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Radio 3,17 May 2019,50 mins

Along The River

The Verb

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This week The Verb is messing about on the river of language, part of BBC Radio 3's season of programmes on Rivers. Ian McMillan is joined by the Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst, music journalist and broadcaster Jude Rogers and the poets Chris Wallace-Crabbe and MacGillivray. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Faith Lawrence

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