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| BBC RADIO 2 Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Bob Harris Country
Thursday 10 July
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Bob Harris's guest this week is San Diego's Eve Selis, whose energetic live performances and powerful voice have led to her being dubbed "the queen of roadhouse rock".
With a style that fuses country, R&B, blues, folk and rock 'n' roll, she has garnered a loyal following in Europe and is so beloved in her home town that San Diego City Council named 31 May 2008 as Eve Selis Day.
Tonight she performs songs from her first album in four years, Angels And Eagles.
Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Al Booth
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Theme Time Radio Hour With Bob Dylan
Thursday 10 July
11.00pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2
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Friends And Neighbours is the topic of this week's Theme Time Radio Hour as Bob Dylan plays another eclectic mix of hand-picked music.
Tracks featured include Howdy Neighbour by Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters, Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend by T-Bone Burnett, Make Friends by Moon Mulligan, My Friends by Howlin' Wolf, You've Got A Friend by Carole King and Neighbours by the Rolling Stones.
Presenter/Bob Dylan, BBC Series Producer/Phil Hughes
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| BBC RADIO 3 Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Performance On 3 – Gergiev's Mahler
Thursday 10 July
7.00-9.45pm BBC RADIO 3
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Under the baton of Valery Gergiev, the London Symphony Orchestra gives a live performance of Mahler's Symphony
No. 8 from St Paul's Cathedral as part of a week of Gergiev's Mahler on Radio 3.
The Eighth, dubbed the "symphony of a thousand" for its mammoth cast of soloists, chorus and orchestra, was the last symphony to be premièred during Mahler's lifetime, and his greatest public triumph as a composer. Its two massive sections – a burstingly joyful setting of the Latin hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus, followed by a vivid treatment of the final scenes of Goethe's Faust – may seem hard to reconcile, but are united by the sheer affirmative strength and radiance of Mahler's music.
Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Kevin Bee
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices Ep 4/4
Monday 7 to Thursday 10 July
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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British philosopher Mary Warnock presents the final essay of the week on the work of the great Athenian philosopher Plato with an exploration of the way Plato saw the world, and how he understood the soul.
Mary examines how Plato's conception of the world was very different from our own, and how his view shaped his ideas. She writes: "My great love of Plato and Aristotle has been partly because their translation into English had to be a kind of conceptual and essentially historical exercise, an attempt to see the world through their very different eyes."
Presenter/Mary Warnock, Producer/Elizabeth Allard
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| BBC RADIO 4 Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Thursday 10 July
11.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4
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Texas is the home of rednecks, cowboys and George W Bush. But it has a liberal, bohemian and strange heart – Austin, the state capital – explored by Peter Curran in this one-off documentary.
Austin, Texas, is one of the most progressive cities in the country, the home of the University of Texas, the South By South West (SXSW) Festival and the largest per capita gay and lesbian population in the state. It is an oasis of liberalism, anarchism, nihilism and many other isms in a state that has a reputation for being an inhospitable desert for anyone to the philosophical left of Bush Jnr. The state capital's slogan is "Keep Austin Weird".
But changes are afoot – big hi-tech companies have located there, a new conservatism is creeping in and the locals are being priced out.
Peter investigates whether the heart of Texas can survive the new influx. He talks to locals including the former front man of the Armadillo World Headquarters and poster artist, Jim Franklin; the founder of the SXSW Festival, Louis Black; dissident columnist John Kelso; and Cornell Hurd from the Cornell Band – one of the best country bands in the world, according to Austin wannabe governor, author and musician Kinky Friedman, who also gives his own offbeat take on Austin and its future.
Presenter/Peter Curran, Producer/Alison Vernon-Smith
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Leona Cash
Thursday 10 July
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Mark Griffiths's thriller introduces Leona Cash, a witty and wry 25-year-old music journalist whose articles invariably end up as investigations.
Leona seems to attract the mysterious and inevitably finds herself in perilous situations. She is drawn into the intriguing underworld of classical music after she discovers the dead body of teenage cello prodigy Jayne Faye.
Leona sets out to work undercover for the police and discovers that Jayne was having an affair with two of the musicians – and there had been a big argument on the night of the murder. As Leona delves further into the lives of the musicians and gets closer to the truth, she puts her own life at risk.
The play features Lucy Gaskell as Leona Cash, Naomi Radcliffe as Karen, Emma Gregory as Jayne Fayre, Kieran Cunningham as Lee, Conrad Wilson as Phil Ripley and Deborah McAndrew as Detective Inspector Alison.
Producer/Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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5 Live Sport
Thursday 10 July
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Russell Fuller presents all the sports news and action including news from the first day of the First Test between England and South Africa at Lord's.
At 8pm, Darren Gough's cricket show features special guests who mull over the action from Lord's with the former England bowler, as well as casting an eye over the county scene.
Presenter/Russell Fuller, Producer/Claire Burns
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Test Match Special
Thursday 10 July
10.45am-6.30pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Jonathan Agnew and the Test Match Special team bring uninterrupted commentary on the opening day of the First Test between England and South Africa, live from Lord's.
Presenter/Jonathan Agnew, Producer/Jennifer McAllister
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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George Lamb
Thursday 10 July
10.00am-1.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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George Lamb welcomes hip young things Cajun Dance Party to the 6 Music Hub for some live music and chat. The indie-pop teenagers from London, whose debut album The Colourful Life was released in April to much acclaim, are currently on a short tour of the UK before jetting off to play a couple of festivals in Japan.
Presenter/George Lamb, Producer/Mike Hanson
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Gideon Coe
Thursday 10 July
9.00pm-12midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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Gideon Coe introduces more special musical moments from the BBC archives. Tonight Gideon's concert highlights come from The Breeders at Reading in 1993, with a session from Tapes N Tapes recorded in the 6 Music Hub earlier this year.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Fran fills Kuljit in on how politically active Jodie was when she was younger, in today's episode of the Asian drama. Kuljit wasn't aware of this side to Jodie, but doesn't let on to Fran.
Elsewhere, Mushtaq's poem goes down well at Dr Masud's poetry night but the host seems nervous about his own contribution.
Later, Fran loses her temper when Kuljit cracks sexist jokes about Jodie. Kuljit claims he's joking but Fran angrily tells him he doesn't know Jodie as well as he thinks!
Fran is played by Angela Lonsdale, Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal, Jodie by Vineeta Rishi, Mushtaq by Paul Bhattacharjee and Dr Masud by Saeed Jaffrey.
BBC Asian Network Publicity
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Thursday 10 July 2008 |
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Assignment – A Model For Peace?
Thursday 10 July
10.05-10.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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The Good Friday Agreement and subsequent reconciliation process in Northern Ireland is seen by many politicians as a blueprint for healing the wounds of conflict.
It set out a plan for devolved government in Northern Ireland on a stable and inclusive basis and provided for the creation of Human Rights and Equality commissions, the early release of terrorist prisoners, the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons and far-reaching reforms of criminal justice and policing.
But while The Troubles in Northern Ireland are over, Unionist and Catholic communities still remain apart, and there's been no formal truth and reconciliation process. The BBC's former Northern Ireland correspondent, Andrew Whitehead, returns to Northern Ireland to test the Good Friday Agreement model for peace.
Presenter/Andrew Whitehead, Producer/Bridget Harney
BBC World Service Publicity
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