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Most people like a good gossip – as long as they're not at the centre of it. 91Èȱ¬ Radio 1Xtra takes a timely look at kiss and tells in a two-part feature within today's programme, at 1.45pm and at 2.25pm.

Ashley Cole, Tiger Woods and John Terry have all been the focus of some big newspaper and magazine headlines recently, and not for the right reasons...

Nesta McGregor, 1Xtra's entertainment reporter, speaks to a Page 3 girl at a slinky London nightclub which regularly attracts big celebrity names and women trying to hook up with them. He also speaks to artists including Dappy from N Dubz, R&B singer Jay Sean and Jamelia, whose ex-boyfriend sold a false story about her to pay for a holiday with his new girlfriend.

Publicist Max Clifford and the News Of The World's Jules Stenson explain why they think celebrities are fair game and how new privacy laws are changing the way they operate.

Producer/Debbie Ramsay

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Bob Harris features Boston, Rick Springfield, Pat Benatar, Supertramp and more as he continues his journey through the world of Album Orientated Rock (AOR).

Powered by the West Coast experimental music scene and the release of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper LP, AOR first burst onto American radio in San Francisco in 1967. It was a revelation, a tour de force of creative programming which empowered its DJs and provided an antidote to the Top 40 hit radio that just wasn't "hip" any more. By the mid-Seventies, AOR had become the most successful radio format in America.

The A-Z Of AOR plays the biggest hits and the hidden gems from a genre that drove album sales into the triple millions.

Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Neil Myners

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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), continuing its complete run of Beethoven symphonies, welcomes its emeritus conductor Sir Charles Mackerras to conduct Beethoven's gargantuan Symphony No. 9 in D minor.

Beethoven's magnificent Ninth Symphony is a work full of hope and faith in mankind, and it still has the power to move audiences today. The OAE are joined by the Philharmonia Chorus and soloists Rebecca Evans (soprano), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor) and Christopher Purves (bass).

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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Clive Anderson looks at groups of people who can claim immunity from the law as the series in which some of the country's top judges and lawyers discuss legal issues of the day continues.

The programme explores why certain groups of people, in certain situations, appear to be "above the law": granted immunity from prosecution or civil action.

MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses, under a legal convention dating back to the 17th century, may be able to argue that their behaviour is covered by parliamentary privilege. This is the privilege which allows MPs and peers to make slanderous remarks within the Houses of Parliament without fear of being sued in the civil courts. The panel examines why it is being argued that this might provide a defence from prosecution for criminal offences.

Diplomatic immunity protects embassy staff from prosecution for any offence, from non-payment of parking fines to murder.

Crown or state immunity establishes that the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. But can this immunity be extended to cover national security agents accused of torture on the grounds that they are "agents of the state" or to protect heads of state accused of war crimes or corruption?

This programme also discusses immunity from prosecution granted to super-grasses and other defendants who provide evidence to the prosecution.

Presenter/Clive Anderson, Producer/Brian King

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The crew of the RRS James Cook explore the depths of the ocean in search of new life, as the environmental series continues.

Deep sea vents hide some of the last great mysteries of the planet. Tom Heap hears about the extraordinary sights witnessed by the latest team of explorers.

Explorations of the deep oceans have so far given only tantalising glimpses of weird and wonderful species. A team from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton is currently sailing through the Caribbean and the Southern Ocean on a mission to provide much more than a few fuzzy photos of a giant worm or an upside-down prawn.

They hope their mission will greatly aid conservation efforts and make the exploitation of the ocean's resources fairer and more sustainable.

Costing The Earth joins the expedition as it sails from southern Chile and launches Isis, a remote-controlled submarine armed, for the first time, with high-definition cameras.

Presenter/Tom Heap, Producers/Alasdair Cross and Helen Lennard

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5 Live Sport

Wednesday 14 April

7.00-10.30pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch has all the day's sports news and, from 8pm, live Premier League commentary of Wigan versus Portsmouth, plus updates from Fulham versus Stoke City.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Francesca Rice

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Lauren Laverne is joined by Manchester indie legends James for a live session in the 91Èȱ¬ 6 Music studios. The band reformed in 2007 after a six-year hiatus. On 19 April they release their 11th studio album, entitled The Night Before – a new mini album containing seven brand-new songs.

Presenter/Lauren Laverne, Producer/Gary Bales

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Flavour of the month Darwin Deez picks his favourite tracks for Andrew Collins's Most Played feature this week.

Hailing from New York City, Darwin was born in North Carolina to Meher Baba disciples. Once dubbed the indie Michael Jackson, Darwin was given a guitar for this 11th birthday; it was a cream Fender Stratocaster which he still uses. "My dad taught me some chords and I started writing songs straight away, writing the lyrics on these real small 3x5 cards," he recalls.

Darwin picks 10 tunes currently twisting his curls, including tracks by 90 Day Men, Toto and Death Cab For Cutie.

Presenter/Andrew Collins, Producer/Jax Coombes

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Marc Riley favourite King Creosote is in session this evening. The man also known as Kenny Anderson serenades listeners with his dulcet tones and mesmeric melodies.

Kenny is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, he has released more than 40 albums; his latest, Flick The Vs, appeared on 20 April last year. He's been a long-time favourite of the show, with Marc championing much of Kenny's work.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Gideon Coe presents concert highlights from the legendary Kraftwerk and a 1981 session from 23 Skidoo. More session tracks feature in the form of post-REM Connecticut janglers Miracle Legion, recorded in 1989, British folk quintet Trees from 1970 and a recent Marc Riley recording from Veronica Falls.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Frank Wilson

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Adam and Joe fans everywhere have another opportunity to hear one of their old-school podcasts from yesteryear. Poor old Joe was still away at this point, with shingles, so director and all-round nice guy Garth Jennings helps out. From June 2008, the podcast is entitled Whole Lot Of Shaky Going On. This will also be available to download after the show.

Presenters/Adam Buxton and Garth Jennings, Producer/James Stirling

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Ros Atkins continues to explore how attitudes to tourism can vary across the globe, from resentment towards outsiders to a real hunger for visitors.

Travelling to some of the places he lived as a child with his itinerant fisherman father and the rest of his family, he talks to politicians, industry leaders and tourists themselves, looking to discover why there are these disparate attitudes, and what wider lessons can be learnt from different countries' experiences with tourism.

Presenter/Ros Atkins, Producer/Michael Gallagher

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In 2008, the Ganges was named India's National River. It is also known as the Hindu mother goddess, Ganga, who gives life and salvation.

The second programme of this series focuses on the ancient city of Varanasi, telling the stories of two river boatmen. Bhaiyalal Nishad has been ferrying passengers across the river all of his working life and, in an attempt to combat the rising tide of pollution, he built a boat out of plastic bottles that he has collected from the Ganges. He believes it is the smallest boat on the river and now uses it to screen films on the water, as a mini floating cinema.

In the same city, Bhoomai Nishad also works as a boatman. He is a self-taught singer of classical Indian music and has become a local celebrity.

The programme also hears from workers at the funeral pyres which burn on the river bank 24 hours a day, as well as talking to scientists who are campaigning to get the river cleansed. Through their testimony, the programme explores how a river that is so revered and so fundamental to the everyday lives of millions of Indians has come to be so polluted.

Additional reporting comes from Panini Anand.

Producer/Katie Burningham

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