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John McCarthy stands in for Aled Jones and says Good Morning Sunday to author and broadcaster Ian Clayton. Every parent's worst nightmare became a reality for Ian when, on a short holiday, he took his nine-year-old twins canoeing. In a freak and tragic accident, his daughter, Billie, drowned. Now one of Penguin's lead authors, Ian's latest book, Our Billie, is not a story of bitterness and recrimination but an account of how a family attempts to come to terms with something which makes no sense at all.

The programme's faith guest this week is Rabbi Pete Tobias who tells listeners about the Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashanah – and also provides the Moment Of Reflection.

Presenter/John McCarthy, Producer/Hilary Robinson for the BBC

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Women have been at the heart of the life of the Christian church since it began. However, there have been times when their role has often been marginalised or, worse still, ignored. This week, Brian D'Arcy looks at women's contribution to Christian thought and worship through hymns, prayer and reflection.

Music comes from choirs gathered in Wells Cathedral, directed by Matthew Owens with Jonathan Vaughn on organ. Hymns include Tell Out My Soul, And Did Those Feet and New Every Morning.

Presenter/Brian D'Arcy, Producer/Janet McLarty for the BBC

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BBC PROMS 2010
Prom 67 – Last Night Of The Proms 1910

Sunday 5 September

2.30-6.30pm BBC RADIO 3

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the first of two concerts paying tribute to Proms founder conductor Sir Henry Wood. Paul Daniel joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in a recreation of Sir Henry's mammoth Last Night Of The Proms from 1910, live from London's Royal Albert Hall.

The concert opens with Wagner's overture to his opera, The Flying Dutchman, and goes on to include a range of music: Dvořák's Humoresque in G flat major, orchestrated by Wood; excerpts from Bizet's L'Arlésienne suites; and Elgar's Pomp And Circumstance March No. 4.

A short cello piece has been substituted this afternoon by a BBC commission, continuing Wood's commitment to new works. David Matthews's Dark Pastoral is based on a small fragment of a Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams.

This Prom is also broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 9 September at 7.30pm.

Presenter/Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Producer/Neil Varley

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In Suffolk, the Nightingale is called the Barley Bird, as its arrival coincides with the sprouting of the barley. Acclaimed nature writer Richard Mabey, a long-time devotee of the bird, reads extracts from his new book, The Barley Bird, and muses on how this mysterious and elusive bird has inspired poets and musicians across the centuries. He recalls too the famous series of annual outside broadcasts made by cellist Beatrice Harrison and her accompanist – a nightingale in her garden.

Presenter/Richard Mabey, Producer/Di Speirs

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The Reunion Ep 3/5

Sunday 5 September

11.15am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4

Sue MacGregor gathers together the participants from the controversial Miss World 1970 beauty contest, broadcast live by the BBC to more than 24 million viewers.

In 1970, the Miss World contest held at the Royal Albert Hall in London was disrupted by feminists protesting that the competition was a cattle market. Bob Hope, presenting the event, was pelted with tomatoes and flour bombs on stage – and bouncers were sprayed with blue ink. The women disrupting the competition shouted: "We're not beautiful, we're not ugly, we're angry!"

The Women's Liberation Movement's protests at the Miss World contest were not solely aimed at rejecting the event itself, but more at the implications of the wider exploitation of women in society. Economically and socially, women were subject to continual discrimination and they felt that the epitome of such prejudice was highlighted by this public celebration of female beauty.

The programme looks at the event through the eyes of the participants who were involved both on and off stage. It examines their motives for participating in the protest and how those organising the event and taking part as contestants felt about the contest.

Sue is joined by former Miss World of 1970 Jennifer Hosten; one of the key organisers, Peter Jolley; and protestors Sally Alexander and Jo Robinson.

Presenter/Sue MacGregor, Producer/Christina Captieux for Whistledown Productions

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The inspiration for Eric Clapton's seminal pop song, Layla And Majnun, is said to be the most beautiful poem in the Arab world and beyond. Anthony Sattin tells the tale.

