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Eighties new wavers Heaven 17 – Martin Ware and Glenn Gregory – join Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie to chat about their forthcoming tour and the re-release of their debut album, Penthouse And Pavement.

Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Viv Atkinson for Smooth Operations

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Jazz Junctions Ep 1/10

Wednesday 6 October

10.00-11.00pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 2

Guy Barker explores the history of jazz, focusing on the turning points and pivotal events that have shaped the genre, and discovering some great stories and larger-than-life characters along the way in this new 10-part series.

In its 100-year history, jazz has seen many changes and developments but, unlike other genres, jazz's direction has frequently changed due to a specific event: a momentary decision, an invention, one performance, or one person's idea. Each episode focuses on what jazz was like directly before this junction, the junction itself, and how things subsequently changed.

Renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Barker says: "As a musician, I'm really impressed with the range of talent showcased in this series and very much look forward to introducing what, to me, is a definitive jazz hall of fame."

Barker explores each of these junctions by hearing from the musicians who were there and made it happen, shaping the music as they went. The series features rare archive of jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan and Earl Hines.

There are new interviews with the world's greatest living jazz musicians, such as McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Burrell, Reggie Workman, Lou Donaldson, Dave Brubeck, Terry Gibbs, Sir Charles Thompson, Peter Erskine, Larry Coryell, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Junior Mance, Dick Hyman, Billy Taylor and Albert "Tootie" Heath, as well as commentary from leading jazz authorities Ted Gioia, Loren Schoenberg, Dan Morgenstern, Stuart Nicholson, Geoffrey Smith and Scott Yanow.

Part one, Jazz On The Record, takes the story back to February 1917 with the release of the first jazz record: Livery Stable Blues by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, led by cornettist Nick LaRocca. Prior to that, jazz had been played on the streets and in the clubs, but only by those who were there to witness it. Recording the music meant that it could be listened to again and again by people all over the world and, most importantly, it could be studied and imitated. The journey had begun.

Guy looks back to the New Orleans of 1910 to try to unravel the circumstances surrounding the birth of recorded jazz. The programme features interviews with Dick Hyman, Jimmy LaRocca, Ted Gioia and Scott Yanow; plus archive of Jelly Roll Morton and Nick LaRocca.

Presenter/Guy Barker, Producer/Patrick Johns for Ping Productions

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Celebrating 40 years since Earth, Wind & Fire's self-titled debut album was released, Trevor Nelson presents a special programme looking at the band's career in this week's soul show. The programme features listener requests, archive session and live tracks, plus an interview with singer Philip Bailey.

Presenter/Trevor Nelson, Producer/Dan Cocker for Somethin' Else

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Petroc Trelawny presents a concert featuring the music of Sibelius

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the music of his compatriot Jean Sibelius in this concert recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Sibelius's tone poem Finlandia sets the soundworld with its nationalistic evocations of scenes from Finnish history; followed by Lemminkäinen, an orchestral suite based on the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala. The most famous movement describes The Swan of Tuonela with the cor anglais' melody gliding over the musical water of the strings and woodwind; the other movements are equally evocative and atmospheric, moving from the Land of the Dead to the hero's exploits in battle.

Between these, Helen Grimaud is the soloist in Brahms's First Piano Concerto, one of the most challenging concertos in any pianist's repertoire.

Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Peter Thresh

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Neil MacGregor's history of the world explores European engagement with the rest of the world in the 18th century.

Today he tells the story of a map, roughly drawn on deer skin, which was used by the British when they negotiated for land in the area between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi.

Neil looks at how the French and the British were in conflict in the region and examines the different attitudes to land and living between Europeans and Native Americans. Martin Lewis, an expert on maps from this region, and historian David Edmunds describe the map and the clash of cultures that was played out within its boundaries.

Presenter/Neil MacGregor, Producer/Anthony Denselow for the 91Èȱ¬

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5 Live Sport – Leaders In Football

Wednesday 6 October

7.00-10.30pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE

At 7pm, Mark Pougatch presents live from the Leaders In Football conference at Stamford Bridge, with an array of guests from the world of football finance.

From 9pm, Mark discusses all the latest stories from the day's sport news.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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Commonwealth Games

Wednesday 6 October

11.25am-4.30pm 91Èȱ¬ RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 Live Sports Extra brings live swimming and athletics coverage from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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91Èȱ¬ 6 Music presenter and Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan

Deptford boys Athlete returned to the spotlight last month with the release of a retrospective album of the band's singles to date, including hits El Salvador and Wires. To celebrate, the band join Huey Morgan for a live session and to talk through their career since 2001.

Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Gary Bales

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Twilight Sad are in session for Marc Riley this evening.

The band, who hail from Glasgow, formed in late 2003 and consist of James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane, (guitar/accordion/noise), Craig Orzel (bass) and Mark Devine (drums). The release of the band's new EP, The Wrong Car, coincides with a joint headline tour with Errors in September. The EP is made partly of tracks taken from the Forget The Night Ahead album sessions, tracks that the band wanted to hold back until they were absolutely content with the recording, and partly from remixes from the band's friends and collaborators, in this case, Mogwai and Errors.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Chouhdry

91Èȱ¬ 6 Music Publicity

The 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network's monthly 30-minute drama strand continues with Tajinder Singh Hayer's We're Not Getting Married. Harvey and Sandeep meet for the first time and, with their families waiting expectantly in the next room, the following series of events could decide their future.

Harvey's had plenty of advice from brother Jugjit, and Sandeep's heard all of sister-in-law Rani's wisdom. But what's behind the words of those who've travelled this path of marriage before, and should the youngsters follow their advice?

The drama features Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me) as Jugjit, Balvinder Sopal (Silver Street) as Rani, Pushpinder Chani as Harvey and Manjeet Mann as Sandeep; with other voices by Deeivya Meeir and Adeel Akhtar.

This programme will be repeated on Sunday 10 October at 4.30pm on 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network.

91Èȱ¬ Asian Network Presents... is the network's new drama strand, which sees a single 30-minute drama broadcast at 6pm on the first Wednesday of each month. The strand produces distinctive, original and impactful content, all relevant to the target audience. Covering a range of stories and styles, the strand also endeavours to deliver bigger established names to the network and is committed to developing new talent both on and off air, providing a platform for budding writers and fresh radio talent.

Producer/James Peries

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