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Words and Music Episodes

  1. Next Sunday 19:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The parish church

    From Pepys and Larkin to Barbara Pym; Purcell and Handel to Howard Goodall's psalm setting

  2. Sun 18 Oct 2026 19:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Fathers and Daughters

    With readings by Sam Dale and Isis Hainsworth from Austen, Woolf, Adichie and Helen Mort.

  3. Sun 25 Oct 2026 19:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Colours of Autumn

    A special omnibus featuring readings and music about autumn played on Essential Classics.