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Matthew
Bannister – Student Essentials
Thursday 14 August
12.00noon-2.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Today is A-Level results day and, as part of BBC Radio 2's Student Essentials campaign, Matthew Bannister (who is sitting in for Jeremy Vine all week) discusses the topic: "I wish I'd worked harder at school".
Student Essentials provides information and support for students and their parents, both on air and online during August.
Information and advice about exam results can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio2 or by phoning The National Exam Results Helpline on 0808 100 8000. The Radio 2 website also features information about student finance, with Martin Lewis sharing money-saving tips. Students and parents can also put questions to the Student Essentials experts on the message board.
Later this afternoon, as part of the initiative, Steve Wright (2-5pm) features some exam factoids. Those unaffected by exam results this summer can test their brains with some GCSE maths questions.
Presenter/Matthew Bannister, Producer/Phil Jones
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Theme Time Radio Hour With Bob Dylan
Thursday 14 August
11.00pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2
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It's a colourful programme tonight as Bob Dylan takes as his theme (nearly all) the colours of the spectrum.
Among the tracks featured are: The House Of Blue Lights by Ella Mae Morse; Pink Champagne by Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers; Baby's In Black by The Beatles; Deep Purple by The Ravens; The Little White Cloud That Cried by Johnnie Ray; Little Green by Joni Mitchell; Orange Coloured Sky by Nat King Cole; and Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Presenter/Bob Dylan, BBC Series Producer/Phil Hughes
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| BBC RADIO 3 Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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BBC PROMS 2008
Daniel Barenboim Conducts The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Thursday 14 August
7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was formed in 1999 by the late Palestinian philosopher Edward Saïd in collaboration with conductor Daniel Barenboim as a one-off experiment to bring Arab and Israeli musicians together.
The acclaimed ensemble of Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian and Egyptian musicians is still going strong, meeting every summer to continue their work. While the symbolic effect of joining people on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict remains potent, the orchestra has been in continual artistic development. "The 'exotic' element, if you like, of an orchestra of Israelis and Arabs performing European music has lessened," says Barenboim. "This is a positive thing: the orchestra is now judged purely on musical terms."
In this eagerly-anticipated concert, Barenboim conducts his extraordinary orchestra performing Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello, Schoenberg's Variations For Orchestra and Brahms's poignant Fourth Symphony (which will also be shown on BBC Four).
With the help of scholarships, around 30 of the young players have been able to study in Europe during the winter, before returning to the West-Eastern Divan for summer rehearsals. Three of the players are now in the Berliner Philharmoniker and the oboist, who plays in the Haydn Sinfonia Concertante tonight, is the principal oboe of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Members of the orchestra return later in the evening for the Late-Night Prom (10.15pm), Stravinksy's L'histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale). It was written during the First World War "to be read, played and danced" and presents the Faustian tale of a soldier tricked by the Devil into trading his fiddle for a book containing the secret of wealth. It is paired with Boulez's Mémoriale, derived from his ...explosante-fixe..., which was written to commemorate the death of Stravinsky in 1971.
Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Elizabeth Arno
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Twenty Minutes –
Final Exposure: Exploring Fay Godwin's House
Thursday
14 August
7.50-8.10pm BBC RADIO 3 |
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In the interval of this evening's Prom, journalist Christine Finn explores Fay Godwin's house and archive, after being given unprecedented access to the British landscape photographer's collection.
Godwin left London in 1995 to move permanently to her family's former holiday home on the Sussex coast. Here she found a new direction for her work, introducing colour for the first time. She was an extremely private person, and only family and friends were ever invited to her remote home or even told of its location.
Following her death in 2005, Godwin's family offered her considerable archive to the British Library. As the Library's representatives sorted through the collection, Christine Finn became the first journalist to be allowed to visit Godwin's home and studios. Finn was shown around by Godwin's friend, film-maker Maggie Taylor, who had recorded Godwin's neighbour Derek Jarman. While Godwin's friends prepared the home for the British Library assessment, Finn gained an insight into its power to inspire the photographer anew, despite her age and illness.
Presenter/Christine Finn, Producer/Marya Burgess
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| BBC RADIO 4 Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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The Material World
Thursday 14 August
4.30-5.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Although most experts say that fossil fuel is not running out, it is becoming increasingly expensive to extract. As the price of a barrel of oil reaches record highs, the focus is being switched to heavy oil reserves, such as the Athabasca Tar Sands in Canada.
