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Words and Music Episodes

    Hotels, Hostelries and Town Halls

    From Hotel du Lac to the Chelsea Hotel, Mermaid Tavern to the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

    A Day at the Races

    Start your engines with Beethoven, Bizet and Ben-Hur down at the races.

    Playing Cards

    Kings, Queens, Jokers, Aces: with music and readers Sophie Thompson and James Cartwright

    Twins and doppelgangers

    Don Gilet and Tracy-Ann Oberman with readings twinned with music from Schubert to Shankar.

    Women and Music

    "Women of the world, take over!" From Grace Jones to Jane Austen and Ethel Smyth's March.