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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

Saturday 22 May

7.00am-1.00am BBC RADIO 1

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Florence And The Machine front-woman Florence Welch

On Saturday 22 May and Sunday 23 May, BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend descends on Vaynol Estate, Bangor, North Wales, with a spectacular line-up of international and UK bands, artists and DJs, performing live over two days.

This year is Radio 1's 10th Big Weekend and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. With live music across four stages, Radio 1's flagship event will also be broadcast on BBC Three, as well as having a major online presence at bbc.co.uk/radio1.

Saturday's Main Stage artists include Dizzee Rascal, Cheryl Cole, Alicia Keys, 30 Seconds To Mars, Lostprophets, Justin Bieber and Florence and the Machine. Faithless, MGMT, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding play the In New Music We Trust stage, while MistaJam, Toddla T, Alex Metric and Westwood take to the Outdoor Stage. The full line-up can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend.

BBC Radio 1 DJs will be broadcasting live from the Big Weekend across Saturday and Sunday. Edith Bowman kicks things off at 7am, followed by Vernon Kay from 10am. At 1pm Jo Whiley takes over the reins, with Chris Moyles on duty from 4pm. Trevor Nelson's show (6pm) is simulcast with Radio 1Xtra, and Dev rounds off proceedings at 8pm before the day's highlights from the Outdoor Stage can be heard from 10pm-1am.

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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

Saturday 22 May

4.00pm-1.00am BBC RADIO 1XTRA

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BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcasts live from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on Vaynol Estate, Bangor, North Wales, which brings together a host of UK and worldwide artists for two days of spectacular live music.

BBC Radio 1's flagship event sees some of the biggest and most exciting names in urban music play live sets on the Outdoor Stage on Saturday 22 May and Sunday 23 May.

Westwood, Target & Cameo and Ras & Seani B are among those taking to the stage on Saturday, highlights of which will be broadcast on Radio 1Xtra from 10pm. Ace and Vis (4-6pm) and Trevor Nelson (6-10pm) also host shows live from the festival.

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend will be broadcast on BBC Three as well as having a major online presence at bbc.co.uk/radio1.

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BBC 6 Music's Shaun Keaveny sits in for Dermot O'Leary this week and has live music from indie rockers The Temper Trap.

This Australian foursome made the BBC's Sound Of 2009 shortlist and worked on their first album, Conditions, with producer Jim Abiss, who's best known for his work on Arctic Monkeys' Mercury-winning debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. Released last summer, Conditions includes their Top 10 hit Sweet Disposition.

Shaun can be heard on 6 Music each weekday morning between 7-10am.

Presenter/Shaun Keaveny, Producer/Ben Walker

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Acclaimed stand-up comedians Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson

Two Episodes Of MASH is a comedy sketch show written by and starring acclaimed stand-up comedians Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The pair are currently preparing for their third show together at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

Diane and Joe take their inspiration from everyday life, successfully combining the mundane with the surreal. The show features comedy banter and ear-catching sketches such as Fly In The Car, Bees and Secret Agent 00-9062.

Since embarking on his stand-up career in 2004 Joe Wilkinson has earned critical acclaim supporting Alan Carr and Russell Howard on tour. Originally from Bolton, Lancashire, Diane Morgan is a trained actress and acclaimed stand-up. Her TV credits include Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights and Ken Campbell's Warp Experience.

Two Episodes Of MASH continues BBC Radio 2's season of pilots showcasing a diverse array of comic talent including Matt Horne and Tim Minchin. It was recorded without a studio audience – just Diane and Joe in a radio studio, with some great comedy writing and sound effects.

Producer/Clair Wordsworth

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An American singer-songwriter who lives in Germany, Marybeth D'Amico came to songwriting relatively late in life. Tonight she joins Bob Harris to play songs from her new album Heaven, Hell, Sin And Redemption.

A journalist by trade, in 2002 Marybeth lost her position as an editor at an Amsterdam-based magazine. With some time on her hands, the wife and mother of two, who had recently taken up the guitar, began penning her first songs on the living room couch. The discovery of the work of Patty Griffin was another key moment in her musical career.

