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| BBC RADIO 2 Friday 18 July 2008 |
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Ken Bruce
Friday 18 July
9.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 2
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Sharleen Spiteri plays an exclusive live session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios on Ken Bruce's show today.
The session features tracks from Sharleen's debut solo album, Melody, and some of the greatest hits from her band, Texas.
Featuring former BBC Radio 2 Record Of The Week, All The Times I Cried, Melody was written and produced by Sharleen and takes its inspiration from Sixties soul, Fifties rock 'n' roll and doo-wop.
Texas racked up 15 platinum discs (including back-to-back No. 1 albums White On Blonde and The Hush) and 13 top 10 hits including Say What You Want, Summer Son and their 1989 debut hit, I Don't Want A Lover.
Presenter/Ken Bruce, Producer/Gary Bones
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Friday Night Is Music Night
Friday 18 July
7.30-9.15pm BBC RADIO 2
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Myleene Klass makes her Friday Night Is Music Night presenting debut at the Watford Colisseum.
Featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Roderick Dunk, Myleene introduces tonight's special guests: tenor Scott Davies, former Voice of Musical Theatre winner Aimee Atkinson and World Champion whistler David Morris.
Musician, TV presenter, singer and model Myleene began playing the piano and violin at the age of four. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, adding harp to her repertoire, and won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.
In 2001, Myleene was chosen to become a member of Hear'Say and embarked on a pop career. The band split in 2002 leaving Myleene to pursue a solo career. Her debut solo classical album, Moving On, followed.
Presenter/Myleene Klass, Producer/Jodie Keane
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Listen To The Band
Friday 18 July
9.30-10.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Norwegian composer Torstein Aagaard Nilsen is one of the most influential and respected composers in the band world. Listen To The Band presenter Frank Renton caught up with him at the recent European Championships held in Stavangar.
Well known for highly technical and difficult-to-play pieces, Torstein has also been responsible for some of the most beautiful and simple arrangements of traditional Norwegian folk tunes. He has also found a unique way of integrating elements of funk and jazz into his band writing.
In tonight's programme, Torstein recalls how he discovered the delights of music-making at the relatively late age of 19. The programme also features recordings of his music, which is played by bands the world over.
Presenter/Frank Renton, Producer/Terry Carter
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| BBC RADIO 3 Friday 18 July 2008 |
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In
Tune
Friday 18 July
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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In the lead up to the First Night Of The Proms later this evening, BBC Radio 3's popular drive-time magazine programme is live, for the first time, from the Britten Theatre at The Royal College of Music, next door to the Royal Albert Hall. In front of a live Proms audience, Sean Rafferty and Petroc Trelawny present an exciting mix of live music from some of this year's Proms performers, including pianist Ashley Wass, Hungarian folk musicians Muzsikas, oboist Nicholas Daniel, tenor Andrew Kennedy, violinist Tasmin Little, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and early music group Fagiolini, under the direction of Robert Hollingworth.
Ian McMillan, presenter of The Verb, also previews some of the events in the Proms Literary Festival.
Presenters/Sean Rafferty and Petroc Trelawny,
Producer/Clive Portbury
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The 114th season of BBC Proms gets under way with a glittering line up of soloists and music live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Soprano Christine Brewer sings Strauss's Four Last Songs; pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard – something of a featured artist throughout the festival – plays Beethoven's Rondo in B flat major; Nicholas Daniel performs Mozart's Oboe Concerto; and organist Wayne Marshall launches proceedings on the Royal Albert Hall's historic organ, with Strauss's Festliches Präludium. The concert ends with Scriabin's powerful Poem Of Ecstasy.
Jiři Bělohlávek, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, returns to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time since the Last Night in 2007. This concert launches the Proms celebrations of the centenaries of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen. Tonight's concert is presented live from London's Royal Albert Hall by Petroc Trelawny.
Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Brian Jackson
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Twenty
Minutes – Life And Picnics
Friday 18 July
9.05-9.25pm BBC RADIO 3
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The start of the BBC Proms brings a new season of the Proms interval talks in Twenty Minutes. The series offers a diverse selection of content, including programmes providing background to the music and composers featured in the Proms, highlights of the Proms Plus events – incorporating the inaugural BBC Proms Literary Festival – and features on subjects as varied as the great British picnic and an exploration of the power of the riff to musicians.
