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Aled Jones says Good Morning Sunday to launch this year's BBC Radio 2 Faith In The World Week which asks: "What has religion done for women?"

Aled's faith guest is Cantor Zoe Jacobs and Emily Smith is his music guest.

Presenter/Aled Jones, Producer/Janet McLarty for the BBC

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Johnnie Walker catches up with American musician and rock 'n' roll maverick Todd Rundgren.

After leaving his first band Nazz at the end of the Sixties, Rundgren reached a turning point in the Seventies with the formation of Runt, and he was writing, producing, singing and playing guitars, keyboards and other instruments on two albums.

In 1972 he released the solo double album Something/Anything? on which he played every instrument on three of the four sides. It featured his signature song and biggest UK hit, I Saw The Light.

Rundgren then moved towards prog rock, forming the band Utopia and becoming an in-demand producer, most notable on Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell, which sold more than 43 million copies, making it the fifth best-selling album of all time. Today he continues to tour, with his new album of covers (re)Production released in September.

Presenter/Johnnie Walker, Producer/Rebecca Maxted for Wise Buddah Creative Limited

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As part of Radio 2's Faith In The World Week, Brian D'Arcy reflects on the lives of women such as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Julian of Norwich and hymn-writer Cecil Frances Alexander who, through their own work and witness, have shaped the faith of others. Hymns include All Things Bright And Beautiful, Sing We Of The Blessed Mother and How Great Thou Art.

And with Faith In The World Week focussing on women, from Monday to Friday Pause For Thought at 9.15am is delivered by women from different faiths.

Presenter/Brian D'Arcy, Producer/Simon Vivian for the BBC

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

The day starts with the BBC Singers in a programme of Liszt's vocal music from Wigmore Hall in London, then moves to Raiding, where Liszt was born, for some of his symphonic poems, a form which he invented.

Liszt's Hungarian background is represented through a performance of his mighty oratorio, Christus from Budapest. After retiring from the concert platform at the age of only 35, Liszt settled in Weimar, and the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra concert from there includes his Faust Symphony.

Liszt spent his final years in Bayreuth, and the day finishes with a live concert from the Grosses Festspielhaus featuring his Second Piano Concerto, performed by Konstantin Sherbakov.

Presenter/Louise Fryer, Producer/Ellie Mant

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Sunday Feature – Hungary's Soul: Liszt And Gypsy Music

Sunday 23 October

8.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 3

Parno Graszt at their home at Paszab

In this, the 200th anniversary year of Liszt's birth, Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes traces the music that Liszt described in his book on gypsy music.

Liszt's book is the starting point of Szirtes's search which takes in Hungary's turbulent history. He speaks to prominent gypsy musicians including violinist Roby Lakatos and cimbalon player Kalman Balogh, and the internationally renowned folk singer Marta Sebesteyen.

In the North-East region of the Great Hungarian Plain he meets members of the band Parno Graszt to find out about rural gypsy music today, and in Budapest talks to Kodaly's last-living student, Balint Sarosi; Peter Szuhay, curator of an exhibition on Liszt and gypsy music; and an expert on Roma life at the Hungarian Academy, Katalin Kovalcik. He also speaks to Agnes Osztolykan, the first female Roma representative in the Hungarian Parliament and a recent winner of the International Women of Courage Award.

Before travelling to Budapest he speaks to concert pianist and Liszt expert Leslie Howard and world-music writer Simon Broughton.

The programme ends with a newly commissioned poem by George Szirtes that reflects on his personal search for Liszt's gypsy music.

Presenter/George Szirtes, Producer/Elizabeth Arno

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Vivienne Franzmann's 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.

As the school investigates an allegation of physical and racial abuse, the teacher becomes entangled in a mesh of legal requirements and formal processes that threaten her family stability and her career.

Franzmann – a former teacher herself – has adapted the play for radio and uses multiple perspectives on the incident to show how formal procedure and protocol can override common sense and professional judgement.

Mogadishu unfolds in a series of actions, reversals and counter-reversals with sharp dialogue and fast pacing. The language of contemporary teenagers is presented with considerable authenticity revealing them to be complex, dysfunctional, funny and vulnerable.

Candida Benson is Amanda, Malachi Kirby is Jason, Jonathan Guy Lewis is Chris and Shannon Tarbett is Becky.

Mogadishu was originally produced at the Manchester Royal Exchange in 2011 and won both the Bruntwood Award for Writing and The George Devine Prize for Most Promising Playwright.

Director/Willi Richards, Producer/Roger James Elsgood, an Art and Adventure production for the BBC

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Julian Joseph presents Jazz Line-Up from the BBC Maida Vale studios where Stan Sulzmann plays a special concert with his band Neon, featuring himself on reeds, Kit Downes on piano, Jim Hart on vibes and Tim Giles on drums.

In the second half of the concert he augments the band with Mike Walker on guitar, Dave Whitford on bass, James Allsop on bass clarinet and a special appearance from UK British trumpet legend Kenny Wheeler.

