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Art Of Noise Ep 1/2

Monday 12 April

9.00-10.00pm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ RADIO 1

Early morning presenter Dev takes up a challenge from Radio 1's queen of experimental music, Mary Anne Hobbs, to produce an experimental electronic track to play out live on her late night show.

Art Of Noise is a two-part documentary following electronic music virgin and prince of Early Breakfast, Dev, as he looks for inspiration and meets some of the most extreme experimental artists and label owners in the electronic music underground.

More at home playing Lady Gaga than Autechre, Dev follows on from the Building The Beat show, in which producer Starkey builds a track from scratch live in the studio. Handed the same CD of samples, Dev is given two weeks to put his track together.

His electronic journey begins with record shopping in London's Soho, where he is introduced to the granddaddy of electronic music labels, Warp, and finds out the secrets behind the Aphex Twin's unique sound.

Dev then meets the boss of cutting-edge label Black Acre records, and is introduced to rising young experimental producer Blue Daisy.

He also gets some valuable advice from the experts at the legendary Black Market record shop in Soho, getting the lowdown on the more extreme end of the D&B and dubstep spectrum.

His quest for harder, darker, faster, scarier sound finally takes him to a warehouse in north London where, in the studio, he meets some of the Wrong Music label crew including Tim Exile, Mully and Ladyscraper.

They play him some of their sonic experiments and give him some priceless tips on producing his own track.

After a session in the studio with producer Sinbad, Dev finally finishes his track and is rather pleased with his efforts, but will it be enough to impress Mary Anne?

In part two of Art Of Noise next week, Dev explores the live experimental music scene, attending large festivals ATP and Bloc, and smaller, more underground nights around the UK.

Presenter/Dev

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Zoe Ball sits in for Ken Bruce this week and is joined by Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins, who discusses her Tracks Of My Years. Katherine's choices include songs by Tina Turner, Take That, Barbra Streisand and Beyoncé.

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The Jeremy Vine Show

Monday 12 April

12.00noon-2.00pm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ RADIO 2 (Schedule addition 31 March)

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2's election coverage is fronted by Jeremy Vine's daily current affairs show, covering the debates and stories that matter to his audience away from Westminster.

This week, The Jeremy Vine Show is live from Wrexham, finding out what issues matter to people there.

Jeremy says: "The election is the moment all of our listeners get under the bonnet of politics – for all the cynicism about MPs and parliament, no one can escape the fundamental truth that what happens on Election Day matters hugely for the future of this country.

"So we will be out and about – travelling to places you might not see in the headlines – and hopefully reeling the politicians in to our studio where they can be grilled by listeners. And we hope to have fun."

This broadcast is scheduled for the weeks leading up to the assumed general election date of 6 May.

Presenter/Jeremy Vine, Producer/Phil Jones

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Paul Jones is joined by American swamp blues musician Larry Garner and presents The Norman Beaker Band in session.

Presenter/Paul Jones, Producer/Paul Long

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Jools Holland is joined this evening by English singer-songwriter James Hunter, who has been influenced by soul and R&B from an early age.

James joins Jools and his band on a version of Ray Charles's Hallelujah I Love Her So.

Presenter/Jools Holland, Producer/Sarah Gaston

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Tonight's programme, Mahler in Manchester, sees The Hallé Orchestra, under newly-appointed principal guest conductor Markus Stenz, perform Mahler's epic Second "Resurrection" Symphony, coupled with the world premiere of Colin Matthews's Crossing The Alps. The concert forms part of a complete Mahler cycle being undertaken by the Hallé in conjunction with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic.

Mahler wanted his symphonies to convey all the highs and lows of life, and he put everything of himself into each one. They are still considered a challenge for even the greatest of orchestras. Starting with a funeral march and exploring the idea of life after death, Symphony No. 2 sweeps through the gamut of emotions to a visionary choral finale in which the heavens seem to open. Susan Gritton (soprano) and Katarina Karneus (mezzo-soprano) are tonight's soloists.

A new ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 commission precedes each Mahler symphony in this series, and tonight's piece is by Colin Matthews, who is very familiar with Mahler's music as he worked alongside Deryck Cooke on his completion of Mahler's 10th symphony. Crossing The Alps features the unaccompanied voices of the Hallé Choir.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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Jez Nelson presents all-star American group Buffalo Collision, recorded live in concert at The Vortex in Dalston.

Mid-West pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer Dave King, best known as two thirds of The Bad Plus, join forces with two of their heroes from the New York downtown scene: saxophonist Tim Berne and cellist Hank Roberts.

The quartet's music is entirely improvised, with no premeditation or planning, and it really can go anywhere – from thrashing post-rock to slow blues to bebop melodies. Revelling in a teasing playfulness, the band circle around what seem to be well-known tunes, never quite stating them to the point of recognition.

Iverson and King met as teenagers in Minneapolis. In 2001, they formed power piano trio The Bad Plus whose head turning renditions of contemporary songs, from Blondie to Nirvana, alongside an impressive catalogue of highly distinctive originals, lifted them onto the international stage.

Cutting their teeth on the New York scene over the last three decades, Tim Berne and Hank Roberts are now elder statesmen of the creative New York music scene, having developed a sound based around 20th century classical music, rock and a deep knowledge of jazz.

Presenter/Jez Nelson, Producer/Peggy Sutton

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Woman's Hour Drama –
Sarah Siddons: Life In Five Sittings Ep 1/5

Monday 12 to Friday 16 April

10.45-11.00am ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ RADIO 4

Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this passionate true story of the compelling, disturbing and tempestuous love affair between between the legendary 18th-century actress Sarah Siddons, the greatest actress of her time, and artist Tom Lawrence.

