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Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

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Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

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BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday, it is only available in the UK.

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Every Friday we bring you a new drama from BBC Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.

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Radio 3's regular jaunt into the latest, brightest and best gaming soundtracks.

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Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen

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The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.

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Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library

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Music Planet: Road Trip

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Discover the world with music. Join local experts for a sonic journey around the globe.

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The Radio 3 Documentary

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In-depth documentaries which explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 6.45pm on BBC Radio 3.

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BBC Proms Music Guide

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In this set of free downloads, BBC Radio 3 presenters introduce a key composer and work featured in BBC Prom concerts.

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Uncanny

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From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

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Classical Fix

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The podcast for classical newbies. If you fancy giving classical music a go, start here.

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Slow Radio

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An antidote to today’s frenzied world. Step back, let go, immerse yourself: it’s time to go slow. Listen to the sounds of birds, mountain climbing, monks chatting as you go about your day. A lo-fi celebration of pure sound.

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Sport's Strangest Crimes

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When sport collides with true crime.

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Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics

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Artists, musicians and composers introduce fifty key pieces of classical music composed between 1950 and 2000. As featured in the BBC Radio 3 programme, Hear & Now.

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My Classical Favourites

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Discover classical music loved by celebrated guests from all walks of life. To hear the music in full go to BBC Playlister.

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The Lebrecht Interview

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Classical music critic Norman Lebrecht talks to major figures in the field

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Georgian Pleasures

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Key pieces of music from the Georgian period explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn. From BBC Radio 3

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Sideways

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Best-selling author Matthew Syed explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories of seeing the world differently.

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This Classical Life

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Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.

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Britten 100

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Britten 100. Highlights from Radio 3’s Britten centenary weekend in Aldeburgh with special features, interviews and on location reports recorded in Suffolk.

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Radio 3 Opera Guides

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BBC Radio 3 Opera guides

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Music Matters

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The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Saturday Classics

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A personal view of classical music from a range of presenters. Authored, themed mini-series and one-off programmes offer a chance to share the musical interests of the presenters.

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Commonwealth Connections

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World music from the Commonwealth countries for BBC Radio 3’s World on 3, Fridays. Musicians, sportspeople and cultural figures introduce music recorded on location.

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Learning English Vocabulary

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Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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Radio 3’s Composers’ Rooms

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews today’s composers exploring the relationship between their immediate environment and the music they write. From BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, published on Sunday mornings.

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Sound of Dance

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Katie Derham explores the relationship between music and dance in a variety of genres.

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Radio 3's Piano A to Z

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BBC Radio 3's Piano A to Z

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The Briefing Room

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David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news

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Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition

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The final shortlist of winning carols in the Breakfast Christmas Carol Competition. Composed by listeners, a setting of a poem by Susan Hill specially written for Radio 3

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Michael Spicer: No Room

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Unique satire with topical and character-filled sketches which brilliantly capture everything that provokes us; culture, politics, work...and other people.

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Ravel Revealed

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Maurice Ravel revealed through guides to his work and life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Ravel Day, 7 March 2014.

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Feedback

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Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations

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Jazz Library

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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

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Understand

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Adam Fleming, host of Newscast and AntiSocial, unpicks some of the key elements of the UK election.

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Unplucked

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How do you get into the biggest classical music festival in the world? Follow composer and comedian Vikki Stone as she unbuttons the BBC Proms and asks the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.

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The Listening Service

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Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works

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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

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If time is tight, what's the one thing that you should be doing to improve your health and wellbeing? Michael Mosley reveals surprisingly simple top tips that are scientifically proven to change your life.

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Modern Muses

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Creative collaborations in new music. A series where the world’s leading composers and performers explain how they cooperate in the creation of new work.

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Getting Better Acquainted

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A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation. British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category) GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by T ...

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The Early Music Show

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An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

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Music and Culture of WW1

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Highlights of BBC Radio 3’s special programmes to mark the WW1 centenary. Classical music, art, literature, film, popular songs and cultural life inspired by the war.

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Call Jonathan Pie

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Political journalist Jonathan Pie gets a radio phone-in show and as his personal and professional worlds collide we see why he's so incredibly angry about absolutely everything.

