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Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie
Monday 9 June
8.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Paul Heaton, the singer-songwriter behind The Beautiful South and former member of The Housemartins, is live in session on tonight's show.
After the 2007 dissolution of The Beautiful South, Paul is playing with a new band and his summer tour includes performances at T In The Park and Bestival.
Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/John Leonard
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Brass Britain Ep 4/4
Monday 9 June
11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2 |
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Brassed Off star Stephen Tompkinson concludes his four-part celebration of Britain's enduring love affair with brass music.
Tonight's episode looks at brass music's evolution and fusion with other genres, including Acid Brass. It also examines a collaboration between the Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and the Williams Fairey Brass Band; ska music in the Pennines; and Bollywood brass in London.
Stephen explores whether or not brass music is enjoying something of a renaissance and asks what the future holds for British brass music.
Presenter/Stephen Tompkinson, Producers/Rosemary Foxcroft and Ashley Byrne
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| BBC RADIO 3 Monday 9 June 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week –
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Ep 1/5
Monday 9 to Friday 13 June
12.00-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3 |
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Donald Macleod charts the rise and fall of Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) in Composer Of The Week. Hindemith's reputation grew steadily through the Twenties as a radical and prolific composer. He survived the Nazi era, staying for as long as he could in Germany but finally emigrating to the USA, where he enjoyed the most performances of any of the exiled European composers. In his later years, he began to lose relevance to the younger generation and was viewed as conservative and reactionary.
From child performer with his brother and sister in the Frankfurter Kindertrio, to leader of the Frankfurt opera orchestra by the age of 21, Hindemith spent much of the first part of his life as a working musician and was, as in the subtitle of today's episode, A Boy Of Remarkable Talent. As a teenager studying violin at the Frankfurt conservatoire, Hindemith had initially been shy about composition, buying only a small amount of manuscript paper at a time at each music shop in the city, so nobody would suspect him of imagining himself to be a composer. But with service as a corporal in the First World War, both confidence and rebelliousness crept into his work, notably in his 1917 composition of Three Songs.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Megan Jones
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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Monday 9 June
1.00-2.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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In the midst of recording all of Beethoven's piano concertos with Kent Nagano and the Montréal Symphony, Austrian pianist Till Fellner makes a welcome return to London's Wigmore Hall for this live Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. The programme shows that he is celebrated for performances of repertoire from Bach to 20th-century works.
Today's concert takes listeners on a journey contrasting the poignancy of Mozart's Rondo in A minor, described by Mendelssohn as the most perfect rondo ever written, and the Romanticism of Schumann's Fantasia in C major, Op 17.
Placed between these works is Thomas Adès's Darknesse Visible, composed in 1992 and performed for the first time in Lizst's house in Budapest in October that year, with the composer as pianist. The piece is an explosion of John Dowland's lute song In Darkness Let Me Dwell (from 1610) and will no doubt show off Fellner's technical command of contemporary music.
Producer/Bill Nicholls
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices Ep 1/4
Monday 9 to Thursday 12 June
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices continues with four essays exploring the life and work of the Roman Cicero. Probably the greatest orator of the Roman world and also one of its finest prose writers, Cicero was also a statesman, a lawyer and a philosopher: an embodiment of the Roman mind.
From Monday to Thursday, four leading women classicists discuss and celebrate the multiple lives and works of Cicero. Monday's programme is presented by Maria Wyke, Professor of Latin at University College London and Latin consultant to the series. There are also essays by Paula James on Tuesday, Catherine Steele on Wednesday and Mary Beard on Thursday.
Presenters/Maria Wyke, Paula James, Catherine Steele and Mary Beard, Producer/Tim Dee
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World On 3
Monday 9 June
11.15pm-1.00am BBC RADIO 3
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Charlie Gillett presents a mix of tracks from around the world and is joined in the studio by Senegalese singer, songwriter and producer Wasis Diop.
Wasis combines the traditional sounds of Senegal with contemporary world music influences to create the smooth-edged global fusion. His song, African Dream, was a Top 40 hit in England, and Everything Is Never Quite Enough was featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair.
