Celebrating the musical genius of Vaughan Williams
BBC Proms 2008
Vaughan Williams 50th Anniversary Tribute
Tuesday 26 August on BBC RADIO 3
BBC Radio 3 marks the 50th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's death with a selection of programmes across the week, with the highlight this Prom devoted solely to the composer
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Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe
Saturday 23 August on BBC RADIO 2
Popular comedian Sean Lock samples the best of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Miranda Hart's Jokeshop
Saturday 23 August on BBC RADIO 2
Comic actress Miranda Hart pops out of her joke shop to tackle self-imposed challenges in this new comedy series
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Breakfast – Free Thought
Throughout the week on BBC RADIO 3
Key figures from the arts, media, politics and science worlds offer their personal cultural thoughts for the day to launch the Free Thinking 08 festival of ideas
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OLYMPICS 2008
5 Live Sport
Sunday 24 August on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
All the colour and excitement from Beijing of the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games and the hotly anticipated handover to London for 2012
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The Record Producers
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August on BBC RADIO 2
Brilliant Beach Boy Brian Wilson is under the spotlight of Richard Allinson and Steve Levine
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Fry's English Delight – Metaphor
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August on BBC RADIO 4
Stephen Fry delights in metaphor, quotations and cliché in a new series tackling different aspects of the English language
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Once Upon A Time On The Frontline
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August on BBC RADIO 4
The surprising and touching stories of the families of British soldiers whose bedtime stories for their young children back home can help the pain of separation
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Radio 2 Live At The Lights
Friday 29 August on BBC RADIO 2
Boyzone light up Blackpool with a live set to launch the 2008 Illuminations big Switch On
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