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Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice

Comedian, broadcaster and GP Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice for the delight or disdain of the others

The Music Group: Series 4

The Music Group: Series 4: Episode 2

Episode 2

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 - The Music Group, Series 4, Episode 2

Phil Hammond's guests are Marina Lewycka, Grayson Perry and Professor Nicky Clayton.

Phil Hammond's guests are novelist Marina Lewycka, sculptor Grayson Perry and neuroscientist tango queen Professor Nicky Clayton.

Novelist Marina Lewycka joins artist Grayson Perry and self-proclaimed "bird nerd" Professor Nicky Clayton to explain why they've brought along a bittersweet aria, an autobiographical rant about father/son relationships and a popular Argentine tune, in some frank and funny discussion.

Find out what Mozart has in common with a pop song about a polka dot bikini; what happens to cross-dressers when they hit the age of fifty and what the sexual behaviour of birds has to do with the history of tango. 

With Phil Hammond.

The Music Choices are:
Dove sono i bei moment from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro 
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland
Surviving Twin by Loudon Wainwright
III Pavadita by Alfredo De Angelis y su orquesta

Producer: Tamsin Hughes.
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