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Essential Classics

Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Thursday with Ian Skelly - Lapboard ladies, Elgar's Falstaff, Stephen Mangan

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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Lapboard ladies, Elgar's Falstaff, Stephen Mangan

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Thursday with Ian Skelly - Lapboard ladies, Elgar's Falstaff, Stephen Mangan

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actor Stephen Mangan.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. 

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. 

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. 

1050 This week Ian’s guest is the actor Stephen Mangan, best known for his roles in “Green Wing”, “I’m Alan Partridge” and “Episodes”, and recently BBC television’s “The Split”. He talks about some of the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career. 

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation


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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