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Series in which Suzy Klein explores the transformation of music in the 19th century. She shows how it became a revolutionary force that changed the world. Show more
Celebrating the string quartet through 50 years of BBC archive. Ensembles including the Amadeus, Chilingirian, Borodin and Kronos quartets perform in myriad styles and settings. Show more
German historical drama. Jakob Simon dreams of emigrating from his poverty-stricken life as the son of a blacksmith in Schabbach, a village in rural Rhineland. Show more
German historical drama. Jakob Simon dreams of emigrating from his poverty-stricken life as the son of a blacksmith in Schabbach, a village in rural Rhineland. Show more
Adam Nicolson traces our modern sense of self back to when ordinary people first took up the quill, both as a means of escape and of fighting for what you believed. Show more
Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II, who presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Show more
Celebrating the string quartet through 50 years of BBC archive. Ensembles including the Amadeus, Chilingirian, Borodin and Kronos quartets perform in myriad styles and settings. Show more
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