The In Tune A-Z of Opera

A comprehensive guide to the language of opera with contributions from singers, conductors, directors and vocal coaches. 

In-depth, biographical portraits of pre-eminent classical musicians and artists interviewed by Norman Lebrecht. Frank, self-appraising and psychologically revealing, these 44 minute interviews include conductors, singers, broadcast weekly during the BBC Proms season, July to September. Lebrecht interviews this year include Riccardo Chailly, Marilyn Horne, Simone Young, Sir Roger Norrington and Joyce DiDonato. 

The Radio 3 Documentary

In-depth documentaries which each week explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 7.45pm on BBC Radio 3. Each episode lasts 45 minutes. We aim to include as many episodes of The Sunday Feature in the podcast as we can but you'll find that some aren't included for rights reasons.

The JTrain Podcast is hosted by comic Jared Freid and great comedian guests as they read listener emails and answer questions about everything from hooking up and dating apps to relationships and post-grad problems. Every Tuesday and Friday.

Join Dave Farrar and the Guardian's top team of cricket experts as they analyse all the action from the 2013 Ashes series between England and Australia. Starts Monday 15 July

James Naughtie and readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels. Authors include: Douglas Adams, Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold and Maya Angelou.

A partial archive Desert Island Discs from 1956 to 1960. Castaways choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island. 

A partial archive of Desert Island Discs from 1960 to 1969. Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing interview content or the musical choices. Where possible, the missing music has been rebuilt using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library. This collection comprises fragments from 1960-69.


Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing interview content or the musical choices. Where possible, the missing music has been rebuilt using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library. This collection comprises fragments from 1970-86.

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