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Aled Jones welcomes Bob Wilson, former international goalkeeper and broadcaster, as he embarks on a journey cycling over 600 miles to every Premiership football ground in England and three in Scotland to raise £250k for the Willow Foundation, a national charity set up by Bob to provide special days for seriously ill 16-40 year olds.

Aled's faith guest is Rabbi Naftali Brawer, Rabbi at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue, who looks at the news of the week from a faith perspective, and gives the Moment Of Reflection.

Presenter/Aled Jones, Producer/Hilary Robinson for the BBC

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BBC Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker celebrates the Seventies with classic tracks from both sides of the Atlantic.

This week, he marks 40 years since the release of Layla, by Derek And The Dominoes, a song penned by Eric Clapton about his love for George Harrison's then wife, Patti Boyd.

Presenter/Johnnie Walker, Producer/Natasha Costa Correa for Wise Buddha Creative Limited

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Horticulturalist and Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don

Michael Berkeley is invited to the Herefordshire home of horticulturalist and Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don.

A passionate proponent of organic gardening and farming techniques, Monty Don is now President of the Soil Association. He has also featured in the BBC programme and book Growing Out Of Trouble, in which several drug addicts manage a smallholding in an attempt at rehabilitation.

Monty Don is passionate about music, and the works which move him emotionally include Bach's St Matthew Passion, the slow movement from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, Haydn's Symphony No. 22 The Philosopher and the lament from Purcell's Dido And Aeneas.

He talks frankly to Michael Berkeley about his long struggle against depression, and the effect that music has on him. A livelier note is struck with the opening movement of Bach's First Brandenburg Concerto, and his choices end appropriately with Green Grass by Tom Waits.

Presenter/Michael Berkeley, Producer/Chris Marshall

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Catherine Bott reflects on the life and music of the largely forgotten 18th-century court composer Johann Joseph Fux. He was immensely prolific and enjoyed one of the most prestigious musical positions in Europe, as composer to the Habsburgs in Vienna. JS Bach regarded him as the finest of his contemporaries; and Fux's treatise on musical counterpoint – Gradus ad Parnassum – proved a huge influence on Haydn and Beethoven, and is still studied today.

Catherine outlines the life, takes a brief look at Gradus and presents a range of recordings from Fux's output – giving a flavour of the sound of the Hapsburg court in Vienna in the early 18th century.

This is the second of two programmes focusing on the music of the Habsburgs.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Chris Wines

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Aled Jones meets musical director of the Maîtrise de Toulouse Mark Opstad.

They discuss some of the choral traditions in France and the ways in which that country has inspired British composers.

Presenter/Aled Jones, Producer/Luke Whitlock

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Jazz Line-Up interviews saxophonist and composer Tim Whithead about his latest project, Colour Beginnings, responding to the colour sketches of painter JMW Turner.

Tim was appointed Artist in Residence at Tate Britain, where he explored the work of this great painter. He has had a lifelong love of painting and visual art, both as an observer and practitioner, and interprets a strong tonal and textural relationship between these inspirational works and sound in music.

Also on Jazz Line-Up this week is bassist and vocalist Nicola Farnon. With her unique talent as swinging vocalist and double bass player she has accumulated many years of experience and performed with some of the world's top musicians. Jazz Line-Up recorded Nicola at this year's Jazz On A Winter's Weekend in Southport and she brings listeners a mix of standards and originals.

Presenter/Claire Martin, Producer/Keith Loxam

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Sue MacGregor reunites five people who lived through the dramatic events which stunned the nation when simmering tensions erupted into an all-out battle between police and youths in Brixton in April 1981.

On Saturday 11 April 1981, Brixton was set ablaze as hundreds of local youths fought the Metropolitan Police in running street battles. The police came under a hail of bricks, bottles and petrol bombs. Ill equipped and lacking in training, at one point they struggled even to defend the police station on Brixton Road.

What was shocking to many people was the unexpectedness of events. But below the surface, tensions had been building. Many young black men believed officers discriminated against them, particularly by use of the "sus" law – under which anybody could be stopped and searched if officers merely suspected they might be planning to carry out a crime.

In early April, Operation Swamp – an attempt to cut street crime in Brixton which saw more than 1,000 people stopped and searched in six days – heightened tensions.

Joining Sue around the table are: novelist Alex Wheatle; Ted Knight, who was then the leader of Lambeth Borough Council; journalist and broadcaster Darcus Howe; former policemen Brian Paddick; and Peter Bleksley.

Presenter/Sue MacGregor, Producers/Emily Williams and David Prest for Whistledown Productions

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BBC broadcaster Sally Magnusson

In a Tracing Your Roots Census Special, Sally Magnusson visits Fox Lane in Leyland. With the help of genealogist Nick Barratt, she explores how, through the Census, it is possible to piece together a street's changing history and also uncover secrets about a family's past.

