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  1. Proms Plus Literary - Louis MacNeice

    Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and poet Paul Farley on the work of one of the most...

  2. Proms Plus Literary - Light Music

    The writers Simon Heffer and Andrew O'Hagan discuss the halcyon days of light music at...

  3. Proms Plus Literary - Ken Russell

    Glenda Jackson MP and film critic Mark Kermode celebrate the work of the late Ken the...

  4. Proms Plus Literary - John Tavener

    Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles on...

  5. Proms Plus Literary - John le Carré

    In a special event John le Carré celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Cold War The...

  6. Proms Plus Literary - Jane Glover

    Conductor Jane Glover begins a new four part series in which musicians from this Proms...

  7. PROMS PLUS LITERARY - Gavin Maxwell

    Nature writers Miriam Darlington and Horatio Clare join Rana Mitter to discuss the of...

  8. Proms Plus Literary - Edward Gardner

    The Music Director of the ENO Edward Gardner, who will be conducting a concert of in...

  9. Proms Plus Literary - Edward Elgar

    Award-winning film-maker John Bridcut introduces a selection of fascinating and about...

  10. Proms Plus Literary - Dylan Thomas

    The current National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke and the painter Peter Blake the of...

  11. Proms Plus Literary - Desert Island

    Which literary works make the most entries into celebrity choices on Radio 4’s is by...

  12. Proms Plus Literary - David Hill

    Conductor David Hill continues the series in which leading musicians from this Proms...

  13. Proms Plus Literary - Craig Raine

    The poet Craig Raine discusses the ways in which borrowing and reshaping existing is a...

  14. Proms Plus Literary - Christine Rice

    Christine Rice with presenter Matthew Sweet, conclude the series of events in which of...

  15. Proms Plus Literary - Chinese Culture Today

    Professor Rana Mitter discusses contemporary Chinese culture with a novelist and film...

  16. Proms Plus Literary - Britten & Poetry

    Benjamin Britten's compositions were inspired by the work of many poets and novelists,...

  17. Proms Plus Literary - Billy Budd

    D.H. Lawrence hailed Herman Melville's novella, Billy Budd, a masterpiece when it was...

  18. Proms Plus Literary - Arab Spring

    BBC correspondent Ed Stourton is joined by Ahdaf Soueif & Karl Sharro to explore the...

  19. Proms Plus Literary

    Playwright Mark Ravenhill and actor and writer Simon Callow discuss Faust with Matthew...

  20. Proms Plus Literary

    The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the -...

  21. Proms Plus Literary

    Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and presenter Ian McMillan introduce...

  22. Proms Plus Literary

    Tariq Ali and Daniel Karlin discuss the writer Kipling and authors Val McDermid and in...

  23. Proms Plus Literary

    Kate Mosse and Edmund de Waal discuss great French literary classics with Matthew and...

  24. Proms Plus Literary

    Matthew Sweet talks to Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist...

  25. Proms Plus Literary

    Biographer John Carey and author Meg Rosoff join Ian McMillan to discuss one of -...

  26. Proms Plus – exploring the narrative voice in literature

    Sarah Dillon and novelist Richard Beard on narrative voices in literature

  27. Proms Literary Festival

    A celebration of Schiller's Ode to Joy sung by Billy Bragg. Exploring the genius of...

  28. Proms Literary Festival

    Ian McMillan discusses the story of Hansel and Gretal and its continuing relevance to...

  29. Proms Lecture: Frank Cottrell-Boyce

    Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the cultural legacy of the 2012 Olympics and the role of the arts

  30. Proms Lecture - Daniel Levitin: Music and Our Brains

    Daniel Levitin explores new thinking about the relationship between music and memory

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