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Tonight's award categories include the Least Scary Tabloid Scare Story, the Most Fanciable Cartoon Character and the Ghastliest Hairstyle Since Hair Was Invented, as Matt Lucas once more hosts what he believes to be the most prestigious awards ceremony of the year.

The nominations are provided by guests Limmy (Glasgow comic Brian Limond), Holly Walsh and Marc Wootton – but the ultimate decision is down to the whim of the host. Who will walk off with their very own Lucas Award? Will it be Wile E Coyote or the hair of Marc Wootton, aged 14? Only And The Winner Is... has the answers.

Presenter/Matt Lucas, Producer/Ashley Blaker for the BBC

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Lucie Skeaping explores the musical achievement and legacy of the 17th-century French composer Henry Du Mont. The programme features highlights of a concert given in Belgium by soloists with Les Folies Françoises and the Namur Chamber Chorus, directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine.

Presenter/Lucie Skeaping, Producer/Sam Phillips

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Opera On 3 – Live From The Met

Saturday 16 April

6.00-9.00pm BBC RADIO 3

Alban Berg's Wozzeck is one of the 20th century's greatest dramatic works, the story of a man at the bottom of the heap who goes to pieces under relentless pressure.

It is an opera of extraordinary power, which combines traditional musical forms with a plot of crushing despair, leaving no hint of hope or redemption.

Berg's masterpiece calls for great singer-actors on stage and a virtuoso orchestra and conductor in the pit. Baritone Alan Held is in the title role, with mezzo Waltraud Meier as his common-law wife, and an equally impressive supporting cast, including Australian tenor-of-the-moment Stuart Skelton. James Levine conducts; over the past four decades, he has been the driving force behind the Met Orchestra's rise to the top league of US ensembles.

Presenter/Margaret Juntwait, Producer/David Papp

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As a teenager in the Seventies, Sylvie Simmons left Islington and headed for the Los Angeles rock scene. She freelanced as a rock journalist, meeting stars such as Deep Purple, Michael Jackson and Johnny Cash.

She wrote for NME, Sounds, Melody Maker and others. Music journalists were rare on the West Coast back then – and female ones even rarer.

Sylvie talks to Nick Barraclough about the encounters she has had over the years: the blues player who expected more than just a review; a shy Michael Jackson, who needed an interpreter; an ailing Johnny Cash; the chummy Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan; and the ticking-off she received from Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks.

She reflects on the fact that, of all the genres, heavy rock has the most courteous interviewees. Sensitive singer-songwriters are not so good – and new romantics the worst.

Presenter and Producer/Nick Barraclough

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Steve Hewlett examines the response to the BP oil spill in the Mexican Gulf

Steve Hewlett examines the response to the BP oil spill in the Mexican Gulf and asks how a tragic industrial and environmental event turned into a media war against BP and its leaders.

Admiral Thad Allen was the National Incident Commander who oversaw the plan put into place in the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. The Mexican Gulf spill marked the first time the plan had been used and, at its core, was the idea that BP would carry out the clean-up, overseen by the federal authorities.

But BP's role quickly became a political challenge. The company was vilified by the media and its chief executive, Tony Hayward, became a deeply unpopular figure, particularly after he said: "I would like my life back."

In Spilling The News, Hewlett examines the political and media response to the spill.

Presenter/Steve Hewlett, Producer/Chris Ledgard for the BBC

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5 Live Sport

Saturday 16 April

12.00noon-7.10pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents the build-up to today's Premier League football, plus the day's sports news, including updates from the Scottish Cup semi-final and reports from qualifying at this morning's Chinese Grand Prix.

There's live coverage of all the 3pm kick-offs, including West Bromwich Albion versus Chelsea and Blackpool versus Wigan Athletic in the Premier League and Inverness Caledonian Thistle versus Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. There are rugby union Premiership reports from Exeter versus Saracens and Leicester versus Gloucester, and updates from the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield.

Sports Report at 5pm has news, results and reaction from the day's other big sporting stories. From 5.15pm, there's commentary on the first FA Cup semi-final at Wembley between Manchester City and Manchester United.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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5 Live Formula 1 – 2011: Chinese GP Qualifying

Saturday 16 April

6.55-8.05am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra features uninterrupted commentary on the qualifying session for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Producer/Jason Swales for USP

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Football

Saturday 16 April

2.55-5.15pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary comes from one of the afternoon's top matches in the Championship.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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RECORD STORE DAY
Weekend Breakfast With Nemone

Saturday 16 April

7.00-10.00am BBC 6 MUSIC

Nemone eases listeners into their Saturday with the new Weekend Breakfast show.

BBC 6 Music today celebrates Record Store Day (8am-7pm) and Nemone gets the low-down from organiser Spencer Hickman and the network's "in-store" performers, The Vaccines.

Record Store Day also features six exclusive DJ mini mixes to download, guests including Ozzy Osborne and Billy Bragg, and a special edition of Round Table.

Nemone also brings listeners a Record For Your Weekend and suggests a quick fix for what to do this weekend.

Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Kate Cocker for Wise Buddah

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Snowboy is live in the studio to chat about his latest tour with his Latin Section and Herman Olivera.

Snowboy has released 11 albums and 17 singles in a career that spans more than 15 years and has taken him and his authentic Afro-Cuban sound to concert stages all over the world.

Craig Charles also features the Funk World Airways, an attempt to find funk or soul in every country in the world, and Talcum Time, three Northern Soul tracks back to back.

Presenter/Craig Charles, Producer/Hermeet Chadha for Demus

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Your World – After The Crash: Rebuilding Poland Ep 1/2

Saturday 16 April

2.05-2.30pm BBC WORLD SERVICE

One year on from the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski examines how Polish politics and society have been affected by the events of 10 April 2010 – the day that saw the country lose its President and 95 other public servants and dignitaries.

In the opening programme, Adam visits Krakow and speaks to those who suffered a personal loss, as well as some of the citizens who were united in the spontaneous outpourings of national grief that followed the crash. Adam also asks how a country recovers politically, bureaucratically and mentally from such a debilitating blow, and what the citizens' reactions reveal about the Polish attitude towards its own history.

Presenter/Adam Zamoyski

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