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Schedule for Saturday 22nd of November 2008Friday : Saturday : Sunday : Monday : Tuesday : Wednesday : Thursday |
BBC Radio One
1900
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Ace and Vis from 1Xtra
Ace and Vis sit in for Trevor Nelson with the best in RnB and hip-hop to get you in the groove for a Saturday night.
2100
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Westwood with Goldfinger
The hottest hip hop joints, mad exclusives, big dawg artists and always repping the UK scene, plus the best reggae dancehall with Chris Goldfinger.
0100
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Radio 1's Drum and Bass Show... With Fabio and Grooverider
Two hours of wall to wall drum and bass.
0500
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Ras Kwame
Ras plays the newest black music and hottest UK talent. Lemar joins Ras in the studio. |
BBC Radio Two
1300
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Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
Six-part comedy clip show featuring the distinctive humour of Alan Carr. Alan describes the difficult situations he finds himself in, interspersing his unusual adventures with classic comedy clips.
1330
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Teenage Kicks
Ade Edmondson and Ben Elton make their Radio 2 situation comedy debuts in the story of Vernon, an ageing punk rocker who moves into his teenage kids' flat after a divorce.
1700
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Paul Gambaccini
America's greatest hits from the US charts of this week and the past five decades.
1900
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40th Anniversary of... the White Album
The producers and technicians who worked alongside The Beatles provide an insight into the making of an album which marked the beginning of the end for the band.
2000
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Suzi Quatro
This week Suzi features tracks by Neil Sedaka, Bryan Hyland, Madonna, Brook Benton and Mary Wells.
0200
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Trevor Nelson's Soul Show
Trevor Nelson's album of the week is Debra Laws's Very Special. Also featuring the tracks No Greater Love by New Colours, Moving by Brass Construction and Rock the Boat by Aaliyah.
0300
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Pete Mitchell
Pete plays a mix of music, including classic soul, funk, disco and R&B, and presents interviews from the music industry past and present. Including Pause for Thought at 3.30am. |
BBC Radio Three
0700
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Breakfast
With Suzy Klein.Starting the day with an uplifting selection of music, including violinist Gidon Kremer's take on the famous theme from the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times.
0900
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CD Review
Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.
1215
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Music Matters
Tom Service discusses the collaborative process with actress Fiona Shaw as she makes her directorial debut in the opera world in charge of a new production of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea.
1300
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The Early Music Show
Lucie Skeaping reflects on the career of Guillaume Dufay. One of the most famous and successful composers of the mid-15th century, he spent much of his career working in some of the most active European political centres of the day.
1500
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World Routes
Lucy Duran introduces a concert given by Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this month as part of the London Jazz Festival. His new album Day by Day is a tribute to his father, the famous Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.
1600
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Jazz Library
Panamanian-born pianist Danilo Perez joins Alyn Shipton in front of an audience at the Barbican during this year's London Jazz Festival to select the highlights from his recorded career, including PanaMonk, his re-interpretation of Thelonious Monk, as well as his work with Dizzy Gillespie and Wayne Shorter
1700
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Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
1800
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Opera on 3
Ivan Hewett introduces a performance of the first Royal Opera House production since 1854 of Rossini's tragicomedy, with Carlo Rizzi conducting soprano Aleksandra Kurzak alongside tenor Juan Diego Florez.
2130
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Between the Ears
A sonic reflection on the city of Venice, which is portrayed through the ears of some of its residents, including Tonie, a Norwegian psychologist who has been deaf from birth. She leads us down alleyways and into hidden little pockets of the city, all the while meditating on what role not being able to hear has played in her life and, in turn, inviting us to reflect on how we listen to our everyday lives.
2200
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Pre-Hear
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar perform Donhanyi's Konzertstucke in D for cello and orchestra, Op 12, with Alban Gerhardt (cello).
