Essential Classics Clips

1. 'I've found Croydon's answer to Prince'

   Duration: 22:02

2. The music of World War I

   Duration: 04:03

3. The intense nostalgia of children's collections

   Duration: 02:05

4. A sunny, Latin fusion of Baroque sounds

   Duration: 01:41

5. The timeless, folky beauty of Brigg Fair

   Duration: 00:55

6. Marin Alsop: 'It's so taboo, on every level'

   Duration: 04:11

7. Sick of people asking you why you’re still single?

   Duration: 02:11

8. Joyce DiDonato: I'm an optimist by choice

   Duration: 03:11

9. The real story of Pocahontas

   Duration: 02:57

10. Dr Christian Jessen: Secret opera buff

    Duration: 02:21

11. Stewart Lee: caveman

    Duration: 04:07

12. Marie Curie's radioactive kitchen

    Duration: 01:58

13. Why did Debussy hate the saxophone?

    Duration: 02:17

14. 'I fell in love with classical music because of Debussy'

    Duration: 02:44

15. Was this the inspiration behind The Walrus and the Carpenter?

    Duration: 04:03

16. Women in Maths - the story of Sophie Germain

    Duration: 02:36

17. The pressures of young musicianship

    Duration: 02:50

18. 'Be like a Viking and crush the patriarchy'

    Duration: 02:35

19. History’s most amazing ‘talking dogs’

    Duration: 02:40

20. The genius of the Laurel and Hardy theme tune

    Duration: 03:53

21. Did Mae West really have a liaison with Ho Chi Minh?

    Duration: 02:31

22. How the simple snowflake revealed its beauty to science

    Duration: 03:13

23. Prue Leith: ‘I used a teddy bear to practise killing lobsters’

    Duration: 02:06

24. The surprisingly sexist history of artificial intelligence

    Duration: 01:45