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Tuesday 29 May 2012

Programme Information

Network Radio BBC Week 17
Highlights 25 April-1 May 2009

ElvenQuest

Elvenquest

Wednesday 29 April on BBC RADIO 4

Stephen Mangan and Alistair McGowan star in this new comedy about a fantasy novelist who is whisked away to a parallel universe

Going Out With Alan Carr

Saturday 25 April on BBC RADIO 2

Comedian Alan Carr kick starts listeners' Saturday nights with a new, highly interactive show, featuring music and lively banter

CAMDEN CRAWL 2009
Adam And Joe

Saturday 25 April on BBC 6 MUSIC

Adam and Joe bring their own inimitable style to The Camden Crawl 2009 with observation and music, live from across the festival

Sunday Feature – Leland's Travels

Sunday 26 April on BBC RADIO 3

The fascinating story of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries is told through the writings of antiquarian scholar John Leland, with excerpts read by Jeremy Northam

Baghdad Of The Mind

Sunday 26 April on BBC RADIO 4

A portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad is drawn through conversations with contemporary Iraqi poets in exile: Salih Niazi; Fawzi Karim; and Nabeel Yasin

The London Marathon

Sunday 26 April on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

John Inverdale presents the action as thousands of fun-runners make their way from Blackheath in Greenwich to the Mall in Central London

The Essay – A Laureate's Life

Monday 27 April to Friday 1 May on BBC RADIO 3

With Britain about to change its poet laureate, five laureates from around the world offer their view of laureateship

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 28 April to Friday 1 May on BBC RADIO 3

This "Viennese Whirl" series of Lunchtime Concerts comes live from The Sage Gateshead music centre and features music written by composers based in Vienna

Hacked To Pieces

Tuesday 28 April on BBC RADIO 4

An investigation into the war on cyber crime looks at the new criminal economy which has grown to feed the demand for private details

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