Unlike conventional light oil, heavy oil is very viscous, like syrup, or even solid in its natural state underground, making it difficult to extract. Heavy oil reserves, which could keep the planet's oil-dependent economy going for 100 years, lie beneath the surface in many countries, especially in Canada, and one method being developed to extract it is to ignite the oil to get it flowing.
Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Malcolm Greaves of the Improved Oil Recovery Research Group at the University of Bath about his system, Toe to Heel Air Injection (THAI), in which air is injected into the oil deposit down a vertical well and ignited.
Dr Joe Wood of the University of Birmingham joins the discussion about how to make THAI even more efficient.
Presenter/Quentin Cooper, Producer/Martin Redfern
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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Nicky Campbell presents sailing, canoeing and rowing live from the Beijing Olympics, with updates from the women's and men's lightweight double sculls semi-finals. British pairs Helen Casey and Heather Goodsell and Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter will be hoping for places in the final.
The spotlight also falls on Fiona Pennie, competing for honours in the women's K1 slalom canoeing, and Michelle Rogers and Peter Cousins in the judo.
Back in the London studio, Shelagh Fogarty has all the day's news and there's a round-up of last night's Olympic action.
Presenters/Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty, Producer/Richard Jackson
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Live from the Beijing Olympics, Simon Mayo has all the day's talking-points and the latest action from the swimming heats, as Michael Rock and Todd Cooper compete for Britain in this afternoon's men's 100m butterfly and Elizabeth Simmonds, a World Championship finalist last year, swims in the women's 200m backstroke.
Also on the agenda are tennis, badminton, hockey, gymnastics, boxing and judo.
Presenter/Simon Mayo, Producer/Robin Bulloch
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Peter Allen, live in Beijing, presents the top Olympic stories, while Rachel Burden in London has all the day's news, sport and travel updates.
Presenter/Peter Allen, Producer/John Cary
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5 Live Sport
Thursday 14 August
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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George Riley presents all the day's sports news, including the latest from the Beijing Olympics. At 8pm, Darren Gough's Cricket Show features discussion with the big names from the world of cricket.
Presenter/George Riley, Producer/Jonathan Wall
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Mark Pougatch hosts live coverage from the first day of athletics at the Olympics in the iconic Bird's Nest stadium.
There's much to look forward to on the first morning with the start of the heptathlon, in which Britain's Kelly Sotherton will be looking to fill the void left by the absence of Sweden's Carolina Kluft and improve on her bronze medal four years ago. Also, the battle to crown the fastest man in the world begins with all eyes on world record holder Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell of Jamaica along with Tyson Gay of the USA.
Four more gold medals are decided in the pool, with Britain's Mark Foster competing in his fifth Olympics at the age of 38, hoping to reach the men's 50m freestyle final.
There will also be updates on the shooting events and gymnastics.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Jonathan Wall
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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Gideon Coe
Thursday 14 August
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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Gideon Coe's latest selection from the BBC archives is a concert by The Jam at the height of their powers at the Rainbow Theatre in London in 1979.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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At the beach party, Arun discovers that Kelly hasn't been honest about splitting with her ex, as the Asian drama continues. Rick confronts Arun, but Zak steps in and punches Rick.
The boys run towards their boat and manage to escape. But when the boat runs out of petrol, a fight breaks out between Sean and Zak. The boat capsizes, plunging them into the sea.
Arun is played by Naithan Ariane, Kelly by Kate Edney, Rick by Richard Loosemore, Zak by Jetinder Summan and Sean by Lloyd Thomas.
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Thursday 14 August 2008 |
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Assignment – Secrets In The Family:
The Children Of Argentina's Disappeared
Thursday 14 August
10.05-10.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Maria Eugenia Sampallo Barragan was born 30 years ago to parents she never knew. She says she was born in a clandestine torture centre following the arrest and subsequent disappearance of her real mother and father.
Thousands of dissidents vanished after being abducted by security forces during Argentina's military regime of 1976-1983. Human rights groups say more than 200 children were taken and given to military or politically connected families to bring up.
Sampallo is now suing her adoptive parents for kidnapping – the first time a woman has taken such action in Argentina. Daniel Schweimler follows the story of children like Sampallo and visits the once notorious ESMA (Navy Mechanical School) detention centre.
Please note: This programme was originally billed in Week 31 BBC Programme Information.
Presenter/Daniel Schweimler, Producer/Bridget Harney
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