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| BBC RADIO 2 Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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Sean
Lock And Friends At The Fringe Ep 1/2
Saturday
23 August
1.00-1.30pm BBC RADIO 2 |
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Sean Lock, the popular comedy show panellist and star of cult TV series 15 Storeys High, is also a veteran stand up who has appeared at all the major festivals around the world and was nominated for a Perrier Award back in 2000.
In the first of two programmes, Sean goes to the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to sample some of the 2,000 shows on offer. In previous years, BBC Radio 2's Fringe shows have featured the comic talents of, among others, Adam Hills, Rich Hall, Ed Byrne, Mark Watson and Marcus Brigstocke.
Presenter/Sean Lock, Producer/Tilusha Ghelani
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Miranda
Hart's Jokeshop Ep 1/4
Saturday 23 August
1.30-2.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Miranda Hart's Jokeshop re-opens for business with a new four-part series written by and starring the comic actress, known for her roles in Hyperdrive and Lead Balloon.
Miranda is an unconventional woman: a tall, life-embracing, self-effacing clown, who's at her happiest amongst the wind-up teeth of her joke shop. She has used her inheritance to buy the shop (much to her family's dismay) but lacking the organisational skills needed for retail – or anything else – Miranda has gone into partnership with Stevie (Sarah Hadland), one of Britain's greatest humour vacuums.
Stevie mans the till for hours at a time whilst Miranda "pops out" on regular, self-imposed challenges. These include working out what it takes to be a girly girl; how to deal with her outrageously embarrassing mother (Patricia Hodge), how to avoid looking like a complete idiot every time she meets the gorgeous Gary (Tom Ellis), and how to persuade other people to take life less seriously.
Joke Shop is written by Miranda Hart with James Carey (My Family, Think The Unthinkable) and Simon Dean (Not Going Out) and additional material from Paul Karensa and Sarah Hadland.
Producer/Dawn Ellis
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Dermot O'Leary
Saturday 23 August
2.00-5.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Glaswegian four-piece Glasvegas
and south London-based singer-songwriter and pianist Elviin are
Dermot's session guests this week.
Glasvegas came fourth in the BBC's Sound Of 2008 poll. They are influenced by rockabilly and pop from the Fifties and use brooding guitars to create a wall of sound that has been compared to The Jesus And Mary Chain playing the Grease soundtrack. Their new single Daddy's Gone precedes the release of an eponymous debut album. The band embark on a UK tour at the end of this month.
Elviin believes his brand of
soul-rock will lead to an "involuntary tap of the foot and
a sound that will make your ears prick up like cats, despite your
preferences". He cites a range of influences, from Al Green
to The Police and N*E*R*D.
Presenter/Dermot O'Leary, Producer/Ben Walker
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Bob Harris
Saturday 23 August
11.00pm-2.00am BBC RADIO 2
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Bob Harris's session guest this week is Los Angeles singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, who plays tracks from her new album @#%&*! Smilers.
On her seventh solo CD, Mann presents 13 songs about the inner life of people living far from the bright lights of success or fame. Mann paints spare, vivid portraits of people who seem to always wind up with the smallest slice of American pie. The songs are soulful, empathetic and somehow ultimately hopeful. Mann says: "When I write about them – the narcissists, performers, eccentrics, know-it-alls – it helps me recognise some truths about the world and about myself."
Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Mark Simpson
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| BBC RADIO 3 Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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The Early Music Show
Saturday 23 August
1.00-2.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Ahead of this evening's Prom, Catherine Bott is joined by Stephen Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, to explore the history of the orchestra and hear some of their recordings.
Described as the UK's leading period instrumental ensemble, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was formed more than 20 years ago with a very particular ethos – there will be no single conductor or musical director. Instead, conductors or (often) directors from violins or keyboards are appointed on a concert-by-concert basis. Catherine talks to Stephen about the orchestra's history and future plans and listens to some of his favourite recordings by the ensemble.
Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Sam Phillips
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World Routes
Saturday 23 August
3.00-4.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Lucy Duran introduces more highlights from the Festival on the Niger in central Mali with performances by desert blues artist Afel Bocoum, balafon virtuoso Neba Solo, and one of Mali's most popular singers, Mangala Camara.
The Festival on the Niger takes place literally on the river, with the performers playing from a floating barge. The festival was launched three years ago to promote culture and tourism in the region and to try to tempt travellers on their way to Timbuktu to stop in Segou for a while.
Afel Bocoum, who performs a song exclusively for World Routes, played with the late, great Ali Farka Toure, and many believe he continues Ali's tradition. Afel talks about life in rural Niafunke.
Neba Solo is a virtuoso balafon (wooden keyed idiophone) player, who has formed a band comprising of three balafons plus percussion. Mangala Camara made his name as a lead singer with artists such as Toumani Diabate. He has now started a solo career and has already had a hit with Minye Minye, intended as a critique of politics but adopted by Mali's President as his campaign song.
Presenter/Lucy Duran, Producer/Roger Short
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
 Antonio Pappano conducts the
National Youth Orchestra of
Great Britain in a trio of
American favourites A trio of works from America make up tonight's Prom with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Copland's Third Symphony – with its portrayal of the wide, open spaces of North America – includes a striking reprise of the classic Fanfare For The Common Man at the start of the last movement. The symphony dates from the end of the Second World War and captures something of the sense of optimism of the American people at the time.
From 25 years earlier, though sounding much more recent, Edgard Varèse's Amériques had a title, he claimed, that was "symbolic of discoveries, of new worlds on Earth, in the sky or in the minds of men". The first work that the Frenchman completed after arriving in New York, this strikingly original score was premièred in Philadelphia by Leopold Stokowski.
