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Crime and Captivity

BBC Radio 3
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While Beethoven was writing Fidelio, belief in the positive power of the prison was fast gaining ground. Roy Porter asks: why?

9.00 Act 2

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Speaker:
Roy Porter
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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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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