack Rose; and the late Jamaican roots legend Prince Far I, via a 1978 session for John Peel. Concert archive includes a 2005 set from The Kills, the band featuring former Scarfo front-man (and Kate Moss's beau) Jamie Hince.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

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Throughout the week, BBC 6 Music DJs are taking over the Live Music Hour, lovingly hand-picking their favourite concerts and sessions from the BBC's extensive archive.

This morning it's the turn of Andrew Collins, who has been manning the ramparts of the Big British Castle for Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish on a Saturday morning, aided and abetted by his partner in crime, comedian Richard Herring. Andrew has also been sitting in for Nemone every weekday afternoon.

With his impeccable credentials as a former NME journalist, and editor of Q Magazine, Andrew's rock 'n' roll stories include making toast with Radiohead, who he selects as his headline act, recorded live at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003.

He also picks sessions from Eighties Aussie band The Triffids and Sixties pop-beat combo The Move.

Presenter/Chris Hawkins, Producer/Claire Slevin

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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.

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Bob Harris concludes his journey through the world of Album Orientated Rock (AOR) by playing music from Steve Perry, Free, Cry Of Love, Stevie Nicks and an all-time classic by Led Zeppelin.

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

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BBC Radio 3 presenter Catherine Bott

The winners of the 2010 Awards from the Royal Philharmonic Society, the most prestigious award ceremony in the UK for live classical music, were announced at the Dorchester Hotel in London yesterday evening.

Performance On 3 features coverage from the ceremony, including Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry's keynote speech, interviews and music.

Since 1989 the RPS music awards have recognised not only the calibre of today's classical musicians but also those who push creative boundaries to produce work which excites and engages audiences.

Presented in association with BBC Radio 3, the awards reveal an exciting new generation of artists and ensembles who are firmly establishing themselves alongside distinguished performers.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Brian Jackson

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Presenter Jolyon Jenkins follows the fortunes of four state school pupils who have won scholarships to Eton in this documentary.

Bradley, Oscar, Joe and Rishad are bright all-rounders who went from a local comprehensive to what is probably the world's most famous public school.

Commanding fees of almost £30,000 a year, Eton educates some of Britain's most wealthy and privileged boys. It also offers scholarships and bursaries to a small number of bright and motivated boys who've been educated in the state sector.

Jolyon finds out what the scholarship scheme means for the boys and how they are they regarded by the fee-payers. He also tries to find out what type of boy Eton wants as a scholar, if the scholarship boys fit in at Eton and whether there is a class divide.

Bradley is from Blackpool, his parents are full-time foster carers who found out about the scholarship when they read about it in a national red-top newspaper. Oscar is from Seaford in Sussex, a former young-mayor of the town and an A*-grade student; his comprehensive was closing its sixth form so he took a punt on an Eton scholarship, and succeeded.

Jolyon hears from them, and Rishad and Joe, who all won scholarships as well as bursaries to attend Eton College.

Presenter/Jolyon Jenkins, Producer/Karen Gregor

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The Shuttleworths Ep 1/6

Wednesday 12 May

11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 4

In a new series of The Shuttleworths, John's wife Mary bids for a fancy toaster on the internet, complete with crumb tray, but John becomes obsessed that she'll be outbid.

John Shuttleworth, Sheffield's favourite singer-songwriter, returns to the airwaves with his electronic keyboard, wife Mary and next door neighbour and sole agent Ken Worthington in tow.

Back in his traditional late-night slot, it's time to reunite the Radio 4 listener with John's musings on everyday life and catch up with the comings and goings of the people that inhabit his world. And, of course, there'll be a brand new song in each episode.

As well as the internet toaster saga, John's adventures in this series include writing a song for Lady Ga Ga, but only if he can get all his DIY duties done to Mary's satisfaction first; taking his first trip to an Indian restaurant for a curry after sampling Ken's naan bread; trying to help Ken get his washing off the line before the rain starts; taking up on the offer of an unpaid gig – but only because he has the promise of his own designated parking space; and celebrating a milestone birthday with a picnic, if only Mary could decide which type of sandwiches to pack.

Alongside Ken and Mary, Mary's friend Joan Chitty will be making an appearance and possibly even John's nemesis, Peter Cornelius.

