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

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Music: Classical

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season: Proms Plus

BBC Proms: 2012: Proms Plus: The Handmaid's Tale

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The Handmaid's Tale

06/08/2012

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2012, Proms Plus, The Handmaid's Tale

Anne McElvoy introduces a discussion on Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale.

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Journalist Kate Adie and novelist Aminatta Forna discuss Margaret Atwood's celebrated novel The Handmaid's Tale, 25 years after its publication.

Veteran war reporter Kate Adie and novelist Aminatta Forna discuss Margaret Atwood's groundbreaking feminist novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale', twenty five years after its publication, in which a religious revolution has overthrown the American government. Anne McElvoy presents.

Producer Laura Thomas.

BBC Proms: 2012

BBC Proms: 2012: Proms Plus

Proms Plus

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.

All broadcasts from the 118th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of events providing a context to the 2012 Proms season's music and artists

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