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Twenty Minutes Episodes

  1. Next Door

    Mark Bazeley reads Kurt Vonnegut's cautionary tale about eavesdropping.

  2. 07/09/2008

    Peter Hill Nigel Simeone and Pierre Audi discuss Messiaen's opera Saint Francis of Assisi.

  3. The Quiet Carriage

    Geoff Dyer explores changing ideas of privacy, personal space and good manners on trains.

  4. The Power of the Ondes

    Thomas Bloch discusses the ondes martenot with ex-Pogues member David Coulter.

  5. Stealing the Thunderer

    In 1826, publisher John Murray II infamously tried to create a rival to The Times.

  6. The End of Summer

    A story set on a ferry, where a traveller encounters the intriguing teenager Sophie.

  7. A profile of the New York Philharmonic

    A profile of the New York Philharmonic, one of the world's oldest orchestras.

  8. The Pattern of Lanes

    An exploration of the ancient heart of the Parisian Latin Quarter. With Gillian Tindall.

  9. Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music

    Steven Johnson visits the Royal College of Music to look at Vaughan Williams's time there.

  10. Prayer

    By Istvan Orkeny. A story told by a mother who must identify the body of her dead son.

  11. 22/08/2008

    The legacy of the Gurzenich Orchestra, one of Germany's leading symphony orchestras.

  12. 21/08/2008

    Richard Foster takes a light-hearted look at energy saving and the great British summer.

  13. Dr Rowan Williams on Dostoevsky

    The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams discusses Dosotoevsky, his literary hero.

  14. 19/08/2008

    Ivan Hewett looks at the work of Edgar Varese, one of the musical world's great outsiders.

  15. Jonathan Harvey and the IRCAM Factor

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the work of IRCAM, the musical research and production house.

  16. Proms Plus: Belshazzar

    Catherine Bott talks to critic Roderick Swanston about the creation of Handel's Belshazzar

  17. 15/08/2008

    Conductor Pierre Boulez discusses Janacek's works with 2008 Proms director Roger Wright.

  18. Final Exposure

    Christine Finn explores the private world of British landscape photographer Fay Godwin.

  19. 13/08/2008

    Andrew Brown explores the slave-raiding culture of the Viking-era British isles.

  20. 12/08/2008

    Artist Akram Zaatari explores the photographic archives of Studio Shehrazade in Lebanon.

  21. Proms Plus: Il tabarro

    Suzy Klein discusses Puccini's opera Il tabarro with Roger Parker and Alexandra Wilson.

  22. The Bargain

    By Truman Capote. An old friend is due for lunch at the apartment of New Yorker Mrs Chase.

  23. Memories of Messiaen

    Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail and George Benjamin, recall their studies with Messiaen.

  24. Rebellion

    Tom Goodman-Hill reads from Joseph Roth's novel Rebellion, set in Berlin after World War I

  25. A Dill Pickle

    By Katherine Mansfield. An excerpt from the story of two former lovers meeting again.

  26. Stockhausen

    Tom Service talks to Stockhausen's associates to find out what marked him out as a pioneer

  27. Faberge's Eggs

    An extract from Toby Faber's book about the inspiration behind the famous Faberge eggs.

  28. Bernardo Buontalenti - The Florentine Potter

    Exploring the work of Bernardo Buontalenti, who produced the first European porcelain.

  29. 30/07/2008

    Lucy Duran presents a tribute to Radio 3 World Music Americas Award winner Andy Palacio.

  30. 30/07/2008

    Mary Ann Kennedy talks to Son de la frontera about their particular style of flamenco.

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