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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: The Whale Road

The Whale Road

10/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, The Whale Road

Kathleen Jamie tries to discover why there are remains of whales all around the UK coast.

Kathleen Jamie tries to discover why, all around the coast of the British Isles, as well as inland, there can be found the remains of whales.

All around the coast of the British Isles, and also in some remarkable places inland, there can be found the remains of whales: slowly rotting skulls and arches made from their huge bones. Kathleen Jamie tries to discover why thes monuments have been raised and what they mean.

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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