The Shuttleworths is written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer/Dawn Ellis

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5 Live Sport

Wednesday 12 May

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch has all the day's sports news and the build-up to tonight's Uefa Europa League final, with live commentary of the match from 7.45pm (or, if there is no English team in the Europa League final, commentary on the second leg of the second Championship play-off semi-final).

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Patrick Whiteside

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Andrew Collins talks to Florida's alternative surf rockers Surfer Blood, whose debut album Astro Coast was praised by influential music site Pitchfork as a "great guitar album, every bit as easy and fun to air-guitar with as to sing along to."

The Miami-based band's intricate, amazingly catchy debut single Swim was one of the blogosphere's most widely praised songs of 2009.

The band are currently earning rave reviews for their live performances as they support the record across the country, including a series of dates at this year's SXSW festival.

The band grew up listening to Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, the Pixies and the Smiths, influences that can be heard in the Surfer Blood sound.

Presenter/Andrew Collins, Producer/Jax Coombes

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Gideon Coe presents sessions from eccentric US songwriter Herman Dune, a session recorded specially at John Peel's request in 2000, an early pre-Baker Street session from Gerry Rafferty, showing off his folkier leanings, plus a rare play of a The Moodists session from 1985.

Concert highlights come from gentle electronic folk man Jose Gonzalez, recorded at the Summer Sundae festival in 2008.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

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Mid-morning presenter and double Sony-nominated star Lauren Laverne takes her turn in the chair this morning, as BBC 6 Music DJs continue a week of programmes in which they select some of their favourite live music.

The former front-woman of Sunderland indie band Kenickie, and now host of live sessions on the station, "Auntie La La" will be waxing lyrical about her choices of Mercury Rev, Pavement and Local Natives.

Presenter/Chris Hawkins, Producer/Claire Slevin

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Gagan Grewal is in conversation with award-winning film actress and director Nandita Das in today's programme.

Known to world audiences for her critically acclaimed performances in films such as Fire from 1996 and Earth from 1998, Nandita's directorial debut Firaaq was honoured at a recent awards ceremony in India and internationally by an accolade from the Government of France.

Nandita will talk about the impact of her films, her passion for making them and the need for powerful social movements in India.

Presenter/Gagan Grewal

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BBC World Service's Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy travels to Glasgow to meet a diverse cross-section of the Muslim community.

Bashir, a proud Scot who now in his eighties was a first-generation pioneer when he arrived in Scotland more than 50 years ago. Bashir was instrumental in making sure Glasgow's Muslims got their own grand mosque. He tells Roger about the racism he suffered in the Fifties and Sixties.

Now an honoured member of the community, what does Bashir make of the issues that exercise the new generation in the 21st century, such as young women who want to be voting members of the mosque he founded?

The programme also finds out how Islam sits with Scottish nationalism, and whether the Scottish national dish, haggis, can ever be halal.

Presenter/Roger Hardy

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Graham Norton sits in for Chris Evans this week and, at 9am every day, 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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Bob Harris is joined by award-winning, Louisiana-born singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier, who wrote her first song at the age of 35 after emerging from a life of drug and alcohol addiction.

Given up at birth by her mother and adopted by Catholic Italian parents in Louisiana, Mary's latest album, The Foundling, explores this experience and her subsequent search for meaning and identity.

Mary's music is intensely personal and hugely influenced by her life experience. She spent her early years battling personal demons, which led to her leaving home at 15, living in halfway houses and descending into a world of drugs and alcohol.

After moving to Boston and opening a Cajun restaurant, an arrest for drink driving forced her to face her addictions and led to her getting clean and sober. This gave her the mental clarity to write songs, an ambition she had never been able to fulfil before.

Since starting to write, Mary has released six albums and in 2005 was named best new and emerging artist at the Americana Music Awards in Nashville.

Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Al Booth

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Frank Renton revisits recordings by bands that have celebrated landmark events, either of their own or on a wider stage.

Featured this week is music from Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag, whose 20 Supreme Years celebrated a long association with conductor and composer Howard Snell; Black Dyke's Jewels In The Crown, which marked the band's 150th anniversary; the Band of HM Royal Marines recalling the Battle of Trafalgar 200 years on; and the YBS band, who released an album to celebrate their tour in Australia.

