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  1. Today21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Ma Rainey, 'The Mother of the Blues'Full Moon on Progress St

    Revealing the real lives of iconic Black female musicians.

  2. Tomorrow21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Josephine BakerFull Moon on Progress St

    Revealing the real lives of iconic Black female musicians.

  3. Monday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Episode 1You Me and the Wireless

    A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.

  4. Tuesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Episode 2You Me and the Wireless

    A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.

  5. Next Wednesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Episode 3You Me and the Wireless

    A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.

  6. Next Thursday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Episode 4You Me and the Wireless

    A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.

  7. Next Friday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Episode 5You Me and the Wireless

    A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.

  8. Mon 9 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The influential Italian singing masterMusic Rediscovered

    Brianna Robertson-Kirkland demonstrates the fashionable singing style in 1780s Edinburgh.

  9. Tue 10 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    A Ukrainian Jewish Fiddle playerMusic Rediscovered

    Phil Alexander delves into the rediscovered repertoire of Motl Reyder.

  10. Wed 11 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    A composer's South African journeyMusic Rediscovered

    Leah Broad explains why composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor emigrated to 50s South Africa.

  11. Thu 12 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The English music historianMusic Rediscovered

    Sophie Coulombeau looks at the ambitions of teacher scholar and composer Charles Burney.

  12. Fri 13 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The lost Ukrainian film scoreMusic Rediscovered

    Leo Geyer describes piecing together Dziga Vertov's music plan for Man with a Movie Camera

  13. Mon 16 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    GoldScotland Rocks

    1/5Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.(R)

  14. Tue 17 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    AgateScotland Rocks

    2/5Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.(R)

  15. Wed 18 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    AquamarineScotland Rocks

    3/5Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.(R)

  16. Thu 19 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    SerpentineScotland Rocks

    4/5Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.(R)

  17. Fri 20 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    AmberScotland Rocks

    5/5Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.(R)