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Ballet Behind Bars – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Wales

In a bid to boost confidence and play a powerful part in prisoner rehabilitation, contemporary dance company Dance United faces the challenge of teaching male inmates in Wales’s Parc Prison to dance.

Baroque 09 – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four and Radio 3

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ will celebrate Baroque 09 through programming on Radio 3 and two major TV series planned for broadcast in the spring. There will be a dedicated website and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is also partnering the Victoria & Albert Museum and other organisations for Baroque 09: bbc.co.uk/radio3/baroque09.

Baroque! From St Peter's To St Paul's – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four

Waldemar Januszczak's major new three-part visual arts series explores the importance and impact of Baroque, the first global art movement, tracing its progression from Catholic Rome to Protestant London.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Asian Network Music Output

´óÏó´«Ã½ Asian Network has a wide array of arts programming from across Asian Britain. It broadcasts a mix of speech and music from hip hop and Bhangra to devotional music. Nikki Bedi (weekdays) covers the arts and culture scene and features the daily drama Silver Street. The evening music specialist shows like Bobby Friction, Kayper, Mic Check, Electro East and Pathaan's Musical Rickshaw present the best of new Asian music from the UK and around the world. Love Bollywood covers the film industry featuring actors, writers, directors and musicians every week.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 music output

Radio 1 champions a huge range of musical genres, providing a platform for established and brand new artists and playing a key role in supporting the UK music scene. From rock to reggae, dance to drum n bass through to hip hop, R n B and indie, Radio 1 delivers a unique mix of music.

´óÏó´«Ã½ 1Xtra music output

1Xtra plays the best in contemporary black music with a strong emphasis on live music and supporting new UK artists. From hip hop and R n B to garage, drum n bass and dancehall, 1Xtra blends the best black music with entertainment, documentaries and news.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 music output

The diverse mix of music featured on Radio 2 is unrivalled. Styles range from organ to popular music; folk to big band and swing; jazz to light classical; rhythm and blues to musical, film and theatre; brass band to soul; reggae to country, plus religious and sacred music.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 music output

Radio 3 broadcasts more than 500 concerts and operas each year. More than half of the station’s music output comes from performance rather than commercial CDs. Radio 3 covers a wide range of events, from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms and concerts by the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s own performing groups to concerts and operas by orchestras, ensembles, opera companies and festivals across the world. The station is both the world's leading commissioner of new music and strongly committed to nurturing new talent. Classical music lies at the heart of Radio 3's offering, but there is also a strong commitment to exploring jazz and world music.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 music output

Music plays a prominent part in the lives of Radio 4 listeners, who may have grown up with music as wide-ranging as Mozart or Morrissey, while the soundtrack of their lives might be broader still. Radio 4 programmes are concerned with the specifics of music and performance. The network endeavours to tell the stories behind great musical works and put them in a cultural context. It also regularly broadcasts in-depth interviews with the artists involved in the performance and creation of classical, contemporary and popular music.

´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Music output

6 Music's unique quality comes from its ability to play an amazing range of music, across decades and genres. It is committed to live music and promoting new artists and bands alongside archive concerts, sessions and documentaries, helping set today's music in context with the music of the past. The Hub, 6 Music's home for live sessions, has hosted early performances by bands such as The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs and Snow Patrol and, more recently, hotly tipped bands such as Frank Music and Friendly Fires. 6 Music has an exceptional range of presenters, including musicians Guy Garvey, Bruce Dickinson, Huey Morgan, Lauren Laverne and Tom Robinson.

