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The Essay

North East Free Thinkers

Episode 1: T Dan Smith

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Writer and film-maker Graeme Rigby looks back on the life of T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council. He envisioned the city as the 'Brasilia of the North'. Show more

The Essay

North East Free Thinkers

Episode 2: Gertrude Bell

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Kitty Fitzgerald explores the achievements of Gertrude Bell, and archaeologist, army intelligence officer and mountaineer who created the controversial map of modern Iraq in 1921. Show more

The Essay

North East Free Thinkers

Episode 3: William Armstrong

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Henrietta Heald celebrates the achievements of Victorian inventor and industrialist William Armstrong. He brought fame to the Tyne through manufacturing machinery and ships. Show more

The Essay

North East Free Thinkers

Episode 4: Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Poet Sean O'Brien on the growth of Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society or the Lit and Phil. It grew into one of the most important intellectual institutions of its age. Show more

The Essay

North East Free Thinkers

Episode 5: Audience Choice

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Professor Richard Gameson explains why BBC Newcastle and Radio 3 audiences voted the medieval monk and chronicler the Venerable Bede as the North East's greatest-ever Free Thinker. Show more