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Desmond Carrington shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few listeners may never have heard before.

This week he sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme milestones in musical technology, looking at how technology has changed music.

Presenter/Desmond Carrington, Producer/David Aylott for Foldback Media Ltd

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BBC Radio 2 presenter Claudia Winkleman

In this week's programme, Claudia Winkleman previews Sunday's Olivier Awards – which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 – with theatre critic Michael Billington.

Presenter/Claudia Winkleman, Producer/Jessica Rickson for the BBC

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From Glasgow City Halls the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under its Principal Conductor, Robin Ticciati, performs a rich programme.

This includes two pieces written by Haydn for London, which appear as book ends: first, his Scena di Berenice, an opera scene for soprano and orchestra, performed here by Sally Matthews; the other is his Symphony No. 96, Miracle, one of the 12 he wrote with Londoners in mind.

Stravinsky's music for the chamber ballet Apollon musagete is scored for strings alone and the apogee of his neo-classical style, while Colin Matthew's orchestration of Gabriel Fauré's Melodies is a world première with Sally Matthew returning to perform them.

This is followed by the last instalment of a recital given by soprano Amanda Roocroft, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, all part of the Wigmore Hall's 100 Years of German Song series. Liszt, Cornelius, Jensen, Bruch and Brahms are the composers featured throughout the week as the cycle reaches the 1860-1870 decade.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Juan Carlos Jaramillo

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Ian McMillan presents a special edition of BBC Radio 3's cabaret of the word, looking at prison writing.

Long-term prisoner-turned-writer Noel Smith presents a brand new commission; academic Molly Murray reveals the history of 16th- and 17th-century prison writing; and novelist Toby Litt visits Parc Prison in Wales to learn about its innovative creative writing programme, meeting inmates and writer-in-residence Graham Hartill.

Presenter/Ian McMillan, Producer/Erin Riley for Dymphna Flynn

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Lopa Kothari presents new tracks from across the globe, and a studio session with Italian singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela.

For 20 years he has entertained Italian audiences with his quirky approach to life and music; now he is embarking on a world tour, which sees him, in a four-day stretch, giving concerts in Paris, London and Buenos Aires as well as recording his World On 3 session.

Presenter/Lopa Kothari, Producer/Roger Short

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Black Roses: The Killing Of Sophie Lancaster is an elegy to the young gap-year student who was murdered in Stubbeylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire, on 24 August 2007.

In this drama-documentary, Sophie tells her own story through a series of poignant poems written by award-winning poet Simon Armitage, alongside her mother, Sylvia Lancaster, remembering her daughter's shortened life.

Aged 20, Sophie suffered fatal injuries while cradling her boyfriend, Rob Maltby's, head in an attempt to protect him from a ferocious attack by a group of youths. Rob survived but Sophie went into a coma and never recovered.

Sophie was an intelligent, bookish child who showed signs of wanting to be different from an early age. Political, vegetarian and a pacifist, Sophie had left school with A levels and was thinking about what to do with her future when it was so brutally taken from her.

Sophie and Rob dressed in a unique way, expressing their individuality as creative artistic people through goth-style clothes, piercings and make-up, which provoked the fatal attack in the early hours of that Saturday morning.

Black Roses: The Killing Of Sophie Lancaster is written by Simon Armitage with an interview with Sylvia Lancaster. Sophie is played by Rachel Austin.

Producer/Susan Roberts for the BBC

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Direct Red is a vivid portrayal of the day-to-day life of a young female surgeon and the medical and moral dilemmas she faces, based on the memoir by Gabriel Weston.

One of few women in what is often portrayed as an alpha male world, she finds herself continually questioning where a doctor should draw the line between being detached and being human. It is the conflict between these opposing forces – the personal and professional – that lies at the heart of this powerful play, which has been adapted for radio by Tina Pepler.

The cast stars Hattie Morahan as Gabriel; Alun Raglan as Consultant; John Rowe as Mr Cooke; Marilyn le Conte as Mrs Cooke; Matthew Gravelle as Mark; Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Troy; Claire Cage as Babe; Simon Ludders as Doctor John; and Catrin Stewart as Nurse.

Producer/Kate McAll for the BBC

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Colin Murray and guests look ahead to the weekend's sport in Kicking Off.

From 8.30pm 5 Live Formula 1 – 2011: Bahrain GP Preview takes a look ahead to this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, with David Croft.

Presenters/Colin Murray and David Croft, Producer/Mike Carr

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World Cup Cricket

Friday 11 March

8.15am-4.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on the group match between England and Bangladesh at the cricket World Cup comes live from the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Swimming

Friday 11 March

5.45-7.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary from the World Championship Trials comes live from the Manchester Aquatic Centre.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Rugby League

Friday 11 March

7.55-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Listeners can enjoy uninterrupted commentary on Wakefield versus Warrington in the Super League.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Tom Ravenscroft features a guest mix from electronic music producer and remixer Kelpe aka Kel McKeown. He released his first EP on DC recordings in 2003 and has released three albums to date.

Presenter/Tom Ravenscroft, Producer/Adam Hudson

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From Italy to India, David Goldblatt concludes his examination of the ever-changing face of Formula 1.

At the Monza Circuit in Northern Italy Goldblatt discovers the triumphs, tragedies and the nostalgic old-style glamour of a past motor racing era in a town that has been hosting the Italian Grand Prix since long before the arrival of Formula 1.

But now a global super brand, Formula 1 has changed. Goldblatt also visits the embryonic circuit on the outskirts of Delhi which in October 2011 will become Formula 1's latest high-tech venue. In the ever-evolving world of motor sport he questions whether Europe will be able to financially support the sport in the future and whether it matters that a country such as India, with a negligible history of motor sports, has been chosen to host Formula 1.

Presenter/David Goldblatt

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