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Tony Blackburn counts down the charts from this week in 1974 and 1990, featuring the music of Elton John, Barry White, Black Box and Madonna.

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Denica Fairman, Emily Head, Ricky Tomlinson, Martine McCutcheon, Clive Anderson and Andy Parsons star in No Angel

Ricky Tomlinson and Martine McCutcheon star in this new comedy drama for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2. The all-star cast also sees Clive Anderson playing a self-obsessed chat show host, with Andy Parsons as a policeman. And fresh from hit comedy series The Inbetweeners, Emily Head takes her first radio role.

When scruffy Scouser Leo, accosts careerist radio producer Katherine in the street, sparks fly. Convinced she's being stalked, Katherine just can't shake him off. And she doesn't get any sympathy from chat show host Scott, who wants know: "Why don't I have a stalker? I'm the star!"

So how does Leo know so much about Katherine? Is there more to this hairy old fella than meets the eye? And will Scott's crazy scheme for beating the traffic come off, or just land him in jail?

Directed by Dirk Maggs, this character-led comedy is written by Andy Lynch, whose credits include ´óÏó´«Ã½ One's award-winning drama The Street. Leo is played by Ricky Tomlinson, Katherine by Martine McCutcheon and Scott by Clive Anderson.

No Angel is part of Radio 2's ongoing Comedy Showcase series, which has featured a diverse array of talent including Mathew Horne, Tim Minchin and Richard Wilson.

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Bob Harris introduces music from English folk-singer and artist Martha Tilston, who plays live after 1am.

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Throughout the week, Breakfast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 features the usual mix of great pieces and great performances.

There is also a special Christmas treat to listen out for at approximately 7.50am every day.

Presenters/Martin Handley and Sara Mohr-Pietsch

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Lucie Skeaping looks at Jean-Philippe Rameau's comic masterpiece, Platée, in the final monthly focus on a Baroque opera.

The story tells of a foolish and ugly nymph who believes she is loved by Jupiter, and the sense of the absurd permeates the score.

Rameau wrote the opera when he was in his sixties and the composer and librettist created a wonderfully imaginative work, which turned many of the operatic conventions of the time on their head.

Rameau's contemporary, Melchior Grimm, considered the piece "sublime" while, for Jean Jacques Rousseau, it was a "divine" work. Even today it succeeds in firing the imaginations of opera producers and conductors, not least French conductor Marc Minkowski, who explains why during the programme.

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In the second of two programmes, Lucy Duran celebrates 10 years of World Routes with highlights from a special event recorded at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Maida Vale Studios.

The programme features performances by artists from Senegal, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Peru and Turkey, as well as recordings from around the world taken from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 World Music Archive.

Presenter/Lucy Duran, Producer/Roger Short

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Opera On 3 – Live From The Met: Don Carlo

Saturday 18 December

6.00-9.00pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 3

Don Carlo, the son of Philip II of Spain, meets Elisabeth, the daughter of the King of France, whom he must marry to unite the two countries. He falls in love with her straight away and, when news reaches him that his father has decided to marry Elisabeth himself, he is devastated. This sets in motion a sequence of events with tragic consequences for everybody.

In this live matinée performance from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast including Marina Poplavskaya as Elisabeth de Valois, Yonghoon Lee as Don Carlo and Simon Keenlyside as Rodrigo. The performance also features the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera alongside Anna Smirnova as Eboli, Ferruccio Furlanetto as Philip II and Eric Halfvarson as the Grand Inquisitor.

Presenter/Margaret Juntwait, Producer/Ellie Mant

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Meera Syal stars as Willy Russell's Liverpudlian heroine

Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged housewife from Liverpool. She reveals her innermost thoughts and fears in a manner that is both insouciant and poignant.

Once an incorrigible anti-establishment rebel, Shirley now chafes under the plodding insensitivity of her husband, Joe, and the stultifying pace of her suburban routine. Her life enters a new and exciting phase when, after her best friend, Jane, wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece, Shirley is given the opportunity to travel to far-away places without her husband; she begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Shirley Valentine stars Meera Syal in the title role.

Producer/Clive Brill for Pacificus Productions

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Rachel Burden and Phil Williams present the big sports stories, news and coverage from day three of the Third Ashes Test in Perth.

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Fighting Talk

Saturday 18 December

11.00am-12.00noon ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 5 LIVE

In a special edition to mark ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sports Personality Of The Year 2010 this weekend, Colin Murray is joined live in Birmingham by Steve Bunce and Austin Healy as part of the panel trying to win points for punditry on the week's sports stories.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Simon Crosse for USP

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5 Live Sport

Saturday 18 December

12.00noon-6.06pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Chapman presents the day's sports news, including the latest information from the Third Ashes Test in Perth and a look ahead to the afternoon's Premier League and Scottish Premier League action.

From 12.45pm there is live commentary of Sunderland versus Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League, plus regular updates from Hamilton Academical against Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, which also kicks off at 12.45pm.

At 3pm, there's more live Premier League coverage of Arsenal versus Stoke City and Birmingham City versus Newcastle United, along with regular updates from all of the afternoon's other games, including Rangers versus St Mirren in the Scottish Premier League and updates from the European Rugby Cup's fourth-round ties.

In Sports Report at 5pm Mark Chapman has post-match reaction, interviews and the classified football results followed by more live Premier League coverage of Liverpool against Fulham, which kicks off at 5.30pm.

Presenter/Mark Chapman, Producer/Mike Carr

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Highlights of the third day of the Third Test between Australia and England in Perth include close-of-play analysis from Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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5 Live Football League

Saturday 18 December

2.55-5.15pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Full commentary on a leading game in the Championship is accompanied by score updates from across the Football League.

Producer/Jen McAllister

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Test Match Special

Saturday 18 December

2.15-10.30am ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

The Test Match Special team present uninterrupted commentary on the fourth day of the Third Ashes Test between Australia and England, live from the WACA in Perth.

Producer/Adam Mountford

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Dave Peace presents 30 years of club classics from rave to rap via techno, electro and trance.

Dave also selects some his favourite dance tunes released in 2010, including tracks from Underworld, Groove Armada, Duck Sauce and Herve.

There's also a brand new bedroom producer, another featured label and Dave re-lives ´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Music listeners' memories of some of the most important clubs in the UK.

Presenter/Dave Pearce, Producer/Rowan Collinson

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