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Warhorses Of Letters

Tuesday 25 October on BBC RADIO 4

Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as the horses of Napoleon and Wellington in Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips comedy love story

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Archive On 4 – Mind Your PMQs

Saturday 22 October on BBC RADIO 4

Fifty years after it was first introduced, the political importance of Prime Minister's Questions is considered by Dominic Sandbrook

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Faith In The World Week – Sunday Half Hour

Sunday 23 October on BBC RADIO 2

Brian D'Arcy reflects on the lives of women who have shaped the lives of others, such as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Julian of Norwich and hymn-writer Cecil Frances Alexander, as part of BBC Radio 2's Faith In The World Week

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EBU Liszt Day

Sunday 23 October on BBC RADIO 3

BBC Radio 3 celebrates Franz Liszt's bicentenary with a special day of concerts from all over the European Broadcasting Union

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Drama On 3 – Mogadishu

Sunday 23 October on BBC RADIO 3

Vivienne Franzmann's award-winning play explores the consequences of an assault on a white female teacher by a troubled black student, and her well-meaning but misguided attempt to protect him

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5 Live NFL

Sunday 23 October on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The NFL returns to Wembley for the fifth consecutive season, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Chicago Bears

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Twenty Minutes – Fiddler In The Tower

Wednesday 26 October on BBC RADIO 3

Award-winning British violinist Daniel Hope visits the Tower of London with his violin, and tells the little-known story of German/Brazilian Fernando Buschman (1890-1915) the virtuoso violinist and engineer held and executed there when charged with espionage in the First World War

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In Concert – Elbow Homecoming Gig

Thursday 27 October on BBC RADIO 2

Elbow broadcast live from Manchester Cathedral in a very special homecoming gig; listeners can also hear the gig encore on Gideon Coe's BBC Radio 6 Music show

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Radio 3 Live In Concert

Friday 28 October on BBC RADIO 3

Distinguished Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra to launch their Sibelius Symphony Cycle, live from the Barbican Centre, London

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The Iraqi Interpreter's New Home

Friday 28 October on BBC RADIO 4

Aasmah Mir meets Iraqi interpreters who were offered the chance to live in the UK after the war, but who were ultimately treated as asylum seekers, faced with the most difficult of housing conditions

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