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| BBC RADIO 2 Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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Miranda Hart's Jokeshop Ep 3/4
Saturday 6 September
1.30-2.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Much to her family's dismay, self effacing, life-embracing clown Miranda Hart has used her inheritance to buy a joke shop. Lacking the organisational skills needed for retail – or anything else – Miranda has gone into partnership with Stevie, one of Britain's greatest humour vacuums.
Stevie mans the till for hours at a time while Miranda "pops out" on regular, self-imposed challenges. Miranda is determined to suss out what it takes to be a girly girl, to deal with her outrageously embarrassing mother in public places, to not look a complete idiot every time she meets the gorgeous Gary and to persuade other people to take life less seriously.
In the third episode, What A Wife, Gary needs a pretend wife for the evening and for some reason chooses Stevie instead of Miranda.
This affectionate sitcom, written by and starring Miranda Hart, also features Patricia Hodge as Miranda's mother, Sarah Hadland as Stevie, and Tom Ellis as Gary.
Producer/Dawn Ellis
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Bob Harris
Saturday 6 September
11.00pm-2.00am BBC RADIO 2
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Singer songwriter Fraser Anderson is in session tonight and talks to Bob about his career.
Born in Edinburgh in 1975, Fraser undertook his first tour in 2000 with Scottish band Mama Kazoo. In 2003 he recorded his debut album "and the girl with the strawberry...". This year he released Coming Up For Air and in July played support for Chuck Berry in France as part of Berry's European tour.
Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Mark Simpson
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| BBC RADIO 3 Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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Breakfast – Free Thought
Saturday 6 September
8.35-8.37am BBC RADIO 3
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Key figures from the arts, media, politics and science offer their personal cultural thoughts for the day in Free Thought, broadcast daily in Breakfast on BBC Radio 3.
This week’s Free Thinkers include author and publisher Mike Stubbs, Director of FACT, Foundation for Creative Technology; and John E McGrath, artistic director and chief executive of the Contact Theatre in Manchester and the new artistic director of the National Theatre in Wales.
On Wednesday, Arabella McIntyre-Brown, author of Liverpool – The First 1000 Years and head of Capisca, an independent publishing house, talks about the effects of time and perspective on culture.
Free Thought launches Free Thinking 08, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside’s festival of ideas, and marks Liverpool’s special cultural role as European Capital of Culture 2008. The speakers include prominent Liverpudlians and a diverse range of figures from the UK and beyond. The two-minute contributions are a reflection or provocation, or simply shed a light on a corner of Britain’s cultural life and are broadcast in the 100 days leading up to the festival which starts on 31 October.
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World Routes
Saturday 6 September
3.00-4.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Though still only in her twenties, Kaushiki Chakrabarty has become one of the most revered singers in Indian classical music. Jameela Siddiqi introduces her performance of a single piece, Raag Abhogi, recorded for World Routes earlier this year at the Darbar Festival in Leicester.
Trained by her father, singer Ajoy Chakrabarty, Kaushiki was acclaimed in her debut year by revered Indian maestro Pandit Jasraj. She first attracted attention outside India in 2005 when she won a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music.
Kaushiki is accompanied by Ajay Joglekar on harmonium and Sanju Sahai on tabla. Jameela then talks to Kaushiki about the festival, her voice and the Raag she sings in the programme.
Presenter/Jameela Siddiqi, Producer/Roger Short
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The BBC Proms offers a nod in the direction of the Auld Alliance tonight as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French Music Director Stéphan Denève return to the Royal Albert Hall.
The concert opens with Roussel's colourful and irrepressibly joyous second suite from the ballet Bacchus et Ariane, while Debussy's symphonic sketches of the sea, La Mer, closes it. In between comes Thea Musgrave's Rainbow, a vivid picture of a storm first performed 18 years ago by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Tonight's performance acknowledges her 80th birthday. There's also Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, featuring award-winning pianist Stephen Hough.
Presenter/Penny Gore, Producer/Peter Thresh
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| BBC RADIO 4 Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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Brel Et Moi –
Alastair Campbell On Jacques Brel
Saturday
6 September
10.30-11.00am BBC RADIO 4 |
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Former Downing Street Director Of Communications Alastair Campbell reveals one of his own little-known, but lifelong, passions.
