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| BBC RADIO 2 Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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LIVERPOOL SEASON
Out Of Liverpool
Tuesday 3 June
10.30-11.30pm BBC RADIO 2
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Phil Redmond – the man behind TV hits Grange Hill and Brookside, and creative director of the Liverpool Culture Company – celebrates his home's cultural achievements and considers why the city has produced such an abundance of talent.
Merseyside has spawned a lot more than The Beatles. Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Mojos, Billy J Kramer and Billy Fury also emerged from the Liverpool music scene – and the creativity didn't start and end with the Sixties.
A diverse list of Liverpool hitmakers includes Lita Roza – the first British woman to have a No. 1 hit in the charts with How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? in 1952 – Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen, OMD, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Lightning Seeds, The La's, Mel C, Atomic Kitten, the Coral, the Zutons, Ladytron, Hot Club de Paris and The Wombats.
And that's just music. In comedy, today's roll-call includes Paul O'Grady and Lee Mack, who follow in the comic footsteps of greats such as Tommy Handley, Ted Ray, Arthur Askey, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Kenny Everett and Alexei Sayle.
Given such riches, Phil asks if there's something in the Liverpool air – or maybe the Mersey water. He reflects on whether it could have something to do with the fact that this port city faces not only inwards to Lancashire but also outwards to the world. In his tour of the city's cultural hot spots, he speaks to a wealth of Liverpool talent, including Jimmy McGovern, Pete Postlethwaite and Roger McGough.
Presenter/Phil Redmond, Producer/Marya Burgess
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Paul Morley's Musical Genres Ep 3/6
Tuesday 3 June
11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2
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Paul Morley continues his exploration of contemporary music's many genres by trying to get to grips with perhaps the most elusive of them all: emo.
Paul turns to Billy Bragg, Kerrang! editor Paul Brannigan, power-pop legend Pete Shelley and members of young British band Enter Shikari, in the hope that they can shed some light on a music category so popular with angst-ridden teenagers.
Presenter/Paul Morley, Producer/Paul Kobrak
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| BBC RADIO 3 Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week –
François Couperin (1668-1733) Ep 2/5
Monday 2 to Friday 6 June
12.00-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the life of François Couperin "le Grand" – star member of a dynasty of French musicians.
The focus of the second programme is the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris, where seven generations of Couperins were employed. Their dynastic grip began in Louis XIV's time with François Couperin's uncle Louis, and ended with Gervais-François Couperin's death in 1826, a decade after Napoleon's time. The most exalted Couperin to work there was undoubtedly François, who early on in his career produced the two brilliant organ masses introduced by Donald Macleod today.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Johannah Smith
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BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday 3 June
1.00-2.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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The Bath International Music Festival turns 60 this year and BBC Radio 3 is joining the celebration with a rich mix of broadcasts from the city, which have already included Jazz Line-Up, Iain Burnside and a Performance On 3 recorded in Bath Abbey. Louise Fryer ends the season with four lunchtime concerts recorded in the Austen-like splendour of the city's Assembly Rooms, the first of which features the Alison Balsom Ensemble.
Trumpeter Alison Balsom, a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, is very much the hot property of the brass world. At the age of just 29, she already boasts a Classical Brit and a Gramophone Award to her name. Her blend of virtuosity and musical intelligence has proved a hit with the recording business, too, landing her an exclusive deal with EMI.
For Bath, she has put together a typically colourful programme, travelling from the coolness of Italian Baroque with a Vivaldi concerto, to the dance halls of South America with music by tango innovator Astor Piazzolla. She is joined by violinist Magnus Johnstone, cellist Marie McCleod and pianist/harpsichordist Tom Poster.
Presenter/Louise Fryer, Producer/Helen Garrison
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PPerformance On 3 –
BBC Concert Orchestra: Abdullah Ibrahim
Tuesday 3 June
7.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 3
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Revered pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, a towering figure in South African music, joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Big Band for a concert recorded in London's Barbican Hall on 17 May.
