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View Series page for Lauren Laverne

Lauren Laverne

  • Music
  • Entertainment
  • Music > Rock & Indie

A journey through the finest bits of Lauren’s weekday morning show. A cast of colourful characters, epic tunes and genuinely great guests awaits.

Thu, 2 Feb 12

15 minutes

View Series page for Olympics 2012

Olympics 2012

  • Sport > Olympics
  • Sport

As the nation approaches its biggest sporting event in a century, BBC Radio provides you with a weekly update on final preparations of the London Olympic Games 2012, from BBC National, Local, Regional

Tue, 7 Feb 12

33 minutes

View Series page for Best of Chris Moyles

Best of Chris Moyles

  • Comedy
  • Entertainment

Weekly highlights from the award-winning Chris Moyles breakfast show, as broadcast by Chris and team every morning from 6.30am to 10am.

5 hours ago

38 minutes

View Series page for HARDtalk

HARDtalk

  • News
  • Factual

HARDtalk interviews the world's leading politicians, thinkers and cultural figures. In an in-depth, hard-hitting, half-hour discussion, Stephen Sackur talks to some of the most prominent people from

5 hours ago

23 minutes

View Series page for Shelagh’s Sports Team

Shelagh’s Sports Team

  • News
  • Sport

Review of the weekend’s sporting action with big-name guests from the world of sport. Shelagh Fogarty hosts live every Monday from 1200 until 1230.

Mon, 6 Feb 12

32 minutes

View Series page for Dickens in London: Five Short Dramas

Dickens in London: Five Short Dramas

  • Factual
  • Entertainment
  • Drama

Five short dramas by Michael Eaton, telling the story of Dickens’ life. With Samuel Barnett, Alex Jennings and Antony Sher. Music by Neil Brand. Broadcast in the Woman’s Hour drama from the 6th to

19 hours ago

14 minutes

View Series page for Kitchen Cabinet

Kitchen Cabinet

  • Entertainment
  • Factual > Food & Drink

Jay Rayner hosts a new food panel show. Every week the expert team visit a different interesting food location in the UK and answer cooking questions from a live audience.

Tue, 7 Feb 12

28 minutes

View Series page for Let's Talk About Billy

Let's Talk About Billy

  • Drama > Classic & Period

To mark the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Graham Reid's 'Billy Plays' starring Kenneth Branagh, Jimmy Ellis and Brid Brennan, BBC Radio Ulster invites 5 viewers from across Northern

18 hours ago

5 minutes

View Series page for Lauren Laverne

Lauren Laverne

  • Music
  • Entertainment
  • Music > Rock & Indie

A journey through the finest bits of Lauren’s weekday morning show. A cast of colourful characters, epic tunes and genuinely great guests awaits.

Thu, 2 Feb 12

15 minutes

View Series page for Dickens in London: Five Short Dramas

Dickens in London: Five Short Dramas

  • Factual
  • Entertainment
  • Drama

Five short dramas by Michael Eaton, telling the story of Dickens’ life. With Samuel Barnett, Alex Jennings and Antony Sher. Music by Neil Brand. Broadcast in the Woman’s Hour drama from the 6th to

19 hours ago

14 minutes

View Series page for The Art of Monarchy

The Art of Monarchy

  • Factual > History
  • Learning

Will Gompertz enters the Royal Collection to examine some of the objects that have adorned, defined and described the story of a thousand years of the British Monarchy. The programmes are broadcast

Mon, 30 Jan 12

30 minutes

View Series page for Shelagh’s Sports Team

Shelagh’s Sports Team

  • News
  • Sport

Review of the weekend’s sporting action with big-name guests from the world of sport. Shelagh Fogarty hosts live every Monday from 1200 until 1230.

Mon, 6 Feb 12

32 minutes

  • Arts and Ideas

    Arts and Ideas

    Last Updated:
    Tue, 7 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    44 minutes

    Arts and Ideas

    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

    The best of BBC Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme Night Waves - featuring in-depth interviews with artists, scientists and public figures, vociferous debates, and reviews of the latest

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    83 Episodes

  • Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart

    Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart

    Last Updated:
    Tue, 7 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    26 minutes

    UK only

    Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart

    • Music > Classical
    • Entertainment
    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

    Tracks from the top CDs in this week’s Specialist Classical Chart. Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Petroc Trelawny present a selection of the top 20 best selling CDs. The podcast is taken from the Tuesday

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    1 Episode

  • Early Music Show

    Early Music Show

    Last Updated:
    Mon, 6 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    16 minutes

    UK only

    Early Music Show

    • Music
    • Music > Classical

    An edited podcastable version of BBC Radio 3’s weekly exploration of the early music world introduced by Lucie Skeaping and Catherine Bott. Broadcast each Saturday and Sunday from 1.00-2.00. For

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    32 Episodes

  • Jazz Library

    Jazz Library

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 5 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    31 minutes

    UK only

    Jazz Library

    • Music > Jazz & Blues > Jazz

    Alyn Shipton explores which recordings should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection in the complete podcast editions of Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3. Jazz Library is broadcast on Saturdays at

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    1 Episode

  • Jazz Library: A – M

    Jazz Library: A – M

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 5 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    33 minutes

    UK only

    Jazz Library: A – M

    • Music
    • Music > Jazz & Blues > Jazz

    Alyn Shipton explores which recordings should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection in the complete podcast editions of Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3. Jazz Library is broadcast on Saturdays at

    Updated occasionally

    Programme Highlights

    100 Episodes

  • Music Matters

    Music Matters

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 4 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    44 minutes

    UK only

    Music Matters

    • Music > World
    • Music > Jazz & Blues
    • Music > Classical

    The latest news on classical music. Interviews with key UK and international performers, composers, directors, conductors and musicians. With features on opera, jazz, world and community music making.