´óÏó´«Ã½ One Sessions and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four Sessions

Intimate performances by some of the greatest artists and contemporary stars. Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, The Who, Bryan Ferry, Ryan Adams and Amy Winehouse have all played for these sessions.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 Documentaries

Radio 2's award-winning arts documentaries profile the artists, music and events that have helped shape British culture. Recent Sony gold award winning programmes include a documentary about the classic Dr Feelgood album Down By The Jetty.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 Folk Awards

Radio 2 is credited as having strongly influenced the ongoing folk revival and its annual Folk Awards, celebrating the talents of established performers and exciting newcomers, are now a major event in the musical calendar.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Music Sessions – across all networks

Live popular music sessions across ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio include the Live Lounge on Jo Whiley's weekday show on Radio 1; Radio 2 Live In The Morning on Ken Bruce's show; Dermot O'Leary's Saturday Sessions every weekend on Radio 2; ´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Music's Hub Sessions and Hub Combos, and major live performances in Radio 1 Presents...(with Coldplay lined-up for 2009) and Radio 2 Live. Specialist music programmes on Radio 2 such as Jools Holland, Bob Harris, Mike Harding and Paul Jones regularly feature live performances.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1's Big Weekend – Radio 1

Kicking off the 2009 festival season, the UK's biggest free ticketed music festival will see 30,000 fans enjoy a line-up of more than 50 UK and international artists alongside world-class DJs. Radio 1's Big Weekend will also be covered by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three, online at bbc.co.uk/radio1 and via the Red button.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms

Across ´óÏó´«Ã½ Television, Radio and Online The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms is dedicated to creating new moments in music. Held over five days, the festival celebrates innovative musical styles from some of the biggest artists, as well as emerging acts.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 Festival Coverage

Radio 2 offers listeners coverage from a variety of festivals, including the Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections, the Edinburgh Fringe and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 Festival Coverage

From the classical concerts of Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Bath to the new music of Huddersfield, the early music of York, the London Jazz Festival and many others, Radio 3 offers extensive coverage of major music festivals from around the UK and beyond. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms across ´óÏó´«Ã½ Television, Radio and Online. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms brings the world's finest classical music to a wide audience. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is responsible for organising and running the Proms – the world's greatest classical music festival. Amounting to more than 300 hours of output, some 80 world-class concerts are broadcast live on Radio 3, many of which are also shown on ´óÏó´«Ã½ television with an increasing number in high definition. Most concerts are available on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer for seven days after broadcast.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Orchestras

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ runs five orchestras: the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Manchester; the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff; the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony in Glasgow; the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestras in London, plus the UK's only full-time professional choir, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Together they deliver more than 400 live performances a year across the UK, and provide hundreds of hours of music on ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio, television and online, as well as producing commercial recordings and undertaking international tours. They are the resident orchestras of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms season. In January 2009, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra And Chorus Of Wales will be moving in to its new state-of-the-art home, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Combining recording and performing space, it will allow a live audience to enjoy broadcast performances involving the full orchestra and chorus.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer Of The World 2009 – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four, Radio 3 and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales

The world's premier showcase for young opera and concert singers returns with 25 leading talents from around the globe competing for the title ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cardiff Singer Of The World 2009.

Belfast Festival At Queen's – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland

Comprehensive coverage of the Belfast festival, including the opening concert featuring legendary Italian film composer Ennio Morricone.

The Big Noise – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Scotland

Using a technique that has had remarkable results in Venezuela, an ambitious social project in Stirling aims to transform the lives of a generation of children through classical music.

The Birth Of British Music – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two

Conductor Charles Hazlewood tells the story of the building of British national identity through music between 1650 and 1850. Complementing Radio 3's Composer Of The Year celebrations, each episode focuses on one of the anniversary composers, Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Only Purcell was born in Britain, but Charles Hazlewood will show how the music of each composer was absorbed into British musical life, forming part of the cultural melting-pot that makes us who we are. He will also conduct his own ensemble, Army Of Generals, with soloists including Sir John Tomlinson, Danielle de Niese and Ian Bostridge, as he explores the transformation of the composer from servant of the king to celebrity idol.