This drama, written by David Pownall, reveals the true story which begins when Lawrence, as a young teenager, first paints Siddons. Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her but, plagued by self-doubt, she resists his advances. To escape her clutches but also to be nearer to her, Tom woos her daughters.

When they die, Sarah accuses him of killing them by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should stay apart, over the years they continue to meet and draw strength from each other. Every time she visits, she also sits for Tom, enabling him to trace her decline in his art. Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in which two people share intimacies, aspirations, confidences, fears and doubts.

Producer/Martin Jenkins

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When Daniel Brennan's business collapses, he realises he will no longer be able to afford his house in Belfast and that he and his family will have to downsize to a more modest property.

When Daniel recklessly bids for a small farm holding in the country at a property auction, his wife Kate and daughter Cassie are less than enthusiastic, especially when they discover their new home is in the middle of nowhere and in need of substantial repair. But that soon becomes the least of their worries as their reception in the local village is, at best, frosty.

Unsettling things begin to happen around the farm – graffiti appears on the walls in the dead of night; supplies are stolen; and a dead fox is left on the porch. Despite their best efforts to fit in, the campaign of intimidation continues. Not certain who they can trust in the village, they must find a way to stop it before things really get out of hand.

Francis Turnly's chilling story of how one family's rural dream becomes a living nightmare stars Stuart Graham, Zara Turner, Hannah R Gordon, Des McAleer, Ian Beattie, Shaun Blaney, Patrick Fitzsymons, Kieran Lagan and Robert Taylor.

Producer/Heather Larmour

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Book At Bedtime – The Lessons Ep 1/10

Monday 12 to Friday 16 April

10.45-11.00pm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ RADIO 4

Book At Bedtime presents The Lessons, Naomi Alderman's brand new novel about ambition, betrayal and desire at Oxford and beyond.

Set among the dreaming spires of Oxford, the story follows the progress of a gilded group of under-graduates drawn together by their dazzling and mercurial fellow student Mark Winters. Fuelled by his trust-fund, they live a charmed life of learning, parties and love-affairs. But university is no grounding for real life and none of the friends will be prepared, some years later, when tragedy strikes.

The Lessons is a novel about friendship, ambition, betrayal and desire, and the fact that only life can teach the lessons people really need to learn.

The Lessons is read by Rory Kinnear and abridged by Sally Marmion.

Naomi Alderman won the Orange New Writers Award for her first novel, Disobedience, and has subsequently been named as the Sunday Times Young Writer Of The Year. She is a graduate of Lincoln College, Oxford.

Rory Kinnear, fresh from playing Angelo at the Almeida and about to play Hamlet at the National Theatre, studied at Balliol College, Oxford.

Reader/Rory Kinnear, Producer/Di Spiers

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The Vote Now Show Ep 1/12

Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 April

11.00-11.30pm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ RADIO 4

Steve Punt (left) and Hugh Dennis, with special guests, present a satirical round-up of election news

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests, present a satirical round-up of election news from comedians, journalists and commentators.

The Vote Now Show will be recorded each night in front of an audience at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Radio Theatre a few hours before transmission for extra topicality.

This series is scheduled to broadcast Monday-Wednesday at 11pm for each of the four weeks leading up to the assumed general election date of 6 May.

Presenters/Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, Producer/Victoria Lloyd

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Mark Chapman presents the day's sports news and is joined by John Motson and Steve Claridge for the Monday Night Club discussing the latest big issues in football.

From 9pm Mark is joined by Mark Clemmit for all the news and reaction from the Championship and Leagues One and Two in 5 Live Football League.

At 9.30pm Tim Lovejoy joins Mark for Chapman And Lovejoy's Football Express, a quick-fire football knockabout.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Ben North

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Darwin Deez joins Lauren Laverne for a live session in the 6 Music studios.

Hailing from New York, Darwin claims his songs are "happy music for sad people". His self titled debut album is released today (12 April).

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Dubstar lead singer Sarah Blackwood visits the studio to speak to Andrew Collins.

Dubstar were formed in 1992 by Steve Hillier and Chris Wilkie in Gateshead. Sarah joined a year later, replacing Steve on vocals. The band released five albums and found fame in the mid-Nineties with hits such as Stars and Not So Manic Now.

Sarah updates Andrew on what the band have been up to recently.

Presenter/Andrew Collins, Producer/Jax Coombes

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Marc Riley's guest session band on tonight's show are Don't Move.

Signed to Coventry's Tin Angel Records, the band comprises Mason Le Long, Joseph Carvell, Matt Rheeston and Cedrick Confugios. They play tunes from their new album, The New Pop Sound Of Don't Move.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 6 Music continues to offer listeners a chance to catch up on the Adam And Joe Podcast from June 2008, titled Grotesquely Extended. This will also be available as a podcast after the show.

Presenters/Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, Producer/James Stirling

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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sports presenter Manish Bhasin meets the Asians who are bailing out their beloved football clubs.

From Kettering to Accrington Stanley, to high-profile clubs such as Queens Park Rangers, this Asian Network Reports Special examines the impact these investors are having on the much-loved sport.

It also investigates the significance of the trend amongst the Asian community and whether it makes a difference to how football is viewed in Britain in the 21st century.

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Gagan Grewal is joined by Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi to talk about his new film, Hum Tum Aur Ghosta.

Best known for his role as Circuit in the comedy films Munnabhai, Arshad talks to Gagan about the film, in which he plays both producer and actor.

Parts of the film are shot in Newcastle and Arshad talks about his time there and his new-found love for the Geordie character. He also discusses his plans for a third Munnabhai movie, Munnabhai Chale Amerika.

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