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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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The Essay Podcast

The Essay

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Between the Essays

The Essay: Between the Essays: Episode 1: Prelude

Prelude

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Episode 1: Prelude

Between the Essays

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Sophie Townsend explores what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

Australian radio producer Sophie Townsend presents a feature exploring what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, each feature taking on the qualities of one piece within a musical suite.

In tonight's edition, 'Prelude', the Australian producer Sophie Townsend offers a tender exploration of what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

Produced by Sophie Townsend
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 3.

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.

Radio producers from around the world present features, creating a 'musical suite' of them

Radio producers from around the world present features, each taking on the qualities of one piece within a musical suite

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