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Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Classical Music Channel

Available for 3 months

Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu reimagine Schubert's song cycle Winterreise in the wintry setting of an Alpine landscape. Show more

Music Matters

Karajan on BBC Four, A Celebration of the Viola, George Frideric Handel - A Life with Friends

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Tom Service reviews a new Handel biography with Robin Blaze and Tess Knighton, previews John Bridcut's TV documentary on conductor Herbert von Karajan and celebrates the viola. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Blaze
Interviewed Guest:
Tess Knighton
Interviewed Guest:
John Bridcut
Interviewed Guest:
Brett Dean
Interviewed Guest:
Tabea Zimmermann
Interviewed Guest:
Garth Knox

How the BBC Began

Series 1

Accident and Opportunity

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontiers of broadcasting were mapped out – often by accident rather than design. Show more

How the BBC Began

Series 1

Building the Audience

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked, and staff from the BBC’s monitoring service explain the role they played in defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis. Show more

How the BBC Began

Series 1

Shooting the Rapids

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War. Show more