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Twenty Minutes Episodes

  1. The Flirt

    A secret rendezvous onboard a Volga steamboat has unexpected consequences.

  2. Almost Like Literature

    A talk by Robert Hanks on good books that are not literature.

  3. Bach on Screen

    Cinema historian Professor Ian Christie explores the impact of Bach's music on film.

  4. The Kerry Connection

    Jeremy Dibble visits Co Kerry and retraces the footsteps of English composer EJ Moeran.

  5. Day of Wrath

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch on music from across the centuries inspired by the Dies Irae chant.

  6. To Chekhov's Memory

    A unique, first-hand portrait of Anton Chekhov. Read by Ben Whishaw.

  7. Tales from the Loft

    A look at the organ as a musical instrument, with contributions from players and makers.

  8. Holst's School Days

    Petroc Trelawny visits St Paul's Girls School in West London, where Holst taught.

  9. Live from Vienna

    Behind the scenes at the New Year's Day Concert, presented from Vienna by Brian Kay.

  10. The Courtship of Mr Lyon

    Angela Carter's retelling of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast.

  11. The Imperial Mathematician and the Moon

    Andrew Brown on astronomer Johannes Kepler's science fiction novella Somnium: The Dream.

  12. Requiem for a Garden of Eden

    Janet Todd's requiem for an abandoned Venetian garden with a magical literary past.

  13. Prague Pictures

    John Rogan reads from John Banville's book on Prague.

  14. The Suit

    Writer Ian Sansom reflects on dress, class and the philosophical life.

  15. A Country Doctor

    Story about a weary doctor called out at midnight in a blizzard to attend to a young boy.

  16. Inside the Revolution

    大象传媒 correspondent Nick Thorpe reads from his book '89: The Unfinished Revolution.

  17. Haydn and the Enlightenment

    Dermot Clinch explores the influence of Enlightenment ideas and Freemansonry on Haydn.

  18. Piano

    An extract from Jean Echenoz's best-selling French novel about a boozy concert pianist.

  19. Light Music/Roger Roger

    Martin Handley talks to Barry Wordsworth about light music. Plus the Roger Roger revival.

  20. 09/10/2009

    Jan Smaczny on Martinu's symphonies. Plus the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra 2009-10 season.

  21. 18/09/2009

    Petroc Trelawny discusses 'period performance' on modern instruments.

  22. Farewell Symphony, by Stephen Wyatt

    Richard Briers plays Haydn in a short play about the last days of the composer's life.

  23. Twenty Minutes

    The Visitors' Book, by Sophie Hannah.

  24. 06/09/2009

    Simon Halsey joins Penny Gore to discuss why singing matters.

  25. On Planet Hoffnung

    Rainer Hersch reviews Gerard Hoffnung's contribution to the comic side of classical music.

  26. Kenny Taylor - My Northern Lights

    Following musician and writer Kenny Taylor as he contemplates the Northern Lights.

  27. Oblomov

    A discussion about Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov.

  28. The Annual General Boiled Egg Panic

    Specially-commissioned memoir by Alexei Sayle, recalling archetypal British bank holidays.

  29. Pictures Re-arranged

    Gabriel Prokofiev looks at arrangements of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

  30. The Songs I Have Made for Thee

    Claire Tomalin discusses the recently re-discovered songs by Muriel Herbert.

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