Discussion & Talk

Audiobooks

Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

The Verb

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: Live from Broadcasting House

29/01/2010

Live from Broadcasting House

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Live from Broadcasting House

Ian McMillan presents a special edition from the BBC Radio Theatre.

Ian McMillan with a live edition of his cabaret of the word from the BBC Radio Theatre, featuring a Chekhov-inspired performance by improvisational group The Factory.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

The first living female playwright to have a play - Her Naked Skin - performed on the National Theatre's Olivier Stage, Rebecca is also the author of Shoreditch Madonna; A Soldier's Tale and The Night Season. She presents a brand new commission written specially for the programme. 

Luke Wright

Poet-in-residence on Radio Four's Saturday Live, Luke Wright is a winner of the Time Out Critics' Circle Award and "the hard-working heir to John Hegley", according to The Guardian. He performs new work from his show The Petty Concerns of Luke Wright. 

The Factory

Specialising in improvised versions of celebrated plays, The Factory have been called "super cool" and "unforgettable" by critics. As part of Radio 3's ongoing Chekhov celebrations, they give his play The Seagull the unique Factory treatment. 

Toby Litt

Novelist Toby Litt presents another of his much-loved Verb Guides, this time to 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho's famous 'frog haiku':

Faru ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

Tune in to hear it in English! 

Christopher Reid

The winner of the 2009 Costa Book Award discusses his moving poetry collection The Scattering.

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.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Verb

Live from Broadcasting House

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3