New moments in music
BBC Electric Proms 2008
Throughout the week on 1XTRA, BBC RADIO 1, BBC RADIO 2 and BBC 6 MUSIC and also on BBC TWO and BBC FOUR
Burt Bacharach opens this year's BBC Electric Proms 2008 at the Roundhouse in Camden, London. Featuring more than 60 acts, from global superstars to up-and-coming performers, the BBC Electric Proms 2008 take place in London and Liverpool between Wednesday 22 and Sunday 26 October
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Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
Saturday 18 October on BBC RADIO 2
The distinctive humour of Alan Carr features in this new, six-part comedy series
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Opera On 3 – Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Saturday 18 October on BBC RADIO 3
This new production by Robert Lepage is recorded at London's Royal Opera House
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From Fact To Fiction
Saturday 18 October on BBC RADIO 4
This weekly series complements BBC Radio 4's news and current affairs output with a dramatic response to the major story of the week by writers including Will Self, Kwame Kwei-Armah and P.G. Morgan
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Faith In The World
Throughout the week on BBC RADIO 2
BBC Radio 2 broadcasts a range of programmes exploring the reasons why people choose to believe in a higher spiritual power
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Private Passions
Sunday 19 October on BBC RADIO 3
British film director Peter Kosminsky is Michael Berkeley's guest
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Robinson Crusoe And His Farther Adventures
Sunday 19 October on BBC RADIO 4
Tim McInnerny stars as Robinson Crusoe in a vivid and surprising new adaptation
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Searching For Schindler – A Memoir
Monday 20 October on BBC RADIO 3
Australian novelist Thomas Keneally gives a personal account of his discovery of the story of Oscar Schindler
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How Shall I Tell The Dog?
Monday 20 October on BBC RADIO 4
Michael Palin stars in an adaptation of much-loved humourist Miles Kington's classic book in which he faces cancer with courage and wit
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Wayfarers All –
A Hundred Years Of The Wind In The Willows
Monday 20 October on BBC RADIO 4
To mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Kenneth Grahame's classic novel, BBC Radio 4 commissions Candia Williams, Beatrice Colin, David Almond, Zoe Strachan and Mark McNay to write a short story inspired by the characters in the original tale
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Performance On 3
Wednesday 22 October on BBC RADIO 3
Kansas-born mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato creates a festive atmosphere for the beginning of the new season at the Wigmore Hall
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Misfits In France
Thursday 23 October on BBC RADIO 4
Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the history of the artists and writers who crossed the English Channel in the late 19th century
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The Judy Garland Trail
Friday 24 October on BBC RADIO 4
Michael Freedland sets out on a quest to discover the truth about Judy Garland
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