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Words and Music Episodes

  1. Hey, Little Hen

    Sophie Thompson and Alex Waldmann enter the curious world of man's old friend the chicken.

  2. Boredom, Restlessness, Killing Time

    An exploration of boredom. A spur to action or an opportunity for contemplation?

  3. The Mighty Oak

    Readings by Sian Phillips and Joseph Mydell. Music by Verdi, Smetana and Britten.

  4. The Chessboard

    Readings from Adjoa Andoh and Henry Goodman. Music from Shostakovich to The Rolling Stones

  5. Heroines

    Readers Tuppence Middleton and Patsy Ferran, plus figures Malala Yousafzai and Rosa Parks.

  6. Seven

    Hayley Atwell and Simon Callow read texts and poems related to the number seven.

  7. The Wedding

    Anna Maxwell Martin and Jamie Glover read poetry and prose on the theme of 'The Wedding'.

  8. The Uncanny

    Morfydd Clark and Arinze Kene with both the familiar and the eerie in music and readings.

  9. The Long and Winding Road

    Music and writing on roads from Hardy to Nelson Mandela, Christina Rossetti to Catullus.

  10. Dreams and Nightmares

    Readings by Brid Brennan & Jade Anouka & music including Brahms, Debussy & Aretha Franklin

  11. Catalogue of Trees

    Poems, prose and music about trees, with readers Emma Fielding and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

  12. Man's Best Friend

    Actors Claire Benedict and Robert Lindsay read poems and prose about all things canine.

  13. Free Thinking: The One and the Many

    The One and the Many with readers Carolyn Pickles and Jonathan Keeble.

  14. Mothers and Daughters

    Words and Music on the theme of Mothers and Daughters.

  15. Somewhere or Other

    In search of the perfect person, the perfect place and things that happen along the way.

  16. Seven Ages of Love

    Samuel West and Hattie Morahan with poems and prose on love from young to old.

  17. Metal

    Jemima Rooper and Ewan Bailey present poetry and music relating to metallic elements.

  18. Dystopia

    Samantha Bond and Tobias Menzies read poetry and prose on the theme of dystopia.

  19. The Garden

    Sally Phillips and Bertie Carvel read poems and texts on the theme of The Garden.

  20. Plague, Pox and Pestilence

    From Daniel Defoe to WB Yeats. The readers are Michael Fenton Stevens and Josette Simons.

  21. The Moon

    The silvery goddess loved by poets and composers including music actually sent to the Moon

  22. A Celebration of the Life of Bach

    The words of Bach and those who knew him. With readers Roger Allam and David Annen.

  23. The Seven Deadly Sins

    Adjoa Andoh and Rory Kinnear with poetry and music exploring human sins.

  24. Foxes and Wolves

    A programme exploring wolves as both wild and nurturing, foxes as both cunning and prey.

  25. Walks in Two Worlds

    An exploration of different worlds in text and music including Coleridge, Chopin and Satie

  26. Black Square

    Lisa Dwan and Peter Marinker present a programme exploring the idea of abstraction.

  27. Russia after the Revolution

    A sequence of readings and music from Russia spanning the century since the Revolution.

  28. Footloose

    Dancing, marching, washing, binding: with readings by Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst.

  29. The Art of Forgetting

    Claire Benedict and David Neilson read literary musings on forgetting and forgetfulness.

  30. I, Robot

    Kenneth Colley and Yolanda Kettle in an exploration of robots and automata.

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