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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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4 Extra Debut. The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter: Pablo Picasso moves to Montparnasse. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter: The Great War and Marcel Duchamp. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter: The Great War and Marcel Duchamp. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter: 1924 and the Surrealist Manifesto. Read by Tracey Ann Oberman. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quarter: Salvador Dali, 1930 and beyond. Concluded by Tracey Ann Oberman. Show more

Book of the Week

In Montmartre

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Pablo turns up with his Catalan friend Casagemas during the World Fair and quickly feels at home, painting the scene and carousing in such notorious watering holes as the 'Zut'. Show more

Book of the Week

In Montmartre

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Picasso must sell his work to survive and he meets up with some remarkable dealers. He also falls for the charms of Fernande, his new muse and lover. Show more

Book of the Week

In Montmartre

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By 1906, Picasso has met with Matisse. They look, behave and paint very differently to each other. There is respect but also rivalry between the two of them. Show more

Book of the Week

In Montmartre

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Picasso and Fernande are off to Spain. Ochre houses, white roads and azure skies are very different to the hues of Montmartre, and open the mind to some fantastic possibilities. Show more

Book of the Week

In Montmartre

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Packing up their possessions, Picasso and Fernande head for the gentility of another area, Clichy. But what would Montmartre really mean to its resident artists and their work? Show more