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Counterpoint: Series 30

Counterpoint: Series 30: Episode 11: Semi-Final 2, 2016

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Episode 11: Semi-Final 2, 2016

Series 30

Semi-Final 2, 2016

BBC Radio 4 - Counterpoint, Series 30, Semi-Final 2, 2016

Paul Gambaccini chairs the challenging quiz about music of all kinds.

Three more amateur music lovers compete for a place in the 30th Counterpoint final, with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions about music of every variety.

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The second semi-final of Counterpoint 2016 features another three competitors who've won through from the heats stage. Paul Gambaccini asks the questions, requiring a knowledge ranging from symphonic poems to no.1 pop albums of 2016. As always, the competitors also have to pick a special topic on which to answer an individual round of questions, with no prior warning of the categories. The winner will return in two weeks' time in the grand Final at the BBC Proms.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz.

Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz, with contestants from all over the UK competing to become Radio 4's musical mastermind for 2016.

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