Saturday 05 Dec 2009
Programme Information
Network Radio BBC Week 15
Highlights 11-17 April 2009
Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon – The Two Sides Of Tommy Cooper
Tuesday 14 April on BBC RADIO 4
Comedian Rob Brydon explores two different sides to this unique British performer on the 25th anniversary of his death
Motownship
Easter Saturday 11 April on BBC RADIO 4
Midge Ure travels to South Africa to meet a group of young township musicians who use traditional African instruments to record Motown covers
Drama On 3 – A Small Family Business
Easter Sunday 12 April on BBC RADIO 3
Alfred Molina, Joanne Whalley, Julian Sands and Adam Godley star in Sir Alan Ayckbourn's "state of the nation" play to mark the author's 70th birthday
Hillsborough Stories
Easter Sunday 12 April on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy this programme tells the accounts of those who were at the ground that day
US Masters Golf
Easter Sunday 12 April on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
Live commentary comes from the final round of the Masters from Augusta, Georgia
The People's Chart
Easter Monday 13 April on BBC RADIO 2
A light-hearted look at the most played records since 1934, culminating in the announcement of The People's Chart No. 1
COMPOSERS OF THE YEAR 2009
Performance On 3 – Handel's Messiah From Westminster Abbey
Tuesday 14 April on BBC RADIO 3
On the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Messiah is broadcast, live, from the composer's resting place, Westminster Abbey
Blair's Faith Foundation
Tuesday 14 April on BBC RADIO 4
Tony Blair travels to the US to teach a "Faith and Globalisation" course, but is religion a force for good which should shape the values of our globalised world?
Nemone
Wednesday 15 April on BBC 6 MUSIC
Dublin-born singer Sinead O'Connor discusses the re-release of her critically acclaimed album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, first released in 1990
The Secret Scientists
Wednesday 15 April on BBC WORLD SERVICE
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how the discoveries of Islamic "Secret Scientists" have been used by scholars, from the European Renaissance right up to today
Friday Play – I'm The Boss
Friday 17 April on BBC RADIO 4
Lesley Sharp stars as Diane Fryer in Karen Brown's drama
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