Emigrating to Paris in the late Eighties, Diop shifted his focus from engineering studies at a university to touring and recording with a jazz band, West African Cosmos. Encouraged by the band's singer, Diop travelled to Jamaica in 1989 where he was befriended by Lee "Scratch" Perry, and played guitar on several of Perry's dub singles. In 1990, Diop began working with Moroccan-rooted vocalist Amina Annabi and the following year, a song he composed for her, C'est Le Dernier Qui A Raison (It Is The Last One Who Speaks Who Is Right), came joint first in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Introduced to Japanese saxophonist Tasuaki Shimizu, shortly afterwards, Diop spent the next two years recording in and touring Japan as a member of Shimizu's band. On launching his solo career, Diop quickly achieved international acclaim with his extremely eclectic solo albums, No Sant, released in 1995, and Toxu, released in 1998. His latest album, Judu Bék, was released in May 2008.
Presenter/Charlie Gillett, Producer/James Parkin
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 4 Monday 9 June 2008 |
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Book Of The Week – The Black Death Ep 1/5
Monday 9 to Friday 13 June
9.45-10.00am BBC RADIO 4
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John Hatcher's The Black Death – BBC Radio 4's Book Of The Week – creates a vivid picture of how the people of a typical English village lived and died during the worst epidemic in history.
The Black Death remains the greatest disaster to befall humanity, killing about half the population on the planet in the 14th century. Hatcher recreates everyday medieval life in a parish in Suffolk, from which an exceptional number of documents survive, revealing in unique detail what it was like to live and die in these terrifying times.
Hatcher is Professor of Economic and Social History and Chairman of the History Faculty at Cambridge University. He has taught the subject of the Black Death for 20 years and is the author of eight books on medieval history.
Producer/Clive Brill
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Woman's Hour Drama –
Paid Servant Ep 1/5
Monday
9 to Friday 13 June
10.45-11.00am BBC RADIO 4 |
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Following a career in teaching, ER Braithwaite, author of To Sir With Love, was seconded to the LCC as a Child Welfare Officer. His memoir of the time represents a personal survey of sex and relationships in the hidden worlds of London's immigrant communities of the late Fifties, and the mixed-race children that he had to place. Kwame Kwei Armah reprises his role as ER Braithwaite from his performance in BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial, To Sir With Love, last year.
Issues of adoption, absent fathers and vulnerable children, particularly in the black community, are topical. Braithwaite's musings on whether black children should only go to black families, and what that means for mixed-race children, are as relevant today as they were 50 years ago. Throughout the book, Braithwaite's plea is for finding families for children and getting them out of care as soon as possible, regardless of colour. But his arguments are tempered by his unique voice full of wry observations, compassion, humour and humanity.
Kwame Kwei Armah is joined by a strong cast including Jimmy Akingbola (Neil Parker in Holby Blue) and Clare Perkins.
Producer/Jessica Dromgoole
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Your Country Needs You
Monday 9 June
11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
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There was a time when farmers were treated as heroes, but not any more. Dominic Arkwright investigates the image and the income of the poor British farmer, in Your Country Needs You.
"Whingy", "old fashioned", "a dying breed", "just not as useful as they once were": these were just some of the thoughts a group of city dwellers shared with BBC Radio 4 when asked to talk about farmers. In this programme, Dominic asks whether, with world food prices on the rise, the fortunes of farmers are about to change.
He meets a pig farmer, a dairy farmer and the man behind the Riverford Organic Vegetable home-delivery scheme, to gauge the current state of farming. He also asks a PR exec to sell farming as a profession.
The programme broadcasts Winston Churchill's address to the National Farming Union during farming's post-war golden age, and the NFU's current Director of Communications explains where British farming went astray in the public mind.
Zac Goldsmith, green advisor to the Conservative party, turns down the chance to become a figurehead for a new "Your Country Needs You" re-branding exercise: "I think the re-branding is going to happen in any case as people recognise that food producers are more relevant, and food is the key. I mean we don't all drive, we don't all ride bicycles, but we all, without exception, eat."
