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BBC Radio 1 brings listeners some of the best highlights recorded from a broad cross-section of stages at this year's Glastonbury festival. Performers include Kings Of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Panic At The Disco, Elbow, The Wombats, The Gossip, Vampire Weekend and many more. Zane Lowe presents the first hour and is joined by Steve Lamacq for the second hour, and for the final hour Steve flies solo, bringing Radio 1's Glastonbury coverage to a close.
Presenters/Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq,
Producers/Kat Wong and Louise Kattenhorn
BBC Radio 1 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 2 Monday 30 June 2008 |
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BBC Radio 2's coverage of Glastonbury continues as Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie feature highlights from the festival sets of KT Tunstall, Massive Attack and The Verve.
Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie,
Producer/John Leonard
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Charles Hazlewood Ep 1/6
Monday 30 June
10.30-11.30pm BBC RADIO 2
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Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres.
Recorded on location at Charles's home in rural Somerset, the series features unusual musical juxtapositions, conversation and live performance. Each week a special guest musician joins Charles in the studio to produce a unique musical collaboration.
Charles takes songs of innocence and experience as his theme in the first programme, looking at how singers' approaches have changed over a career.
His guest in the barn is Martina Topley-Bird. Known for her collaboration with Tricky in the Nineties, Martina was nominated for a Mercury Award for her first solo album, Quixotic, in 2003.
Other music featured by Charles includes tracks from Judy Garland, Paul Weller and Mozart.
Charles's show won a silver in the Specialist Music Programme category at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2008.
Presenter/Charles Hazlewood, Producer/Russell Finch
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Marc Riley's Musical Time Machine Ep 3/6
Monday 30 June
11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2
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This week the Musical Time Machine returns to 1977, a year when the nation was gripped by Star Wars fever, when Princess Anne gave birth to Master Peter Phillips and when fire-fighters went on strike over their pay.
It was also the year that the Ramones, arguably the first punk rock band, talked to BBC Radio 1's Bob Kilbey.
The Ramones crystallised the musical ideals of the genre. With their catchy melodies and irresistible lyrics they created a revolutionary sound which went on to inspire much of the British punk scene – including, of course, the Sex Pistols – as well as present American bands such as Offspring and Green Day.
The programme replays highlights of the interview, which explores their love of all things pop (the band's name originated from the name that Paul McCartney used to check into hotels: Paul Ramone) and what it was like to play in legendary New York club CBGBs. It also features Bob Kilbey's take on the interview more than 30 years after it took place.
Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Ian Callaghan
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| BBC RADIO 3 Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week – Victoria:
The Crown Of The Spanish School Ep 1/5
Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July
12.00-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod is joined by conductor Jeremy Summerly to explore the life of Tomàs Luis de Victoria (born 1548) – singer, organist, composer and priest – whose music is the crown of the Spanish Renaissance School. He was, however, a truly international composer who spent 20 years in Rome, where he held jobs in several of the city's prestigious churches and colleges.
In his latter years, Victoria returned to his homeland and resided at the Convent de Las Descalzas Reales in Madrid as personal chaplain to the Dowager Empress Maria.
Victoria has been described as the most lucrative composer of his age, and throughout the week, Donald and Jeremy examine his many Royal and religious benefices, and his predilection for printing publications so lavish that they made Palestrina jealous.
Victoria was a contemporary of Palestrina in Rome, and in today's programme, Donald and Jeremy discuss the merit of comparing the two great composers. Jeremy also introduces some of his own performances with the Oxford Camerata of Victoria's stunning music.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Rebecca Warner
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Afternoon On 3 –
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Monday 30 June
2.00-5.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Afternoon On 3 is caught Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea all week as presenter Louise Fryer uncovers some seductive music inspired by these two treacherous alternatives.
Louise starts the week with a work which dallies with subjects both satanic and seafaring: Hamish MacCunn's overture The Ship O' The Fiend, an orchestral depiction of a famous Scottish ballad, The Demon Lover. She follows it up with a performance of Mahler's eighth symphony – known as the Symphony Of A Thousand, and the symphony whose entire second part is taken up with a setting of the closing scene of Goethe's Faust.
