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The Envy of the World

on BBC Radio 3

Rudely Truncated. In the second of three documentaries charting the history of the Third Programme and Radio 3, Humphrey Carpenter investigates how the Third captured the intellectual high-ground with talks by the likes of Isaiah Berlin and Bertrand Russell. The Hilda Tablet plays of Henry Reed offered a lighter touch, and the Third broadcast one of the most famous programmes ever - Under Milk Wood. In 1957, cuts to the Third provoked a high-profile protest campaign. Meanwhile. the arrival of William Glock brought more contemporary European music to the network, leading to rumours that some British composers were officially excluded. Repeat

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Humphrey Carpenter
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Bertrand Russell.
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Hilda Tablet
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William Glock

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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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