Ibrahim brings together the rich diversity of his South African heritage with a deeply felt understanding of American jazz. Steve Gray's arrangements for orchestra and big band are complemented by the UK première of a suite written for Ibrahim's trio, guest saxophonist Iain Ballamy and a stellar vocal quintet featuring Cleveland Watkiss, Ian Shaw, Mario Frendo, Ian Mackenzie and Peter Churchill.
Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Anthony Sellors
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The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices Ep 2/4
Monday 2 to Thursday 5 June
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Sappho's sexual interests come under the spotlight, as The Essay continues its exploration of the Ancient Greek lyric poet.
In the second essay of the week, Margaret Reynolds, Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, critic, broadcaster and author of The Sappho Companion, explores the poet's sexuality and her erotic poetry, both apparently heterosexual and homosexual.
Presenter/Margaret Reynolds, Producer/Beaty Rubens
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| BBC RADIO 4 Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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The Reith Lectures Ep 1/4
Tuesday 3 June
9.00-9.45am BBC RADIO 4
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Professor Jonathan Spence, one of the world's leading historians on China, delivers this year's BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures.
The lectures are one of the corporation's oldest public service programmes. They were introduced by Lord Reith, founder of the BBC, to try to advance public understanding and debate about significant issues of contemporary interest. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Reith Lectures.
British by birth, Jonathan Spence is the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University in the United States. Professor Spence's body of work on China is extraordinary: he has written many acclaimed books on Chinese civilisation and the role of history in shaping modern China, and is considered by many of his peers to be the doyen of historians on China.
As the build-up to the Olympic Games intensifies, China is more than ever in the global spotlight. In his lectures, entitled Chinese Vistas, Professor Spence discusses the need to focus on the long view in order to properly understand China. His lectures bring different and fresh perspectives to his audiences, challenging assumptions and outlining why China's current political, economic and social terrain is intricately enmeshed with its past.
Sue Lawley presents and chairs the series.
Presenter/Sue Lawley, Producer/Jim Frank
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Ahlberg At 70
Tuesday 3 June
11.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4
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Allan Ahlberg is an institution in children's literature. His books, including Burglar Bill, Each Peach Pear Plum, The Jolly Postman and Peepo, were immediate hits with children and parents alike and have remained hugely popular since their publication. As Ahlberg turns 70, Janet Ellis meets him and profiles his career.
Ahlberg has been writing children's fiction for over 30 years. His popularity is such that he has sold 17 million copies of his 150-plus titles. He has been among the top 10 most-borrowed children's authors every year for the past decade.
Ahlberg was adopted and grew up in the Black Country. At the age of 13, he says he became an intellectual snob and joined three libraries. On leaving school, he worked as a postman, soldier, plumber's mate and gravedigger, before the superintendent of parks and cemeteries suggested that he become a teacher.
He began writing in his thirties, when his wife, Janet, asked him to write something for her to illustrate. He sought "to produce William Morris books at Penguin prices".
Janet Ellis read his books to her children. She uses archive, readings and expert opinion to assess Ahlberg's life and work.
Presenter/Janet Ellis, Producer/Geoff Bird
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Afternoon Play – Girl From Mars
Tuesday 3 June
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Five years ago, Eleanor's older sister, Amy, disappeared. She simply walked out of her house one day and into the records of the "missing". Despite a police investigation, no trace of Amy has been found and the family have been living under the shadow of her disappearance ever since.
But a discovery has been made which opens up old wounds and brings the memories flooding back. It brings Eleanor back home to Belfast and back to the questions about her sister that were never answered.
The cast includes Alana Kerr, Joe Armstrong, Maggie Cronin, Kieran Lagan and Andy Moore.
Writer Lucy Caldwell is an award-winning young Northern Irish dramatist and novelist, whose first stage play, Leaves (Royal Court Theatre), won the George Devine Award in 2006. Her first novel, Where They Were Missed (2006), was shortlisted for the inaugural EDS Dylan Thomas Prize. Lucy has previously written short stories for BBC Radio 4 and a weekly column for The Independent. She is currently working on her second novel and a stage play.
Producer/Heather Larmour
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A Good Read Ep 1/9
Tuesday 3 June
4.30-5.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Sue MacGregor is back in the presenter's chair for a new run of the series in which well-known people talk about the books they love, inspire listeners to read them and discover some new favourites of their own.
