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  1. Bobby Friction

    New British Asian sounds and Desi beats from around the world.

    BBC Asian Network

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  2. Feel the Chant: The Brit Funk Story

    David Grant revisits a unique era in British music with the Jazz-funk explosion.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Baroque Busted

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch and guests answer listeners' questions about Baroque music

    BBC Radio 3

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  4. David Rodigan

    The best new cutting-edge reggae and classic cuts.

    BBC Radio 1Xtra

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  5. The Sound and the Fury in Concert

    Performances recorded for BBC Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music

    BBC

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  6. The Story of Music Question Time

    Sue Perkins and Tom Service unravel everything listeners have ever wondered about music

    BBC Radio 3

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  7. BBC Introducing - Lancashire & Cumbria

    William Wolstenholme shares the best local musical talent from Lancashire and Cumbria.

    BBC Local Radio

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  8. BBC Introducing - The South West

    Bringing you the best in unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music.

    BBC Local Radio

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  9. Mary Anne Hobbs

    Fascinating musical journeys with an infusion of the Arts with Mary Anne Hobbs.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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  10. The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

    Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of folk and acoustic music from around the world.

    BBC Radio 2

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  11. BBC Introducing - North East

    Shakk with unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from the North East.

    BBC Local Radio

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  12. Bellydancing and the Blues

    Guy Schalom hunts out the spirit of the new Egypt in the musical roots of the bellydance

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Physicist's Guide to the Orchestra

    Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Asian Network's Bengali Entertainment Show with Nadia Ali

    Bengali music, entertainment and news with Nadia Ali.

    BBC Asian Network

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  15. The Rock Show with Shaun Keaveny

    Shaun curates an hour of the best rock ever heard on Radio 2. Plus Women Who Rock!

    BBC Radio 2

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  16. Mastertapes

    John Wilson talks with musicians about a career-defining album.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Earworms

    6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Miranda Sawyer looks at one of music's most distinctive artists Siouxsie and the Banshees.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Lou Reed's New York Shuffle

    Lou Reed and Hal Willner's eclectic radio show.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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  20. Piano Keys

    Answering Radio 3 listeners' questions about anything to do with the piano

    BBC Radio 3

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  21. Rock 'n' Roll in Four Movements

    Stuart Maconie on rock musicians who combined symphony and pop music in the 60s and 70s

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Darwin's Tunes

    Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    The Godfather of Ulster Punk

    Alan Dein meets figurehead of the Northern Irish punk scene, Terri Hooley.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Changing My Voice

    Christopher Gabbitas explores the effects on singers of changing the pitch of their voice.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Lynn Bowles

    Music, entertainment, and great guests for your Sunday afternoon.

    BBC Radio Wales

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  26. Modern Day Griot

    Meet the modern musicians adapting traditional West African music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma

    Documentary exploring the contradictions of Frederick Delius's colourful life.

    BBC Four

  28. Follow-Up Albums

    Music critic Pete Paphides tells the story behind three follow-up albums

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. The First LP in Ireland

    The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews

    A weekly dose of the blues.

    BBC Radio 2

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  31. Conjuring Halie

    Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Folk Song, Art Song

    Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. The BBC Introducing Mixtape

    Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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  34. Gilles Peterson

    Joining the musical dots: soul, hip-hop, house, Afro, Latin, electronica, jazz and beyond

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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  35. Radio 1's Dance Anthems

    The biggest dance anthems on the planet!

    BBC Radio 1

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  36. The Residency on Radio 1 Dance

    The biggest names in dance music from the underground to the arena.

    BBC Radio 1 Dance

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  37. In The Lounge With Rich Morton

    Comedian and musician Rich Morton explores the laid-back world of lounge music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The 12 Inch Single

    Paul Morley on the 7 inch single's grand relative - the 12 inch - and its peak in the 80s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Songs for Tahrir

    Reem Kelani explores the role of music in the Egyptian revolution of early 2011.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Lark Ascending

    Dame Diana Rigg tells the story behind the ever popular The Lark Ascending.

    BBC Four

  41. Sounds of the 20th Century: The 90s

    Fearne Cotton looks back at the Sounds of the 1990s.

    BBC Radio 2

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  42. Songs for Madame Vasnier

    Richard Langham Smith on the songs Debussy wrote for his muse Madame Vasnier.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Beverley's World of Music

    Musical performance across Wales - orchestras, choirs, bands and musical theatre

    BBC Radio Wales

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  44. Black Is a Country

    Exploring the underground music generated by the Black Power and Black Arts movements

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  45. How Folk Songs Should Be Sung

    Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.

    BBC Radio 4

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    In Search of Barney Bubbles

    The hunt for the truth about the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Kerry McLean

    Join Kerry McLean for great music, chat and requests.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  48. The Bob Graham Round

    Can the beauty of the Lake District and the grit of fell running inspire a composer?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Blue Notes, Cold Nights

    How Scandinavia became home to a generation of African-American jazz and blues musicians.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    When the Levee Breaks

    Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.

    BBC Radio 4

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