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The Radio 3 Documentary Episodes

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    Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey

    Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting鈥檚 neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time

  2. Breaking Free: Freud versus Music

    Stephen Johnson explores Sigmund Freud's enigmatic relationship with music

  3. Breaking Free: Freud versus Music

    Stephen Johnson explores Sigmund Freud's enigmatic relationship with music.

  4. Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution. Reformation 500

    Germany's celebrating 500 years since the Reformation - how did it shape German culture?

  5. Brainwash Culture

    If brainwashing is a just a Cold War myth, why does it still trouble us? With Daniel Pick

  6. Binary and Beyond: part two

    Emma Smith on how coverage of gender in the arts might help us understand today's debate

  7. Binary and Beyond Part 1

    Might explorations of gender in great art of the past help illuminate today's issues?

  8. Apocalypse How

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough on how different cultures have viewed the end of the world

  9. Anything But Banal - the Fascination of the Villain

    Paul Allen explores the allure of evil through great villains, from Hollywood baddies...

  10. Antonio Carlos Gomes, the Brazilian who conquered La Scala

    Fabio Zanon on how Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes conquered La Scala in the 19th century

  11. Another Giant Leap

    Dr Stuart Clark argues that the future of the universe depends on us leaving Earth.

  12. Andy Warhol's Factory Friends

    Candy Darling and Edie Sedgwick are now the stuff of legend, but many of those with of...

  13. Andrew Graham Yooll examines Argentine identity

    Sunday Feature: Malvinas Madness. Andrew Graham Yooll, former editor of the Buenos and...

  14. An Imagined Glasgow

    Writer Louise Welsh explores how Glaswegian artists are re-imagining their city.

  15. An Explosion of Geraniums - The International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936

    Ian McMillan on the International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936,that changed everything

  16. Alice Coltrane: Her Sound and Spirit

    Kevin Le Gendre presents a portrait of musician and spiritual leader, Alice Coltrane

  17. Alexander Korda: Producer, Director, Exile, Spy

    Matthew Sweet unearths the film-maker Alexander Korda's wartime role as a British agent.

  18. Alex La Guma - The Black Dickens

    Exploring different aspects of history, science, philosophy and the arts.

  19. Albert Camus: Inside the Outsider

    Professor Hussey celebrates the life, work and tragic death of literature's enigmatic...

  20. Al Andalus - The Legacy

    Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain

  21. Afterwords: Susan Sontag

    A look at the American writer Susan Sontag through her own words and those of her peers.

  22. Afterwords: Simone de Beavoir

    An intimate portrait of the philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir

  23. Afterwords: Octavia E Butler

    The words of celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer Octavia E. Butler

  24. Afterwords 鈥� Toni Morrison

    Reflections on the writer Toni Morrison through her own words and those of her peers

  25. Afterwords - Martha Gellhorn

    Through the words of Martha Gellhorn, contemporary writers reflect on modern reporting

  26. Above Sixty, Below Zero

    Lesley Riddoch examines the changing relationship between man and nature in the North.

  27. A Unicorn Quest

    Hetta Howes sets off to find the unicorn of myth in 21st century Britain.

  28. A Symphony of Psalms

    Cerys Matthews explores the enduring influence of the Psalms on musicians and composers.

  29. A Square Dance in Heaven

    The Rev Lucy Winkett goes on the trail of Martin Luther's musical reformation.

  30. A Racist Music

    Errollyn Wallen challenges the legacy of John Powell 鈥� a once-celebrated composer

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