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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: Boyhood

Boyhood

26/04/2015

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Texts and music on the theme of boyhood, with readings by Roger Ringrose and James Stewart

Texts and music on the theme of boyhood, with readings by Roger Ringrose and James Stewart. Including Dickens, Ogden Nash, Keats and Guiterman plus Tippett and Byrd.

Roger Ringrose and James Stewart contemplate boyhood in texts from Dickens' David Copperfield to the humorous verse of Ogden Nash, and Keats to Guiterman, including music by Tippett and Byrd.

Elizabeth Arno (producer).

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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