The first census records date back to the early 1800s. At this time, Leyland was a small village which became a small town over the 19th century. Sally visits one of the original weaver's cottages, where the owners are intrigued to find out more about the original residents and the identity of a rumoured ghost. Through the Census' records, a picture builds of how the weaving industry declined in the 1830's, with the weavers required to sub-let their cellars to poorer families. As the Industrial Revolution progresses, the occupations listed in the Census show how the town evolves through to the beginnings of its famous motor industry.

Sally and Nick are also joined by Peter Christian, author of The Online Genealogist and The Expert Guide To The Census. They discuss how having the Census available online has transformed family history research and imagine what it would be like for future family historians if the Census is abolished.

Presenter/Sally Magnusson, Producer/Rhona Brudenell for the BBC

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Classic Serial –
The Lost World: A Bridge To The Unknown Ep 1/2

Sunday 20 March

3.00-4.00pm BBC RADIO 4

The Classic Serial presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, adapted by Chris Harrald.

Hot-headed Professor Challenger claims that an extinct species of animals are still to be found living on an isolated Amazonian plateau. Dr Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and intrepid reporter Edward Malone find themselves committed to the journey of a lifetime.

The cast includes David Robb as Professor Challenger, Jasmine Hyde as Dr Diana Summerlee, Jamie Glover as Lord John Roxton and Jonathan Forbes as Edward Malone.

The second part of Conan Doyle's The Lost World – Our Eyes Have Seen Great Wonders – continues next week.

Producer/Sara Benaim for the BBC

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This is an exploration of the life and legacy of sound and visual poet Bob Cobbing.

Bob's playful experiments with sound and text have inspired a generation of poets, artists and composers. A writer whose work skittered between literature and music, poetry and artwork, he is perhaps best remembered for his extraordinary poetry readings.

This programme delves into his work, exploring his influence on the publishing world, his role in one of the most turbulent periods at the Poetry Society, and the visual poem that outraged Margaret Thatcher.

Revered and reviled, he has been a controversial figure at times.

Writers Iain Sinclair, Peter Finch, Alan Brownjohn and Paula Claire, among others, reflect on the musicality of his work, how he challenged the conventional notion of poetry and the surprising controversy sound and visual poetry caused in the 20th century.

Producer/Eleanor McDowall for Falling Tree Productions

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5 Live Sport

Sunday 20 March

12.00noon-6.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Colin Murray reviews the week in sport and brings listeners Premier League football updates on Sunderland versus Liverpool from 1pm.

At 1.30pm, there's coverage of the rugby league Challenge Cup fourth-round draw.

In Murray Meets at 2pm, former Arsenal and Scotland goalkeeper Bob Wilson joins Colin Murray to reflect on his life and career.

At 2.30pm, Colin Murray has all the day's sports news, along with reports from India versus West Indies in Chennai in the Cricket World Cup.

From 3pm, Mark Chapman is at Stamford Bridge with all the build-up to Chelsea versus Manchester City, plus updates from the Scottish League Cup Final, Celtic versus Rangers, at Hampden Park.

At 4pm, there's live Premier League football commentary of Chelsea versus Manchester City from Stamford Bridge.

Presenters/Colin Murray and Mark Chapman, Producer/Mike Carr

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World Cup Cricket

Sunday 20 March

8.50am-5.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on the final group match of the Cricket World Cup between India and West Indies comes live from Chennai.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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With Queen's early albums being remastered and reissued, an exhaustive new exhibition chronicling their history has just opened in London and their influence is easily felt in the work of current stadium rockers like Foo Fighters, Metallica and Muse so now seems like a pertinent time to re-examine the legacy of Queen.

Matt Everitt speaks to drummer Roger Taylor about: the band's formative years as impoverished Hendrix obsessives, scratching around West London; the recording of their masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody; being mistaken for a black American funk band when they released Another One Bites The Dust; their memorable Live Aid performance; their predigious talent (all four members have written Top 10 hits); and how Roger and the rest of the band dealt with the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991.

Presenter/Matt Everitt, Producer/Henry Lopez Real

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Cut Copy and Ladytron take to the decks for a 6 Mix synth spectacular, playing a selection of electronic music – past, present and future.

Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2001, Cut Copy have become one of the biggest bands in their homeland, touring with Daft Punk and bagging a headline spot at this year's Miami Winter Music Conference. Their new album, Zonoscope, cherry-picks influences from bands including Fleetwood Mac and Tom Tom Club – blending them with their own signature synth-pop sound.

For their first 6 Mix, the band plays a selection of music which informed the sound of the new album, alongside new remixes of their own work. Support comes from cult Liverpoool electro quartet Ladytron, who release a retrospective of their decade in music this month. Taking their cues from Liverpool scene that created OMD and the infamous Eric's nightclub enshrined by Yazoo, the band play the tunes which made them what they are, alongside a selection of remixes and rarities from their back catalogue.

Presenters/Cut Copy and Ladytron, Producer/Rowan Collinson

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