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| BBC RADIO 2 Saturday 8 November 2008 |
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Alan Carr's Comedy Outings Ep 4/6
Saturday 8 November
1.00-1.30pm BBC RADIO 2
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This week's fictional escapade finds Alan Carr cornered by a one tonne lion in a cage at London Zoo, after unsuccessful attempts to adopt a child.
Interspersed with this tall tale are classic comedy clips featuring the humour of Frankie Boyle, Lee Evans and Mitch Benn.
Alan Carr's Comedy Outings is written by Alan Carr and Giles Boden.
Presenter/Alan Carr, Producer/Paul Russell
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1918-2008
– NINETY YEARS OF REMEMBRANCE
War Horse
Saturday 8 November
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Bob Hoskins star in War Horse, a powerful story of survival on the Western
Front.
Based on a book by the former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo, the story has been adapted for radio by John Tams (multiple Radio 2 Folk Award recipient
and musical director of The 2006 Radio Ballads) and Sally Ward.
Timothy Spall stars as the narrator Joey - the beloved horse of a farmer's son – who is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France at the outbreak of World
War One. It is a story of a friendship lasting through the toughest of tests.
The songs were written by John Tams and are sung by John with folk trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson; and music from John McCusker, Andy Cutting and Andy Seward.
The cast also includes Geoffrey Hughes and Gawn Grainger.
Producer/John Leonard
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1918-2008
– NINETY YEARS OF REMEMBRANCE
Festival Of Remembrance
Saturday 8 November
8.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Chris Stuart presents highlights from the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Katherine Jenkins, Jonathan Ansell and Hayley Westenra join massed bands – including those of the Royal Marines and the Parachute Regiment – to commemorate and honour all those who lost their lives in service of their country.
The festival culminates in the poignant Service Of Remembrance, in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, as thousands of poppy petals fall from the roof of the hall, each one representing a life lost in war.
This programme is part of 1918-2008 – Ninety Years Of Remembrance, a special season of programmes on the BBC marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Presenter/Chris Stuart, Producer/Philip Billson
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 3 Saturday 8 November 2008 |
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CD Review
Saturday 8 November
9.00am-12.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Andrew McGregor introduces BBC Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music including, at 9.30am, Building A Library.
In today's Building A Library, Jeremy Summerly recommends a recording of Herbert Howells' Requiem. This hauntingly beautiful work, long suppressed by the composer for deeply personal reasons, has now taken its rightful place as one of the masterpieces of 20th-century choral music.
Presenter/Andrew McGregor, Producer/Peter Thresh
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Jazz Library – John McLaughlin Ep 2/2
Saturday 8 November
4.00-5.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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In the second of two Jazz Library programmes before his London Jazz Festival concert, John McLaughlin rejoins Alyn Shipton to continue selecting the highlights of his recorded work. Today he recounts the background to Shakti, his acclaimed collaboration with Zakir Hussain, and then brings the story forward to his current recordings including Industrial Zen, featuring many of today's young British stars.
In the Sixties, John McLaughlin was catapulted to stardom by Miles Davis. Now, his own band includes young British players Gary Husband and Mark Mondesir, as well as French bassist Hadrien Feraud, and McLaughlin himself is giving them a similar international showcase. His Indian-influenced fusion band Shakti remains one of the most popular bands in world music, and is still touring over three decades after he and Zakir Hussain founded it.
Presenter and Producer/Alyn Shipton
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Opera On 3 – Handel's Partenope
Saturday 8 November
6.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 3
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Queen Partenope has four suitors: one of them, Eurimene, is actually Rosmira disguised as a man and trying to regain the affections of her ex, Arsace, now another Partenope suitor. Another suitor, Emilio, ends up declaring war on Partenope when she refuses to marry him. After many plot twists, Partenope ends up with the fourth claimant to her affections, Armindo, while the ex-lovers are reunited.
Handel's comic opera contains a wealth of wonderful arias and ensembles, and is performed by English National Opera in a new production by Christopher Alden which updates the work to the time of the Surrealists. The stellar cast includes Rosemary Joshua, Patricia Bardon and Christine Rice, with Christian Curnyn making his debut in the pit.
The broadcast includes interviews with the director and cast, plus insights from Handel expert Dr Donald Burrows.
Presenter/Suzie Klein, Producer/Tony Cheevers
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 4 Saturday 8 November 2008 |
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Being
Prince Of Wales Ep 1/2
Saturday 8 November
10.30-11.00am BBC RADIO 4
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Dan Snow explores what it is to be Prince of Wales – from the very origins and history of the title, through to the modern day Prince Charles. He talks to historians and visits battle sites and castles that witnessed some of the most turbulent history of former Princes.
Prince Charles is the 21st holder of the title Prince of Wales, which officially began in 1301. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his title – given to him as the male heir when he was just nine years old. The Investiture was eventually held in 1969 when the Queen thought The Prince was old enough to understand fully the significance of the role.