Pre-empting Romeo And Juliet by centuries, Layla And Majnun is the classic Middle Eastern love story. Sitting at the heart of pre-Islamic Arab culture, its message is universal and it has since crossed borders and transcended language barriers, even spreading as far as India and Turkey.

The story is based on a tale of thwarted love and poetry sent on the wind and Anthony tells the tale of its creator, Majnun – whose name is the word for "mad" or "crazy" in Arabic – and tries to find out if he, or the object of his love, were real or imagined, fact or fiction.

Presenter/Anthony Sattin, Producer/Sara Jane Hall for the BBC

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BLITZ SEASON
The Blitz – Plymouth Ep 1/6

Sunday 5 to Friday 10 September

7.45-8.00pm BBC RADIO 4

Angela Rippon visits her hometown to find out how the Blitz affected Plymouth

In the first of a series of programmes telling stories of the Blitz from across the UK, Angela Rippon is in her hometown of Plymouth to find out how the city's children lived through the terror of the air raids that Plymouth endured from the summer of 1940.

The scene is set by Terry Charman, senior historian at the Imperial War Museum, who explains that, at the start of the Second World War, Plymouth was not considered to be a likely target for aerial attacks, so many children remained there throughout the conflict.

Angela meets some of the people who survived the most ferocious bombing attacks in the spring of 1941. She hears about how they coped with the terror of the bombing, the nights in the shelters and even the loss of members of their own families.

Angela also travels to the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, where she is given a unique insight into how schools tried to carry on as normal during the air raids. The city has an extraordinary collection of logs kept by schools that detail all the events of daily life during the years when Plymouth was under attack.

In these books, listeners discover accounts of the children being sent to the shelters because of an air attack; the strain on teachers and pupils alike caused by the bombing; and records of poor attendance caused by the Blitz. But normal life goes on, with records also of exams and school inspections. The logs provide a moving account of how Plymouth's schools did their best to provide some kind of normality for their children.

The series continues every day this week at 10.45am.

This programme is part of a season of special programmes on BBC Radio 4 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.

Presenter/Angela Rippon, Producer/Louise Adamson for Juniper Productions

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5 Live Sport

Sunday 5 September

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Colin Murray presents 5 Live Sport, with coverage of the League One match between Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday live from Griffin Park.

From 2pm, there is live cricket coverage from the first International Twenty20 match between England and Pakistan from Cardiff's SWALEC stadium.

Live rugby union Premiership coverage of Northampton versus Leicester at 3pm accompanies third-round reports from the end of the first week of the US Open tennis in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Francesca Bent

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BBC Radio 5 Live's Chief Political Correspondent John Pienaar kicks off a new look to Sunday nights on BBC Radio 5 Live with a round-up of the week in politics. John interviews key political figures and provides acute analysis of the big events in Westminster.

Presenter/John Pienaar, Producer/John Cary

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Former BBC Breakfast and Working Lunch presenter Declan Curry presents On The Money, with lively analysis of the big business stories making the headlines as well as discussions on the issues affecting companies large and small in the UK.

On The Money takes a fresh and accessible approach to the world of business, including interviews with leading figures from the financial world and the inside track on the boardroom dramas. It also gets out and about to meet the people running Britain's businesses, both large and small, and shares tips on how to succeed in the workplace.

Presenter/Declan Curry, Producer/Tim Weber

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Former Watchdog reporter Adrian Goldberg presents a new current affairs programme for BBC Radio 5 Live, featuring original stories and probing investigative journalism, including listener-generated issues.

Presenter/Adrian Goldberg, Producer/Innes Bowen

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5 Live Cricket

Sunday 5 September

2.15-5.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary comes from England versus Pakistan in the first Twenty20 International, live from Cardiff, with the Test Match Special commentary team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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5 Live Baseball

Sunday 5 September

7.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The Major League Baseball season continues, with live commentary from the game of the day. There is also all the latest news from the week in baseball.

