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Live music from A Camp is featured on tonight's show.

Originally formed as a Swedish musical duo by The Cardigans singer and lyricist Nina Persson and Atomic Swing musician Niclas Frisk, A Camp has since evolved into a trio with the addition of Nina's husband Nathan Larson.

Their latest album follows a self-titled debut in 2001 that was produced by indie superhero Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse and earned them four Swedish Grammies.

Presenter/Stuart Maconie, Producer/Viv Atkinson

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As more and more time is spent communicating "virtually", Cerys Matthews explores the power of music to bring people together.

In a world where nearly every piece of recorded music is available instantly, people are searching for live experiences and unique events to share. DJ Pete Tong and Mixmag editor Nick De Cosemo tell Cerys about how digital downloading has revolutionised the live club scene. Despite the economic climate, new clubs are opening around the country and one enjoying huge popularity is Deaf Rave, playing bass-heavy and rhythmic tracks that clubbers feel when they dance.

But, what if the music stopped? KLF's Bill Drummond explains why he founded No Music Day. Now in its fifth year, it will next be observed on 21 November by the Austrian city of Linz, which will ban all music for 24 hours.

The programme also goes back to the basics of parent/child bonding where music, not speech, is the primary form of communication. Cerys hears from Jo Jingles founder Gill Thomas and Andrew Davenport, co-creator, writer and composer of In The Night Garden, the award-winning CBeebies programme for pre-school children.

Other contributors include composer Craig Armstrong and Dr Alexandra Lamont, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University.

Presenter/Cerys Matthews, Producer/Mandi Freeman

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RADIO 2 AT THE MOVIES
You Heard It At The Movies Ep 1/8

Tuesday 5 May

11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2

Oscar-nominated composer of screen and stage, George Fenton

As part of the Radio 2 At The Movies Season, award-winning film composer George Fenton presents a new eight-part series about the big screen's greatest film scores.

George composed for stage and small screen, before his film score debut for Gandhi was Oscar nominated. His diverse film credits since then include scores for Cry Freedom, Memphis Belle, The Madness Of King George and The Fisher King. He takes listeners on a unique and personal journey through the art – and the business – of writing music for film.

The first programme in the series, Music To Picture, includes scores from Apocalypse Now, Chariots Of Fire and Lawrence Of Arabia.

Presenter/George Fenton, Producer/Anthony Cherry

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Donald Macleod continues the story of two sibling prodigies whose lives took very different paths but whose music had much in common. As Felix's career is launched with his first masterpiece, sister Fanny is confined to domestic music-making at the Mendelssohn family home.

In 1825, by the time the 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn had written his famous Octet, Fanny was pursuing a different path. She carried on composing and playing but her world was limited to the amateur music-making at the soirees held at the Mendelssohn family home. Felix, on the other hand, was encouraged to further his education, travel and meet influential figures who'd benefit his future career.

Donald introduces a group of Fanny's songs published under Felix's name, a string quartet inspired by a love song, two works written for Fanny's birthday and an extract from the operetta Felix wrote for his parents' silver wedding anniversary.

Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Deborah Preston

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Soloists from the Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment perform a selection of Mendelssohn's best-loved chamber music for wind and strings, across four concerts recorded in the Georgian splendour of St George's in Bristol, as part of BBC Radio 3's Mendelssohn anniversary celebrations.

The series opens with one of Mendelssohn's most popular works. The Octet For Strings in E Flat Major, Opus 20 was written by Mendelssohn at the tender age of 16, yet despite the youth of its composer, it is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of string repertoire.

Radio 3's Chi-chi Nwanoku, also a founding member and principal double bass of the Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, joins the ensemble for two pieces by Rossini.

Presenter/Penny Gore, Producer/Johannah Smith

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Continuing the series that tracks spring through Crete, Adam Nicolson explores the island's distant and more recent past from Minoan Crete to the German occupation of the Second World War, while Sarah Raven records the island's fabulous spring flora including its beautiful dwarf irises.

Presenters/Adam Nicolson and Sarah Raven, Producer/Tim Dee

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Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music on tonight's Late Junction. Folk musicians Spiers And Boden turn to Shakespeare, there's music from Greece, and Debussy performed by French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

Presenter/Fiona Talkington, Producer/Benedict Warren

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A Friend Of The Family Ep 1/3

Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 May

3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4

This series presents three new stories reflecting some unexpected ways in which modern families work.

In Phoebe Gibson's Coming Round read by David Collins, broadcast on Tuesday, a serious accident throws two men together who hadn't previously met – Sue's first and second husbands. In time, several old wounds and resentments are aired, and begin to heal.

Wednesday's story is Just One Of The Girls by Chrissie Gittins read by Phyllida Nash. It explores a web of unusual but rewarding relationships. Rich and Dan are friends, united closely by the death of Dan's wife Milly, who had a very different sort of intimacy with Rich. It will take him some time to recover from her loss.

The final story on Thursday, Going To Ireland, is written and read by Frank Dunne. Marcia comes into the life of a tired writer to do his cleaning for him, with the unexpected bonus that she manages to clear his writer's block. However, there is an unforeseen price to be paid and Marcia's family is coming to collect.

Producer/Christine Hall

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5 Live Sport

Tuesday 5 May

7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Saggers introduces the build up and news stories ahead of a vital night of Champions League football. From 7.45pm there is live commentary on a Champions League semi-final second-leg match.

Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Adrian Williams

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DJ, fashion icon and underground idol Tiga chats to Nemone about his new single Shoes which comes out this week, taken from his new album.

Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes

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All the way from the United States Of America, Jeffrey Lewis And The Junk Yard are Marc Riley's live studio guests. The band plays three tunes from new album 'Em Are I.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Gideon Coe delves deep into the BBC archives to uncover some hidden gems, tonight featuring the reclusive Portishead captured in a rare session for Gilles Peterson and a recent Marc Riley session from the Jim Jones Revue.

There are also live tracks from TexMex soundscape illustrators, Calexico, recorded at ULU in 2001 and Apparat Organ Quartet at the Roskilde festival.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

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A pregnant Rozena asks Dr Hassan about paternity tests but, seeing his shock, insists it's not for her, as the drama continues. Later Rozena tears a strip off Imran for giving Mushtaq such a shock in his condition.

Elsewhere Mushtaq advises Shazia to give Dr Hassan a chance, insisting that he is a good man who won't let her down. Meanwhile indoors, Zenab is quizzing Hassan about Isabel.

Later, Shazia thinks about Mushtaq's advice but what will she do?

Rozena is played by Pooja Ghai, Dr Hassan by Youssef Kerkour, Imran by Narinder Samra, Mushtaq by Paul Bhattacharjee, Shazia by Shobu Kapoor and Zenab by Sudha Buchar.

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