Today's selection also includes Giuseppe Tartini's Devil's Trill sonata, so named because the composer dreamed that he had passed his violin to the Devil, who then played with such ferocious virtuosity that Tartini was astounded. He awoke immediately and, remembering what he had heard in the dream, notated this now famous and fiendishly difficult sonata.
From a maritime perspective, Debussy's La Mer draws on, in the composer's words, "a palette of sounds and by skilful brushstrokes designed to convey in gradations of rare and brilliant colours the play of light and shade and the chiaroscuro of the ever-changing seascape." Debussy's sea-faring was actually confined to the English Channel, and the orchestration was completed at the seaside – in the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. And Charles Villiers Stanford's Songs Of The Sea use as their starting point poet Henry Newbolt's salute to nautical heroes past.
Presenter/Louise Fryer, Producer/Simon Jordan
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Performance
On 3 – Britten Sinfonia
Monday 30 June
7.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 3
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 Pierre-Laurent Aimard
conducts at the Aldeburgh
Festival Pierre-Laurent Aimard is regarded as one of the most brilliant pianists in the world, yet he is incredibly modest with it: "I wouldn't say I'm a pianist – I'm a musician, and the piano happens to be my instrument." He is currently Artistic Director designate of the Aldeburgh Festival and, tonight, he takes on the role of conductor in the first of three evening concerts on BBC Radio 3 from this much-loved East Suffolk festival.
Collaborating with the Britten Sinfonia, his programme spans the centuries: the Festival's featured composer, Gyorgy Kurtag, complements a 20th-century programme of Ives, Schoenberg and Webern, all sandwiched between the contrastingly classical Haydn and Mozart (Piano concerto No. 26 in D, Coronation, with the conductor as soloist).
Presenter/Suzy Klein, Producer/Tony Sellors
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
The Essay – Doctoring Philosophy Ep 1/4
Monday 30 June to Thursday 3 July
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Philosopher Jonathan Wolff marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS with four essays exploring and questioning the philosophical beliefs which led to its foundation.
The NHS was the result of a revolution in ideas and changing notions of charity, the role of government, the rights of individuals, risk and responsibility. In Doctoring Philosophy, Wolff looks not at medical ethics but rather at the guiding principles which led to the creation of the NHS – beliefs which are still fiercely debated by politicians, by doctors, by patients and by philosophers. Jonathan dissects the debates of the Forties and traces the values at the heart of the NHS back to their philosophical origins, before asking what meaning they have in today's health service.
Jonathan begins the series by asking whether health is really an intrinsic good, charting changing definitions of sickness and health from Descartes to RD Laing, and asking how health can be measured and quantified.
Presenter/Professor Jonathan Wolff, Producer/Julia Johnson
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 4 Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Book Of
The Week – Cooke's Elections Ep
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Monday
30 June to Friday 4 July
9.45-10.00am BBC RADIO 4 |
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The BBC's North American editor, Justin Webb, introduces five of Alistair Cooke's famous Letters From America, broadcast during previous election campaigns over the past 60 years.
The first letter, on Truman's surprise victory in 1948, was broadcast two years after the programme started under the name American Letter. The last is taken from a broadcast in 2000, amid the confusion and uncertainty of George W Bush's final election victory over Al Gore.
Cooke muses on opinion polls, democracy, the difference between Democrats and Republicans, Bill Clinton's fashion sense and what Clinton's rejection of the old blue blazer meant for the American political system. Each letter is set in context, reflecting on what has changed since Cooke's original broadcast and what has remained the same.
Presenter/Justin Webb, Producer/Mark Savage
BBC News Publicity
Wrestling With The Iranians
Monday 30 June
11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
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This documentary examines Iran's national sport of wrestling and what it means to its people.
For Iranians, Gholamreza Takhti, an Olympic champion and national hero, epitomises the essential qualities of a wrestler: chivalry and sportsmanship. The Takhti Cup, held in his honour, commemorates the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Wrestling With The Iranians explores the Iranian love of the sport, its history and significance. Wrestling is an ancient tradition in Persia, related to pre-Islamic times and Sufi spiritualism. In Zurkhaneh, or "houses of strength", wrestlers train in a ritual little changed in a thousand years and are expected to be pure, truthful and good-tempered – and only then strong in body.
