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Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Over 350 editions available in the archive.

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Search the extensive archive for interviews, debates and reviews. Go to Free Thinking for the new home of arts and ideas on Radio 3.

Night Waves: Free Thinking 2009

Night Waves: Free Thinking 2009: Sport or the Arts

Free Thinking 2009

05/11/2009

Sport or the Arts

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Free Thinking 2009, Sport or the Arts

Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts.

In an audience discussion recorded at 2009's Free Thinking festival, Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts.

In a discussion recorded in front of an audience at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking ideas festival at the Sage, Gateshead, Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts.

Global sport is a triumphant blend of high drama, athletic grace and operatic personalities. But is it really the noblest of endeavours or an overhyped money market? And can the arts be dismissed as elitist when season tickets cost a fortune and our great galleries are free?

As the 2012 Olympics approaches, a panel from both worlds tackle the issues. It features Simon Pryde, presenter of BBC Newcastle's Total Sport; Ed Smith, former test cricketer and author of What Sport Teaches You About Life; Bill Feaver, art critic and author of The Pitmen Painters; Edith Hall, historian of ancient Greece and Martin Kelner, author and sports writer.

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Radio 3's ideas festival, with interviews, talks, public debates, drama and performance

Radio 3's festival of ideas, featuring interviews, talks, public debates, drama and live performance. With contributions from today's leading thinkers, artists, scientists and writers

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