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The Royal Wedding

Bank Holiday Friday 29 April on the BBC

Extensive BBC Radio coverage of the royal wedding includes Chris Evans who takes his BBC Radio 2 show outdoors for a special live broadcast, a live concert of royal music from Belfast's Ulster Hall in Afternoon On 3 on BBC Radio 3, and live coverage of the event on BBC Radio 4 (anchored by James Naughtie with Edward Stourton in Westminster Abbey) as well as BBC Radio 5 Live. Elsewhere BBC Radio 6 Music features a day of 6 Music's Rock Royalty and BBC Asian Network hears from Asians who are playing a role in the event

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Opera On 3 – Live From The Met

Saturday 23 April on BBC RADIO 3

Richard Strauss's Capriccio comes live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starring soprano Renée Fleming

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Aled Jones With Good Morning Sunday

Easter Sunday 24 April on BBC RADIO 2

Easter Sunday on BBC Radio 2 hears Aled Jones talking to best-selling crime novelist and member of the House of Lords, PD James, while Alan Titchmarsh presents classics for Easter Sunday and Brian D'Arcy introduces a feast of Easter music, readings and poetry in Easter Glory

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Drama On 3 – Kafka The Musical

Easter Sunday 24 April on BBC RADIO 3

David Tennant takes on the role of Kafka in Murray Gold's new play directed by Jeremy Mortimer

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French And Saunders

Easter Monday 25 April on BBC RADIO 2

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders present the second of their special Bank Holiday programmes (the first can be heard on Good Friday)

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The Essay – The Father Instinct

Easter Monday 25 to Bank Holiday Friday 29 April on BBC RADIO 3

Writer/director Lou Stein sets out on a quest to understand the connections between fatherhood and creativity

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Saving Species

Tuesday 26 April on BBC RADIO 4

Saving Species returns for another year of live broadcasting about the world of wildlife conservation, and the first programme reports from rural Nigeria

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Fallout – The Legacy Of Chernobyl

Tuesday 26 April on BBC RADIO 4

Nick Ross investigates the health impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident 25 years on, and BBC World Service marks the anniversary in Alive In Chernobyl

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The Glasgow School

Thursday 28 April on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

With six managers from Glasgow in the Premier League, Ian McGarry investigates what it is about the area that instils such leadership qualities

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