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The In Tune A-Z of Opera

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A comprehensive guide to the language of opera with contributions from singers, conductors, directors and vocal coaches. From BBC Radio 3, May 2010

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Between the Ears

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Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.

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English in a Minute:4 ways to use 'capacity' 1:10

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Do you have the capacity to listen to another podcast? Great - subscribe and listen to this one. Beth explains how to use the word 'capacity'. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-94 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH …

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A New Frontier: 3. Life on Mars 28:34

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Matthew Syed continues his four-part mini-series from Sideways examining the ethics of space exploration in a rapidly expanding era of travel and transformation. In this episode, he explores the role and ambitions of the new actors in space exploration. More people than ever before can now aspire to travel into space with private companies like Spa…

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7. An Unhappy Ending 32:09

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Maisie Adam continues the astonishing story that has rocked women's football in France. Its the aftermath of the arrest of Aminata Diallo, she and her lawyers contest the bail terms to allow her to continue her football career abroad. Kheira Hamraoui, meanwhile, so long the target of acrimonious abuse for supposedly unfairly leading the police to D…

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Actor Kiefer Sutherland on the life and films of his father Donald Sutherland 29:48

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With a career spanning 60 years and over 200 films, the late Donald Sutherland was a true acting legend. His son, actor Kiefer Sutherland - best known for his starring roles in 1987's The Lost Boys plus Designated Survivor and 24 - joins Matthew Sweet to look back at his father's life through the soundtracks of his major films. It includes music fr…

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Adjective order 6:10

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We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog! For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.comBy BBC Radio

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Breaking the Rules: This Week is Family Week 58:17

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Xinjiang Province, China. Uyghur student, Nur, is able to 'pass' as Han Chinese, and exploits this as much as possible in a society where Uyghur people live under constant surveillance. Nur and her mother, Meryem, want to avoid being sent to one of the re-education prison camps, where it is thought a million people - mostly Uyghur - have been detai…

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Almonds and Raisins: Episode 1 43:43

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Based on the novel by Maisie MoscoDramatized by Adam Usden Episode 1 An epic Jewish family saga, beginning in Manchester in 1905. The Sandberg family have escaped persecution from their homeland in Russia. They arrive as refugees in Strangeways, Manchester, where they must start a new life. Avraham, a cobbler from Dvinsk tries to find work in the m…

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BBC News Podcasts, Alex Forsyth, Geoff Norcott's Working Mens Club 28:15

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Andrea Catherwood brings Feedback listeners' thoughts and views on news and politics podcasts to the BBC's Senior News Editor Sam Bonham and Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth - and asks if this was the first real podcast election. Two listeners enter the Feedback Vox Box to talk about the new Radio 4 comedy series, Geoff Norcott's Working Mens C…

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English in a Minute: 4 ways to use 'cause' 1:11

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Phil said that preparing this programme on the word 'cause' was hard work but he didn't mind because it was for a good cause - you! Listen to him now. TRANSCRIPTFind a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-93 FIND BBC LEARNING E…

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6. The Hitmen and Her 37:44

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Police wiretaps capture incendiary, and potentially incriminating conversations and whatsapp messages, while statements from the group of men accused of carrying out the attack on Kheira Hamraoui name the mastermind. Its the most shocking development yet as the police return to the home of Diallo to re-arrest her – and this time she appears before …

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A New Frontier: 2. For All Humankind? 29:04

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Matthew Syed continues his four-part mini series exploring the ethics of space exploration, by returning to the origins of the space race, which saw America and the USSR battling for supremacy. He takes a hard look into the reasons why we go to space and whether it has really benefited all humankind. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on th…

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It's all lies! Music for films of deceit and fakery...or is it? 18:19

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With the release of Fly Me To The Moon - in which Scarlett Johansson wants to fake the moon landing - Matthew Sweet uncovers the films in which fakery is the name of the game. From characters stuck in artificial worlds - The Truman Show and The Matrix - to films that lead the audience to question what's real and what's not, like The Game, Total Rec…

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Shostakovich's Symphony no.5 in D minor 43:13

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Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.By BBC Radio 3

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Contractions 6:03

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Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English. For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.comBy BBC Radio