Presenter/Frank Renton, Producer/Terry Carter

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Neither a race nor a battle, Go is unique among board games. Its ancient oriental rules can be learnt in an afternoon but mastering them takes a lifetime.

Chris Ledgard explores the world of the ancient oriental game, which expresses "a psychological essence" of the Far East, according to the British Museum's Dr Irving Finkel. Although ancient, no-one knows quite how old the game is, but the claim that it originated 4,000 years ago is open to question.

What is beyond doubt is Go's place in oriental culture. The remarkable cave of Buddhist treasures discovered at Dunhuang on the Silk Road through China included a sixth-century Go manual now kept in the British Library. Miniature boards and pieces have turned up in ancient burial sites.

In the 20th century, some of Japan's finest writers turned to Go for inspiration, following major games and probing the psychology of the top players. And, as the first atomic bomb fell, two of the world's best exponents were playing a title match on the outskirts of Hiroshima.

Go is little-known in the West, in spite of the efforts of one of the two players in what became known as the Atom Bomb Game, Iwamoto Kaoru, who spent his later years setting up Go centres in Europe and the Americas.

In Why Go?, Chris talks to experts from East and West about the game's history and culture, and examines some ancient artefacts.

Dr Finkel discusses Go's place in the history of games. After Go, he says, "you could argue that the world's board games went downhill". Susan Whitfield, Director of the International Dunhuang Project, brings the 1,500-year-old manual out of storage and explains how it was discovered and what it reveals.

Britain's two foremost experts on the game describe how they became hooked, and Chris visits Amsterdam to examine Iwamoto Kaoru's legacy and find out why, in spite of all the time and money he spent, relatively few people in Europe play the game.

Rob Foster, a translator of the Dunhuang manual, describes the game as "a conversation... it's hand talk". The programme also addresses the key question of whether, as some argue, Go reflects aspects of oriental thinking and is a game few Western players really understand.

Presenter and Producer/Chris Ledgard

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So You Want To Disappear tells the story of Fraser, a man who once tracked clients who jumped bail.

But Fraser decides to give his business a small, but dramatic twist and now helps people who want to disappear, in this story from BBC Northern Ireland Drama. Receiving a call from Kathryn, a woman with a past from which she desperately needs to escape, Fraser agrees to help her, but leaving is one thing and staying away is quite another.

So You Want To Disappear is written by Mark Wheatley.

Kathryn is played by Lia Williams, Fraser by Neil Pearson, Ali by Tessa Nicholson, Mitch by Michael Shelford and Kyle by Miche Doherty.

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Music from Vivaldi's Gloria features in this live service from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London to mark Ascension Day.

The Very Reverend June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury, is the preacher at this service celebrating Christ's ascension into heaven.

Music is sung by the BBC Daily Service Singers and St Martin's Choir with Sinfonia Britannica, directed by Andrew Earis. The Celebrant is The Reverend Nicholas Holtam and the organist is Martin Ford.

Producer/Simon Vivian

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BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Eleanor Oldroyd

Eleanor Oldroyd presents all the day's sports news and, from 7.30pm, the latest from the world of athletics in 5 Live Track And Field.

At 9pm, 5 Live Boxing previews Kevin Mitchell's fight for the WBO interim lightweight title against Australian Michael Katsidis at Upton Park on Saturday night.

Presenter/Eleanor Oldroyd, Producer/Claire Ackling

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5 Live Formula 1

Thursday 13 May

8.55-10.35am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
12.55-2.35pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted commentary on the first (8.55am) and second (12.55pm) practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix live from Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo.

Producer/Jason Swales

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Thursday 13 May

4.00-7.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
8.45pm-12.15am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The Test Match Special team present uninterrupted live commentary on the first men's semi-final (4pm) and first women's semi-final (8.45pm) of the ICC World Twenty20, live from Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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The makers of the new Bill Hicks documentary join Shaun Keaveny to reveal all about their soon-to-be-released film about the legendary American comic.

Matt Everitt takes a sideways swipe at the day's music news, while a listener is rudely awoken with their favourite track in My Morning Racket.

Presenter/Shaun Keaveny, Producer/Nic Philps

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LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy joins Lauren Laverne in the studio.

