(11 programmes)
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Between the Ears
Dream Astronomy
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Available since yesterday with 7 days left.
Letters sent by people who had gleaned information about the universe without a telescope.
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Between the Ears
Hearts, Lungs and Minds
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Sound piece about the experiences of Harefield Hospital's heart/lung transplant patients.
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Sunday Feature
Liquid Assets: Handel's Finances
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BBC business correspondent Peter Day looks at Handel's financial dealings.
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The Early Music Show
Christmas Carols
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Catherine Bott looks back on the origin of the Christmas carol.
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The Early Music Show
An Early Music Christmas
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Catherine Bott and Lucie Skeaping introduce a selection of their favourite Christmas music
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Music Feature
Lessons with Mozart
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Jeremy Summerly explores Thomas Attwood's composition lessons with Mozart.
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The Essay
North East Free Thinkers, Audience Choice
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Available since Fri, 30 Oct 2009.
5/5. Why the medieval monk the Venerable Bede is the great Free Thinker of the North East.
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The Essay
North East Free Thinkers, Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society
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Available since Fri, 30 Oct 2009.
4/5. Poet Sean O'Brien charts the growth of Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society.
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The Essay
North East Free Thinkers, William Armstrong
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Available since Wed, 28 Oct 2009.
3/5. Henrietta Heald on the achievements of inventor and industrialist William Armstrong.
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The Essay
North East Free Thinkers, Gertrude Bell
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Available since Tue, 27 Oct 2009.
2/5. Kitty Fitzgerald on the life of Gertrude Bell, author of the 1921 map of modern Iraq.
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The Essay
North East Free Thinkers, T Dan Smith
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Available since Mon, 26 Oct 2009.
1/5. Graeme Rigby discusses T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council.
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