Presenter/Dominic Arkwright, Producer/Miles Warde
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Afternoon Play – Dickens
Confidential Ep 1/6
Monday
9 June
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4 |
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Charles Dickens was a working journalist and, for a time, editor of The Daily News. This BBC Radio 4 series returns to take another imaginative look at how Dickens would have tackled bringing news to the masses.
It is the mid-19th-century and Charles Dickens is editor of The Herald, a newspaper part-owned by Joseph Paxton, railway magnate and self-made man. This is a paper not like any other. Its mission is to celebrate the world of industry and expose the seamy underside of British life.
The Chief correspondent is Jack Marshall, a handsome young reporter who is eager to please the boss and who likes a sensational story – but his love of danger may be his undoing. Agnes Paxton, Joseph's daughter, has progressed, with some difficulty and not a little opposition, into the role of a skilled investigative journalist. She has also proved herself to be a mistress of disguise – but still, frustratingly, Dickens keeps her confined to the Lady's page. Jack has, however, made great strides in his journalistic career, with a good deal of help from Agnes – and perhaps he also feels that there is more than a professional relationship developing here across the class barrier. Daniel Parker is a feisty young Northerner whom they come across posing as a criminal in the first episode and who then becomes a new member of the investigative team.
In the first episode, Gangs Of London, written by Mike Walker, criminal gangs are active on the streets of London. When Dickens and Paxton are mugged, Paxton gets the worst of it. In his delirium, something seems to connect his injuries to the emergence of a thrusting new bank headed by the bombastic Iron Billy. The team discovers there is skulduggery right at the heart of the financial world.
Dan Stevens plays Dickens in a cast including Freddy White, Gerard Murphy, Bertie Carvel and John Dougall.
Producers/David Hunter and Tracey Neale
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Wireless Connections Ep 1/5
Monday 9 to Friday 13 June
3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4
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Easy access to the internet and ever-cheaper technology has transformed the ways people communicate with each other. These specially commissioned short stories explore the phenomenon of personal broadcasting from a range of different perspectives, featuring new work by Mark Lawson, Helen Cross, Stella Duffy, Kate Pullinger and Edward Docx.
The Restless Home on Monday, by Helen Cross (read by Eileen McCallum), tells the story of a glamorous magician's assistant (the narrator) who, in her Forties heyday, toured the country performing to packed houses. Now aged 80, she's in a wheelchair and confined to a nursing home. But, with the help of her technologically savvy grandson, she's found freedom and a new platform for her performances: delivering secret podcasts to an appreciative global audience, from the depths of her roll-in wardrobe.
In Mark Lawson's The Second Life Of Jenny Durham, read by Greg Powrie on Tuesday, Phillip is determined that his daughter, Rebecca, will enjoy her eighth birthday. They've both had a difficult year; Phillip lost his wife and Rebecca her mother, to cancer. However, as Rebecca works her way through the tottering pile of gifts and cards, she reveals that nothing comes close to her favourite present so far: a text message from her mother, which arrived that morning.
Kimble And Phillp, by Edward Docx (reader to be confirmed) can be heard on Wednesday and tells the story of Oswald Kimble, a loss-adjuster, who finds himself embroiled in a beguiling mystery: the abduction of his friend Mr Havis Phillp's nose.
Thursday's story, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, by Kate Pullinger (read by Billy Boyd), is a cautionary tale of how one man's good intention – to send birthday cheer to a much liked colleague – results in him becoming a worldwide laughing stock.
The week finishes with Stella Duffy's The Inter-not, read by Gabriel Quigley.
Over the past decade, lives have become infused by the internet – working life revolves around emails, personal life is defined by website searches, online shopping, dating and social networking. The internet has truly become a powerful yet invisible force. Here, Stella Duffy gives it a voice: all-knowing, all seeing and very weary of human frailties.
