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Network Radio BBC Week 46
Highlights 13-19 November 2010

Sir Terry Wogan presents the BBC Children In Need Auction

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED 2010
Weekend Wogan – BBC Children In Need Auction

Sunday 14 November on BBC RADIO 2

Sir Terry Wogan returns to his BBC Radio 2 studio and the 26th Money Can't Buy Auction to help raise money for the 2010 BBC Children In Need Appeal; Chris Evans then launches a 12-hour Music Marathon on Friday

REMEMBRANCE 2010
Ceremony Of Remembrance From The Cenotaph

Sunday 14 November on BBC RADIO 4

Nicholas Witchell sets the scene in London's Whitehall for the Ceremony of Remembrance while BBC Radio 2 broadcasts the Festival Of Remembrance, highlights from this year's annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, and Pete Waterman's Armistice Day Special

Composer Of The Week – Britten

Monday 15 to Friday 19 November on BBC RADIO 3

English composer Benjamin Britten is examined in the light of two enduring influences – his life partner, tenor Peter Pears, and his beloved native county, Suffolk

The Essay – Tolstoy

Monday 15 to Friday 19 November on BBC RADIO 3

A week of Essays mark the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy's death, presented by Dr Rowan Williams, AN Wilson, Helen Dunmore, Professor Anthony Briggs and Bridget Kendall

The BBC National Short Story Award 2010

Monday 15 to Friday 19 November on BBC RADIO 4

The fifth BBC National Short Story Award celebrates the best of the contemporary British short story, and the short-listed stories are broadcast each day this week

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Monday 15 November on BBC RADIO 4

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince return for a third series of the witty, irreverent science show

Len Goodman's Dancing Years

Tuesday 16 November on BBC RADIO 2

Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman waltzes his way through this fun and anecdote-filled journey of the music he has loved and danced to over the years

FREE THINKING FESTIVAL 2010
Night Waves

Thursday 18 November on BBC RADIO 3

Channel 4's Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud takes off his trademark hard-hat and steps up to the lectern to deliver a lecture about the need to rediscover the value of craftsmanship

ElvenQuest

Thursday 18 November on BBC RADIO 4

The fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth starring Stephen Mangan and Alistair McGowan returns for a new series

The Impossible Life Of Jacques Cousteau

Friday 19 November on BBC WORLD SERVICE

Naturalist Bridget Nicholls marks Cousteau's centenary year by tracking down friends, family and colleagues to tell the story of the man who brought marine life to cinema and television for the first time

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