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Words and Music Episodes

  1. The Seven Deadly Sins

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

  2. Foxes and Wolves

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

  3. Walks in Two Worlds

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

  4. Black Square

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

  5. Russia after the Revolution

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

  6. Footloose

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

  7. The Art of Forgetting

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

  8. I, Robot

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

  9. Things Fall Apart

    Emma Fielding and Robert Glenister with readings on decay and decadence.

  10. Mindfulness and 'I': the sense of self

    Poetry, prose and music reflecting on the meaning of our existence.

  11. The Great Escape

    From holidays to prison breaks, sleep and death, with Adrian Dunbar and Jade Anouka.

  12. Making Music

    Sylvestra Le Touzel and Paul Jesson explore, via readings, what we do when we make music.

  13. Partition

    A sequence of music and readings about the Partition of India and its legacy.

  14. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang!

    Molls, murder and mean streets with Henry Goodman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

  15. Arcadia

    Texts and music about pastoral landscapes, with readers Fiona Shaw and Jamie Glover.

  16. Let's Write a List

    Texts and music on the theme of list-making, with readers Jon Strickland and Emma Powell.

  17. Canada: From Sea to Sea to Sea

    William Hope and Jane Perry with music and words reflecting settlers travelling to Canada.

  18. Such Sweet Sadness

    A sequence of poetry, prose and music, with readings by Siobhan Redmond and Harry Anton.

  19. Clouds

    Texts and music on the theme of clouds. With readers Simon Russell Beale and Adjoa Andoh.

  20. O Albion

    Texts and music on the theme of England, with readings by Meera Syal and Philip Franks.

  21. Circles, Curves and Contours

    Texts and music about circles, curves and contours. Readers: Deborah Findlay, Hugh Fraser.

  22. Nostalgia

    Texts and music on the theme of nostalgia, with readings by Samantha Bond and Scott Handy.

  23. The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

    Texts and music inspired by a 1559 Bruegel painting. Readers: Jenny Agutter, Peter Wight.

  24. April Showers

    Texts and music on the theme of precipitation.

  25. Lost and Found

    Texts and music on the theme of being lost, with readers Harriet Walter and Don Warrington

  26. In the Dark

    Texts and music about 'being in the dark'. Readers: Emily Bruni and Robert Bathurst.

  27. Free Thinking: The Speed of Life

    Music and readings on the theme of 'the speed of life'. With Kim Gerard and Samuel West.

  28. The Messenger

    A sequence of poetry, prose and music, with readings by Ewan Bailey and Clare Perkins.

  29. Life on the Ocean Wave

    Music and readings reflecting nautical life, read by Lesley Sharp and John Shrapnel.

  30. The Silver Swan

    Texts and music on the theme of swans, with readers Anthony Calf and Louise Jameson.

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