Presenter/Bob Harris, Producer/Mark Simpson

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Fifty years after 16 countries in Africa became independent, Lucy Duran and French journalist Florent Mazzoleni play rare tracks from that period. Music played a central role in the search for a new identity, and in the Sixties and Seventies some of the continent's greatest dance music was created. Today's programme celebrates countries that became independent in the first half of 1960, including Congo, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon.

Florent Mazzoleni has travelled all over Africa collecting music and, in particular, documenting the soundtrack of the golden era of Atlantic African music. The programme includes tracks from Florent's collection, many of which have not been re-released since their limited pressing in the Sixties and Seventies, let alone played on British radio. These are tracks that reflect a unique period in African history: a period of liberation and short-lived optimism.

Another programme with Florent will be broadcast in September 2010, celebrating some of the African countries that became independent in the second half of 1960, such as Mali, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Gabon.

Please note this programme was originally scheduled for broadcast on Saturday 1 May.

Presenter/Lucy Duran, Producer/ James Parkin

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Prokofiev's The Gambler, recorded at the Royal Opera House, stars soprano Angela Denoke, tenor Roberto Saccà and bass John Tomlinson. The Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House are conducted by Antonio Pappano.

The curtain opens on the town of Roulettenburg, where the whole of life is based around the casino. In the middle of this money driven world is the possibility of a love story, but is Alexei really in love with Polina, or addicted to her in the same way he is to gambling?

Prokofiev's rarely heard score is based on Dostoyevsky's novel, and contains some of his most unusual and energetic music. The cast of colourful characters includes Roberto Saccà and Angela Denoke as the lovers, and John Tomlinson as the General whose life disintegrates as his aged aunt gambles away his inheritance.

Andrew McGregor is joined by Prokofiev biographer David Nice, and the programme includes interviews with the cast, conductor and director.

Presenter/Andrew McGregor, Producer/Ellie Mant

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Ramblings Ep 1/6

Saturday 22 May

6.05-6.30am BBC RADIO 4

In a new series of Ramblings presenter Clare Balding walks the South Downs Way meeting various guests along the way.

Starting at the coast near Eastbourne, she meets a group of disabled ramblers with a passion for the countryside of East Sussex.

Presenter/Clare Balding, Producer/Maggie Ayre

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Archive On 4 explores the hugely popular Second World War radio broadcasts of JB Priestley, the "voice of Britain" during the darkest days of the war.

Marking the 70th anniversary of a broadcasting phenomenon, Archive On 4 explores the story of how Yorkshireman JB Priestley became the voice of the nation during the war.

Using original broadcasts, information stored in BBC files and interviews with his son Tom Priestley and stepson Nicolas Hawkes, the programme revisits these extraordinary broadcasts and asks why, in spite of their popularity, Priestley was taken off air.

Presenter/Martin Wainwright, Producer/Catherine Plane

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5 Live Sport

Saturday 22 May

12.00noon-5.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents an afternoon of sport live from Wembley Stadium, with all the day's sports news plus the build-up to this afternoon's Championship play-off final at 3pm. There's live commentary of the game, with the winner securing a place in the Premier League.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Steve Houghton

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5 Live Sport

Saturday 22 May

7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Chapman presents commentary of the 2010 Champions League Final, Inter Milan versus Bayern Munich, live from the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Kick off is at 7.45pm with commentary from Alan Green, John Murray and Mark Lawrenson.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Mark Williams

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Rugby Union

Saturday 22 May

4.50-6.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Listeners can hear uninterrupted commentary on the European Rugby Cup Final live from Stade de France, Paris.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Richard Bacon brings two hours of anecdotal, observational conversation for the everyman listener. Alongside best friend and right-hand-man Marc Haynes, Richard provides his trademark audience participation and listener-led topical chat. Mundane texts, records of achievement and Twittercisms are punctuated with playlisted music, plus a few picks from Richard's own collection.

Presenter/Richard Bacon, Producer/Dan Crocker

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Raj and Pablo interview the stars of new Bollywood blockbuster movie, Kites. Indian actor Hrithik Roshan and Mexican star Barbara Mori tell all about the passionate action-packed thriller – a dual-language tale of love between a man and a woman from India and Mexico, who speak different languages and are from different cultural backgrounds. The pair talk about their experiences and share all the latest Bollywood gossip.

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