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| BBC RADIO 2 Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Mike Harding
Wednesday 12 November
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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This week's programme features an interview with singer-songwriter Steve Tilston.
Many of Tilston's songs, such as The Slip Jigs And Reels, The Naked Highwayman and Here's To Tom Paine are considered modern folk classics and have been covered by the likes of Fairport Convention, Dolores Keane and John Wright.
Steve's latest album, Ziggurat, covers subjects as diverse as 18th century coiners and memories of his father passing down stories, as well as his experience of writer's block on Madame Muse.
Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Trevor Nelson
Wednesday 12 November
10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Trevor Nelson presents another hour of the best in soulful music.
His album of the week is Omar's 1990 debut album There's Nothing Like This, which helped earn the British singer-songwriter the unofficial title of "founder of nu-classic soul". Omar can count Angie Stone, Erykah Badu and Stevie Wonder among his fans.
Tonight's playlist also includes tracks by Aretha Franklin and John Legend, while Your Jam features another listener dedication.
Presenter/Trevor Nelson, Producer/Ollie Embden
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 3 Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week – Cavalli (1602-76) Ep 3/5
Monday 10 to Friday 14 November
12.00-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod tells the story of Cavalli's role in the birth of opera and considers his rise to fame through the early stages of this great art form.
With the start and subsequent popularity of opera in Venice, Cavalli discovered his ability to write music for theatre. He composed more than 40 operas, at the rate of at least one a year. Cavalli's popularity was not only in Venice, but also on an international level.
Donald explores this prolific period in Cavalli's career, in which he set trends for future opera, including the emerging combination of aria and recitative, and the ever emotive lament.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producers/Luke Whitlock and Kerry Clark
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Performance On 3 –
Saariaho Opera From BBC Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday 12 November
7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Kaija Saariaho's second opera, composed to a libretto by war correspondent Amin Maalouf, reflects on the brutalising nature of war.
During wartime, a young woman, Adriana, is raped by a soldier, Tsargo, who then disappears. She gives birth to a son, Yonas, as a result of the "terrible night that cannot be erased". She hides the facts from her son, but when he discovers the truth about his origins, he vows to find and kill his father. When he finds him he discovers that Tsargo is now blind. Yonas becomes less enthusiastic about carrying out his intentions. Adriana hopes he will follow her gentle nature rather than his father's violent one.
Saariaho's music is full of melancholy and tragic intensity. In this concert, given earlier this year by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers under the English National Opera's music director Edward Gardner, the title role of Adriana is taken by mezzo-soprano Monica Groop. Soprano Solveig Kringelborn plays her sister, Refka; baritone Jyrki Korhonen is the violent rapist, and tenor Gordon Gietz takes the role of Yonas.
Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Janet Tuppen
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 4 Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Born
In Bradford
Wednesday 12 November
11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
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In the first of three programmes to be broadcast over the next 18 months, Born In Bradford follows some of the thousands of babies being tracked from birth to childhood by the Bradford Institute for Health Research. The babies are being studied to determine why instances of genetic disorders and cases of infant and child mortality in the city are so high.
Eventually more than 10,000 families will be involved in one of the most ambitious studies of children's health ever undertaken. The aim is to discover more about the causes of childhood diseases from various cultures and classes.
Professor John Wright, who is leading the study, believes it can provide an invaluable insight into the role of many factors, from diet and air pollution to genetics and exposures in the womb. "What we know from medical research to date seems to suggest that this phase in the womb and early childhood will be very critical for what happens when we are 40, 50 and 60 years old," he tells the programme.
Presenter Winifred Robinson follows the clinicians, conducting interviews before birth, immediately after and then at three-and six-monthly intervals.
According to Professor Wright the study could make Bradford a healthier place: "We are very keen on Bradford not just being a laboratory," he says, "it is about the whole community being involved in a major health research project to get people engaged in the causes of ill health and to work towards a healthier and happier city."
Presenter/Winifred Robinson, Producer/Sue Mitchell
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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5 Live Sport
Wednesday 12 November
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Mark Saggers presents Carling Cup fourth round commentary of Tottenham v Liverpool live from White Hart Lane (kick-off 7.45pm), plus regular updates from all the evening's other ties and the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League matches.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Mark Williams
606
Wednesday 12 November
10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Tim Lovejoy presents the UK's biggest football phone-in, discussing the action from this evening's games.
Fans can watch the debate on interactive digital TV via the Red button, and give their views to Tim by phone to 0500 909 693 (free from BT landlines), text 85058 at network rates or email 606@bbc.co.uk
Presenter/Tim Lovejoy, Producer/Patrick Campbell
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BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Tennis
Wednesday 12 November
10.00am-3.00pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
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Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted live commentary from the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai.
Producer/Jen McAllister
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Marc Riley
Wednesday 12 November
7.00-9.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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London-based half-Japanese, half-Italian outfit Screaming Tea Party join Marc Riley in the studio for a live session. The band comprises Koichi on bass and vocals, Nell on drums and vocals and Niyan on guitar.
Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Gideon Coe
Wednesday 12 November
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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This evening Gideon Coe selects archive concert highlights from the inimitable Wire at their 2000 appearance at All Tomorrow's Parties, as well as a set from Arthur Lee's Love from Glastonbury in 2003. Session tracks come from ethereal Montreal post-rock band Do Make Say Think and psychedelic loveliness courtesy of Welsh folksters Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
BBC 6 Music Publicity
6 Music Plays It Again – Janis Ep 1/2
Wednesday 12 November
12.00-12.30am BBC 6 MUSIC
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Janis Joplin, who would have been 65 this year, died of a drugs overdose aged just 27. Gossip singer Beth Ditto, an ardent Janis fan, tells the story of Joplin's short but remarkable life.
Beth reveals the real Janis, where she came from and what turned her into the "wild woman of rock 'n' roll" who wowed the crowds at Monterey and Woodstock.
The concluding part will be broadcast tomorrow.
Presenter/Beth Ditto, Repeat Producer/Frank Wilson
BBC 6 Music Publicity
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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Sway is looking for a sponsor for the Parkside as the drama series continues. He tries to charm Sandra Lester, who appears more interested in Sway than in the community, but agrees to help.
Sameer spreads his creative wings as he plans the Silverhill pantomime to raise funds.
Sandra announces that Darren is being released from prison early. She says he's a reformed character but Jaggy finds this difficult to believe.
Sway is played by Mark Monero, Sandra by Anita Dobson, Sameer by Alex Caan, Darren by Samuel Kindred and Jaggy by Jay Kiyani.
BBC Asian Network Publicity
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
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In Afghanistan –
Hard Lessons From A Troubled Land Ep 1/2
Wednesday 12 November
9.05-9.30am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention by the West. He hears from ordinary Afghans, Russian soldiers who served in Afghanistan and the American intelligence experts who served in the field as well as some of the British commanders who have since faced fierce fighting in the Hindu Kush.
Johnston also recounts the catastrophic miscalculation that humbled the mighty Red Army in the Hindu Kush. Tens of thousands of troops, tanks and helicopters poured into Afghanistan in late 1979. They laid waste to the land for a decade, during which millions of Afghans died or were forced to flee. But in the end it was the Russians who were chased out, in part by the Cold War warriors of the CIA who backed the rebels in the mountains.
Presenter/Alan Johnston, Producer/Mark Savage
BBC World Service Publicity
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