Blues Britannia – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four

Blues Britannia tells the story of Britain's love affair with the blues from the Fifties to the early Seventies. Blues first reached the UK via enthusiasts like Cyril Davies, Chris Barber and Alexis Korner in the early to mid-Fifties. The first British fans worshipped American blues and its artists as poets of oppression, whose music enlivened the dull conformity of life in Britain. In the early Sixties a new generation of British artists emerged. John Mayall, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones spearheaded the British blues boom followed by later bands like Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack and The Groundhogs. Controversies over the authenticity of British blues raged, but gradually the first generation of blues bands and heroes began to spread their wings into psychedelia, prog-rock, jazz-rock and beyond. They were succeeded by a new generation playing driving, guitar-hero blues-rock, such as Ten Years After's Alvin Lee at Woodstock, soloing extravagantly on Elmore James's Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.

Celtic Connections – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Scotland

´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland covers the best in traditional and world music from the annual Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.

The Choir – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two

Choirmaster Gareth Malone returns to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two in autumn 2009 with the third series of The Choir. This time he is taking on his biggest challenge to date – to create one of Britain's largest community choirs. South Oxhey in Hertfordshire is a cash strapped community, with no previous choral tradition, and where the most popular form of singing is pub karaoke. Can Gareth succeed in bringing the locals together, putting the town on the map for its singing prowess and, at the same time, bringing the community closer together? ´óÏó´«Ã½ Learning will support the TV series with engaging resources to encourage more people to start singing across the UK.

Classic Goldie – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two

Following his success as a conductor in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two's Maestro last year, in which he emerged as a finalist, drum n bass legend Goldie takes on his next challenge in the world of classical music – to compose a new orchestral work for public performance.

Classic Albums – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four

Classic Albums returns with three new documentaries examining vintage recordings by The Doors (their eponymous 1967 debut LP), John Lennon's 1970 LP The Plastic Ono Band, his first post-Beatles solo album, and Duran Duran’s celebratory 1981 album Rio, which helped set the tone for the Eighties.

Composer Profiles – Radio 4

Professor Robert Winston creates a psychological profile of four great composers and examines the relationship between their states of mind and their music.

Composer Of The Week - Radio 3

Exploring the lives and music of composers through the ages, Composer Of The Week has been going strong on ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio for 65 years. It is presented every weekday by Donald Macleod.

Composers Of The Year – Radio 3

Throughout 2009 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 marks major anniversaries for Purcell (1659-1695), Handel (1685-1759), Haydn (1732-1809) and Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Highlights include: the first complete broadcast cycle of Handel's 40-plus operas; all of Haydn's 104 symphonies; a live Handel Messiah from Westminster Abbey (where Handel is buried) on 14 April, the anniversary of his death, as part of a week of celebrations; a weekend devoted to the music of Mendelssohn (8-10 May) which includes Elijah, new Songs Without Words from six leading young composers and church choirs across the country joining Radio 3 to sing O For The Wings Of A Dove; two Purcell weekends (in March and November); and 17 concerts devoted to the mature string quartets of Haydn (May-June). The extensive plans include broadcasts of major performances by leading artists, ensembles, orchestras and opera companies taking place during the year throughout the UK and Europe; specially staged concerts, features, essays, discussion, dramas, debate and commissions of new music inspired by the four Composers Of The Year. Celebrations of Handel and Purcell are part of a broader Baroque 09 celebration and are complemented by two Baroque-related series on Radio 3 – The Arts Of Baroque, presented by mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, and an eight-part Baroque series for The Early Music Show.

Dido's Lament Meets Pinball Wizard – Radio 4

Rock legend Pete Townshend goes in search of one of his influences, the 17th-century composer Henry Purcell.

Folk America – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four

Featuring a stunning soundtrack, rare archive material and contributions from artists, one of the key stories of 20th-century America is told in three films.

Handel And Purcell From The Royal Opera House – ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two and Radio 3

A Baroque double bill from the Royal Opera House featuring performances of Handel's Acis And Galatea and Purcell's Dido And Aeneas in new productions staged by the Royal Ballet's Wayne McGregor.

Jah Wobble's Ancestral Trek Eastwards – Radio 4

Revisiting his 1988 poem, A13, musical maverick and former Public Image bassist John Wardle (Jah Wobble) takes listeners on a personal tour of the barren landscape and "forgotten dreams" that stretch from London's East End to the Essex coast.