Producer/Jo Coombs
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
SOS – Save Our Souls Ep 1/5
Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July
3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4
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The international distress call SOS is 100 years old this July and to mark its centenary, BBC Radio 4 presents five short stories inspired by distress signals.
Originally chosen for reasons of clarity, Save Our Souls later became associated with the Morse code pattern dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. Although the signal has since been overtaken by other forms of communication, the notion of the SOS remains handy cultural shorthand.
Monday's story is Signing by Alison Joseph, read by Natalie Bennett. A young hearing-impaired boy at the centre of a custody case sends an SOS signal to demonstrate his distress. His interpreter is receiving other, less obvious, signals in her own life but does not know if she should acknowledge them.
On Tuesday, Paul Magrs raises his eyes skyward and considers a complex communications network that could exist in the branches high above our heads. The Longsight Branch demonstrates how Manchester's squirrel community relies on the trees for food, shelter – and to spread a distress call when one of their number is in danger. Laura Smales is the reader.
Colette Paul's short story, Ghosts, is read on Wednesday by Barbara Rafferty. It follows the neat, ordered existence of a retired Post Office manager who, a lifetime ago, worked with Morse code as a war-time telegraphist and believed that "her life was so much raw clay in her hands".
Crime writer Stuart MacBride contributes Thursday's story, The Fishwife's Lament, a tale of two women who work in the fish industry.
Linda Cracknell's story, The Weight Of The Earth And The Lightness Of The Human Heart, ends the week. A climber teeters between life and death on a remote hillside as the rescue team search for him. Ralph Riach is the reader.
Readers/Various, Producer/Eilidh McCreadie
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
American Dreams Ep 1/4
Monday 30 June
8.00-8.30pm BBC RADIO 4 |
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James Naughtie criss-crosses the United States to assess the extent to which belief in the American dream has been damaged by a troubled economy, the Iraq war and the sub-prime crisis, in a new, four-part series for BBC Radio 4.
Everywhere he goes he finds dismay, anger, pride and hope in almost equal measure in a country painfully coming to terms with the need to change.
Americans have always possessed an abundance of self-belief. But, in this presidential election year, confidence in ever-increasing prosperity has sagged – the unfinished history of racial tension and anger about immigration are troubling them, terrorism and war have produced schism and anxiety and more Americans than ever are asking whether their democracy still works. In a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, Americans' views on the state of the country and the economy hit an all-time low with 81 per cent of respondents saying the country is on the wrong track.
Yet America remains a country of unquenchable optimism and a society which time and again confronts barriers and finds ways to overcome them.
James has covered American stories over nearly three decades and takes a personal journey across the nation, talking to influential Americans and ordinary people along the way, and explores the country at a crucial time in its history.
The journey begins in Michigan, a Rust Belt state with a collapsing automotive industry and record numbers of home repossessions, and moves on to Houston – the fourth largest and most ethnically diverse city in America and a microcosm of unresolved race and immigration issues. With the country seemingly locked in a state of semi-permanent war, James then travels to the army base at Fort Riley, in Kansas. The series concludes in Washington with an assessment of the state of health of America's democracy.
Among the featured contributors are Nobel laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz; former Senate majority leader Trent Lott; Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine; Fareed Zakaria, author and editor of Newsweek International; and Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk radio presenter with close ties to the Bush White House.
James has co-presented Radio 4's flagship news programme Today since 1994 and is the author of The Accidental American – Tony Blair And The Presidency.
Presenter/James Naughtie, Producers/Bill Law and Sue Ellis
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Science In The Making Ep 1/2
Monday 30 June
9.00-9.30pm BBC RADIO 4
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Stephen Webster examines the way scientists work, and asks why we should believe them, in this exploration of the scientists' world.
Science journalism tends to concentrate on the results of science, the revelations and the breakthroughs. But an individual scientist cannot be continually providing insight and revelation. For most of the time, scientists are working away, unseen and unheard.
