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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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A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: Sons and Daughter of the Soil

Sons and Daughter of the Soil

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Texts and music on the theme of working on the land read by Emilia Fox and Alex Jennings.

A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of working on the land, with readings by Emilia Fox and Alex Jennings.

Emilia Fox and Alex Jennings with a selection of readings and music reflecting the lives of those who work the land, including poems by 
Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Sasha Dugdale, Dylan Thomas and Virgil. Music of an agricultural nature comes from Benjamin Britten, Debussy, Duke Ellington, Scott Walker and Ivor Gurney among others.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

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.

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