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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live launches a new look to its weekend schedule this week with new programmes in its evening slots and a new line up for 606 – the nation's most listened to football phone-in.

From August the iconic Sports Report (Saturday 5pm), a broadcasting staple for over 50 years and with one of the most memorable theme tunes in radio, returns to a regular full hour from 5pm until 6pm within 5 Live Sport.

This show will have a full round-up of the day's sports results and reporting and feature the evergreen voice of James Alexander Gordon reading the football results as he has done for 40 years.

The nation's biggest football phone-in 606 (Saturday 6pm) gets a new two-hour berth on Saturday presented by Mark Chapman and Robbie Savage, fresh from the pitch every week after playing for Derby County. The show will be produced by the indie Somethin' Else.

A new Saturday night news and lifestyle programme will run from 8-10pm. The station will pilot new ideas in the next few weeks before deciding the final format.

On Sundays Alan Green will present the Sunday night edition of 606, starting at 6pm. The programme will be produced by Somethin' Else.

John Pienaar will present Pienaar's Politics – a new agenda-setting Sunday evening political programme from 7pm.

Declan Curry will present a new show from 8pm with key interviews and topical discussion from the business world.

And at 9pm on Sundays, it'll be 5 Live Investigates, a new weekly current affairs programme, with original stories and hard-hitting interviews.

Radio 5 Live Controller, Adrian Van Klaveren, said: "I think this really boosts our weekend schedule. It's great to restore the much-loved Sports Report to its full hour and I'm very excited about what Robbie Savage can bring to presenting 606 straight from the pitch on a Saturday. Our new current affairs programme will break important stories. Declan Curry is a key voice in business journalism and John Pienaar really gets under the skin of politics in an accessible and interesting way."

Robbie Savage said: "One of my most special memories is listening to 606 driving back from Bournemouth nearly 20 years ago in my Dad's brown Cortina after I'd scored for Crewe. It's an honour and a privilege to be presenting the show. I'll be edgy but fair and I'll definitely have opinions. I'm delighted to have this opportunity."

Notes to Editors

Radio 5 Live has coverage of every game at every ground at the World Cup in South Africa. For full details see bbc.co.uk/5live.

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