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Proms UnpluckedEpisodes

  1. The Grumbling Appendix - an unnecessarily musical review of the 2017 season.

    Vikki reviews the season with Proms Director David Pickard, whilst playing a piano duet.

  2. Welcome to The Proms Unplucked

    Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.

  3. Welcome to the Proms Podcast 2017

    Composer and Comedian Vikki Stone welcomes you to the 2017 Proms Podcast series.

  4. The Well-Tempered Glass of Wine

    Vikki is backstage with the Stax stars and takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor to her first prom.

  5. The Saw and The Stone

    Vikki Stone gets playing and meets the flash prommers, a glass rubber and a saw bower.

  6. The Loneliness of the Late-Night Organist

    The glitz of Strictly, the RAH organ and a whack on a big Verdi Drum.

  7. The Listening Service: Beginnings - Proms 2018 Special

    An episode from The Listening Service discussing how music - and the 2018 Proms - begin.

  8. The Last Podcast of the Proms

    Vikki duets with Sir James Galway, rolls with Rick Astley, and queues the last night.

  9. The Interpreter

    Vikki Stone on the art of interpretation, the cadenza, jazz standards and Pointless.

  10. The First Date

    Vikki Stone starts her summer of "Prom Dates" and makes a music quiz obligatory.

  11. The Errors of Comedy

    Vikki takes a special look at the theme of Shakespeare and other potential Prom themes.

  12. The Corridor Monstrosity

    Vikki encounters a massive drum, some unexpected Daft Punk, chains and scaffold poles.

  13. The Baton Relay

    Vikki runs the inaugural Proms Unplucked (conductor's) Baton Relay athletics event.

  14. The Arrangement

    Vikki is backstage at the Scott Walker Prom and explores the many New Pieces of the Week.

  15. Talking Stick

    Vikki speaks to the ones with their backs to us, in a conductors' special.

  16. Rig Week

    Vikki Stone is backstage for the first night of the greatest classical music festival.

  17. Quincy Jones Celestial Twin

    Vikki talks parties with the awesome Quincy Jones and his friend Sir Michael Caine.

  18. Programme Notes

    Vikki is on eternity with Daniel Barenboim and the best spot to nap at the Albert Hall.

  19. Only Fools and Orchestras

    Vikki watches football in a park, a Prom in a car park, and Simon Rattle explains Boulez.

  20. Oh, What a Wonderful Podcast

    Vikki hangs with the Chaps in Chaps, backstage for a complete Oklahoma! prom.

  21. Of course Jamie Cullum's friends don't clap on 1 and 3

    Vikki is at the Jamie Cullum Prom and tries a binaural v. stereo listening challenge.

  22. Name That Tune

    Vikki on younger orchestras, science fiction, busking, and the first Proms Name That Tune.

  23. Name That Spoon

    Vikki explores Mozart conspiracy theories and plays Bizet spoons with Radio 3 controller.

  24. Last Minute Changes

    Vikki Stone takes you behind the scenes at the BBC Proms.

  25. It's Pronounced Purcell

    Vikki swings with the vocalists in a singers' special.

  26. It's Pronounced Bowie

    Vikki tries the tabla, talks electric violin and showbiz, and goes backstage at Bowie.

  27. Episode II: A New Episode

    Vikki on tricky scores, film scores, the John Williams phenomenon, and Shostakovich.

  28. Don't Trust 'em

    Vikki takes Imogen Heap to a prom and travels from the Reformation to a jazz revolution.

  29. 12 Cellists Walk Into a Green Room

    Vikki Stone focuses on the cello, one of the themes of this year's BBC Proms season.