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Wednesday 29 Oct 2014

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Network Radio BBC Week 5
Highlights 30 January-5 February 2010

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas – The Manifesto

Thursday 4 February on BBC RADIO 4

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas returns with four more editions of the show in which the audience suggests policies to make the world a better place

Celtic Connections

Saturday 30 January on BBC RADIO 2

Deacon Blue singer-songwriter Ricky Ross presents highlights of Scotland's premier winter music festival, Celtic Connections 2010

Opera On 3 – Stiffelio

Saturday 30 January on BBC RADIO 3

Plácido Domingo conducts Verdi's modern take on the marriage crisis, Stiffelio, with José Cura in the title role, live from New York's Metropolitan Opera

Travels With The Prime Minister

Saturday 30 January on BBC RADIO 4

One-time political editor of the Sunday Telegraph Julia Langdon tells of her travels with Margaret Thatcher

CHEKHOV SEASON
Drama On 3 – The Seagull

Sunday 31 January on BBC RADIO 3

Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins lead a cast of top Scottish actors in this new production of Chekhov's classic

Robot Wars

Monday 1 February on BBC RADIO 4

Stephen Sackur considers the implications of new developments in military robotics

Opposing Obama

Monday 1 February on BBC WORLD SERVICE

Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

Wednesday 3 February on BBC RADIO 2

Mike Harding presents highlights of the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards show from The Brewery in London

Performance On 3

From Wednesday 3 February on BBC RADIO 3

Daniel Barenboim conducts all five of Beethoven's Piano Concertos and some of Schoenberg's seminal orchestral works in four concerts with the Berlin Staatskapelle from London's South Bank Centre

Weekend Warriors No Longer

Wednesday 3 February on BBC RADIO 4

Martin Bell investigates how the part-time Territorial Army is surviving full-time war

Night Waves

Thursday 4 February on BBC RADIO 3

Martin Amis talks to Philip Dodd about his latest novel, The Pregnant Widow

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