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Clio Barnard 49:36

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The director Clio Barnard won prizes and critical acclaim for her first feature film The Arbor: it blended fact and fiction to depict the short, troubled life of the brilliant Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. Since then she’s taken on a wide range of British stories. She directed Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston in The Essex Serpent, a six part ad…

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A celebration of Michael Mosley 44:21

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On Just One Thing Day (12 July, 2024), BBC programmes, presenters, listeners and viewers celebrated the life and work of Michael Mosley. This is a compilation of our favourite moments from the day. Producer - Nija Dalal-SmallAssistant Producer - Will HornbrookAssistant Producer - Freyja SmithMix Engineer - Richard Ward…

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Thomas Linley Jnr (1756-1778) 1:20:33

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Donald Macleod shines a light on charming and often enigmatic composer, Thomas Linley Jnr English composer, Thomas Linley the Younger was destined to become one of the brightest musical stars of eighteenth century. No less a person than Mozart, who was also a personal friend, hailed him as a ‘true genius’. Even so, Linley’s life was troubled. He an…

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Election Coverage on Audio, Dotun Adebayo - Up All Night, Simon Boas interview on Today 27:28

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Andrea Catherwood puts listeners' views on the cut and thrust of the six week election coverage to Jonathan Munro, the BBC's Director of Journalism. The ability to fill time is a key skill for any live broadcaster. Things don't always run smoothly - so what does it take to fill successfully. Dotun Adebayo, presenter of Radio 5 Live's Up All Night i…

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Health special 3: How far could artificial intelligence transform medicine? 36:41

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Machine learning has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. Bigger, more powerful computers can crunch ever more amounts of data, analysing complex information just as accurately, it’s claimed, as the best specialists and at speeds humans can never achieve. With the potential to make a significant difference to healthcare - helping to diagnos…

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Health special 2. Why is anxiety and depression increasing in the UK? 27:38

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Surveys suggest that at least one in four of us will suffer from anxiety and depression during our lifetimes. The prevalence of these conditions is one of the reasons given for poor school attendance. And it's estimated that these mental health disorders account for 12.5% of all sickness leave in the UK. So what’s caused such an explosion in mental…

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Health special 1: Advances in cancer research and treatment 36:27

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Half the UK population will get cancer during their lifetime - and rates are rising. Each year, around 385,000 people in the UK are diagnosed and around 167,00 lives are lost to the disease. But scientists are developing new therapies, including personalised vaccines and targeted drugs, that attack cancer cells directly and more effectively. It's h…

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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'quality' 1:11

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Let's learn about the word 'quality' with Phil. TRANSCRIPTFind a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-92 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️https://www.bbc.co.u…

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5. Fighting Talk 35:16

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Maisie Adam continues the shocking story of a brutal attack at Paris Saint-Germain that turned close team-mates into bitter rivals, damaging lives, careers and reputations. The fragile harmony in the dressing room is finally and irrevocably broken with a training ground bust-up that has repercussions for the team in the Champions League. And pushes…

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A New Frontier: 1. A Message to Ourselves 28:59

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In this special series from Sideways, called A New Frontier, Matthew Syed explores the most out of this world ethical questions posed by the evolution of human space exploration. He takes us into the cosmos with stories from astronauts who’ve been there and those who can only dream of going, to explore the moral debates that have permeated space ex…

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Korngold's Violin Concerto 46:21

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William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.By BBC Radio 3

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New Orleans 13:53

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Betto Arcos takes us to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for a celebration of cajun and zydeco musicBy BBC Radio 3

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Job suffixes 6:10

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What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter? FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS?Try some of our other popular podcasts including:✔️ 6 Minute English✔️ Learning English from the News✔️ Learning Easy Engli…

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Richard Thompson 47:58

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Richard Thompson began his career as a guitarist and a songwriter when he was still a teenager – and six decades on, his passion for making and sharing music is as strong as ever. In the late 1960s he co-founded the pioneering folk-rock band Fairport Convention. In 1969 alone, they released three albums. All featured the voice of Sandy Denny, and o…

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The Art of Video Games 28:40

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Video games have come a long way from the pixels of Pong and Pac-Man. From games based on medieval manuscripts like Inkulinati and Pentiment, to hand-drawn wonders such as Cuphead, games have become works of art in themselves. Some even ask the player to create that art. Elle Osili-Wood dusts off her easel and to illustrate the best of them. Elle's…