LCD Soundsystem release their new album This Is Happening on 17 May. It follows the band's previous massively influential albums LCD Soundsystem and Sound Of Silver.

James Murphy has claimed that this record will be the very last LCD album so Lauren will be talking to him about this and finding out what the summer holds for the band.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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There's a loud and quiet contrast in the choice of concert tracks from The Ramones and Cowboy Junkies from 1992 and 1987 respectively.

Gideon Coe's session highlights include Scottish new wavers The Rich Kids, the ever-eclectic Kevin Ayers, a 1982 Peel session from Skat and another airing for the 18th Day Of May's recent session for Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

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Fun Lovin' Criminal and Sony Award-winning BBC 6 Music Sunday afternoon host Huey Morgan presents this morning's Live Music Hour.

Having played a string of live dates recently, Huey's appetite for the live music experience has been reinvigorated and he kicks off the hour with an absolute legend as his headliner – BB King, playing at the Golden Bear venue in California in 1986.

Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Claire Slevin

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On his last day sitting in for Chris Evans this week, Graham treats listeners to another classic Eurovision entry to get them in the mood for this year's contest, which takes place in Norway at the end of May.

Presenter/Graham Norton, Producers/Jessica Rickson and Phil McGarvey

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Kicking off the Friday night schedule is legendary BBC Radio 2 presenter Desmond Carrington, who is approaching his 30th anniversary of presenting on the network. Broadcasting from his home in Perthshire, Desmond has sorted through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for this week's composer special.

Tonight, he celebrates the words and music of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, the writing partnership behind one of Chris Evans's favourite tracks, The Candy Man.

Presenter/Desmond Carrington, Producer/Dave Aylott

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Clare Teal presents Friday Night Is Music Night in a concert recorded last March at the Watford Colosseum. Gavin Sutherland conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with guest baritone Rodney Clarke and guest instrumentalists the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra was founded just over 40 years ago by musician John Arthy, who discovered more than 1,000 original arrangements for swing and dance band in an attic in Manchester. Among them were titles such as Puttin' On The Ritz, Minnie The Moocher and John's own favourite song, Home In Pasadena.

In tonight's show, the Orchestra performs Happy Feet by Jack Yellen, A Cheerful Little Earful by Harry Warren and Cole Porter's You're The Top.

Rodney Clarke performs The Toreador's Song from Carmen by Bizet and Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, and the Orchestra plays a selection of music from Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, the cult Spielberg film ET, whose soundtrack was scored by John Williams, and Rossini's La gazza ladra.

Presenter/Clare Teal, Producer/Bridget Apps

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Claudia Windleman talks to actor and musical theatre star Clive Rowe, who most recently played the jester Feste in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Claudia also discusses affordable art with Alvin Hall.

Presenter/Claudia Winkleman, Producer/Jessica Rickson

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Just as the drama of the General Election begins to subside, psychiatrist Liz De Souza is mystified when she is summoned to a secret government facility, in today's Afternoon Play. She is called in to assess a man, recently found disorientated and confused, convinced that Tony Blair is still Prime Minister.

Initially, Liz is sure that Mal is suffering a simple, but treatable, delusional episode. But Liz struggles to make sense of things, especially when she is introduced to the patient in the next room – someone whose appearance is a genuine shock, and someone whose own delusions are far from benign.

Scripted and recorded in the weeks and days prior to transmission, Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister uses a contemporary science-fiction mystery to explore the zeitgeist of the post-election democracy. It is written by Martin Jameson.

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In the hard drinking, straight talking, misogynistic inner workings of a daily newspaper office on Fleet Street, it is the inkies in their overmanned, union protected print room who hold all the power.

Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, this satirical look at the lead up to the Wapping dispute in the Eighties sees journalists with their copy as just an interruption to the inkies' daily routine of smoking endless cigarettes, playing cards and throwing the occasional sandwich into the machine – after all they are only there in case it breaks down.

Alice longs to be taken seriously as a proper journalist, and when Greg "from management" takes a shine to her and mentions that he is involved in setting up a new newspaper in a high tech office in Wapping, she senses an opportunity.

But Alice soon finds out that Greg has bent the truth a bit and this high-fangled Wapping office with its computer-powered printers and journalist-driven printworks is not for a new newspaper at all, but for the existing one. For her it is an opportunity, but for her father Ted, a senior inkie on the paper and a very active and vocal member of the printer's union, it means something quite different.