Producer/Kirsteen Cameron
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Book At Bedtime – Things Fall Apart Ep 1/10
Monday 9 to Friday 13 June
10.45-11.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Book At Bedtime marks the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart. A classic in every sense, this stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature. Achebe has been called "the founding father of the African novel in English".
His masterpiece has sold over 10 million copies in 45 languages and remains an arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people.
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive and his fame spreads throughout the clan and beyond the nine villages. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village and he is dismayed to discover that his warlike clan have begun to desert their traditional ways.
This Book At Bedtime is read by Chuk Iwuji, who is currently starring with the RSC in the Shakespeare history cycle at the Roundhouse.
Reader/Chuk Iwuji, Producer/Jane Marshall
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Monday 9 June 2008 |
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5 Live Sport – Euro 2008
Monday 9 June
4.45-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Saggers introduces live commentary from Zurich as Romania play France, with kick off at 5pm.
The programme also has updates on the final day of the Third Test at Trent Bridge between England and New Zealand.
Then there is live commentary from Berne on Holland v Italy, one of the biggest games in the group stages of Euro 2008. Kick off is at 7.45pm.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Mark Williams
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Monday 9 June 2008 |
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Gideon Coe
Monday 9 June
10.00pm-1.00am BBC 6 MUSIC
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Gideon Coe introduces live sets recorded for the BBC with concert highlights from T-Rex (from John Peel's show in 1970) and Calexico.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Monday 9 June 2008 |
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Sameer wants to talk to Mushtaq about Rozena getting her job back at Silverhill Rangers, in the first of this week's visits to Silver Street. Jaggy jokes she might prefer the manager's job and says he'd rather it was her than Kenny.
Later, Kenny tries to convince Sameer it's too soon for Rozena to come back. Kenny then heads off to talk to Mushtaq but will his cunning tactic work?
Elsewhere, Jaggy tells Simran he's asked Sameer to be his best man. Simran, however, doesn't think this is a good idea...
Sameer is played by Alex Caan, Mushtaq by Paul Bhattacharjee, Rozena by Pooja Ghai, Jaggy by Jay Kiyani, Kenny by Brian Croucher and Simran by Balvinder Sopal.
BBC Asian Network Publicity
Asian Network Report –
Terrorising My Mind
Monday 9 June
6.30-7.00pm BBC ASIAN NETWORK
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Tonight's Asian Network Report examines the effects events such as the 9/11 and 7/7 bombings, and the War on Terror (a term now dropped by the current Government), is having on Britain's Muslim youth. New research in Birmingham suggests there are increasing rates of anxiety, depression and stress amongst some Pakistani males which can be attributed to the negative image and experiences of some Muslim youth.
Tonight's Report, presented by Rizwan Ahmed, asks whether this is an issue that's prevalent all over the country. At a time when the Government is about to debate the Counter Terrorism Bill and wants to extend the time suspected terrorists are held for – from 28 days to 42 days – the programme discusses how some people in the Muslim community feel they have been demonised and the level of hostility directed at them is becoming too much to bear.
Rizwan, an actor who starred in Channel 4's The Britz and who is also known as MC Riz, writes political and, at times, controversial lyrics looking at the effect terrorism is having on Muslim youth. According to Rizwan, this is an important and overlooked topic.
Presenter/Rizwan Ahmed, Producer/Perminder Khatkar
BBC Asian Network Publicity
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Monday 9 June 2008 |
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Countdown To The Olympics Ep 2/2
Monday 9 June
10.05-10.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Gerry Northam concludes his investigation into claims that abuse of human rights and civil liberties in China have worsened in the run-up to the 2008 Games.
Many believe that behind the Olympic gloss and glamour there lies a story of human rights abuses that governments and the International Olympic Committee are ignoring for the sake of the success of the Games in the short term and business interests in the long term.
Gerry hears from human rights organisations, governments, minorities, the IOC, the official and unofficial Churches – and from the Chinese authorities who have the opportunity to reply to the charges and to promote their ideals.
Presenter/Gerry Northam, Producer/David Coomes
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