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Mike Harding presents an hour of the best in folk, roots and acoustic music. On tonight's show, the acclaimed duo Spiers & Boden talk about their new album, The Works, released as they mark 10 years together.

John and Jon met playing sessions in an Oxford pub in 1999 and released their debut album in 2001. Before long they established themselves as among the most exciting purveyors of English traditional music. Eliza Carthy later hired them for her backing band and, in 2004, they founded the many-headed folk phenomenon, Bellowhead.

Despite their other projects taking off in such a big way, John and Jon have continued to perform as a duo. On tonight's show, they tell Mike how and why they do it all.

Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While for Smooth Operations

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Professional violinist David Juritz has busked his way around the globe raising money for music projects which now bring hope and ambition to some of the world's poorest children, particularly in Uganda.

He tells Frank Renton about the work his charity does supporting the M-LISADA band (Music, Life Skills And Destitution Alleviation) in Kampala where the children have been known to break into the practice rooms at the weekend to learn their parts.

Presenter/Frank Renton, Producer/Terry Carter for the BBC

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Today's Lunchtime Concert features another recital by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2011 City of London Festival.

From the church of St Michael's Cornhill, cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and pianist José Gallardo perform a recital of romantic music, including Dvořák's Silent Woods along with Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe's wordless interpretation of the Requiem – Requiem for Cello Alone.

BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme launched in 1999 and has established a reputation for being a world-leading initiative for nurturing the most exciting young artists on the national and international music scene.

Presenter/Louise Fryer, Producer/Ellie Mant

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Recorded at Manchester Reform Synagogue during the International Festival, Lopa Kothari presents the third of five programmes showing the power of the human voice.

Tonight Lopa meets Mor Karbasi, a singer influenced by several cultures from songs inspired by the Jewish culture of 15th-century Spain to new Ladino-influenced compositions.

Mor's music is heavily inspired by and influenced by her deep connection with the Jewish faith, and her love for Spain and Morocco. Lopa also shares in the life of the Manchester Jewish community and speaks to festival-goers experiencing the unique surroundings of a synagogue for the first time.

Presenter/Lopa Kothari, Producer/Chris Wines

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The Disappeared is a group of men and women in Northern Ireland kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA. Andrew Martin explores their story.

Eighty-year-old Margaret McKinney took on a terrorist organisation – and won.

Her son, Brian, disappeared in 1978 aged 23. Attempts to question the IRA were met with intimidation. For 17 years she lived in silence and fear but all she knew was that Brian was dead.

As the political talks of the Nineties gained pace, Margaret approached a community organisation and asked them to help her. The Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was set up. Huge excavations began and, finally, Margaret was able to find and bury her son.

Bodies are still being found – the latest last November – but the money is running out to continue the searches. Margaret wants the last six families to be able to bury their children too.

Presenter/Andrew Martin, Producer/Rachel Hooper for Falling Tree Productions

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Clare Balding presents a preview of the Open Championship on the eve of the tournament live from Royal St George's in Sandwich.

Presenter/Clare Balding, Producer/Mike Carr

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Tour De France

Wednesday 13 July

2.45-4.25pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra brings uninterrupted commentary on the 11th stage of the Tour de France, from Blaye les Mines to Lavaur.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Mark Dolan, the star of Channel 4's Balls Of Steel, is in the studio to chat about his upcoming solo show Sharing Too Much. He gives his unique insights into a range of subjects, including politics, married life and why it is that betting shops have those strange little pens.

Presenter/Shaun Keaveny, Producer/Lisa Kenlock

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Former Pavement main man Steven Malkmus and his band The Jicks join Lauren Laverne for a live session, playing tracks from their new Beck-produced album Mirror Traffic.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie are joined by comedian Ed Byrne talking about his upcoming Edinburgh Festival dates and UK tour.

Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Lizzie Hoskin

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First timers S.C.U.M. bring their London post-punk/art rock swagger up to Manchester for a live session with Marc Riley.

Thomas Cohen (vocals), Bradley Baker (machines), Samuel Kilcoyne (keyboards), Huw Webb (bass) and Melissa Rigby (drums) were released on the music scene back in 2008 with their debut single Visions Arise on Loog records. Fast forward two years, changes to original members, touring with The Kills, Tim Burgess, The Raveonettes and forthcoming date with Portishead, S.C.U.M. are finally getting ready to present new material. Amber Hands, the first offering of their currently untitled debut album, is due to be released in September on Mute Records.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Gideon Coe presents Soko and MC Solaar in session with The Rolling Stones and The Earlies provide archive concert highlights.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Henry Lopez Real

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