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Don't You Think We're Forever 13:00

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In the depths of lockdown during 2020 multi-award winning musician Karine Polwart offered to play a private gig for neighbour and local legend Al Beck just weeks before he would die from cancer. The resulting correspondence became an unexpectedly rewarding collaboration as they shared their love of music through Al's choice of songs. In this final …

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Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 1:04:34

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Donald Macleod explores key figures in Richard Strauss’s life This week, Donald Macleod explores key figures in the life of Richard Strauss, including his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, his “domineering and difficult, yet devoted” wife, the soprano Pauline de Ahna, his “frenemy” Gustav Mahler as well as Strauss’s uncomfortably close relationshi…

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The Skies Are Watching - 5. The Future of What 28:31

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J.D. sends Heather, Jana and Constance to a rendezvous with members of a UFO cult. Did Vance’s prediction of an alien invasion come true, or was it all a veiled act of terrorism? The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the Tribeca Festival. Cast:Heather - Caitlin StaseyRodney - David YowJana - Caroline MorahanCon…

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The Skies Are Watching – 4. Aftermath 28:23

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In the aftermath of the UFO Festival, as Vance’s warnings about the extraterrestrials seem to come true, Jana wonders who she can trust. The search for the shooter leads to a surprising discovery. The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the Tribeca Festival. Cast:Heather - Caitlin StaseyVance - Jake ‘The Snake’ R…

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The Skies Are Watching – 3. Transmissions 28:29

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Vance and Heather return to Kecksburg, the site of Coral’s abduction, where they are special guests at the annual UFO Festival. The truth about Jana’s agenda is revealed. The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the Tribeca Festival. Cast:Heather - Caitlin StaseyVance - Jake ‘The Snake’ RobertsRodney - David YowJa…

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The Skies Are Watching – 2. The Man from Kecksburg 28:29

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Coral’s adult son, a ufologist named David Vance, meets Heather with her family’s permission, to try to understand why she believes herself to be his mother. He shares the shocking story of what happened the night of Coral’s disappearance. The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the Tribeca Festival. Cast:Heather…

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The Skies Are Watching – 1. The Woman on the Plane 28:22

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Heather Haskins went missing two years ago. Discovered aboard a flight without a ticket or identification, she now believes she’s a woman named Coral Goran - and that it’s 1938. Her family struggles to come to terms with this turn of events while searching for answers. The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the …

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Couldn't Love You More 12:51

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South African and Indian elections: the aftermath 28:52

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2024 is the year of elections and already hundreds of millions of people around the world have been to the polls. A few months ago The Briefing Room looked ahead to elections in South Africa and India. Both have since delivered shocks to their ruling parties which failed to win parliamentary majorities. So why did the main parties in both countries…

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Book of the Week. Racing Tips. This Cultural Life 28:26

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Andrea Catherwood discusses the schedule change and original commissions for Radio 4's Book of the Week with Commissioning Editor, Hugh Levinson. The daily racing tips on Radio 4's Today programme have ended after 47 years. The news produced a mixed reaction from Feedback listeners. Tom Kerr, editor of The Racing Post explains why the move has ruff…

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Banks of Sicily 13:09

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In the depths of lockdown during 2020 multi-award-winning musician Karine Polwart offered to play a private gig for neighbour and local legend Al Beck just weeks before he would die from cancer. The resulting correspondence became an unexpectedly rewarding collaboration as they shared their love of music through Al's choice of songs. In this essay …

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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'general' 1:12

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Listen to Beth explain how to use the word 'general'. How many ways do you use the word 'general'? TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-91 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co…

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Introducing – A New Frontier 2:36

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Travel into the cosmos for a four-part series about the ethics of space exploration. Matthew Syed invites you to enter the vast wilderness of the galaxy to explore the moral dilemmas that sit at the heart of space exploration, and why they should matter to you. When the space race began in the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union dominated…

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4. War in the Dressing Room 41:05

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With one player attacked and another player under suspicion of being involved in it, the return of both Kheira Hamraoui, the victim, and Aminata Diallo, the accused, to the PSG was never going to be straight forward. Particularly as Diallo had close friends in the squad who felt a raging sense of injustice for their team-mate, who had faced the hum…

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