Rob Cowan, with poet and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan, celebrate Red Nose Day by inviting listeners to join a game of Consequences. Show more
Sarah Walker chairs a special Red Nose Day quiz edition, challenging two teams of celebrity guests as well as Radio 3 listeners to a light-hearted battle of wits. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the history of the musical spoof. Who are the spoofs, and who are the unlikely musicians whose lives are so utterly absurd they can only be true? Show more
Louise Fryer presents a special Red Nose Day edition, with contributions from comics such as Lenny Henry, the BBC Singers and BBC orchestras, and listeners' favourite musical fun. Show more
For Red Nose Day, Sean Rafferty talks classical music with members of the Australian nobility: Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. With improvisations from Harry the Piano. Show more
The BBC CO's Red Nose Day concert features popular classics, with soloists Nicola Benedetti and Julian Lloyd Webber, and stand-up comedy from Tim Vine and Marcus Brigstocke. Show more
Ian McMillan presents a special edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word. Garrison Keillor reads from his first collection of poetry and Ginger and Black perform musical comedy. Show more
Donald Macleod describes Stravinsky's emotional return to his Russian homeland during the period of incessant travel that would define his final years. Show more
Academic Mona Siddiqui explores her affection for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, explaining how it spoke over the centuries directly to her own experience. Show more
Mary Ann Kennedy presents a session with Japanese tsugaru-shamisen duo Etsuro Ono and Shunsuke Kimura, as well as new music from around the world. Show more
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Including Neville Marriner conducting the Radio France Philharmonic and piano soloist Philippe Cassard in a work Mozart. Show more