The season starts with the first of three programmes on that most British institution: the picnic.
Culinary expert Ivan Day expounds on the history of British picnics while cooking up a heritage hamper of goodies in his Lakeland kitchen in Cumbria.
It could be argued that the first picnickers were Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, but in Britain the first recorded use of the word was in 1748. However, Day argues that the British picnic is far older than this.
It's a forked history, with one prong for the upper and one for the working classes. Ivan explores the connection between picnics and hunting in the Elizabethan era before continuing his two-pronged exploration with further cooking and tasting of picnic fare, reading sound advice from Mrs Beeton as the picnic reached its most ornate and culinary complex apogee in the Victorian era.
Along the way, Day remarks on the history of the sandwich, far older than the eponymous Lord Sandwich, and really a kind of edible picnic hamper, before going on to unpack the history of the hamper itself. He ends with the democratisation of the picnic with the arrival of the railways, and then links picnics with concert intervals – very apt for the opening night of the BBC Proms!
Presenter/Ivan Day, Producer/Beaty Rubens
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Jazz On 3 – Vision Festival
Highlights 2008
Friday 18 July
11.30pm-1.00am BBC RADIO 3 |
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Jez Nelson presents highlights from this year's Vision Festival, downtown New York's annual celebration of the jazz avant-garde.
Jazz On 3 features the festival's tribute to New Orleans saxophonist Edward "Kidd" Jordan, featuring ensembles made up of past collaborators including Billy Bang, Hamiet Bluiett, Hamid Drake and Vision festival co-founder William Parker.
Now in its 13th year, the festival has grown to become New York's premier artist-run, multi-disciplinary celebration of creative improvised music and the culture that surrounds it, drawing both concert-goers and performers from all around the world.
Presenter/Jez Nelson, Producer/Matthew Trustram
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| BBC RADIO 4 Friday 18 July 2008 |
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Face The Facts – Trouble
In Paradise Ep 1/6
Friday
18 July
12.30-1.00pm BBC RADIO 4 |
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BBC Radio 4's award-winning investigative programme returns with a property theme.
In the first programme, John Waite investigates why British property owners in Goa fear they may lose their homes in a backlash against foreign investment in the Indian state.
John picked up a Foreign Press Association Award last year for an investigation into the plight of Iraqi interpreters who worked for British forces.
Presenter/John Waite, Producer/Karen Pirie
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Afternoon Play – Loveboat
Friday 18 July
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Two sisters face life and love with a twist on a riverboat cruise on the Thames, in this comedy drama about identity, family and bad poetry, written by Anjum Malik.
Kiran and her younger sister, Shimla, have grown apart of late. In an attempt to bridge the growing gap in their relationship, they decide to spend a night out together on a cruise down the Thames. However, it becomes clear to Kiran that all is not quite what it seems when she discovers that Shimla has arranged for them to go on an Asian dating cruise, arranged by the curiously named New Millennium Asiana dating agency.
Against her wishes and with a heavy heart, Kiran agrees to be part of the event. As her personal dating nightmare unfolds, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about herself, her sister and her place in the world.
Pooja Ghai and Joanna Burnett star in Loveboat, which also features a cameo appearance from Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me).
Producer/Rishi Sankar
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Ramblings Ep 1/5
Friday 18 July
3.00-3.30pm BBC RADIO 4
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Holiday walking is uppermost in Clare Balding's mind as a new series of Ramblings begins. She ponders how to get fit enough for a more intensive walking experience.
In the first programme, Clare meets up with walking coach Heather Waring, who has helped men and women all over the country prepare for such gruelling treks as Kilimanjaro and the Great Wall of China. Clare's staying a little closer to home, though, walking with Heather and her group – the East End Girls – as they have a walking weekend away in the Lakes near Borrowdale. Heather offers top tips on blisters, socks and fitness.
Later in the series, Clare visits the Channel Islands, going first to Guernsey and then to the island of Alderney. The final two programmes come from Ireland, first to the north around Mullaghmore Head, and then to Lough Allen.