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    3 Episodes

  • CD Review - Building a Library

    CD Review - Building a Library

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 4 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    41 minutes

    UK only

    CD Review - Building a Library

    • Music > Classical

    Listen to Building a Library, comparing available recordings of a work from the classical music repertoire. This is an edited version of the regular CD Review slot where guest experts review and gives

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    57 Episodes

  • Composer Of The Week

    Composer Of The Week

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 3 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    64 minutes

    UK only

    Composer Of The Week

    • Music > Classical

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composers. Composer Of The Week is one of BBC Radio 3's longest-running series and is broadcast on Radio 3 Monday to Friday at 12 noon. It's a guide to

    Updated weekly

    Multi Programme

    76 Episodes

  • Drama of the Week

    Drama of the Week

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 3 Feb 12

    Average Duration:
    63 minutes

    Drama of the Week

    • Drama
    • Entertainment

    Every Friday we bring you a new play from Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    1 Episode

  • Radio 3 Essay

    Radio 3 Essay

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 27 Jan 12

    Average Duration:
    13 minutes

    Radio 3 Essay

    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
    • Factual

    Authored essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week. Each episode is full of insight, opinion and intellectual surprise from one

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    15 Episodes

  • Late Junction Sessions

    Late Junction Sessions

    Last Updated:
    Thu, 26 Jan 12

    Average Duration:
    25 minutes

    UK only

    Late Junction Sessions

    • Music > Folk > Experimental & New
    • Music > Jazz & Blues > Experimental & New
    • Music > Dance & Electronica > Experimental & New

    Late Junction's unique studio sessions bring together musicians who have never recorded together before, often from different musical styles and traditions, to create a spontaneous new hybrid music.

    Updated monthly

    Programme Highlights

    1 Episode

  • Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics

    Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 22 Jan 12

    Average Duration:
    11 minutes

    UK only

    Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics

    • Music > Classical

    Artists, musicians and composers introduce fifty key pieces of classical music composed between 1950 and 2000. As featured in the Radio 3 programme, Hear & Now.

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    18 Episodes

  • Composer of the Week R - Z

    Composer of the Week R - Z

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 20 Jan 12

    Average Duration:
    57 minutes

    UK only

    Composer of the Week R - Z

    • Music > Classical
    • Music

    Discover the life and works of the world's greatest composers with these free downloads from the BBC. Presented by Donald Macleod, this is one of Radio 3's longest running programmes. The podcasts

    Updated occasionally

    Programme Highlights

    61 Episodes

  • Jazz Library: N - Z

    Jazz Library: N - Z

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 25 Dec 11

    Average Duration:
    30 minutes

    UK only

    Jazz Library: N - Z

    • Music
    • Music > Jazz & Blues > Jazz

    Alyn Shipton explores which recordings should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection in the complete podcast editions of Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3. Jazz Library is broadcast on Saturdays at

    Updated occasionally

    Programme Highlights

    54 Episodes

  • Composer of the Week A – G

    Composer of the Week A – G

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 16 Dec 11

    Average Duration:
    65 minutes

    UK only

    Composer of the Week A – G

    • Music
    • Music > Classical

    Discover the life and works of the world's greatest composers with these free downloads from the BBC. Presented by Donald Macleod, this is one of Radio 3's longest running programmes. The podcasts

    Updated occasionally

    Programme Highlights

    76 Episodes

  • Composer of the Week H – Q

    Composer of the Week H – Q

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 9 Dec 11

    Average Duration:
    60 minutes

    UK only

    Composer of the Week H – Q

    • Music
    • Music > Classical

    Discover the life and works of the world's greatest composers with these free downloads from the BBC. Presented by Donald Macleod, this is one of Radio 3's longest running programmes. The podcasts

    Updated occasionally

    Programme Highlights

    59 Episodes

  • BBC Proms Music Guide

    BBC Proms Music Guide

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 10 Sep 11

    Average Duration:
    3 minutes

    UK only

    BBC Proms Music Guide

    • Music
    • Music > Classical

    In this free daily download, Radio 3 presenters introduce a key composer and work featured in the Prom concerts of the day. Download and keep them all for an indispensable guide to some of the best

    Updated daily

    Programme Highlights

    58 Episodes

  • The Lebrecht Interview

    The Lebrecht Interview

    Last Updated:
    Mon, 5 Sep 11

    Average Duration:
    44 minutes

    The Lebrecht Interview

    • Music > Classical
    • Factual > Life Stories

    In-depth, biographical portraits of pre-eminent classical musicians and artists interviewed by Norman Lebrecht. Frank, self-appraising and psychologically revealing, these 44 minute interviews include

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    16 Episodes

  • A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    Last Updated:
    Wed, 12 Jan 11

    Average Duration:
    10 minutes

    A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    • Music > Classical
    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

    Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen, a leading expert on Mozart’s life, looks at Mozart’s eighteenth century world through objects that were close to him.

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    11 Episodes

  • The In Tune A-Z of Opera

    The In Tune A-Z of Opera

    Last Updated:
    Wed, 23 Jun 10

    Average Duration:
    9 minutes

    UK only

    The In Tune A-Z of Opera

    • Music > Classical > Opera

    A comprehensive guide to the language of opera with contributions from singers, conductors, directors and vocal coaches. Daily from May 19th 2010 on weekdays for 26 editions lasting up to 10 minutes.

    Updated daily

    Programme Highlights

    26 Episodes

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