Words and Music Episodes Episode guide
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Actors Martins Imhangbe and Ruth Bradley at Contains Strong Language in Coventry.
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Translation
From the idea of the interpreter and language differences to translating emotions in music
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Light and Shade
Today's theme is prompted by contrasts in the work of Renaissance artist Caravaggio.
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Dante
Visions of heaven and hell from the writings of Dante, set alongside musical evocations.
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Red
The red-headed Tom Goodman-Hill and Bettrys Jones bring us red shoes, paint, love, death.
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The Dance
From Bharatanatyam to ballroom, tango and tap to the tarantella.
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Walter Scott
From gothic novels and history to music by Rossini, Thea Musgrave, Schubert and Berlioz.
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The Tudors
From Shakespeare to Hilary Mantel, Byrd and Tallis to Britten.
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Happiness
Helena Bonham Carter and Tim McInnerny with readings on the pursuit of happiness.
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Building and Sound
Prose and poems inspired by architecture and music recorded for and in particular places.
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Two-tone
Inspired by the musical fusion in 70s Coventry, we celebrate the mix of black and white.
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Bees
Poetry and prose abuzz with apiarian delights, read by Sartaj Garewal and Verity Henry.
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Pictures at an Exhibition
A programme celebrating the inspiration we find in galleries and museums as they re-open.
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Napoleon
Simon Russell Beale and Natalie Simpson with readings from fact and fiction about Napoleon
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The Trumpet
Poetry and prose about the trumpet, with readings by Madeleine Potter and Joseph Ayre.
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Coming of Age
Josh O'Connor and Lydia Wilson with readings from Shakespeare to a bar mitzvah poem.
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150 Years of The Royal Albert Hall
Josie Lawrence and Petroc Trelawny with readings and music performed at the London venue.
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Theatre
Rory Kinnear and Indira Varma pull open the curtains for a celebration of acting
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Twelve
Twelve jury members, Norse gods, eggs, tone composition, bar blues and Force 12.
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Money
Jonathan Keeble and Emily Pithon with readings from Trollope to Larkin and Imtiaz Dharker.
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Fruit and Vegetables
From Nigel Slater to Nina Simone's Forbidden Fruit and Handel's Ruddier than the Cherry.
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The 1920s
From the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Gatsby to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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Audre Lorde's World
Jade Anouka and Lorde鈥檚 children read Lorde's work, from her poems to her cancer diaries.
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Light in the Darkness
From Philip Pullman and music inspired by the aurora borealis to candlelight in poetry.
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The Body
From tattoos to massage, pregnancy to posture devices, excavations to emotional outbursts.
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Razor Sharp
From clam shells to barbers, sharp words to sharp notes.
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Crip Creativity
Music from Beethoven to Evelyn Glennie. Readings of Milton, Alice Walker and Sue Townsend.
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Magic Numbers
Sule Rimi and Alibe Parsons find beauty and wisdom in digits, numerals, and counting.
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This Haunted Land
Readings from Donne, MR James, Mary Karr. Music includes The Wicker Man, Britten & Bartok.
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Latin America: Spears, Jaguars and Eagles
The Spanish colonisation of the Americas depicted by indigenous peoples and the invaders.