Ted will not take this lying down. He hits on a direct plan of action – a strike, although it is soon clear that nothing, not even the force of a strong union, can stop the progress of technology.

Ian Hislop is a renowned satirist, writer, broadcaster and editor of Private Eye. Nick Newman has co-written several scripts with Hislop, the most notable being My Dad's The Prime Minister for BBC One. Newman is also cartoonist for The Sunday Times, Spectator and Private Eye.

Sally Hawkins plays Alice, Richard Dillane plays Greg, Ron Cook plays Ted, Clive Russell plays Harry, Marion Bailey plays Eileen, Freddy White plays Andy, Nigel Hastings plays Charles/Ray, John Biggins plays Graham/Eric and Keely Beresford plays the waitress/receptionist.

Greed All About It is part of a series of radio plays set in the Eighties by leading writers to tie in with BBC TWO's season of dramas about the decade.

Producer/Gary Brown

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5 Live Sport

Friday 14 May

7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Colin Murray presents a special Kicking Off... live from the Moneyfields Sports and Social Club in Portsmouth in front of a live audience ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup Final.

Colin is joined by regular guests Pat Nevin and Perry Groves plus special guests as Portsmouth prepare to take on Chelsea at Wembley tomorrow.

From 9.30pm, 5 Live Formula 1 with David Croft previews this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Louise Sutton

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World Twenty20 Cricket

Friday 14 May

4.00-7.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
8.45pm-12.15am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The Test Match Special team brings uninterrupted commentary on the second men's (4pm) and second women's (8.45pm) semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20, live from Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Lauren Laverne reveals BBC 6 Music's Glastonbury coverage for 2010

Lauren Laverne presents her show live from Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset – the site of the Glastonbury Festival (and home to festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis) to announce BBC 6 Music's coverage of this year's 40th anniversary weekend.

Setting up home on the farm, Lauren talks to Emily and Michael about this year's event, which promises to be the biggest and best so far. Lauren also takes a trip to the far reaches of the festival site to find out just how much it takes to get the farm ready for nearly 200,000 visitors. Acoustic performances, special guests and, no doubt, lots of jokes about portable toilets will feature during the three hours as the countdown to Glastonbury 2010 officially starts.

For the second year, 6 Music will be BBC Radio's lead broadcaster, following last years 41 hours of live programming from site. Once again, some of the network's biggest names will front shows, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the festival plus live performances and exclusive music news direct from the heart of the action.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Newcomers Pythia created a big buzz last year with their debut album, Beneath The Veiled Embrace, a heady mix of power metal and Gothic imagery. Taking their name from an ancient Greek priestess in Apollo's Oracle in Delphi, the band bonded over a mutual love of heavy metal and classical music and literature, and with one aim; to steal the Gothic power metal crown from their peers.

Pythia are no ordinary metal band. Helping them stand out further from the crowd is striking front-woman Emily Alice Ovenden, a former member of the best-selling classical act Mediaeval Baebes, and whose golden voice is so different from many of her fellow rock singers. Throw into the mix a guest appearance on their album from Brian Blessed, reading a poem by Siegfried Sassoon, and you have a potent, pungent musical stew.

Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan

BBC 6 Music Publicity

The fourth programme of this five-part series is recorded in Amsterdam where, each year, up to 20 people die alone who, for whatever reason, have no friends or family to prepare their funeral or mourn over the body.

For 20 years, Ger Frits, a civil servant from Amsterdam, has made sure that these lonely or unknown citizens get a respectful send-off. He visits their homes, if they had one, and carefully chooses music to play at their funeral. He puts flowers on the coffin and accompanies each person to their final resting place.

A few years ago, Amsterdam poet Frank Starik decided that these people also deserved to be eulogised. He asked if he could take part in these forgotten funerals.

The programme, which was produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwide, explores the unlikely friendship between Ger Frits, Frank Starik and the small community they have created, based on respect for the lonely departed citizens of the city.

Documentary makers from around the world have each produced a programme based on the theme At The Edge as part of Global Perspective. Each of the documentaries provides a very different, local perspective on the theme.

Presenter and Producer/Michele Ernsting

BBC World Service Publicity