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The Listening Service: Jumping Fleas: the Rise and Rise of the Ukulele - Tom Service explores the world of the Ukulele, from the Hawaiian Royal Court of King Kalakaua to Blackpool Pier with George Formby, the Royal Albert Hall where hundreds of ukulele players performed Beethoven's Ode to Joy at the 2009 BBC Proms, and into thousands of classrooms where it's now the most widely taught instrument in British primary schools.
Book of the Week: "The Wager" -David Grann's story of shipwreck, mutiny and survival begins. In 18th-century Britain, preparations are underway for a secret mission on the high seas. Luke Treadaway reads.
Desert Island Discs: Graham Nash - The N of CSN picks his favorites.
Opening Lines: "Our Man in Havana" - In the series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke explores Graham Greene’s classic dark comedy.
"Kill the Pharoah!" - Sheila Grant and James Thomason star in Victor Pemberton’s 8 part thriller serial – last broadcast over 50 years ago. Elizabeth Warwick, the daughter of a famous archaeologist, is visiting Egypt to find the tomb her father had discovered before his death. At Luxor she is met by Fuad, a young Egyptian associate of her father. But is the man really Fuad?
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