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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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Drama on 3

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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: Curated by Harriet Walter

Harold Pinter

Harriet Walter

Guy Paul

Indira Varma

Nicholas Woodeson

Toby Swift

Harry Burton

Drama on 3: Curated by Harriet Walter: Episode 1: A Kind of Alaska and Ashes to Ashes

A Kind of Alaska and Ashes to Ashes

Episode 1

Episode 1: A Kind of Alaska and Ashes to Ashes

Curated by Harriet Walter

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Curated by Harriet Walter, A Kind of Alaska and Ashes to Ashes

Harold Pinter's plays A Kind of Alaska and Ashes to Ashes, starring Harriet Walter.

Harriet Walter stars in two plays by Harold Pinter, playing the roles of women dealing with profound loss of two different sorts.

Harriet Walter stars in two of Harold Pinter's later plays, each providing her with a challenging role she has never taken on before. In 'A Kind of Alaska', she is Deborah, who has lost the last 29 years to sleep; and in 'Ashes to Ashes', Rebecca is haunted by an altogether different kind of loss. 

A Kind of Alaska:
Deborah ..... Harriet Walter
Hornby ..... Guy Paul
Pauline ..... Indira Varma

Directed by Toby Swift

Ashes to Ashes:
Rebecca ..... Harriet Walter
Devlin ..... Nicholas Woodeson

Directed by Harry Burton

Produced by Toby Swift.

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.

Series of dramas curated by Dame Harriet Walter, all drawn from the theatre

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