Gently Does It…
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency –
The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul
Thursday 2 October on BBC RADIO 4
Harry Enfield returns as Douglas Adams's quirky and enigmatic detective
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Drama On 3 –
Season Of Migration To The North By Tayeb Salih
Sunday 28 September on BBC RADIO 3
Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's sensual and shocking thriller is dramatised by Philip Palmer for BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Vine – 70, Not Out!
Monday 29 September on BBC RADIO 2
Jeremy Vine launches BBC Radio 2's latest Life2Live campaign 70, Not Out! which features in his show throughout the week
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Jools Holland
Monday 29 September on BBC RADIO 2
Jools Holland returns for another series and is joined in the first programme by special guest Paul Heaton, ex-Beautiful South front man
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Composer Of The Week – Charles Mingus
Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October on BBC RADIO 3
Few jazz musicians are noted as composers and instrumental virtuosi – Charles Mingus was both – as Donald Macleod reveals this week
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Book Of The Week – That's Another Story
Monday 29 September to 3 October on BBC RADIO 4
One of the nation's best-loved actresses, Julie Walters, reads her own account of her early life and acting career
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A German Hero
Monday 29 September on BBC RADIO 4
BBC Radio 4 debates the issues raised by controversial new film Valkyrie, in which Tom Cruise plays would-be Hitler assassin Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
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Performance On 3 – Play To The Nation
Wednesday 1 October on BBC RADIO 3
BBC Radio 3 has teamed up with Making Music to find four of the best amateur orchestras in the UK
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Performance On 3 – BBC Symphony Orchestra:
Missa solemnis
Friday 3 October on BBC RADIO 3
The BBC Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert of the winter season: Beethoven's Missa solemnis, conducted by Jiri Belohlavek, live from the Barbican
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Afternoon Play – Blinded By Science
Friday 3 October on BBC RADIO 4
A scientific comedy for the afternoon starring James Fleet, Lesley Sharp and Stuart McQuarrie
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