Presenter/Julian Joseph, Producer/Keith Loxam

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Actor, writer and comedian Mark Gatiss

This week's castaway joining Kirsty Young on the mythical island is writer and actor Mark Gatiss.

Presenter/Kirsty Young, Producer/Leanne Buckle for the BBC

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Kirsty Young presents highlights from the Desert Island Discs archive featuring crime writers.

Find out which eight tracks, book and luxury item James Ellroy, the author of novels including LA Confidential and White Jazz, took to his desert island.

The original interview was broadcast in January 2010.

Presenter/Kirsty Young, Producer/Christina Pawlowsky for the BBC

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In honour of author John Le Carré's 80th birthday, BBC Radio 4 Extra has the final week of espionage and intrigue, which includes:

• Herge's The Adventures Of Tintin – The Black Island (Ep 1/6), Sunday, 9.00-9.30am: This week on the trail of forgers, intrepid boy reporter Tintin arrives at a mysterious castle. Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs star.
• Len Deighton's The Ipcress File, Sunday, 1.30-3.00pm: An unknown agent is ensnared in a sinister plot to brainwash scientists and trade them. Taut Cold War thriller with Ian Hart.
• Ian Fleming's The Spying Game (Ep 1/4), Monday-Thursday, 6.30-7.00am: James Bond battles to rescue a trapped British agent. Ian Fleming's Cold War thriller set in Berlin is read by Dan Stevens.
• William Boyd's Restless (Ep 1/5), Monday-Friday, 2.00-2.15pm: When Ruth visits her mother, she embarks on a dangerous journey into the past. William Boyd's thriller stars Eileen Atkins.
• Ben Macintyre's Agent Zigzag (Ep 1/5), Monday-Friday, 2.30-2.45pm: The story of ex-convict Eddie Chapman – Britain's most extraordinary wartime double-agent – is read by Damian Lewis.
• As part of The Complete Smiley, John Le Carré's The Secret Pilgrim (Ep 1/3), Tuesday-Thursday, 10.00-11.00am: The recollections of an eventful secret life when a British spy went missing stars Simon Russell Beale.

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Comedy Club Ep 1/6

Sunday 23 to Friday 28 October

10.00pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA

Comedy Club rounds off the day six nights a week from 10pm to midnight. Arthur Smith presents from Monday to Thursday with a fine selection of comedy gems plus great comedians popping in for a chat.

Andi Osho presents on Sunday while on Friday the club doors revolve to welcome a guest presenter.

Presenters/Arthur Smith and Andi Osho, Producer/Elizabeth Jaynes for the BBC

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5 Live Sport

Sunday 23 October

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Ian Payne presents a look back at the Rugby World Cup final in New Zealand in 5 Live Rugby.

From 1pm the Sunday Review has a round-up of the weekend's sport plus regular Premier League football updates from Manchester United versus Manchester City, and all the other Premier League ties today.

There are also cricket reports from the fourth One Day International between India versus England.

At 4pm there's live Premier League football commentary as Queens Park Rangers play Chelsea.

Presenter/Ian Payne, Producer/Mike Carr

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Cricket

Sunday 23 October

9.45am-5.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra brings uninterrupted commentary on India versus England in the fourth One Day International, live from Mumbai.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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5 Live NFL

Sunday 23 October

5.45-9.00pm 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 in an NFC clash. Full live commentary with Darren Fletcher and Greg Brady.

Producer/Simon Crosse for USP

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5 Live NFL

Sunday 23 October

9.00pm-1.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Defending Super Bowl champions the Green Bay Packers visit NFC North rivals the Minnesota Vikings, with Nat Coombs and Johnnie Mitchell.

Producer/Simon Crosse for USP

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Tony Iommi, the rock guitarist and Black Sabbath legend has been referred to as the person who invented heavy metal.

From his working-class Midlands roots, Tony developed a unique playing style which was the result of a disfiguring hand injury he suffered when working in a sheet metal factory. He created a dark and gothic sound unlike anything that had been heard before and which spawned generations of devoted fans. Sabbath went on to sell millions of records worldwide.

Tony talks to Cerys Matthews about his book Iron Man, in which he goes on the record about Black Sabbath and recounts his life story, including his inspired but complex relationship with Sabbath's lead singer, Ozzy Osbourne.

Presenter/Cerys Matthews, Producer/Jax Coombes

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In the final episode of this season of BBC Radio 6 Music's The First Time, Matt Everitt speaks to arguably the greatest American composer and producer of popular music in the rock genre, Brian Wilson.

Wilson, now 69, gives a rare interview and discusses his early influences, his experiments with recording music on a tape machine aged just 16, the huge difficulties he had creating masterpieces like Good Vibrations and the Beach Boys' great lost album, Smile, and how experiences taking drugs influenced his music and then sadly forced his withdrawal from it.

Presenter/Matt Everitt, Producer/Dina Jahina

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