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Drama on 3

The Present Experiment

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Celebrating seventy years to the hour that the Third Programme was launched, Robin Brooks's fantastical comedy romps through the first hours of the pioneering station's life. Show more

Contributors

Katherine, the Herald:
Pippa Bennett-Warner
George Barnes:
Pip Torrens
Gwylim Jones:
Trystan Gravelle
Lawrence O'Neill:
Jonjo O'Neill
Roland Givens:
Tim Potter
Guy Burgess:
Gunnar Cauthery
William Hayley:
Michael Bertenshaw
Rex Hardcastle:
Adrian Scarborough
Virginia, the Sorceress:
Carolyn Pickles
Ethel McRea:
Natasha Cowley

Genres

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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