Words and Music Episodes Episode guide
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Rest and Respite
Poems of pause and peace, read by David Ajao and Florence Roberts.
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Crossed Wires
Tales of telephones and miscommunication, read by Jonathan Keeble and Briony Rawle.
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Flights of Fancy
Barbara Flynn and Hugo Speer with readings and music on imaginative and physical flight.
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Dickens's World
Sam West reads the letters of Charles Dickens, marking the 150th anniversary of his death
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Only Connect
Inspired by the words of EM Forster, we explore ways of connecting in music and literature
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Derek Jarman's Garden
Tilda Swinton and Samuel Barnett with readings from and inspired by Derek Jarman's work.
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Gratitude
Florence Nightingale to VE day, Clive James on critics to Audrey Hepburn's note of thanks.
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Easter
From Easter flowers to Passover meals and midnight church services.
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Goddesses and Monsters
An exploration of women, sacred and profane, from Medusa and Circe to the Madonna.
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Nordic Noir
Lars Mikkelsen and Vera Vitali read from a dark seam of Nordic literature.
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Less Is More
Jane Lapotaire and John Heffernan enter the world of the simple, the small and the lost.
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In Therapy
Buffy Davis and Simon Tcherniak explore the therapeutic relationship in poetry and prose.
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Welcome To Heartbreak
Zubin Varla and Katie West guide you through the operatic emotions of a broken heart.
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Commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz
With readers Henry Goodman and Maria Friedman
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In Pursuit
Is the chase sometimes better than the catch? Readings by Heather Craney and Clive Hayward
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Boredom, Restlessness, Killing Time
An exploration of boredom, as spur to action or opportunity for contemplation.
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Drink and No Drink
Taking inspiration from toasts, parties, hangovers and prohibition.
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Bah! Humbug!
Dominic West and Ruth Bradley explore the challenging aspects of Christmas.
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Entering the World of Books
Stephen Mangan & Helen Monks explore attitudes to reading in prose & poetry set to music.
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George Eliot's World
Novels, letters and journals read by Fiona Shaw, Ellie Kendrick and Philip Bretherton.
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Secrets and Discoveries
Hidden messages, secret loves and journeys of discovery in poetry, prose and music.
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Remembering Weimar 1919-1933
Poems, prose, song and music inspired in and by the brilliant but doomed German republic.
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What Is Modern Art?
From scoffing critics to celebrations of invention-prose, poetry and music inspired by art
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The Window
Adjoa Andoh and John Rowe are the readers as we move from Messiaen to Mary Jean Chan
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Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Actors Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdalla with readings, music and recordings from Granada.
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Truth
'The truth is rarely pure and never simple.' Readings by Morfydd Clark and Neil Dudgeon.
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Body Beautiful
Sophie Robinson and Giles Terera turn their poetic gaze upon the beauty of the human body.
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Dead Meat
Literature and music that explores the opposing worlds of meat eating and vegetarianism.
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Life through a Screen
Aoife McMahon and William Hope view the world through glass screens and handheld devices.
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Life Rafts
Music by Britten, Lili Boulanger, Baaba Maal. Prose about Noah, the Kon-Tiki, refugees now
