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In The Opera Hour at 4.30pm singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy. Today: An Opera Walk Round Epping Forest. Richard walks round the forest and watches the sunrise in Victoria Park – to the music of Weber, Wagner, Berg, George Benjamin and Britten. [Repeated Tuesday 10am.]

Talking Africa at 1pm is a magazine show covering African development issues produced by Bellsman Media and the Africa Centre, hosted by Sonny Decker. Today: Civil society organisations in Africa suffer the inability to truly and independently represent, and act as true guardians of the wishes of civil society because they depend on governments they are set up to police to function. West African Civil Society is taking the bold step to re-invent itself to enable it be more effective discharging its responsibilities. Sonny talks to Omolara Balogun, Policy Advocacy Officer of the West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI). [Repeated Friday 7am.]

Henry Scott-Irvine interviews the author of a new book about Scott Walker, and plays from the high points of an enigmatic career. Paul Woods has written The Curious Life and Work of Scott Walker with the aid of a producer, musician and film maker who all worked with the elusive artist. This journey through the least likely career in popular music spans from the heartbreak sound of The Walker Brothers, the orchestral pop of Walker’s early solo career to the years of hip easy listening covers and the existential soundscapes of his modern recordings. For more information visit  mixcloud.com/henrysgigs [Repeated Saturday 10am.]