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Highlights 17-23 January 2009
Twilight passion for Honor Blackman
All Passion Spent
Monday 19 January on BBC RADIO 4
Honor Blackman stars in an adaptation of Vita Sackville West's classic novel, which asks if a woman's life starts when her husband dies
MOTOWN SEASON
The Sound Of Young America
Saturday 17 January on BBC RADIO 2
Pete Mitchell looks at how the Motown sound has influenced musicians around the world, with contributions from Diane Reeves, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Siouxsie Sioux, Billy Bragg and Paul Weller
Opera On 3 – Doctor Atomic by John Adams
Saturday 17 January on BBC RADIO 3
The latest offering from Nixon In China composer John Adams focuses on the creation of the atomic bomb and stars baritone Gerald Finley
The Choir – Tribute To Richard Hickox
Sunday 18 January on BBC RADIO 3
Aled Jones presents a tribute to conductor Richard Hickox, whose sudden death in November robbed the choral world of one of its most loved and respected champions
Drama On 3 – Echoes Of War
Sunday 18 January on BBC RADIO 3
This new drama by Gary Mitchell – one of Northern Ireland's most successful playwrights – stars Ulster theatre stalwart BJ Hogg and Stuart Graham (recently seen in Steve McQueen's film Hunger)
Heart And Soul – The Morality Of Money
Sunday 18 January on BBC WORLD SERVICE
Richard Coles explores whether money – or the market it dominates – has its own value system
Composer Of The Week – Haydn
Monday 19 to Friday 23 January on BBC RADIO 3
Donald Macleod introduces the early life and compositions of Joseph Haydn, one of BBC Radio 3's Composers Of The Year 2009
The Legacy Of George W Bush
Monday 19 January on BBC WORLD SERVICE
As President Bush prepares to leave the White House, the BBC's North America Editor, Justin Webb, investigates Bush's domestic legacy
File On 4
Tuesday 20 January on BBC RADIO 4
In the first programme of a new series, Julian O'Halloran examines Britain's insolvency laws as a record number of companies face bankruptcy this year
Richard Madeley
Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 January on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
One half of Britain's most famous television couple, Richard Madeley, stands in for Richard Bacon, hosting the evening phone-in on the day's topical issues
On The Top Deck
Wednesday 21 January on BBC RADIO 4
Travel writer Ian Marchant rides the London bus routes, talking to drivers and passengers, young and old and uncovering the secret rites and rituals of life on the top of London's buses
Afternoon On 3 – Handel Opera Cycle: Agrippina
Thursday 22 January on BBC RADIO 3
BBC Radio 3 continues its unprecedented cycle of Handel's operas as part of extensive celebrations for Handel across the year
Five Meet To Make Up Myths
Thursday 22 January on BBC RADIO 4
Gyles Brandreth investigates 1890s London to discover what inspired Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, JM Barrie and Bram Stoker
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