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Elaine Paige's special guest this week is actor and singer Gary Wilmot, currently starring in the UK tour of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago.

Gary shares his favourite Essential Musicals, which include his West End debut Me And My Girl.

His other choices are the obscure Lucky Stiff, Barry Manilow's Copacabana, Frank Loesser's How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and Cy Coleman's City Of Angels, which featured lyrics by David Zippel.

Presenter/Elaine Paige, Producer/Malcolm Prince

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Brian D'Arcy reflects on citizenship in today's edition of Sunday Half Hour and marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin with some much-loved hymns.

Music includes City Of God How Broad How Far and Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken.

This week's featured choir is Cantemus Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Court. The organist is Hugh Tregelles Williams.

Presenter/Brian D'Arcy, Producer/Janet McLarty

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Actor Jeremy Northam

Michael Berkeley's guest today is actor Jeremy Northam, who made his name playing major roles in period feature films such as Emma, in which he starred as Mr Knightley opposite Gwyneth Paltrow's Emma; The Winslow Boy (1999); An Ideal Husband (1999); Enigma (2001); and Gosford Park (2001) in which he played songwriter Ivor Novello. Jeremy has recently been seen playing television roles such as Thomas More in The Tudors and the guilty husband in the 2008 drama Fiona's Story.

Jeremy comes from a musical family (his brother is a pianist), and his choices range from the measured control of Andras Schiff playing a Bach prelude and fugue to the brilliant improvisation of Keith Jarrett in concert from Carnegie Hall. In between, there's the radiant end of Janáčcek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen; the simple but moving love duet from the end of Act III of Puccini's opera La bohème; Earl Hines and Billy Taylor's Sweet Lorraine; and the Gershwins' How Long Has This Been Going On? performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson.

Jeremy also loves the first movement of Schubert's B flat Piano Trio for its perfect balance of feeling and intellect, and the second movement of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, which he appreciates for its huge emotional range – likening it to the sun bursting through clouds.

Presenter/Michael Berkeley

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L'homme armé, or the "Armed Man", was a popular French song from the early Renaissance period of the 14th and 15th century and its melody has become something of a musical icon (William Walton famously used it as part of his film score for Shakespeare's Henry V).

In this edition of The Early Music Show, Catherine Bott talks to Edward Wickham, director of the vocal ensemble The Clerks, about the tradition and use of the L'homme armé melody in many 15th and 16th-century mass settings.

They discuss the history of the tune, why it was so popular and which composers might have been the first to employ the melody. Music in the programme includes movements of mass settings by Busnois, Regis, Palestina and the beautiful six-part setting by Josquin.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Rebecca Bean

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Stephen Johnson, pianist Ronan O'Hora and the Ulster Orchestra explore one of Saint-Saens' best-known works, his Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside a lesser-known piece for piano and orchestra – Africa.

Saint-Saens lived until the age of 86, and produced a large amount of orchestral and chamber music, as well as operas, choral works and, towards the end of his career, music for film. He was a remarkable pianist and his works for piano and orchestra are full of brilliance and colour. This particular concerto, written in 1868, includes vibrant melodies, Italian dance tunes and Chopin-esque flourishes.

Following the death of his mother in 1886, Saint-Saens spent time travelling to exotic locations around the world, including parts of South East Asia, South America and North Africa. Towards the end of his life, he settled in Algeria and his last works are often inspired by the modal Arabic folk-tunes of the region, as shown in his work Africa.

This edition of Discovering Music includes a complete performance of both pieces.

Presenter/Stephen Johnson, Producer/Leslie Pratt

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John Ramm is Tartuffe and Annabelle Dowler is Dorine in this Liverpool Playhouse production

Drama On 3 presents Liverpool Playhouse's critically acclaimed production of Roger McGough's version of Moliere's comedy, Tartuffe, directed by Gemma Bodinetz.

Wealthy merchant Orgon takes in an apparently indigent religious man, Tartuffe, a beacon of piety who soon has his feet firmly under the table. But all is not as it seems, as Orgon becomes more enraptured with his new companion the whole city is alive with chatter, debating whether Tartuffe is a friend, a fraud or a miracle.

The rogue Tartuffe exploits Orgon's naivety and persuades him to sign over control of his house and lands. It is only when the family are about to be evicted that the King intervenes to save the day.

Moliere's Tartuffe was first performed at Versailles when Louis XIV saw the play for what it was – a thinly veiled attack on hypocrisy and the Catholic Church's relations with the state. The Archbishop of Paris threatened to excommunicate anyone who went to see it, and Louis had to ban the play for five years.

The cast includes John Ramm as Tartuffe and Joseph Alessi as Orgon, with Roger McGough taking the role of the Officer Of The King.

Producer/Chris Wallis

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The BBC Big Band broadcasts on both BBC Radio 2 and 3, and Jazz Line-Up has brought the band to Glasgow for the Jazz Festival with presenter Claire Martin both introducing and singing with the band.

Principal conductor Barry Forgie has been writing and arranging for the BBC Big Band since the Seventies and on this occasion has arranged a finale medley of tunes made famous by Oliver Nelson, which include a rendition of the classic song Stolen Moments, sung by Claire.

Special guest tenor saxophonist Art Themen performs solo with the band on numbers such as Prelude To A Kiss and Baubles, Bangles And Beads, based on a version by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet.

