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Claudia Winkleman talks to photographer Gered Mankowitz about his exhibition of prints of Jimi Hendrix in Manchester.

Gered's photos were taken at a pivotal point in Jimi Hendrix's short career. The portraits capture the mystery and otherworldliness defining his public image, just as Gered's 1965-67 portraits of the Rolling Stones defined them as the antithesis of The Beatles. This Hendrix exhibition gives a clear insight into the real Jimi – relaxing, upbeat, smiling and happy.

Claudia also previews this Sunday's British Academy Film Awards with Xan Brooks, where The King's Speech is nominated for 14 awards, including Best Actor for Colin Firth.

Presenter/Claudia Winkleman, Producer/Jessica Rickson for the BBC

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

Celebrated tenor and regular Britten Sinfonia collaborator Mark Padmore performs with the orchestra in a selection of English works for voice and strings.

The centrepiece of the concert is Gerald Finzi's Dies natalis. Modelled on Bach's cantatas, it contains a spirit and sweetness that reflects the joy and wonder of a child's innocent perspective of the world.

Padmore also sings Purcell songs as realised by Tippett. And the concert opens with Tippett's baroque-inspired Little Music For String Orchestra.

Walton's virtuosic and passionate Sonata For Strings provides a thrilling climax to this journey through English music.

Jacqueline Shave directs the Britten Sinfonia.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Janet Tuppen

BBC Radio 3 Publicity

Colin Murray previews the weekend's sport with Pat Nevin and Perry Groves in Kicking Off, including the Manchester derby and a weekend of Six Nations rugby union.

Presenter/Colin Murray, Producer/Mike Carr

BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity

Shaun Keaveny hosts a special Reggae-themed show

Shaun Keaveny hosts a Reggae-themed show as he looks ahead to BBC Four's Reggae Britannia which looks to explore and celebrate the impact of reggae on British music and culture from the Sixties through to the mid-Eighties.

Shaun and the team celebrate some of the music, the bass lines, the romance of Jamaica and the smell of British streets in the Seventies.

Presenter/Shaun Keavney, Producer/Lisa Kenlock

BBC 6 Music Publicity

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Huey Morgan is joined by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to talk about their new film, Paul.

Pegg and Frost team up for the first time since Hot Fuzz to tell the story of two comic-book geeks who, while on a road trip through America, pick up a passenger with a difference – an alien (voiced by Seth Rogan) who has escaped from Area 51.

No strangers to the BBC 6 Music studios, Pegg and Frost presented a New Year's Day special with Edgar Wright for the station at the beginning of 2011, the comedy actors come in for some enjoyable banter with Huey.

Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Gary Bales

BBC 6 Music Publicity

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Nemone meets former Blow Monkey Dr Robert

Dr Robert (of Blow Monkeys fame) is a guest on Nemone's show.

Dr Robert formed the Blow Monkeys in 1981 and received success in 1986 with worldwide hit Digging Your Scene. In the US, they gained fame when their song, You Don't Own Me, was featured in the film Dirty Dancing.

The band release their new album, Staring At The Sea, produced by Bob Rose, this month.

Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Dina Jahina

BBC 6 Music Publicity

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Tom Ravenscroft features a special guest mix by Industrial post-rock noise-makers Teeth Of The Sea. The band released their second album, Your Mercury, at the end of last year and they are currently on tour with British Sea Power.

Presenter/Tom Ravenscroft, Producer/Adam Hudson

BBC 6 Music Publicity