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Friday Night Is Music Night

Friday 14 January

8.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 2

Friday Night Is Music Night celebrates the talents of the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Back with a bang, tonight the BBC Concert Orchestra takes centre stage live from the Mermaid Theatre in London. Joining them is Matthew White, BBC Radio 2's Young Brass Soloist of the Year.

Week in, week out, for the past 59 years the BBC Concert Orchestra has travelled around the UK, providing music for stars of theatre and concert hall, including Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins and Paloma Faith, on Friday Night Is Music Night.

This week they headline in their own right, showcasing their many talented members including leader Cynthia Fleming. And in a special appearance as winner of BBC Radio 2's Young Brass Soloist of the Year, euphonium player Matthew White takes to the stage.

Presenter/Ken Bruce, Producer/Jodie Keane for the BBC

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Claudia Winkleman talks to master of the macabre Jeremy Dyson about Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales, the first stage adaptation of the much-loved author's short stories for adults.

Roald Dahl, loved for his children's books, also wrote iconic short stories for adults filled with sinister twists and turns which were previously produced for television in Tales Of The Unexpected and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

This is Jeremy's second stage play; his first co-creation – Ghost Stories – is now enjoying an extended West End run. He's also written his own collections of short stories, including the recent and celebrated The Cranes That Build The Cranes, but he probably remains best-known for his award-winning projects as part of The League Of Gentlemen.

Presenter/Claudia Winkleman, Producer/Jessica Rickson for the BBC

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Afternoon On 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms and Beethoven, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing part of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Plus the BBC Singers perform Meyerbeer's Psalm 91.

Presenter/Karishmeh Felfeli, Producer/Ellie Mant

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Wheels Coming Off At The Rotary? Ep 1/2

Friday 14 January

11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4

Allan Beswick investigates how, after raising hundreds of millions of pounds for good causes, the Rotary Club will cope as its membership declines.

The Rotary Club was established in Chicago in 1905 as a place where businessmen could meet, network and put something back into the community along the way. Though there were originally just four members, the idea spread across America, and then the world, at a phenomenal rate. By the Twenties the Rotary was as firmly established in British life as it was across the Atlantic. Now, it is the largest organisation of volunteers in the world.

However, in spite of this success, Rotary is now seeing its membership drop. Society has changed around it, making it harder for people to make the kind of commitment in terms of time and effort that the organisation typically requires. Rotary itself says it is facing a "demographic time-bomb", as it struggles to attract younger people to local clubs where the majority of the members are typically much older than them.

In this programme, Allan travels to clubs around the country and finds significant efforts to turn things around. Newer clubs are springing up where procedures are more relaxed and meetings more accommodating to a younger age-group with less time to offer. He also visits more traditional clubs where the members reluctantly recognise the need for things to move on, even if it means they are left to wither on the vine.

Presenter/Allan Beswick, Producer/Geoff Bird for the BBC

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Stephen Mangan stars in Marcy Kahan's comedy about the killing of a National Treasure.

It is an important day for Ed Hanson; he has to do two things – present a "vision statement" to keep his job and propose marriage to his girlfriend, Lucinda. What is not on Ed's list is to put Penhaligon Rhinehart, author, barrister, circus clown and National Treasure, into a coma. After today Ed's life will never be quite the same again.

The cast stars Stephen Mangan as Ed Hanson; Naomi Frederick as Lucinda; Sean Baker as Penhaligon Rhinehart; Joanna Monro as Marion Spooner; Adeel Akhtar as Sanjay Patel; Naomi Sheldon as Bella McFadden; Lloyd Thomas as Rhett Rhinehart; Iain Batchelor as Nick; Deeviya Meir as Kitty; and Christine Kavanagh as Ed's Mother.

Producer/Sally Avens for the BBC

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Listeners can enjoy a preview of all the weekend's sporting action in Kicking Off With Colin Murray.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Mike Carr

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Cricket

Friday 14 January

8.15am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on Australia versus England in the second Twenty20 International comes live from Melbourne.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Jon Stewart explores the history and evolution of a truly global phenomenon, Wikipedia, on the eve of its 10th birthday.

Now the fifth most popular website in the world, Wikipedia has over 10 million contributors and nine million views per hour. Jon investigates why it has become such an invaluable resource and what the future holds for the site. He considers whether it is a reliable source of information, or a "symptom of the spread of mediocrity and devaluation of research".

The programme is repeated at 3pm and 8pm today.

Presenter/Jon Stewart

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