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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: 09/09/2008

09/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, 09/09/2008

Susan Hitch is joined by playwright Stephen Poliakoff to discuss Russian literature.

Stephen Poliakoff joins Susan Hitch to discuss his favourite Russian literature, and how it relates to his own Russian family history.

From his apartment overlooking the Kremlin, playwright and director Stephen Poliakoff's father had a first-hand view of the events of the Russian Revolution. Poliakoff tells Susan Hitch about his father's experiences as a youth in Russia, and looks at how his family history and some of the greats of Russian literature, from Dostoevsky to Chekhov, have influenced his own work.

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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