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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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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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