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The Radio 3 Documentary
Last Updated:
9 hours ago
Average Duration:
44 minutes
The Radio 3 Documentary
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual
In-depth documentaries which each week explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 7.45pm on BBC…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Early Music Show
Last Updated:
16 hours ago
Average Duration:
21 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
47 Episodes
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
23 minutes

UK only
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
Geoffrey Smith with his weekly selection of jazz. Each Saturday at midnight, Geoffrey Smith introduces his personal sequence of jazz tracks, inimitably presented and covering the whole history of…
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
4 Episodes
Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
12 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
29 Episodes
CD Review - Building a Library
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
42 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
73 Episodes
Composer Of The Week
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
60 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
92 Episodes
Composer of the Week A – G
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
64 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
83 Episodes
Arts and Ideas
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 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
145 Episodes
My Own Shakespeare
Last Updated:
Tue, 22 May 12
Average Duration:
2 minutes
My Own Shakespeare
- Entertainment
- Learning
- Drama
What does Shakespeare mean to us today ? Public figures from all walks of life talk about the piece of Shakespeare that inspires them most.The pieces are read by well known actors. These short…
Updated daily
Whole Programme
30 Episodes
Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart
Last Updated:
Tue, 22 May 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
Music Matters
Last Updated:
Sat, 19 May 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
Radio 3 Essay
Last Updated:
Fri, 18 May 12
Average Duration:
14 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
5 Episodes
Jazz Library: A – M
Last Updated:
Sun, 29 Apr 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
104 Episodes
Composer of the Week R - Z
Last Updated:
Fri, 27 Apr 12
Average Duration:
60 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
65 Episodes
Spirit of Schubert
Last Updated:
Mon, 2 Apr 12
Average Duration:
22 minutes

UK only
Spirit of Schubert
- Music > Classical
- Drama
- Music
BBC Radio 3 tells you everything you need to know about Franz Schubert. These free downloads will cover every aspect of the life of one of the greatest ever composers. When he died in 1828 at the age…
Updated daily
Multi Programme
38 Episodes
Jazz Library: N - Z
Last Updated:
Wed, 28 Mar 12
Average Duration:
32 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
56 Episodes
Composer of the Week H – Q
Last Updated:
Fri, 17 Feb 12
Average Duration:
62 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
61 Episodes
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
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
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
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
Jazz Library
Last Updated:
No episodes available
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
0 Episodes
Drama of the Week
Last Updated:
No episodes available
Average Duration:
59 minutes
Drama of the Week
- Drama
- Entertainment
Every Friday we bring you a new drama 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
0 Episodes
Late Junction Sessions
Last Updated:
No episodes available
Average Duration:
30 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
0 Episodes
Shakespeare Dramas
Last Updated:
No episodes available
Average Duration:
118 minutes
Shakespeare Dramas
- Drama
Series of three new productions of Shakespeare plays
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
0 Episodes