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Zane Lowe kicks off the BBC Radio 1 Daytime Takeover

It's new year, new music on BBC Radio 1 as the schedule is turned on its head with specialist music DJs taking over daytime, playing the tracks they championed in 2010 and their big tips for 2011.

Zane Lowe kicks things off at 7am with the breakfast show. Zane also begins the countdown of the Top 5 most popular acts tipped for big things in the BBC Sound of 2011, culminating in the No. 1 artist being revealed on Friday (7 January). Listeners also get to hear live session tracks and interviews from the chosen five throughout the week.

Then, all week from 10am, Friday night dance-music figurehead Annie Mac replaces Fearne Cotton on the mid-morning show.

From 1pm, Huw Stephens takes over and then, all week from 4pm, Nick Grimshaw plays his future pop playlist with the tracks he loved in 2010 and his music tips for 2011.

The daytime takeovers are part of Radio 1's In New Music We Trust this January, celebrating the station's commitment to championing the best new music. January will also see Radio 1 being the lead on the influential BBC Sound of 2011 for the first time.

Producers/Clare Chadburn, Stuart Last, Kate Holder and James Bursey

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Ken Bruce returns to BBC Radio 2 after his Christmas and New Year excesses. This week's Tracks Of My Years come from Britain's Got Talent's Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle, whose new album recently topped the charts in both the US and the UK.

There's also the Record Of The Week and travel updates throughout the show.

Presenter/Ken Bruce, Producer/Gary Bones for the BBC

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French And Saunders

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

3.00-5.00pm BBC RADIO 2

Much-loved comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders return to BBC Radio 2 this Bank Holiday Monday, with the last of three festive specials... and this time, the ladies are broadcasting live.

Talking to Simon Mayo recently, Dawn said: "[the] one on 3 January is going to be live. Sorry just ate a bit of the chair with my bottom when I said that. That's a bit scary!"

In today's show they catch up with the "Ab Fab" Joanna Lumley. She talks to them down the line from New York about her current Broadway success and the delights of Christmas and New Year in Manhattan.

In the studio they are joined by folk singer Kate Rusby and her real-life mum, for their Someone And Their Mum feature.

Presenters/Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Producers/Fiona Day and Julia McKenzie for the BBC

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Tonight, Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie showcase the best of the Live Sessions from 2010. From Fyfe Dangerfield to The National, the lads play their favourite tracks from the year's live performances.

Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Lizzie Hoskin for Smooth Operations

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Val Doonican – Rocking ... But Gently Ep 1/2

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2

Irish singer Val Doonican

Val Doonican's gentle baritone voice and Irish humour instantly endeared him to the British public – at its height, an incredible 20 million viewers tuned in to watch The Val Doonican Show on the BBC.

Patrick Kielty goes in search of the secret of his enduring success, tracing Val's journey from the days when he arranged songs for his siblings in his Waterford bedroom to his arrival as the king of Saturday night TV.

Friends and colleagues, including Terry Wogan and Ronnie Corbett, ponder the popularity of Val's showbiz trademarks, props and the comic Irish songs for which he's most remembered. Gaudy jumpers and Paddy McGinty's Goat aside, new in-depth interviews with Val Doonican allow room for reflection on a career at the top of the television industry and reveal a man with considerable musical talent and an unerring professionalism.

Other contributors include Lynn Doonican, Ronnie Corbett, Yvonne Littlewood, Terry Wogan, Roger Richards, Jim Moir, John Williams and John Ammonds. There is classic music and television archive from Val's earliest musical influences to his musical collaborations with stars like Rosemary Clooney, John Williams and Crystal Gayle.

The first programme takes listeners back to a poor but happy childhood in Waterford, formative years spent touring dance halls and singing about sausages, before a move across the Irish sea and onto the stage at the London Palladium and the top of the charts with Walk Tall.

Presenter/Patrick Kielty, Producers/Lisa Meyer and Brian King for Above The Title

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Conductor Jane Glover, author of the book Mozart's Women, talks to Sarah Walker about Mozart's relationships.

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Donald Macleod presents hour-long Mozart editions of Composer Of The Week, pegged to each day's theme.

Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Ben Warren

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THE GENIUS OF MOZART
Meet The Mozarts
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

1.00-2.00pm BBC RADIO 3

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the ATOS Trio perform two of Mozart's greatest piano trios live at London's Wigmore Hall. The ATOS Trio are Annette von Hehn (violin), Stefan Heinemeyer (cello) and Thomas Hoppe (piano).

Presenter/Suzy Klein, Producer/Emma Bloxham

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Leading international Mozartologist Professor Cliff Eisen

Professor Cliff Eisen, the leading international Mozartologist, looks at Mozart's world through a series of objects and artefacts personal to the composer and his family.

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Nicholas McGegan conducts The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, one of America's finest period instrument ensembles, in a programme combining some of Mozart's earliest works with his final symphony.

The concert opens with incidental music written for the play Thamos, King Of Egypt, one of the composer's early forays into music for the theatre. Fortepiano supremo Robert Levin joins the orchestra for the innovative D minor Concerto, and also plays the concerto movement only recently attributed to a seven-year-old Mozart. The programme concludes with his majestic final symphony, The Jupiter.

Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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The Story Of The King James Bible Ep 1/3

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

9.00-9.45am BBC RADIO 4

The King James or authorised version of the Bible remains one of the most widely published texts in the English language, and to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication, BBC Radio 4 broadcasts a range of programmes exploring its history, literary impact and continuing influence on British culture today.

