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The Music Machine

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Tommy Pearson sets out on a journey that spans over 40,000 years, on a quest to find the very first music, with his guide Helene la Rue, Music Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. On his way he meets Ug the Caveman and discovers the first musical instrument of all time.
Producer Christina Pritchard

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Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Producer:
Christina Pritchard
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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