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Jamie Cullum chats to American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and music educator Wynton Marsalis about his life and incredible music career.

Wynton, who has performed with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Sarah Vaughan and Herbie Hancock, speaks about his most recent collaboration with Eric Clapton. The two musicians performed an evening of blues at the New York venue Jazz at Lincoln Center, of which Marsalis is artistic director. He tells Jamie about working with Eric and how the two inspire one another.

Jamie also asks Wynton about his musical upbringing and the two discuss their different approaches to performance and composition.

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

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Award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice

Sir Tim Rice celebrates the 50th anniversary of Alan Freeman's first time as presenter of Pick Of The Pops, one of UK radio's longest running programmes.

Tim Rice, who wrote the early editions of the Guinness Book of Hit Records, charts the history of the legendary radio series, with archive clips featuring Alan "Fluff" Freeman and David Jacobs and contributions from Sir Cliff Richard, Tony Blackburn, Robert Plant and Sir Paul McCartney.

POTP was broadcast on The Light Programme, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BFBS, Capital Radio and Capital Gold during its 56-year life, which continues today with Tony Blackburn at the helm.

This fascinating programme is a must for pop music addicts of all ages as it reveals the history of the chart rundown and how it worked and also discovers the story behind the instantly recognisable music used for the countdown.

Presenter/Sir Tim Rice, Producer/Phil Swern for BBC

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

Capitalism On Trial Ep 1/2

Tuesday 27 September

9.00-9.45am BBC RADIO 4

Michael Portillo weighs up the costs and benefits of global capitalism.

Capitalism dominates the globe as never before, but after a summer of riots, bailouts, downgrades and market instability, 21st-century capitalism is looking a little tarnished.

In the first of two programmes, Michael Portillo talks to leading thinkers from around the world as he weighs up the costs and benefits of the economic system that governs people's lives.

Amartya Sen, Will Hutton, Ha-Joon Chang, Gillian Tett and former Chancellor Nigel Lawson are among the critics and defenders of the free market as Michael begins the series by asking whether capitalism makes people greedy and divided or rich and free.

Presenter/Michael Portillo, Producer/Julia Johnson for the BBC

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5 Live Sport

Tuesday 27 September

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch has a round-up of the evening's sports news, and a look ahead to the evening's Champions League football.

From 7.45pm there's live commentary from the group stages of the Champions League as Bayern Munich play Manchester City, plus reports on Manchester United versus Basel and updates from the football league.

The Final Whistle at 10pm airs the post-match reaction to the evening's games.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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Football

Tuesday 27 September

7.40-9.45pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

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

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Shaun Keaveny takes a rib-tickling satirical romp through the day's news and events to the perfect morning soundtrack for any music-lover: from northern soul to new folk and from rock 'n' roll to indie disco.

Tuesday sees double British Comedy Award Winner Dave Spikey join Shaun in the studio. Dave, who warmed the nation's hearts as cabaret star Jerry St Clair in Phoenix Nights, chats to Shaun ahead of his extended tour, Words Don't Come Easy.

Presenter/Shaun Keaveny, Producer/Lisa Kenlock

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Edinburgh born and bred singer-songwriter Roy Moller is live in session this evening. Having collaborated with guitarist Stevie Jackson on a host of Belle & Sebastian songs and on Jackson's forthcoming solo album, Roy Moller recently released his own second LP, Playing Songs No One's Listening To, on Ottawa label The Beautiful Music.

Moller is a former member of Meth OD and instrumental outfit The Wow Kafe, whose debut single, Who Will Apologise To The Emperor, featured him on lead guitar.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Tonight's archive material includes The Sex Pistols performing at Finsbury Park on their Filthy Lucre tour.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Henry Lopez Real

BBC Radio 6 Music Publicity

Controlling People –
The History Of Population Control Ep 1/3

Tuesday 27 September

8.00-8.30pm BBC WORLD SERVICE

Historian Professor Matthew Connelly of Columbia University, New York, examines the history and future of attempts to manipulate fertility in this new three-part series.

The world's population will reach seven billion people in 2011, and by mid-century it is projected to grow by another two billion before levelling off. Many demographers and environmentalists fear unsustainable pressure on resources, whereas others warn of ageing populations, labour shortages and economic collapse.

In the first programme Matthew travels to India – one of the key battlegrounds in what was described as a war on population growth – and examines a global campaign which began with the best humanitarian ideals, but which, many argue, led to authoritarian control over some of the world's poorest citizens.

Presenter/Professor Matthew Connelly

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