The Story Of The King James Bible, a three-part series presented by James Naughtie, starts the programming marking the 400th anniversary. This series is followed by readings of some of the most celebrated passages from the King James Bible. These readings, spread throughout the schedule on Sunday 9 January, are prefaced by essays written by some of the finest authors, playwrights and thinkers of today.

In the first of his three programmes, James tells the story of how and why King James IV of Scotland and James I of England decided on a new translation of the Bible.

The programme is recorded at Hampton Court Palace where a conference, held in early 1604, led to the commissioning of the King James version.

James learns about the key characters at the conference, which was ill tempered, with the King harrying the protagonists on both sides. King James was a brilliant theologian himself, and in him some of the most learned men in the country met their match.

After the death of Elizabeth I, the "godly" (Puritans) and the "conformists" (Anglican bishops), presented James with a petition which demanded the end to religious practices they found beyond the pale; wearing vestments, making the sign of the cross, the exchange of wedding rings and the power of the bishops. James had called the conference to address these concerns.

The suggestion for a new translation of the Bible was made by John Rainolds who hoped to undermine the authorised Bishops Bible and elevate the Geneva version favoured by Puritans. King James agreed that all the various translations had their faults. But the King singled out the Geneva Bible as the worst of them all.

After the conference, Bancroft drew up the rules for translation, had them approved by the King and brought together six companies of translators based in Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster.

Presenter/James Naughtie, Producer/Rosie Dawson for the BBC

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Lords A Living Ep 1/3

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4

In a new series, Ruth McDonald accompanies members of the House of Lords to the titular land of their peerages to access the communities who live there now.

Ruth tries to find out if the reality matches up to the expectation for a peer who hasn't been "home" in several decades, and sees what "home" makes of the peers.

In this first programme, Ruth accompanies Baroness Richardson of Calow back to the village in North Derbyshire. A life baron since 1998, it's been 52 years since Kathleen Richardson last lived here but Calow left its mark on her. The place where her faith was awakened, its impact has proved pivotal to her career as a Methodist trailblazer – first female minister, bishop and president of the Methodist conference.

From a catch-up at the United Reform Church where old faces and memories come flooding back, to the story of how the NHS rescued a former mining area, Baroness Richardson meets the people of Calow who live there. From knotting with the scouts to bowling with the over-65s, she seeks out the people who make this village what it is. And as they contemplate the arrival of their hitherto largely unknown peer, what will Calow make of the Baroness and what will she glean from them?

Presenter/Ruth McDonald, Producer/Regina Gallen for the BBC

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Five Guys Named Mohammed Ep 1/5

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

3.45-4.00pm BBC RADIO 4

As Mohammed becomes the most popular name for boys born in Britain, five men reflect on their own lives and what it's like to be called Mohammed in this country today.

In the first programme of the series, medical student Mohammad Razai tells of his journey to Cambridge. Brought up in Kabul, his family were persecuted and "disappeared" in prisons. He was sheltered anxiously behind closed doors, but life was so dangerous his family told him to escape. Mohammad tells of his trek across the world and how it was a further struggle arriving in Britain without documents and with barely any English.

Other contributors to the series include a car mechanic in Huddersfield, a millionaire businessman from Stoke, a Scottish care-worker and a rapper who converted to Islam, taking on the name Mohammed.

Producer/Sarah Bowen for the BBC

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Ashes Breakfast

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

6.00-9.00am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch, live from Melbourne, and Shelagh Fogarty, in the studio, present news from the UK and coverage from day one of the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney.

Presenters/Mark Pougatch and Shelagh Fogarty, Producer/Scott Solder

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Alan Davies is joined in the armchair by fellow football obsessives Ian Stone, Tayo Popoola and guests for Premier League banter and their predictions for the rest of the season.

Presenter/Alan Davies, Producer/Simon Crosse for USP

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5 Live Sport

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

1.00-5.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Jonathan Overend presents live second-half League One commentary of Huddersfield versus Sheffield Wednesday. There's also build-up to this afternoon's Championship football coverage.

From 3pm there's live Championship coverage of all the 3pm kick-offs including Leicester City against Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers versus Bristol City.

Presenter/Jonathan Overend, Producer/Mike Carr

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Mark Chapman presents the Monday Night Club from 7pm with football debate on the big stories from the New Year games.

At 9pm Mark Clemmit joins Mark Chapman to round up the weekend's action and stories from the Football League.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Mike Carr

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Commentary highlights of the opening day of the Fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England in Sydney, including close-of-play analysis, comes from Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott. Highlights are repeated every half hour throughout the day.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Test Match Special

Bank Holiday Monday 3 January

11.00pm-7.30am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on the second day of the Fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England comes live from Sydney.

Producer/Adam Mountford

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BBC 6 Music celebrates the very best the network has to offer with a day's worth of highlights of the year gone by. Listeners can expect in-depth interviews, satirical banter and great music.

Producer/Paul Thomas

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Gagan Grewal kick starts the New Year with an interview with Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor.

Daughter of Anil and Sunita Kapoor, the actress has proved a huge success following in a long line of family Bollywood success stories. She chats to Gagan about what it's like to be an icon as well as her upcoming projects.

The Gagan Grewal show on BBC Asian Network delivers music, news, entertainment and celebrity chat in Hindi-Urdu and English.

Presenter/Gagan Grewal

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