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Michael Freedland continues his journey in this series marking the 75th anniversary of Elvis Presley's, as part of BBC Radio 2’s Elvis Season.

He visits Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis was born: the birthplace museum where director, Dick Guyton, guides listeners around the two-room shack built the year before Elvis' birth, the First Assembly of God church where Elvis sang as a boy, Lawhorn school and Milam High.

Several of Elvis’s school friends help to tell the story and Michael’s visit to Tupelo ends at the famous hardware store where Elvis was bought his first guitar; and finds the store is exactly as it was in 1945.

Presenter/Michael Freedland, Producer/Neil Rosser

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

Charlie Gillett introduces sounds from around the world, including a studio session with Cameroonian "Sawa Blues" singer Muntu Valdo.

Muntu was brought up in Douala in Cameroon. He made his first guitar from plasterboard and fishing line when he was a teenager. He then went on to study law, but his university career was cut short when he was injured during a student political demonstration.

Deciding to devote himself to music, he started his own band. Now preferring to work solo, accompanying himself with guitar and effects pedals, Muntu blends traditional styles from Cameroon with jazz and blues influences.

Presenter/Charlie Gillett, Producer/James Parkin

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

Manchester City's ground Maine Road is closing and the team is moving to a new stadium on the other side of the city, in today's Afternoon Play written by Sarah McDonald Hughes.

No-one is more upset than 12-year-old Leo, who lives opposite the ground and is a fanatical City fan. As the last match looms, his grief is compounded by the death of his grandmother, the subsequent breakdown of his alcoholic mum and the realisation that they can no longer stay in their grandmother's council house.

As Leo's sister Jade struggles to hold the family together and find a new home, and his wayward dad threatens to topple everything, Leo has to come to terms not only with the end of Maine Road, but the start of a new life.

Maine Road features Siobhan Finneran as Leo's mum, Sarah McDonald Hughes as Jade and Lee Boardman as Leo's dad.

Producer/Charlotte Riches

BBC Radio 4 Publicity

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Based on public documents and verbatim records, Deep Cut tells the powerful story of the search for an answer by the parents of 18-year-old Private Cheryl James, found shot dead at Deep Cut barracks in November 1995.

Deep Cut is a radio adaptation of the award-winning production, which has been performed at the Edinburgh Festival, in London and on tour in the UK.

The central characters are Des and Doreen James, and the play follows their search for an answer as to why their daughter Cheryl was found shot dead at Deep Cut training barracks on 27 November 1995.

Pip Donaghy plays Des, Janice Cramer plays Doreen, Simon Molloy plays Nicholas Blake QC and Amy Morgan plays Jonesy. The director is Mick Gordon, who directed the play for all its theatre productions and tours.

Producer/Richard Bannerman

BBC Radio 4 Publicity

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's weekly film review moves to a new weekly two-hour slot. Every Friday, Mark joins Simon to cast his critical eye over the latest big-screen releases.

The programme is also available as a podcast from bbc.co.uk/5live.

Presenters/Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, Producer/Robin Bulloch

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

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5 Live Sport presenter Colin Murray

Colin Murray is joined by Pat Nevin and Perry Groves for Kicking Off With Colin Murray, previewing the weekend's football action, including Chelsea versus Sunderland, Manchester United versus Burnley and Tottenham versus Hull in the Premier League.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Louise Sutton

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

Test Match Special

Friday 15 January

8.15am-4.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The fourth Test between South Africa and England from the Wanderers, Johannesburg, moves into its second day with live Test Match Special commentary from Jonathan Agnew.

Ashes-winning former England captain Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott and Vic Marks provide the expert analysis.

Producer/Jen McAllister

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity

The Rock Show is joined tonight by rifftastic funk-metallers Living Colour.

Recently reunited, the guys join Bruce Dickinson to talk about their new album Chair In The Doorway and their current European tour.

Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan

BBC 6 Music Publicity

Kenny and Jaggy fall out when Kenny criticises Jaggy's laid-back attitude to work, in the final visit of the week to Silver Street. Darren knows what is really bothering Kenny and offers him some advice.

Chunky finally understands why Jungli cannot marry the girl that Bibi is lining up for them. Will Jungli's big revelation have the desired effect?

Elsewhere, the pressure mounts on Jaggy and he is forced to ask Darren for help.

Kenny is played by Brian Croucher, Jaggy by Jay Kiyani, Darren by Samuel Kindred, Jungli by Adil Ray, Chunky by Shahid Ahmed, Simran by Balvinder Sopal and Cyrus by Nigel Hastings.

BBC Asian Network Publicity

In the second of this four-part series, Farayi Mungazi explores the rich and complex history of African football. With the World Cup to be played in Africa's newest democracy in 2010, Farayi explores the very particular history of football in South Africa. It was here that perhaps football first came to the continent, and where apartheid denied the world stage to many of its best talents.

But in South Africa, football became the ultimate expression of freedom on the rocky confines of Robben Island prison and where apartheid was directly challenged on the pitch.

Presenter/Farayi Mungazi, Producer/Mark Burman

BBC World Service Publicity