THIS WEEK'S RADIO

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Saturday Feature: The Real Karajan today 12.15pm Radio 3

Radio 3 is showing a season of programmes devoted to Herbert von Karajan, the controversial Austrian conductor. This profile examines why, more than a decade after his death, he continues to divide opinion.

Archive Hour: Piper Alpha's Legacy tonight 8pm Radio 4

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, Mark Stephen assesses the legacy of the explosions on the oil rig in which 167 men lost their lives, and explains the changes the tragedy brought about in the offshore oil industry.

Policing the Poppy Fields Mon 1.06pm World Service

The poppy plant is viewed as the greatest threat to democracy in Afghanistan. Here, Kate Clark travels with Sir Sherard Cowper- Coles, Britain's ambassador, as he teams up with the Afghan government to take on the country's drug barons.

The Greek Blues Tue 1.30pm Radio 4

The rock critic Pete Paphides returns to Birmingham, where his Athens-born parents grew up, to trace the roots of the haunting music known as rembetika.

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