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  1. Rock Transition

    Laura Snapes explores how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create art and music

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Dame Vera Lynn: We’ll Meet Again

    A birthday tribute celebrating the life and work of Dame Vera Lynn.

    BBC Two

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    The Sound of Bombs

    Fatima Al Qadiri explores how the sounds of war run through modern music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Dermot O'Leary

    Dermot O'Leary presents a music and entertainment breakfast show.

    BBC Radio 2

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  5. Mark Steel Does Hip Hop

    Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Jazzed Up: How Jazz Changed Britain

    Kevin Le Gendre explores the spread of jazz into popular UK culture.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  7. Tunes from the Trash

    South America Correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Laura Mvula's Miles Davis

    Laura Mvula and Jason Yarde, Laura Jurd, Kevin Le Gendre discuss jazz legend Miles Davis.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Co-Sheirm

    Archive music series featuring choirs and soloists.

    BBC ALBA

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  10. Making the Grade

    Why do older people take up instruments and put themselves through music exams?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. All in a Chord

    Ivan Hewett examines five chords to test the idea that harmony is a reflection of history.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  12. Music Night at Brownlow

    Series that captures the variety and scope of the music that is Ulster-Scots.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  13. Tony Blackburn's Golden Hour

    Tony Blackburn spins his personal pick of the hits from across the decades.

    BBC Radio 2

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  14. Radio 1's Dance Party with Danny Howard

    Radio 1's official start to the weekend!

    BBC Radio 1

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  15. The Sound of Soweto

    Thabiso Mohare explores the musical life of Soweto.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  16. Píobairí Ard Mhacha - The Armagh Pipers

    Documentary series telling the story of the Armagh Pipers Club.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  17. The Danube Ain't Blue, It's Green

    Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music

    An imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. The Envy of the World

    Humphrey Carpenter charts the history of the Third Programme and Radio 3

    BBC Radio 3

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  20. Take the Floor

    Gary Innes presents the very best in Scottish dance music.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  21. Up Close And Personal

    Clarke Peters follows the croon and practitioners of the art including Rudy Vallee.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Sweet Mother KD

    Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Trevor Nelson

    Some of the best music from across the decades to get you through the afternoon.

    BBC Radio 2

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  24. Mighty Real - McAlmont Sings Sylvester

    David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Eisteddfod yr Urdd

    Darllediadau cynhwysfawr o Eisteddfod yr Urdd. Extensive coverage of the National Urdd ...

    S4C

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  26. Blue Canvas: The Artist Miles Davis

    A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces

    The Pistols' played their first and last gig in Yorkshire - what influence did punk have?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Field Notes: The Irishman Who Invented the Nocturne

    Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Ricky Ross Meets

    Ricky Ross in conversation with some of our most admired songwriters and musicians.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  30. The Listening Service

    An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service

    BBC Radio 3

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  31. Shakespeare's Bookshelf

    Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare.

    BBC Radio 3

  32. Huw Stephens

    Cerddoriaeth newydd a hen, wedi'i ddewis yn wythnosol gan Huw Stephens o'i gasgliad person

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  33. Mark Kermode's Celluloid Jukebox

    Mark Kermode conducts a very personal tour of the last 60 years of pop music in cinema

    BBC Radio 2

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  34. Georgia Ruth

    Dewis eclectig o gerddoriaeth.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  35. Rhys Mwyn

    Clasuron coll o gasgliad Rhys Mwyn, a gwesteion yn hel atgofion am yr 80au a'r 90au.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  36. Folk Club

    Folk and traditional music from Ireland and beyond. Presented by Neil Martin.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  37. The Women Who Wrote Rock

    Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Turntable Tales

    Colleen Murphy celebrates the development and impact of the record-playing turntable.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  39. Laura Barton's Notes from a Musical Island

    Laura Barton takes a close listen to music found in different landscapes around Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Black, White and Beethoven

    Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Tropicalia - Revolution in Sound

    A revolution in music, politics and attitude - how Tropicalia exploded in Brazil.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. The Gospel Truth

    Financial educator Alvin Hall examines gospel music and commercialisation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  43. Syrena Songs

    The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Compression versus Art

    Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Record Review

    A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations.

    BBC Radio 3

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  46. Tiny Tinkles

    Rainer Hersch investigates how and why tinkly music is so evocative of childhood.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance

    The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.

    BBC Four

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    JFK: The Vinyl Reaction

    How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Music Extra

    Selected BBC music documentaries drawn from across the world.

    BBC World Service

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  50. When Stockhausen Came to Huddersfield

    The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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