(27 programmes)
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Dan Cruickshank: Building Memories
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Available since Monday.
Globe-trotting architect Dan Cruickshank on why we must restore lost historic buildings.
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Sunday Feature
Rona
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Available since Sunday with 4 days left.
Poet Kathleen Jamie joins a research expedition to the uninhabited island of North Rona.
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The Early Music Show
La Querelle des Bouffons
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Available since Sunday with 4 days left.
Lucie Skeaping considers the background to a significant 'musical war' in the 1750s.
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The Early Music Show
Le Balet Comique de la Royne
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Available since Sunday with 3 days left.
Lucie Skeaping explores the 'balet comique de la royne'.
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The Early Music Show
Composer Profile - Giovanni Pergolesi
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Available since Saturday with 3 days left.
Catherine Bott delves into the music of Pergolesi, whose 300th anniversary falls in 2010.
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New Year's Day Concert 2010
Part 2
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Available since Friday with 2 days left.
2/2. The conclusion of the traditional New Year's Concert, live from Vienna.
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Twenty Minutes
Live from Vienna
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Available since Friday with 2 days left.
Behind the scenes at the New Year's Day Concert, presented from Vienna by Brian Kay.
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New Year's Day Concert 2010
Part 1
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Available since Friday with 2 days left.
1/2. Live coverage of the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Georges Pretre conducts.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Julia Neuberger - Mind the Gap
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Available since Thu, 10 Dec 2009.
Julia Neuberger gives a lecture about ending prejudice against Britain's senior citizens.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - The Future of Men
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Available since Thu, 3 Dec 2009.
A debate at the 2009 Free Thinking festival asking what sort of future lies ahead for men.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Michael Brearley: Narcissism and Leadership
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Available since Thu, 26 Nov 2009.
Psychoanalyst Michael Brearley delivers a talk about the nature of leadership.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Landmarks: Land of Three Rivers
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Available since Thu, 19 Nov 2009.
A debate about the importance of the rivers of the North East: the Tyne, Tees and Wear.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Lisa Jardine
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Available since Thu, 12 Nov 2009.
Lisa Jardine on how IVF is changing our ideas about the definition of a family.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Sport or the Arts
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Available since Thu, 5 Nov 2009.
Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - David Miliband
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Available since Tue, 3 Nov 2009.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband talks to Philip Dodd at 2009's Free Thinking festival.
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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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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking festival 2009
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Available since Fri, 30 Oct 2009.
Rana Mitter hosts a public debate: Is The West Losing Its Nerve?
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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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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - William Orbit
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Available since Wed, 28 Oct 2009.
Innovative music producer William Orbit presents his personal guide to the world of sound.
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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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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - Gwen Adshead
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Available since Tue, 27 Oct 2009.
Philip Dodd meets psychotherapist Gwen Adshead. Contains some disturbing images.
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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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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - Ken Livingstone
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Available since Mon, 26 Oct 2009.
Ken Livingstone asks an audience in Gateshead if the North-South divide still matters.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Concluding Discussion, Part 2
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Available since Mon, 26 Oct 2009.
2/2. Matthew Sweet hosts further conversation and debate about the 2009 Free Thinking festival.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Concluding Discussion, Part 1
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Available since Mon, 26 Oct 2009.
1/2. Matthew Sweet hosts conversation and debate about Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival.
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Night Waves
Free Thinking 2009, Opening Lecture - Tanya Byron
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Available since Fri, 23 Oct 2009.
2009's Free Thinking festival opens with Tanya Byron's vision of the 21st-century family.
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