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Icons Revisited – Cliff Richard
Tuesday 29 April on BBC RADIO 2
The Peter Pan Of Pop comes under the spotlight as some of BBC Radio 2's finest music profiles on British acts are brought together for a special season of programmes, beginning with this 2006 documentary, presented by Cilla Black (pictured above with Sir Cliff in the Seventies)
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Suzi Quatro
Saturday 26 April on BBC RADIO 2
Suzi Quatro goes back to her American roots in this new series bringing listeners the best music from the USA
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The Small Back Room
Saturday 26 April on BBC RADIO 4
Damian Lewis heads the cast in this adaptation of Nigel Balchin's novel, set in the Second World War, about a British scientist who struggles to cope with a drink problem and office bureaucracy
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5 Live Sport
Sunday 27 April on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
David Croft, Maurice Hamilton and Holly Samos gear up for live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix from Barcelona (5 Live Sport also brings live coverage of the second legs of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday)
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British Jews And The Dream Of Zion
Monday 28 April on BBC RADIO 4
Jonathan Freedland explores the complex relationship between British Jews and the Jewish homeland in this programme marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel
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Happy Mondays – The Secret World
Monday 28 April on BBC RADIO 4
Listeners can enter a world where the Dalai Lama might want to play drums with Radiohead, as Dead Ringers creator Bill Dare teams up with impressionist Jon Culshaw for this comedy imagining what famous figures are like in private
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How Crime Took On The World
Monday 28 April on BBC WORLD SERVICE
Misha Glenny charts the explosion of international crime and asks why international mafias now pose an unprecedented threat to global stability
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1968 – Myth Or Reality?:
The Year Of Revolutions
Tuesday 29 April on BBC RADIO 4
Sir John Tusa examines the student protest which hit Paris in May 1968, as part of BBC Radio 4's special season to mark the 40th anniversary of the year which saw extraordinary upheavals worldwide
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Jazz On 3
Friday 2 May on BBC RADIO 3
Jez Nelson celebrates the 10th anniversary of BBC Radio 3's cutting-edge jazz programme with a live show from the opening night of the 2008 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, featuring music from Science Friction, Alias and Jerry Dammers's Spatial AKA Orchestra (whose set was recorded earlier in the day)
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