Stephen discusses what they are doing when not in the public eye, how they establish new facts and guard against error, and why the public should believe what they say.
Stephen, a lecturer in Science Communication at Imperial College London, talks to two scientists who work in very different ways. One is lab-based and believes in the primacy of individual investigation; the other works in the field and is a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Despite their differences in approach, the science each of them pursues is equally valid. Both have been trained in scientific method. Both set intellectual objectives for themselves. Both develop and test hypotheses.
At the same time, both have to publish their findings in order to justify their continuing employment. Whether they like it or not, both have to write grant proposals in a way that fits the current economic and political priorities of grant-giving bodies.
Presenter/Stephen Webster, Producer/John Watkins
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Wimbledon 2008
Monday 30 June
12.30-4.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Simon Mayo and Clare Balding present from London SW19 with live fourth-round commentary, guests, interviews and all the latest news and sports stories.
Jonathan Overend heads the commentary team which also includes Alastair Eykyn, David Law, Russell Fuller and Iain Carter.
There is also expert punditry from Michael Stich, Pat Cash, Todd Woodbridge, Frew McMillan, Jeff Tarango, Annabel Croft, Jana Novotna and Judy Murray.
Additional court coverage is available on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra.
Presenters/Simon Mayo and Clare Balding, Producer/Steve Rudge
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
Wimbledon 2008
Monday 30 June
4.00-7.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Pougatch presents from Centre Court with live fourth-round commentary, a round-up of the day's top tennis stories, and live interviews with big-name players.
There is also lively debate and punditry from Michael Stich, Pat Cash and Annabel Croft, all the big news stories of the day with Anita Anand, and the main sports news away from Wimbledon.
Additional court coverage is available on 5 Live Sports Extra.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Steve Rudge
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
Michael Stich At Wimbledon
Monday 30 June
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich talks to special guests and rounds up the day's main stories on the second Monday of the Championships at the All England Club.
Michael also presents at the same time on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.
Presenter/Michael Stich, Producer/Steve Rudge
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
5 Live Sport
Monday 30 June
8.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Arlo White presents all the day's sports news, including reaction to yesterday's Euro 2008 final. Plus, in the latest edition of 5 Live Olympics – The Road To Beijing, Olympic medallists Katherine Merry and Steve Parry bring all the latest news ahead of the Games.
Presenter/Arlo White, Producer/Francesca Bent
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Gideon Coe
Monday 30 June
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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Gideon Coe starts a new week of musical gems from the BBC archives with a session from Pussy Galore in 1990, a Mary Hampton recording for Stuart Maconie's Freakzone, and The Concretes recorded live at Summer Sundae.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Live At Midnight features a 30-minute set from a selected artist from Monday to Thursday this week.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Frank Wilson
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Jas, who's still in New York working for her uncle, Suresh, gets a message from Vinnie asking where he stands in their relationship, in the week’s first visit to Silver Street.
Elsewhere, Ambika is annoyed with Kamla's hints to take her to a Broadway musical. Ambika calls Suresh to suggest he take Kamla instead, but he seems preoccupied with his pretty assistant, Cindy.
Later, Suresh passes an account to Cindy despite Jas and Greg's efforts with the presentation. Jas is livid, but Greg suggests he knows exactly why Cindy got the job...
Jas is played by Hema Mangoo, Vinnie by Saikat Ahamed, Ambika by Sakuntala Ramanee, Kamla by Surendra Kochar, Suresh by Pal Aron and Greg by Allen Lidkey.
BBC Asian Network Publicity
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Monday 30 June 2008 |
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Race And Reconciliation Ep 3/3
Monday 30 June
10.05-10.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Audrey Brown concludes her look at the extent to which race still plays a part in everyday life in South Africa with an investigation into the effect of a new wave of immigrants.
Since 1994, South Africa has been seen as a country of hope and opportunity with people moving there from Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe and everywhere in between.
Presenter/Audrey Brown, Executive Producer/Andrea Rose
BBC World Service Publicity
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