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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: Christmas Close Up

The Essay: Christmas Close Up: Episode 4: Black Magus

Christmas Close Up

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Episode 4: Black Magus

Black Magus

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Theologian Robert Beckford reflects on the magi as a symbol of cultural inclusion.

"In the face of the Magus I saw a vision of blackness as sanctity: black meaning something good."

In a series exploring the enduring significance of the Nativity story, theologian Robert Beckford reflects on the Magi as a symbol of social inclusion.

Producer: Dan Tierney.

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 exploring the enduring significance of the Nativity story

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