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Scientists, body-snatchers and eccentrics meet in Shelagh Stevenson 's new comedy of science and morality. Richard Coles reports on tonight's premiere in Manchester and explores the life and work of Joseph Wright of Derby, whose iconic painting An Experiment with an Air-Pump inspired Stevenson's play.
Bill Buford of the New Yorker provides his weekly cultural comment from
America, and Welsh National Opera's first new production of Britten's Billy Budd for 18 years is reviewed. Producer Julian May

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Shelagh Stevenson
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Richard Coles
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Joseph Wright
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Bill Buford
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Billy Budd
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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