Presenter/Clare Balding, Producer/Lucy Lunt
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Friday 18 July 2008 |
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5 Live Breakfast
Friday 18 July
6.00-9.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Pougatch presents live coverage from Birkdale on day two of the Open Golf Championship. Shelagh Fogarty is in the studio with all the top news stories of the morning.
Presenters/Mark Pougatch and Shelagh Fogarty, Producer/Richard Jackson
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Open Golf
Friday 18 July
9.00am-7.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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John Inverdale hosts live coverage of the second day of the Open Golf Championship from Royal Birkdale, with Iain Carter, John Murray, Mark Pougatch, Clare Balding, Russell Fuller and Conor McNamara. They are joined by former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, former US tour player Jay Townsend and European tour favourite Mark Roe.
Presenter/John Inverdale, Producer/Graham MacMillan
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5 Live Sport
Friday 18 July
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Arlo White presents all the day's sports news, including the latest from the Open Championship and Tour de France.
At 8pm there is live commentary from the Golden League Meeting in Paris in 5 Live Track And Field. At 9.30pm, 5 Live Formula 1 comes live from Germany, as David Croft, Maurice Hamilton and Holly Samos bring all the news from the German Grand Prix qualifying.
Presenter/Arlo White, Producer/Louise Sutton
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Friday 18 July 2008 |
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Cricket
Friday 18 July
10.45am-6.30pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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BBC 5 Live Sports Extra brings uninterrupted commentary on the opening day of the second Test between England and South Africa, live from Headingley.
Presenter/Jonathan Agnew, Producer/Adam Mountford
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Rugby League
Friday 18 July
7.25-9.15pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Uninterrupted commentary on Wigan v St Helens in the Super League can be heard this evening on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra.
Producer/Jennifer McAllister
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Friday 18 July 2008 |
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EDINBURGH FRINGE 2008
Nemone – A Feast Of Fringe
Friday 18 July
1.00-4.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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A Feast Of Fringe concludes today with BBC Radio 4 favourite Danny Robins, who tells Nemone about Dannyfest, a one-man Glastonbury-style festival in an hour.
Danny has been honing his capsule festival through Pubstock, a sell-out show in a London pub featuring comedians including BBC 6 Music's Stephen Merchant.
Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show
Friday 18 July
10.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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London-based hard-rockers Big Linda join Bruce Dickinson on his Rock Show tonight.
The band received an amazing response to their debut album and are renowned for their live performances, executing a raw, effortless, energetic sound.
Fans of their music include Slash, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, while the guys have also caught the ear of the world's top movie-makers, with two Big Linda tracks featuring in The Seeker and Passengers.
Bruce asks the band about the mysterious origins of their name, what it was like touring alongside the Stone Gods and how they enjoyed this year's Download Festival.
Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Friday 18 July 2008 |
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Sean and Fran have dinner at Saffron Rays, in the final visit of the week to Silver Street. Sean persuades Mani to let Fran give him an angel card reading, but her comments about resolving dark issues upset Mani and he leaves.
Roopa, meanwhile, is annoyed she can't go on tour with the rest of the band. Later, as the band drives off, Roopa dives in front of the van. She is coming after all and her parents can't do anything to stop her...
Sean is played by Lloyd Thomas, Fran by Colleen Prendergast, Mani by Kaleem Janjua and Roopa by Rakhee Thakrar.
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Friday 18 July 2008 |
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Olympic
Hopefuls Ep 1/3
Friday 18 July
10.05-10.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Russell Fuller follows six sportsmen and women as they train to take part in the greatest sporting extravaganza on Earth.
For most competitors, the Olympics represent the pinnacle of achievement. It takes years to get there and participants have been striving for perfection most of their lives.
Throughout the year, BBC World Service has enjoyed unprecedented access to six success-seekers as they complete their journeys on the long road to Beijing. Russell Fuller shares the highs and suffers the heartaches of a group of the world's most driven athletes.
Ignisious Gaisah is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump. He currently lives and trains in Rotterdam, leaving his family and young son in Ghana. He came to the Netherlands in 2001, amazing everyone at his local club by saying his personal best was 7.85m and then proving it, too.
Gaisah is now considered one of the best long jumpers in the world, after jumping 8.34m to earn a personal best and a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. He is the reigning Commonwealth champion.
Presenter/Russell Fuller, Producer/Andrea Cartwright
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