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| BBC RADIO 2 Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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Mike Harding
Wednesday 30 April
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Mike Harding continues to bring a selection of the latest in folk, roots and acoustic-based music, along with news of artists on tour and new album releases.
Simon Mayor and Hilary James reveal what they enjoy listening to whilst on the road in Tour Bus Tunes. The acclaimed duo's picks include Sibelius's Violin Concerto in
D Minor, performed by Jascha Heifetz, and music from the late Jake Thackray.
Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While
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Stuart Maconie
Wednesday 30 April
8.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 2 (Title change 16 April) |
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While Mark Radcliffe takes a break, Stuart Maconine introduces a live session from Vampire Weekend. The New York band's music is a unique blend of pop, punk and African rhythms, and has been likened to "The Strokes covering Graceland-era Paul Simon".
Vampire Weekend released their eponymous debut album in January and were named runners-up in the BBC's Sound Of 2008 poll in the same month.
Presenters/Stuart Maconie, Producer/Viv Atkinson
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| BBC RADIO 3 Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week Ep 3/5
Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May
12.00noon-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod and special guest Philip Lane look back at the roles Richard Addinsell and Noël Coward played during the War, as they continue to explore the achievements of these close contemporaries beyond the works for which they are best known.
Coward's song Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans went down well with friends in high places; the Roosevelts liked his private performance in Washington and Winston Churchill famously made Coward sing it until he was almost hoarse. After a number of somewhat ineffective missions as a spy, Coward performed to thousands of troops in concerts across Australia, the Middle East and South Africa.
Meanwhile, Addinsell scored documentaries for the Crown Film Unit during the War and also produced the work for which he remains most famous: The Warsaw Concerto.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Megan Jones
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Performance On 3
Wednesday 30 April
7.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 3
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The formidable trio of Steven Isserlis (cello), Joshua Bell (violin) and Olli Mustonen (piano) perform Russian chamber music in a concert recorded earlier this month at London's Wigmore Hall.
The programme features short works by Glazunov and Glière, along with music by two of their composition pupils – pupils who turned out to be the true greats of 20th-century Russian music: Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 was written during the Second World War for David Oistrakh and is, unsurprisingly, dark in character. Another wartime work, Shostakovich's second Piano Trio, was written as news of the Holocaust reached Russia. The composer included Jewish themes as a tribute.
Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Edward Blakeman
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Night Waves
Wednesday 30 April
9.45-10.30pm BBC RADIO 3
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Philip Dodd talks to American writer Nicholson Baker about his new book, Human Smoke. Best known for his novels and non-fiction works exploring the minutiae of everyday life, Baker's latest book has a much broader canvas: the social landscape and political misjudgements which led to the Second World War.
Presenter/Philip Dodd, Producer/Zahid Warley
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The Essay – Symmetry And The Monster Ep 3/4
Monday 28 April to Thursday 1 May
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Mark Ronan, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in Chicago and Hon Professor of Mathematics at University College London, continues to explore the journeys that have preoccupied some of the world's greatest mathematical brains.
The Nazis obliterated many of Germany's finest talents when they forced Jewish academics to flee the country. One group of academics who joined the diaspora were mathematicians and, in the third of this week's essays, Professor Ronan explores how German mathematician Richard Brauer continued his mathematical journey in America – a journey which resulted in one of the great mathematical discoveries of our time.
Presenter and Writer/Professor Mark Ronan, Producer/Richard Bannerman
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| BBC RADIO 4 Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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Unreliable Evidence Ep 1/4
Wednesday 30 April
8.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 4
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Clive Anderson brings together some of the country's most eminent legal minds for a new series of Unreliable Evidence.
Government ministers, senior judges and lawyers, academics and other experts discuss important legal issues behind national and international events.
Subjects for this series have yet to be confirmed but will cover issues relating to changes to the legal system, human rights, the Constitution, and law and order.
Presenter/Clive Anderson, Producer/Brian King
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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5 Live Sport
Wednesday 30 April
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Saggers presents a second night of UEFA Champions League semi-final action, as Chelsea host Liverpool in a game that kicks off at 7.45pm. The programme also features a look at all of the day's top sports stories.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Mark Williams
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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Sway is touched by Kuljit's efforts in organising his birthday party at the Golden Crown, as the Asian drama continues.
Elsewhere, Nadia finally discovers that Zak and Fatima are married. She rings Zak to tell him exactly what she thinks about it. Fatima tells him to go and explain everything to Nadia, but he refuses.
Later, Fatima decides to talk to Nadia on Zak's behalf. But Nadia accuses her of changing Zak and storms out, refusing to listen to another word.
Sway is played by Mark Monero, Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal, Nadia by Sohm Kapila, Zak by Jetinder Summan and Fatima by Gia Avan.
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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Discovery – Africa Lab Ep 1/2
Wednesday 30 April
10.30-11.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Hugh Levinson talks to some of Africa's leading scientists and policy experts to explore the role of scientific research in boosting Africa's agriculture and health.
He questions whether Africa can hold on to its best scientists when there are lucrative opportunities abroad, and weighs up the advantages of practical research against intellectually challenging blue-sky thinking.
The African Union and many donor nations believe that developing the continent's scientific capability is crucial for economic transformation. However, Levinson examines whether this compelling vision is possible in an environment where power-cuts keep plunging scientific labs into darkness.
Presenter and Producer/Hugh Levinson
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