Producer/Simon Crosse

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Elbow front-man and BBC 6 Music presenter Guy Garvey

Elbow front-man and BBC 6 Music presenter Guy Garvey moves from his normal 10pm Sunday slot to cover for Cerys Matthews while she's on holiday.

Presenter/Guy Garvey, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Continuing to establish itself as the Desert Island Discs for music fans, Matt Everitt's The First Time features the formidable Alison Goldfrapp and her amiable musical partner, Will Gregory. As Goldfrapp, the pair have been responsible for some of the most original and influential pop music in recent history – forming a blueprint for contemporary electro-pop that has since become ubiquitous with everyone from Britney Spears and Girls Aloud to Madonna.

Matt traces the key moments in the duo's career – from Alison's formative years as a stage-struck singer with Orbital and Tricky, through to how the couple forged a musical marriage that blended Carmina Burana and Kraftwerk – and on to Alison's emergence as a front woman who combined her music with a theatricality and visual flair that hadn't been seen since Bowie's heyday.

Presenter/Matt Everitt, Producer/Henry Lopez-Real

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Electronic music enthusiast and record label MD Mark Jones presents the latest in his series of Back To The Phuture 6 Mixes, exploring synthesised music, past and present.

In this edition, Mark previews a selection of the synth-based acts playing this year's Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight, where Back To The Phuture has its own stage for the first time. Mark plays a selection of music from the festival, including tunes from La Roux, Aeroplane, Marc Almond and Steve Mason.

Mark is also joined by Eighties synth-pop star Howard Jones, who makes his Bestival debut this year. Best known for hits New Song and Like To Get To Know You Well, Howard has recently re-mastered his early albums, which will be re-issued this autumn. He talks to Mark about these records, his forthcoming tour, and picks a selection of acts which influenced his synth-pop sound, including tunes from Thomas Dolby, Tears For Fears and Scritti Politti.

In the final half hour, Mancunian electro duo Hurts – who are soon to release their debut album, Happiness – are in the mix with a selection of music which inspired their synth-based sound.

Presenter/Mark Jones, Producer/Rowan Collinson

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BBC 6 Music looks at Dizzee Rascal's Mercury nominated album, Tongue N Cheek. It's Dizzee's fourth album and released on his own label, Dirtee Stank recordings. The platinum-selling album, produced by Cage, features No. 1 singles Dance Wiv Me, Holiday and Bonkers. Dizzee is no stranger to the Mercurys, having won the Mercury Music Prize in 2003 for his debut album, Boy In Da Corner.

Presenter/Dizzee Rascal, Producer/Julie Cullen

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Drama returns to the BBC Asian Network with a new season of exciting and innovative programmes. Starting the season and hot off the back of the last ever grand final, is the Big Brother-influenced Reality Check, by Shai Hussein.

When Farzana Faruq enters the Big Brother house, she intends to use the experience to reveal her true self to her family at home in Yorkshire. As her dad gathers all the relatives and friends together to watch the first episode, he starts to find out secrets about his daughter – secrets that develop further the more he watches.

With her dad and brother observing her every move, revelations of the diary room mean that deep secrets about Farzana's family start to unravel as her reality TV experience unfolds.

Reality Check is a current and original drama, which takes iconic aspects of the Channel 4 reality television show to build up tensions between the housemates and Farzana's Asian community in Yorkshire.

The drama features Lena Kaur as Farzana, Nina Millns as Jem, David Bonnick Jr as Rob, Shiv Grewal as Lateef, Junade Khan as Waseem and Bhasker Patel as Dr Jawaid. Other members of the cast include Sagar Arya, Pushpinder Chani, Joe Doherty, Manjeet Mann, Chandeep Uppal and Elexi Walker.

BBC Asian Network Presents... is the network's exciting new drama strand. Covering a range of stories and styles, the strand also endeavours to deliver bigger established names to the network and is committed to developing new talent, both on and off air, providing a platform for budding writers and fresh radio talent.

Producer/James Peries

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