The programme features contributions from historians, politicians, journalists and former royal aides.
Presenter/Dan Snow, Producers/Terry Lewis and Sian Price
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Von
Ribbentrop's Watch
Saturday 8 November
2.30-4.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Miriam Margolyes, Allan Corduner and Harriet Walter star in a new play by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
When Laurence Marks bought a watch in Los Angeles, he little realised the history behind it. It only emerged 20 years later, when the watch was being repaired, that it was thought to belong to Hitler's Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop.
Being Jewish, Marks no longer wished to wear the watch. If he sold it, it might be bought by a collector of Nazi memorabilia, and he did not wish to profit from such a sale. When Marks asked a local synagogue if they would like the money from the sale of the watch they also felt they could not accept it because of its Nazi associations. Marks and Gran decided to write a play about the ethical dilemma; the result is Von Ribbentrop's Watch.
Von Ribbentrop's Watch places the watch in the ownership of Gerald, a man who really needs some money. His wine shop is failing and the landlord has just raised the cost of the lease, which Gerald has failed to confide to his wife, Ruth, the shop's co-owner. The majority of the play takes place over a Passover dinner, attended by his mother, Lila, and his recently widowed brother, David. The dinner is a tense affair, as Lila picks holes in everything Ruth does, comparing her unfavourably to her dead daughter-in-law Melanie.
When Gerald and Ruth's daughter, Sasha, announces she is getting married, the family are unsure how they will meet the cost, but Gerald seems unperturbed; he can cope. Over the evening it is revealed that Gerald has had the watch that he inherited from his father valued and it's worth a lot of money, but when the news comes out that it belonged to Von Ribbentrop the family are horrified. Tensions rise and Gerald risks alienating them, as vastly different attitudes to their religion and their culture are aired.
Gerald is played by Allan Corduner, Ruth by Harriet Walter, Lila by Miriam Margolyes, David by Nicholas Woodeson and Sasha by Sophie Winkleman.
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are the writers behind innumerable hits including, The New Statesman, Birds Of A Feather, Goodnight Sweetheart and Shine On Harvey Moon.
Producer/Sally Avens
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Archive Hour – Adventures In The BBC Archives
Saturday 8 November
8.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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In the latest of this occasional series, the former Director of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, uses the BBC Archives to re-examine the impact on her life of the "Cambridge spies", and the sense of paranoia, unease and self-doubt that this spread through elements of the British Establishment.
Using the archive, Rimington revisits the moment when, as a 16-year-old in 1951, her father was shocked to read about the disappearance of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean – just the first instance of how the Cambridge spies' treachery has overshadowed her life.
She listens to rare recordings of Maclean himself, of Burgess's friends reminiscing about him, and of key moments in the unfolding of the story, such as the day when Mrs Thatcher revealed "Fourth Man" Anthony Blunt's identity – a moment she remembers not as traumatic, but cathartic. She explores how their treachery continued to reverberate throughout her time in the security service, from her senior colleague Peter Wright's apparent paranoia, to her interrogations in the Seventies of the "Fifth Man", John Cairncross, who only spoke publicly after he was outed in 1990.
She also explores the rich archive of dramas based on Burgess's life to anatomise how he has come to be remembered – in performances by the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Alan Bates, Rupert Everett and Tom Hollander.
Producer/Phil Tinline
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Saturday 8 November 2008 |
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Rugby
League World Cup
Saturday 8 November
8.45-11.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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George Riley presents coverage of the Pool 1 match between England and New Zealand in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup (kick-off 9am), live from the Energy Australia Stadium, Newcastle, Australia, with commentary from David Oates, Dave Woods and Justin Morgan.
Producer/Richard Burgess
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
5 Live Sport
Saturday 8 November
12.00-7.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Arlo White presents an afternoon of live football, starting at 12.45pm with Barclays Premier League commentary of, traditionally, one the biggest games of the season, Arsenal v Manchester United, live from the Emirates Stadium. There is also coverage of the day's 3pm kick-offs, including Sunderland v Portsmouth and West Ham v Everton in the Premier League, and Celtic v Motherwell in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League.
At 5.30pm there's commentary from the Premier League early evening kick-off between Liverpool and West Brom, live from Anfield.
There are also reports and updates from the day's rugby union autumn Test matches between England and the Pacific Islands, Wales v South Africa, Scotland v New Zealand and Ireland v Canada.
Presenter/Arlo White, Producer/Mark Williams
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
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| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Saturday 8 November 2008 |
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Rugby Union
Saturday 8 November
2.20-7.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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BBC 5 Live Sports Extra presents live commentary of Wales v South Africa in the Prince of Wales Cup from the Millennium Stadium Cardiff, plus updates on England v Pacific Islands at Twickenham (both 2.30pm kick-offs).
From 5.15pm, there's uninterrupted commentary of Scotland v New Zealand live from Murrayfield.
Producer/Jen McAllister
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