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Continuing 91Èȱ¬ Radio 2's new Friday evening schedule, Desmond Carrington is on hand with a selection of records from his collection of some 250,000 titles. This week's theme is "spring is in the air".

Presenter/Desmond Carrington, Producer/Dave Aylott

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Friday Night Is Music Night –
From Hollywood To Bollywood

Friday 16 April

8.00-10.00pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 2 (Schedule addition 31 March)

In this Friday Night Is Music Night special – From Hollywood To Bollywood – live from LSO St Lukes in London, Hardeep Singh Kohli presents a selection of musical pictures of India, from classical composers like Rimsky Korsakov (Song Of India) and Elgar (Crown Of India Suite) to the big Hollywood film scores for Gandhi (George Fenton) and Passage To India (Maurice Jarré). The films of Sabu are also featuered, including Miklos Rozsa's 1942 score to The Jungle Book.

Robert Ziegler conducts the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, joined by some traditional Bollywood singers and the award-winning composer and percussionist Kuljit Bhamra to perform some of Bollywood's greatest hits including songs from Bombay Dreams and Jai Ho from the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

During the concert interval 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network presenters Pablo and Raj talk to composer AR Rahmin.

Presenter/Hardeep Singh Kohli, Producer/Bridget Apps

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Journalist and broadcaster Eve Pollard sits in for her daughter, Claudia Winkleman, and looks at the latest dance events across the UK.

Presenter/Eve Pollard, Producer/Julie Newman

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Performance On 3

Friday 16 April

7.00-9.15pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 3

Thierry Fischer conducts the 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra Of Wales, live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, in Bach's Mass in B Minor, with a line-up of some of Britain's finest Bach soloists including Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) and Robin Blaze (counter-tenor).

The B minor Mass sits at the pinnacle of Bach's achievements. Across its two-hour span, the music transcends everyday existence like no other, encompassing the ecstatic and other-worldly, tenderness, tranquillity and joyousness in which the spirit of the dance is never far away.

Joanne Lunn (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor) and Peter Harvey (bass) complete the line-up.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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RAF Holbeach is a bombing range on the Lincolnshire Wash that is used by British, American and European squadrons for training purposes. Protected in part by the military presence, the range has a curious atmosphere.

With the targets at RAF Holbeach being used by trainee pilots and nesting birds, this programme reveals how a bombing range can be home to both wildlife and warfare.

A team of civilian employees man the targets and look after the natural landscape. The targets themselves are a collection of old ships, armoured personnel carriers and ad hoc structures made from scrap material. In the eyes of one local artist, Michael Sanders, they look like "accidental sculptures", punching out from the stark landscape of the Wash.

Local contractor Norman Parnell takes great pride in building and maintaining these structures, despite the fact that they are constantly damaged by artillery fire and the tide. And Holbeach employee Geoff Smith is as careful to check for damage to the electronic scoring system as he is in spotting oyster-catcher eggs at the targets.

Those who work at RAF Holbeach maintain a delicate balance between protecting the environment and serving the needs of the pilots that use the range ahead of deployment.

Producer/Katie Burningham

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The News Quiz Ep 1/9

Friday 16 April

6.30-7.00pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 4

Sandi Toksvig presents the first in a new series of the ever-popular topical panel show, The News Quiz.

This week's guests are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins and Will Smith.

Presenter/Sandi Toksvig, Producer/Sam Bryant

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5 Live Sport

Friday 16 April

7.00-10.00pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE

In Kicking Off with Colin Murray, Colin and his regular guests Pat Nevin and Perry Groves take a look ahead to the weekend's football action, including the derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, the London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea and Wigan versus Arsenal in the Premier League.

At 8.30pm, Colin is joined by David Croft and guests for 5 Live Formula 1, taking a look ahead to the weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Louise Sutton

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5 Live Formula 1

Friday 16 April

2.55-4.35am 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA (First practice session)
6.55-8.35am 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA (Second practice session)

Uninterrupted commentary on the first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix comes live from the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, with the second practice session following at 6.55am.

Producer/Jason Swales

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