2230
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Hear and Now
Tom Service presents a concert from the London Jazz Festival featuring Arve Henriksen (trumpet) and Ian Ballamy (saxophone) with the London Sinfonietta, including compositions by Ballamy and Peter Tornquist as well as improvisations.
0000
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Jazz Library
Alyn Shipton is joined by pianist, writer and historian Brian Priestley to consider the work of Art Tatum, arguably the greatest piano virtuoso in jazz history. |
BBC Radio Four
0545
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iPM
Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
0607
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Open Country
Countryside magazine. Matt Baker visits Cumbria to discover the latest developments in the fight to save the country's red squirrels from potential extinction.
0700
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Today
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk at 7.25am, 8.25am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am; Weather at 7.57am; Yesterday in Parliament at 7.20am.
0900
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Saturday Live
Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Presented by Peter Curran. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.
1030
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Movie Outcasts
Micky Dolenz explores how two producers, hot from the success of The Monkees TV series, kick-started an artistic renaissance in Hollywood with their counter-culture movie about two hippie bikers riding across America.
1130
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From Our Own Correspondent
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
1230
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The News Quiz
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists are Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen and Andy Hamilton.
1310
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Any Questions?
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Tonbridge in Kent. The panel includes chief executive of the British Bankers' Association Angela Knight.
1400
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Any Answers?
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers].
1530
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Celebrating Cecilia
Catherine Bott tells the story of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music, examining her role as martyr, saint and muse and as the inspiration for some of the great works of music and literature, including work by Handel, Purcell and Benjamin Britten and Chaucer, Pope and Dryden. Catherine learns of Cecilia's gruesome martyrdom and subsequent place in history and witnesses preparations for the annual festival concert staged in her honour.
1700
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Saturday PM
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
1730
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The Bottom Line
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
1800
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Six O'Clock News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
1900
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From Fact to Fiction
The writer Katie Hims creates a fictional response to the week's news (6/8).
2000
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The Archive Hour
Music journalist Mark Paytress reassesses the pioneering disc jockey and comedian Kenny Everett and his place in broadcasting history.
2100
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Classic Serial
Dramatisation by Christopher Reason of the satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hasek that charts the exploits of a WWI soldier.
2200
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News and Weather
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
2215
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The Moral Maze
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, Kenan Malik and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses.
2300
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Brain of Britain
Robert Robinson introduces the perennial general knowledge quiz. This eighth heat features contestants from the south east of England.
2330
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Poetry from the Front Line
BBC War correspondent Jonathan Charles finds out about the poetry that is being written as a result of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
0000
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News and Weather
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
0030
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Back Chat
Series of specially commissioned stories exploring the traumatic and occasionally comical subject of back pain. |
BBC 6 Music
0900
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Adam and Joe
Join the award-winning Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish for more Song Wars and interactive fun in Text the Nation.
1200
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Liz Kershaw
Liz puts forward one of her favourite tracks for the audience to judge in Show Stopper, plus she talks classics album in All Killer No Filler.
1600
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Lauren Laverne
Lauren delivers a fast-paced end to Saturday afternoons with topical chat and ace tunes, plus features Looney Tunes, Spin Doctor and The Laverne Awards.
2100
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6 Mix with the Queens of Noize
Tabitha and Mairead present an hour of top floorfillers, hot remixes in By Royal Appointment and a special guest mix. Text 64064 [network rates] to get your track on air.
2300
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Don Letts
Don Letts presents his own unique mix - from vintage reggae and dub to punk, funk and soul, alongside the cream of the new releases.
0000
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BBC Introducing... With Tom Robinson
Tom catches up with another one of his favourite acts, plus he has more Introducing sessions and tips.
0200
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Live at Two
Chris Hawkins presents live performances from the BBC music archives, featuring The Beautiful South recorded at Glastonbury in 1999. Includes Song for Whoever, Perfect 10 and more.
0300
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Clare McDonnell
Clare brings you music, chat, sessions, concerts and documentaries, plus a listener's 3 In A Row selection and a Spotlight Act. |