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Friday Night Is Music Night welcomes Shrek – the greenest new musical to hit the West End since Elphaba the Witch got out of the wrong side of bed. Featuring the knock-out cast from the show with its stars Nigel Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, Nigel Harman and Amanda Holden, the programme celebrates the finest music from animated films old and new. Alongside numbers from Shrek, listeners can expect to hear themes from Madagascar, Prince Of Egypt and Chicken Run, among others.

Richard, Amanda and the two Nigels share the hosting duties from London's Hackney Empire, where they're joined by the 70-piece strong BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe.

Presenters/Nigel Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, Nigel Harman and Amanda Holden, Producer/Jodie Keane

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Penny Smith and Charlie Lyne review the final instalment of the Harry Potter series of films – Deathly Hallows Part 2. Sarah Frater reviews dance, and there's a look at the Port Eliot Festival, which is described as "a celebration of literature with the craic of a music festival". Set in St Germans, Cornwall the event encourages writers, poets and journalists to perform material they would not be given the opportunity to present at regular literary festivals.

Presenter/Penny Smith, Producer/Jessica Rickson for the BBC

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BBC PROMS 2011
Prom 1

Friday 15 July

7.30-9.45pm BBC RADIO 3

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Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek

New British music, Brahms, Liszt and lavish choral works are some of the musical threads which trace their way through the 117th season of the BBC Proms, all of which are represented in this opening concert, live from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The performers are the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a starry line-up of soloists under the baton of Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek.

The world première of a new work by leading British composer Judith Weir provides the opening flourish – a short choral and orchestral fanfare based on the four words of the title: Stars, Night, Music And Light.

Tonight's concert includes Brahms's festive overture, and Liszt's virtuosic concerto performed by young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, who makes his Proms debut. After the interval Bělohlávek leads orchestra, chorus and soloists in Janáček’s extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture, the Glagolitic Mass.

A wide range of Proms is available throughout the season, to view on BBC Two and BBC Four and to listen to on BBC Radio 3, where every Prom is broadcast live.

This Prom is repeated on Monday 18 July at 2pm

Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Brian Jackson

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The last programme in the series exploring the power of the human voice in religious worship focuses on Islam.

Recorded at Manchester Central Mosque during Manchester International Festival, presenter Lopa Kothari meets Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali, reknowned as one of the world's foremost reciters of the Koran.

Presenter/Lopa Kothari, Producer/Mark O'Brien

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It's a big day for Sally – she’s been planning it meticulously for weeks. But when David, her mystery man, finally arrives, she's left hopelessly unprepared.

This intimate drama by award-winning playwright Nick Payne stars Olivia Colman and Ralph Ineson.

Producer/Sasha Yevtushenko for the BBC

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Open Golf

Friday 15 July

10.00am-2.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
4.00-7.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Live golf coverage from the second round of the Open Championship comes from the Royal St George's course at Sandwich. John Inverdale presents commentary from Iain Carter, John Murray, Clare Balding, Alistair Bruce-Ball, Conor McNamara and Vassos Alexander, along with the day's news, sport and travel updates.

Presenter/John Inverdale, Producer/Graham McMillan

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Steve Parry and Jonathan Overend look ahead to the weekend's sport.

Presenters/Steve Parry and Jonathan Overend, Producer/Mike Carr

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Cricket

Friday 15 July

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Cricket fans can hear commentary from the last round of group matches in the Twenty20 competition.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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