Presenter/Claire Martin, Producer/Keith Loxam

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Music promoter Harvey Goldsmith shares his Desert Island Disc choices with Kirsty Young this week.

Born in London on 4 May 1946, Harvey has worked with the biggest names in the music industry, including The Rolling Stones, U2, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Madonna and Bob Dylan. He has also been involved in some of the world's biggest live music events, including Live Aid in 1985.

Harvey talks to Kirsty about his life, his career, his favourite music and how he thinks he might cope with life on BBC Radio 4's mythical desert island.

Presenter/Kirsty Young, Producer/Leanne Buckle

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The Complete Smiley –
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold Ep 1/3

Sunday 5 July

3.00-4.00pm BBC RADIO 4

Simon Russell Beale stars as George Smiley

Set in 1962 just months after the Berlin Wall has been built, this three-part dramatisation of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is part of BBC Radio 4's The Complete Smiley season.

John Le Carré's classic spy story stars Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley and Brian Cox as Alec Leamas, a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. All of Leamas's agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt.

Leamas is recalled to London where, instead of being washed-up and consigned to a desk, he is offered the chance to gain revenge by becoming a pawn in a brilliantly conceived plot to destroy Mundt. But to do so, Leamas has to stay out in the cold a little longer.

Dramatised by Robert Forrest, the cast also includes Ruth Gemmell as Liz Gold, Henry Goodman as Fiedler, Michael Feast as Peters, Sam Dale as Mundt, John Rowe as Control, Richard Dillane as Peter Guillam, Jamie Newall as Ashe and Siobhán Redmond as Elvira. The dramatisation also features Liza Sadovy, Benjamin Askew, Philip Fox, Stephen Hogan and David Hargreaves.

BBC Radio 4 is dramatising all of John Le Carré's Smiley novels for its Complete Smiley season.

Producer/Patrick Rayner

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Every year devotees of the American poet Walt Whitman gather on the Lancashire Moors where, by walking and reciting his works, they come together for an unlikely celebration of his work, life and beliefs.

Presenter, writer and journalist Stuart Maconie is adorned with a sprig of lilac as he joins the happy band of walkers and "Whitmanites" to discover why the American, famous for Leaves Of Grass, and who never even visited Bolton, is still celebrated in this northern mill town almost 120 years after his death.

Stuart visits the Bolton Museum to view the Whitman collection of artefacts and correspondence. He also meets Paul Salveson, an authority on Bolton's "Whitmanites", who describes the relationship between the poet and this area as a story of "spirituality, sex and socialism in a northern mill town".

Producer/Russell Crewe

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WIMBLEDON 2009
Wimbledon

Sunday 5 July

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

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Clare Balding and Mark Pougatch are at the All England Lawn Tennis Club to present BBC Radio 5 Live's coverage of the men's singles final.

Commentary on the final begins at 2pm, with former Wimbledon champions Michael Stich and Pat Cash leading the team of top-name pundits.

Listeners can also hear the latest of the second day of the Tour de France, plus all of the day's other sports news.

Presenters/Mark Pougatch and Clare Balding, Producer/Steve Rudge

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Aasmah Mir presents a one-off documentary investigating how homophobic tensions in Iraq have intensified since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Human rights campaigners claim that hundreds of gay and bisexual people have been executed or tortured, while others have fled the country fearing for their safety since Saddam was toppled from power in 2003.

In the UK, gay Iraqis seeking asylum are struggling to persuade authorities to let them stay. Aasmah hears from campaigners and those who have been persecuted to see how life has changed for gay Iraqis.

Presenter/Aasmah Mir, Producer/Ashley Byrne

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Cricket

Sunday 5 July

10.30am-7.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra presents uninterrupted coverage of the semi-finals of one-day domestic cricket competition, the Friends Provident Trophy, including Lancashire versus Hampshire, live from Old Trafford.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Dave Pearce is joined by dance music superstar Moby for a special edition of Dance Anthems, taking a look back at his musical life through his favourite records in dance music.

Moby – also known as Richard Melville Hall – has been a pioneer in the dance world for 25 years, from 1992's rave anthem Go; to 1999's seminal chillout album Play, which sold over 9 million records worldwide; and his recent foray into modern club music, 2008's Last Night.

In this BBC 6 Music special, Moby talks to Dave about his eclectic career, reminiscing about life on the early Nineties New York dance scene and playing records which have influenced and inspired him from Kevin Saunderson, Sabrina Johnston and Cabaret Voltaire. He also tells Dave about the genesis of his new album, Wait For Me, and how, after a long period of disenchantment with house music, he rediscovered his love of the genre.

Listeners can also hear an excerpt from his 2008 Essential Mix recorded at the Miami Winter Music conference, first broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 2008, alongside the biggest anthemic tunes from his career.

Presenter/Dave Pearce, Producer/Rowan Collinson

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In an exclusive interview with the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet in exile, Sir Mark Tully talks to His Holiness the Dalai Lama about the tensions between his spiritual primacy and his political role in the shadow cast by last year's events in Tibet.

The Dalai Lama is an extraordinary figure on the international scene. The temporal leader of Tibet in exile, he is also revered as a spiritual leader, not only by his own countrymen, but by Buddhists all over the world. He is a figure also held in respect by both spiritual and political leaders of other faiths.

This interview focuses on the way that the Dalai Lama manages to match the temporal with the spiritual in his personal and his public life.

Presenter/Sir Mark Tully, Producer/Frank Stirling

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