The Red Arrows' 2010 line-up includes a female pilot, a first in the history of the display team. Watch Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore as she talks about her new job with the famous Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.
Civil Service workers are getting a two-day taste of life without fixed-line phones. In the US, one in five homes is without a landline as more people cut the cord during the recession. Is the end in sight for landline phones?
Comedian Steve Martin is best known for making people laugh. But for 40 years he's nurtured another talent, which he showed off to Jools Holland this week. Click to find out more about Steve Martin, banjo man.
When Mervyn King does cautious optimism, you can keep the emphasis on cautious. The Bank's new forecast for the economy is rather more upbeat than it was in August, and to judge by the "backcast" for GDP, it expects some...
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13:00 Greg James
Mystic Greg tries to predict the week's Top 40.
16:00 Scott Mills
13:00 Max
Ryan Leslie joins Max in the 1Xtra Live Lounge.
16:00 Westwood
14:00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon
With Dizzee Rascal, Jimmy Carr, Oldies and Factoids.
17:05 Chris Evans
14:02 Handel Opera Cycle
Penny Gore presents a performance of Berenice, Queen of Egypt from 1994.
17:00 In Tune
15:45 Whatever Happened To The Teapots?
Roger Law talks to artists about the division in ceramics between art and industry.
16:00 Open Book
13:00 Simon Mayo
Sir Michael Caine talks about his new film Harry Brown and Martha Wainwright plays live.
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13:00 Cerys on 6
Film expert Jason Solomons joins Cerys to review the latest releases.
16:00 Steve Lamacq
15:00 Birdsong
France, 1916. After Isabelle, Stephen faces the bloodiest of wars. With Toby Stephens.
16:00 Big Toe Books
15:00 Jas Rao
Music, entertainment and stuff in the middle.
18:00 Asian Network Reports
15:32 One Planet
Mike visits Australia to ask listeners about mining, droughts and rock star politicians.
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The Chris Moyles Show
Wednesday - Natalie Cassidy
The award-winning Chris Moyles show with the award-winning Chris Moyles.
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08/11/2009 - Sugababes & JLS
Reggie counts down the official Top 40 with JLS and the Sugababes in the studio.
The Chris Moyles Show
Thursday - with friend-of-the-show Jon Culshaw!
With the award-winning Chris Moyles, unless it's Jon Culshaw impersonating him.
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Paul Weller - Paul Weller: Deluxe Edition
John Fogerty - The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
Nirvana - Live at Reading
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
Bob Dylan - Christmas in the Heart
Madness - One Step Beyond... (30th Anniversary Edition)
Nirvana - Bleach: Deluxe Edition
Good Night, and Good ...
Drama set in 1950s America. A TV reporter takes a stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Passing of a Generati
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Highlights of the service to honour the passing of the World War One generation.
Art Deco Icons
The Orient Express
David Heathcote takes a trip on the Orient Express and enjoys its Art Deco glamour.
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11/11/2009
11/11/2009
Tell 'Em the Tale
11/11/2009
5 live Cricket: 11/11/2009
11/11/2009
Series 4: Episode 6
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1918: Austria declares itself a republic, rejecting the Habsburg dynasty that had dominated Europe since 1267.
1944: The last great German battleship, 'Tirpitz', is sunk by RAF bombers in Tromso fjord, Norway.
1948: Former Japanese prime minister Hikedi Tojo and seven other wartime leaders are sentenced to death.
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