Radio Times

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• drama The ABC of the BBC

  4:30pm BBC Radio 4 FM

  Eighty years ago Eleanor Farjeon wrote a series of 26 poems about the new institution, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and did them alphabetically. Now Wendy Cope revisits and updates the list for today.

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• drama Drama on 3: Your Only Man

  9:45pm BBC Radio 3

  Dara O'Briain, Ardal O'Hanlon, Pauline McLynn and Dermot Crowley star in a surreal comedy about the world of the Irish writer Flann O'Brien.

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• music and arts BBC Proms 2008

  4:00pm, 8:00pm BBC Radio 3

  A solo recital by Chinese virtuoso pianist Lang Lang is the star attraction of the "family friendly" afternoon, but all ears will be on the duet with nine-year-old California-born Marc Yu.

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