From his public image, few would have any hint that Alastair is a devotee of Belgian singer Jacques Brel. But on the 30th anniversary of Brel's death, Alastair journeys to Paris to delve into the secrets of the singer's life and music.
Born in 1929 in Brussels, Brel was at his height during the Fifties and Sixties. Through songs like Ne Me Quitte Pas, he explored much deeper, darker emotions than most pop music and his live performances were famed for their intensity and ferocity. Revered in France, he remains less well known in Britain.
In this programme, Alastair meets comedian Mel Smith, a fellow Brel fanatic; Jean Michel Boris, who helped give Brel his first break at the famous Olympia music hall; Jean Corti, accordionist and co-writer of Brel's songs; journalist and biographer Olivier Todd; and Brel's daughter, France.
Presenter/Alastair Campbell, Producer/Russell Finch
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Archive Hour –
Then Was The Winter Of Our Discontent
Saturday 6 September
8.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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The winter of 1978/9, "the winter of discontent", was a period of bitter and intense industrial and political dispute, which has influenced British politics ever since.
A huge wave of strikes across the country led to corpses being unburied, a huge pile of stinking rubbish in Leicester Square, which became a bizarre kind of tourist attraction and, a few months later, the election of Margaret Thatcher.
The mere phrase "the winter of discontent" still brings back memories of union conflict. The incoming radical Tory government cracked down on union power and Labour leaders ever since have sought a different and more distant relationship with the unions.
Thirty years after this dramatic phase of British history, Anne Perkins talks to some of those involved and recalls the events of the period to recreate the atmosphere of the time and consider its lasting impact on British politics.
Interviewees include Roy Hattersley, Tony Benn, Bernard Donoughue, Jack Jones, Brendan Barber, Rodney Bickerstaffe, Shirley Williams, Jim Prior and Chris Patten
Presenter/Anne Perkins, Producer/Jane Ashley
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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Eamonn Holmes
Saturday 6 September
9.00-11.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Eamonn Holmes returns to Saturday mornings on BBC Radio 5 Live, with two hours of chat and interviews with guests from the worlds of sport and entertainment. Looking ahead to all the weekend's sporting activity, Eamonn is joined in the studio by regular guests Graham Poll, Sam Delaney and Lynsey Horn.
Presenter/Eamonn Holmes, Producer/Anna Stewart
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Fighting Talk
Saturday 6 September
11.00am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Colin Murray returns for a new series of the topical sports show. Colin plays judge and jury as a panel of guests battle it out to win points for punditry and put their spin on the latest stories and issues from the world of sport.
Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Simon Crosse
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5
Live Sport
Saturday 6 September
12.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Pougatch presents live from Barcelona as the home nations begin their World Cup football qualifying campaigns.
At 1pm 5 Live Formula One is live from Spa with commentary on the qualifying ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix with David Croft, Maurice Hamilton and Holly Samos.
At 2pm there is full live commentary on Macedonia v Scotland, followed by second half commentary on Wales v Azerbaijan and Slovakia v Northern Ireland.
Then at 7pm Chief Football Correspondent Mike Ingham, Alan Green and Mark Lawrenson are in the commentary box for live coverage of Andorra v England.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Steve Houghton
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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Formula One
Saturday 6 September
10.00-11.05am BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Uninterrupted commentary on the third practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix comes live from Spa.
Producer/Jason Swales
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Tennis – The US Open
Saturday 6 September
4.00-10.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Uninterrupted commentary of the men's semi finals at the US Open comes live from Flushing Meadows with Jonathan Overend.
Producer/Haydn Parry
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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6 Mix
Saturday 6 September
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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Pioneering house music DJ Sasha takes over the 6 Mix, providing an exclusive 60-minute headline mix as he prepares to release his new Involver2 album featuring collaborations with Thom Yorke and Ladytron. Sasha will also be raiding the BBC archives for a classic mix to play out.
Presenter/Iyare, Producer/Rowan Collinson
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