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Network Radio

Highlights of the week


Week 29 12-18 July 2008


  The BBC Proms 2008 begin at the Royal Albert Hall

Hit the high notes with the 114th BBC Proms

BBC PROMS 2008
First Night Of The Proms 2008

Begins Friday 18 July on BBC RADIO 3

One of the world's greatest music festivals begins its eight-week season with a glittering line-up, live, from the Royal Albert Hall
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Jason Byrne
Saturday 12 July on BBC RADIO 2

BBC Radio 2 feels the Byrne with a new series from the award-winning Irish comic
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The Portrait Of A Lady
Sunday 13 July on BBC RADIO 4

Anna Maxwell Martin stars in a radio dramatisation of this Henry James classic
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Afternoon On 3 – Folk Influences
Monday 14 to Friday 18 July on BBC RADIO 3

Penny Gore introduces an eclectic mix of music inspired by traditional song
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The Essay – Greek And Latin Voices
Monday 14 to Thursday 17 July on BBC RADIO 3

Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney and others explore the life and work of the great Roman poet Virgil
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Clair Patterson – Scourge Of The Lead Industry
Monday 14 July on BBC RADIO 4

Dr Hermione Cockburn presents the extraordinary story of one man's discovery of the global contamination of the environment
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EDINBURGH FRINGE 2008
Nemone – A Feast Of Fringe

Monday 14 to Friday 18 July on BBC 6 MUSIC

Nemone kicks off a week-long special of Edinburgh Fringe 2008 previews
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Prisoner 46664 – Mandela At 90
Tuesday 15 July on BBC RADIO 2

Michael Buerk presents a documentary to mark the 90th birthday of Robben Island Prisoner No. 46664
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Vaughan Williams – Late Love, Late Life
Tuesday 15 July on BBC RADIO 4

Julian Lloyd Webber presents an exploration of the esteemed composer's controversial second marriage
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I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
Thursday 17 July on BBC RADIO 4

Bill Nighy and Amelia Bullmore star in Duncan MacMillan's romantic comedy about a husband and wife
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Olympic Hopefuls
Friday 18 July on BBC WORLD SERVICE

Russell Fuller follows six sportsmen and women as they train to take part in the greatest sporting extravaganza on Earth
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