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LIVERPOOL SEASON
From Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 2
BBC Radio 2 celebrates Liverpool's year as European City Of Culture with a season of documentaries and live music, including highlights of Sir Paul McCartney's concert at Anfield Stadium
(As part of Radio 2's Liverpool Season, Dermot O'Leary welcomes The Zutons to his show; Steve Lamacq remembers the influential late-Seventies club, Eric's; and Phil Redmond celebrates Liverpool's cultural achievements)
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On The Blog
Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 2
Caroline Quentin and Andy Taylor return with the satirical web 2.0 sitcom that takes a sideswipe at the follies of the internet
(There's more new comedy on Saturday on BBC Radio 2 as Russell Kane returns with the character, sketch and stand-up series Out To Lunch)
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Opera On 3 – Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur
Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 3
Sir Harrison Birtwistle's latest, much-praised opera is based on the legend from Greek mythology of the terrifying, flesh-devouring man with the bull's head
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Between The Ears – The Wash
Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 3
Andrew Motion's evocative radio poem portrays the bleak, beautiful and atmospheric Lincolnshire and Norfolk Wash
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1968 – MYTH OR REALITY?
Sex, Telly And Britain
Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 4
Journalist Miranda Sawyer casts a fresh, irreverent eye over the British cultural landscape of 40 years ago – the era of supposed sexual liberation
(The 1968 – Myth Or Reality? season this week also includes
the Saturday Play – Let's
Murder Vivaldi and Day-By-Day
on Saturday 31 May)
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The Bottom Line
Saturday 31 May on BBC RADIO 4
The big names in the business world join Evan Davis to make sense of sales, shops and share prices and get at the stories behind the business headlines
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BOLLYWOOD MONTH
Asian Network Report – I Dream Of Bollywood
Monday 2 June on BBC ASIAN NETWORK
Raj and Pablo discuss what it would take for a British Asian to be the next Bollywood superstar
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The Age Of Terror
Wednesday 4 June on BBC WORLD SERVICE
Award-winning journalist Peter Taylor traces the modern history and development of terrorism through four major acts of terror, beginning with the 1976 El Al plane hijack
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Papal Ball
Friday 6 June on BBC RADIO 4
Writer and comedian Danny Robins investigates whether the Catholic Church can inject new morality into Italy's national obsession – football – and rescue its tarnished reputation
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