The first guests of the new series are radio guru Trevor Dann and Times columnist and novelist Kate Muir. Trevor picks Kumiko Kakehashi's Letters From Iwo Jima, the Japanese eyewitness stories that inspired Clint Eastwood's recent film. Kate chooses Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker, which she says she's given to every new father she knows. Finally, Sue picks an award-winning children's book, Montmorency, by Eleanor Updale.
Other guests lined up for the series include: Gareth Malone, presenter of BBC Two's The Choir and Boys Don't Sing; TV presenter Andrea Catherwood; author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid; documentary film-maker Roger Graef; actor and comedian Les Dennis; writer Maureen Freely; actor Michael Simkins; and archaeologist Barry Cunliffe.
Presenter/Sue MacGregor, Producers/Beth O'Dea,
Christine Hall and John Byrne
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File On 4
Tuesday 3 June
8.00-8.40pm BBC RADIO 4
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This month sees anti-terrorist experts from across the globe meet in London. They will be asking what Britain has achieved in the past year when it has been leading the global efforts to cut off funding from terrorist organisations.
Ministers say that progress has been made but the Council of Europe complains that the regime for freezing terrorists' assets simply doesn't work. Two years after the Government told police they would get state-of-the art technology to help identify offenders, the programme looks at whether their old computer system is still struggling to cope.
As the Government appeals against a court ruling that some of its financial sanctions are unlawful, Fran Abrams asks if the financial war on terror is being lost.
Presenter/Fran Abrams, Producer/Rob Cave
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All In The Mind Ep 1/8
Tuesday 3 June
9.00-9.30pm BBC RADIO 4
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Psychologist Claudia Hammond is in the chair for a new run of the programme that explores how people think and behave.
Claudia considers what motivates people and what makes them feel and act in particular ways, and reveals the often surprising scientific findings that inform what people believe about themselves.
From the very latest discoveries in neuroscience, to the growth of talking therapies in the NHS, All In The Mind focuses on the brain, the mind and the wider mental health agenda.
The presenter of BBC World Service's weekly global health programme, Health Check, Claudia has fronted many Radio 4 series. She lectures in health psychology for Boston University's UK base in London and writes for Psychologies Magazine. Her first book, Emotional Rollercoaster, has been translated into six languages.
Presenter/Claudia Hammond, Producer/Fiona Hill
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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5 Live Sport
Tuesday 3 June
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Vassos Alexander presents sports news and debate, including tennis action from the French Open and a look ahead to tomorrow's Friends Provident Trophy cricket quarter finals.
Presenter/Vassos Alexander, Producer/Graham MacMillan
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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French Open Tennis
Tuesday 3 June
1.00-7.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Sports Extra serves up live tennis commentary from the second week at Roland Garros, as the action at the French Open heats up.
Producer/Steve Rudge
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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George Lamb
Tuesday 3 June
10.00am-1.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Toronto-based punksters Tokyo Police Club perform live in the 6 Music Hub.
Presenter/George Lamb, Producer/Mike Hanson
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Nemone
Tuesday 3 June
1.00-4.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Natasha Khan from Bat For Lashes joins the lunchtime show, with Nemone still away on holiday. Taking a break from the band's touring schedule, Natasha talks about the band's plans for new material and reveals what it was like to support Radiohead.
Presenter/tbc, Producer/Jax Coombes
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Tuesday 3 June 2008 |
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Jodie is furious to learn that Krishan has a crush on her and that Kuljit let her believe that he sent the mystery gifts. She returns the jewellery to Rita, who realises it's time for a grown-up chat with Krishan.
Meanwhile, Ranbir and Kuljit are at the studio. Kuljit loses control when Ranbir spills a drink over the expensive desk. Scared by his reaction, Ranbir runs off. Later, Kuljit tells Jodie that Ranbir is better off without him.
Jodie is played by Vineeta Rishi, Krishan by Rahual Das, Rita by Bharti Patel, Ranbir by Ashwin Bolar and Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal.
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