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In New DJs We Trust, BBC Radio 1's showcase for the hottest new DJ talent and new dance music, gets a 9-10pm takeover slot all this week from Monday to Thursday, featuring the new line-up for 2011. Listeners can expect a nightly party mixing together the full spectrum of new dance music, from techno to bassline and everything in-between.

In control tonight are new additions to the fold, dubstep major players Skream and Benga. Mixing together the heaviest bass sounds and beats at the lowest frequencies, the dynamic duo bring a rave to the airwaves over one hour.

The In New DJs We Trust takeover comes to a head on Friday 28 January when the whole Radio 1 dance family comes together for the second free January In New Music We Trust Live event, taking place at Sheffield University's Student Union.

Presenters/Skream and Benga, Producer/Tom Koenig for Somethin' Else Productions

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Jamie Cullum is joined by Gary Burton as he continues to showcase his love for all types of jazz and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to the future.

Gary Burton, who is heralded as one of the most innovative jazz vibraphonists around and is known for his unique four-mallet technique, talks in depth about his career. The list of famous jazz artists he has worked with ranges from Stan Getz and George Shearing to playing alongside Chick Corea for almost 40 years, and championing artists such as Pat Metheny. Burton shares anecdotes from each of these experiences and explains what he looks for in new talent.

Presenter/Jamie Cullum, Producer/Karen Pearson for Folded Wing

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Welsh singer-songwriter and ex-Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys drops in for a live session with his band. They play tracks from his new album, Hotel Shampoo.

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

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Desmond Carrington presents words and music from stars whose records were first heard during the Fifties, using archive from Radio Luxembourg and the BBC Light Programme.

Each one-hour show features stars interviewed by John Hannam, among them Nat Gonella, Edmund Hockridge, Russ Conway, Frankie Vaughan, Lonnie Donegan, Ruby Murray, Lionel Bart and Al Martino. This week, he remembers the singer and former BBC Radio 2 presenter Ronnie Hilton, and singer, actress and cabaret star Eartha Kitt.

Throughout the series, Desmond's guest is the veteran singer and broadcaster Teddy Johnson who, 60 years ago, was the first British presenter of the first-ever radio series of Top 20 record programmes.

Presenter/Desmond Carrington, Producer/David Aylott for Foldback Media Ltd

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Performance On 3

Tuesday 25 January

7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3

Kodály devoted much time to collecting and arranging folk music of his native Hungary, and in his Marosszék Dances he uses tunes collected in the Szekely region of the country to give the work its colour.

The local colour in Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto isn't folk but jazz, which infuses the work's second movement. The concerto features clarinettist Robert Plane.

After the interval, American conductor JoAnn Falletta puts the Ulster Orchestra through their paces as they perform the classical contours of Brahms's mighty Second Symphony.

The concert is broadcast live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Marie-Claire Doris

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Mary Ann Kennedy presents the first of four Late Night Sessions live from Glasgow at the world's biggest winter music festival, with a top line-up of festival artists and recorded concert highlights. The sessions run from very late until very early, and the artists are traditionally never divulged before the day.

Celtic Connections is held in 14 venues over 18 days, with between seven and 25 concerts and other events each day, involving 1,500 artists from more than 30 countries. Scots and Irish Celtic music is at the centre of the festival, but it has always embraced the music of the Celtic cultures of the USA, Canada, France and Spain, together with the closely connected cultures of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and, in recent years, has also connected with traditions across Africa and Asia. The concerts range from the most traditional to the most experimental, all brought together in the context of one of the world's liveliest folk cultures, with a never-ending stream of young Scottish musicians who are reinventing their own traditions for their own time.

Presenter/Mary Ann Kennedy, Producer/Roger Short

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Saving Species looks at the importance of farmed land for wildlife, both in the UK and overseas.

A final Memories piece remembers the past abundance of those tenacious predators, stoats and weasels. It questions the global No. 1 agenda of farmland, food security and wildlife and asks how wildlife should be viewed against a backdrop of feeding billions of people.

Presenter/Brett Westwood, Producer/Mary Colwell for the BBC

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With Great Pleasure Ep 1/5

Tuesday 25 January

11.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4

BBC DJ Zoe Ball reveals her favourite pieces of writing to a live audience

DJ Zoe Ball shares some of her favourite pieces of writing with a live audience, as the programme bringing fresh insight into lives through literature returns for a new series.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson – with a guest appearance by Johnny Ball.

Presenter/Zoe Ball, Producer/Christine Hall for the BBC

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Travelling Light Ep 1/3

Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 January

3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4

Travelling Light presents three tales written by Tove Jansson, each focusing on a journey.

Today's tale is Shopping, read by Claire Rushbrook. At five in the morning, Emily makes her shopping forays. But although June approaches, outside it is getting darker.

In Wednesday's tale, Foreign City, read by Timothy West, an old man whose memory is fading is on his way to visit his grandson when he breaks his flight at an unknown city. His son has arranged the journey, but the old man becomes confused and events carry him on a different path.

In The Gulls, the final tale on Thursday, Arne has had a breakdown, so with his wife Elsa they escape to a remote island so he can recuperate. But there is nothing peaceful about this wild and untamed landscape. The story is read by Alice Coulthard.

Readers/Claire Rushbrook, Timothy West and Alice Coulthard, Producer/Karen Rose for Sweet Talk Productions Limited

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Katharine Whitehorn chooses Mary Stott, the great campaigning journalist, in the latest episode of the biographical series.

Mary Stott is the journalist who could be considered, perhaps more than anyone, as the person who started the revolution in women's journalism that began in the Fifties.

Presenter/Matthew Parris, Producer/Beth O'Dea for the BBC

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5 Live Sport

Tuesday 25 January

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents the day's sports news and the build-up to tonight's League Cup and Premier League games.

At 7.45pm there is live commentary from the League Cup semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Ipswich Town, plus updates of Blackpool versus Manchester United in the Premier League.

From 9.40pm there's post-match reaction following tonight's football in The Final Whistle.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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Tennis

Tuesday 25 January

8.30am-2.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Tennis fans can enjoy live and uninterrupted commentary from the night session at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Cricket

Tuesday 25 January

3.00am-11.30am BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Uninterrupted commentary on the fourth One Day International between Australia and England comes live from Adelaide with the Test Match Special team.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Brighton-based mix-up-merchants The Go! Team handpick the tracks for this week's Lunchtime Playlist. The band are due to release their much anticipated third album, Rolling Blackouts, this year. Joining them in this voyage of sonic discovery are artists as diverse as Satomi Matsuzaki from Deerhoof and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast.

Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes

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