So too was Rachmaninov's Fourth (and last) Piano Concerto, also composed in the USA, where the composer had settled after leaving Russia in 1917. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist at the 1927 première; tonight it's the fearlessly virtuosic Boris Berezovsky.
Presenter/Penny Gore, Producer/David Gallagher
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| BBC RADIO 4 Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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The Man Who Was Bojangles
Saturday 23 August
10.30-11.00am BBC RADIO 4
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Kwame Kwei Amah attempts to unravel the myths behind the legend of the song Mr Bojangles.
The song was written in 1968 by country folk musician Jerry Jeff Walker but legend has it that the song was not actually about the real Mr Bojangles, Bill Robinson, but about an impersonator.
The song was apparently written by Walker after he had shared a New Orleans cell with a white, itinerant dancer in 1965, long after Robinson's death.
The dancer introduced himself as Bojangles having assumed the name of his idol and made a living on the streets impersonating Robinson's dance style. Three years later, Walker wrote the now famous track which has been covered by Nina Simone, David Bromberg, Chet Atkins, Robbie Williams, John Holt, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nancy Wilson, Harry Chapin, Neil Diamond, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver and Bob Dylan.
Kwame Kwei Amah attempts to find out the true story behind the song and hears from the songwriter himself. Other contributors include Tony Christie, Norma Miller, Steve Clark, Colin Larkin and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Presenter/Kwame Kwei Armah, Producer/Elaine Williams
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Every day for six months, Radio 4 is recreating 1968 in sound, drawing on the BBC and other vivid news archive and the music of the time. Presented by Sir John Tusa, these daily programmes re-trace the year's major political, cultural and social events as they happened. They also evoke the everyday stories that made the headlines or raised a smile – from global politics and paving stones, to rock and roll and red rain.
This week: Czechoslovak workers strike in protest against the Soviet invasion, while Soviet troops seem confused about where they are. At the Czech border, reporters bump into Shirley Temple.
Concern grows over the whereabouts of Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek; France explodes its first H bomb in the South Pacific and at Crystal Palace runner Ron Clarke beats his own two-mile record.
Dubcek returns from Moscow and broadcasts an emotional plea to his nation, thousands attend a rally for Czechoslovak freedom in London's Hyde Park and the Democratic convention opens in Chicago.
Cricketer Basil D'Oliveira is left out of the England squad to tour South Africa and Hubert Humphrey is chosen as the Democratic candidate for the White House.
This series is part of Radio 4's 1968 – Myth Or Reality? season, marking the 40th anniversary of a remarkable year which saw extraordinary upheavals worldwide.
A weekly omnibus edition is broadcast on Sunday evenings.
Presenter/Sir John Tusa, Producers/Barney Rowntree and Peggy Sutton
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Archive Hour – With God On Our Side
Saturday 23 August
8.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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In With God On Our Side, Richard Holloway explores what happens to someone's faith during the horrors of war and investigates how it can make one man turn to God and another to atheism.
This programme is rooted in a unique multi-faith oral archive created by the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh, which contains in-depth interviews with people whose faith was affected by their experiences during the Second World War. Richard highlights the extraordinary stories contained in the archive, from the battlefields and concentration camps of Europe to the prisoner of war camps of Siberia and Japan. He also brings the story up to date with stories from the conflicts in Korea, the Falklands, the Balkans and Iraq, and hears about the new moral dilemmas that modern conflict presents in the professional armed services.
Christian Major Chris Keeble recalls his prayer for guidance during the Battle of Goose Green and how his desire to find a peaceful conclusion to the war was lost in the politically driven desire to fight on. In contrast, he hears from those for whom their experience of war banished all faith.
The final part of the programme explores the inhumanity and Godlessness of the Siberian labour camps, the Burma Railway and the Nazi concentration camps.
Presenter/Richard Holloway, Producer/Lucy Harland
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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John Inverdale presents live
from the Olympic Stadium in Beijing on the penultimate day of the
Games. Action from the track from 12.30pm includes the finals of
the men's 800m, women's 1,500m, men's 5,000m and men's 4 x 400m relay.
From 1pm there are live updates from qualifying at the European Grand Prix with David Croft and Maurice Hamilton.
Presenter/John Inverdale, Producer/Jonathan Wall
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
Mark Saggers presents coverage of all of today's Barclays Premier League matches, including Liverpool v Middlesbrough.
At 5pm Sports Report brings all the results, reports and reaction from today's big sporting stories.
Then at 5.30pm there is live commentary of Fulham v Arsenal.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Adrian Williams
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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Formula 1
Saturday 23 August
10.00-11.05am – Third Practice BBC BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
12.55-2.15pm – Qualifying BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA |
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Uninterrupted commentary comes live from the third practice and qualifying sessions for the European Grand Prix in Valencia.
Producer/Jason Swales for USP
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5 Live Football League
Saturday 23 August
2.50-5.15pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Listeners can enjoy live commentary from a leading game in the Coca-Cola Championship, plus reports and score updates from across the Football League.
Producer/Jen McAllister
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Saturday 23 August 2008 |
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6 Mix
Saturday 23 August
9.00-11.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Legendary Leeds hip hop DJ Nightmares On Wax plays a set of electro breaks and beats to promote his new album, Thought So... nearly a decade after the release of his seminal record Car Boot Soul.
Presenter/Iyare, Producer/Rowan Collinson
BBC 6 Music Publicity
BBC Introducing With Gary Crowley
Saturday 23 August
12.00-2.00am BBC 6 MUSIC |
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Sitting in for Tom Robinson, Gary Crowley talks to Glaswegian songstress Lou Hickey ahead of her set at Hydro Connect. There will also be a taster of BBC Introducing's work at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals.
Presenter/Gary Crowley, Producer/Dina Jahina
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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