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  1. 1923: First BBC outside broadcast

    Duration: 03:40

  2. 1922: Parry’s Jerusalem & Holst’s Ode to Death

    Duration: 03:40

  3. 1921: Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending

    Duration: 04:03

  4. 1920: Stravinsky's Pulcinella

    Duration: 03:09

  5. 1918: The end of World War One

    Duration: 04:03

  6. 1918: Holst’s The Planets

    Duration: 04:19

  7. Mudlark treasure: Bellarmine bottles

    Duration: 02:47

  8. Mudlark treasure: Pins found in the River Thames

    Duration: 02:33

  9. 'I've found Croydon's answer to Prince'

    Duration: 22:02

  10. The music of World War I

    Duration: 04:03

  11. The intense nostalgia of children's collections

    Duration: 02:05

  12. A sunny, Latin fusion of Baroque sounds

    Duration: 01:41

  13. The timeless, folky beauty of Brigg Fair

    Duration: 00:55

  14. Marin Alsop: 'It's so taboo, on every level'

    Duration: 04:11

  15. Sick of people asking you why you’re still single?

    Duration: 02:11

  16. Joyce DiDonato: I'm an optimist by choice

    Duration: 03:11

  17. The real story of Pocahontas

    Duration: 02:57

  18. Dr Christian Jessen: Secret opera buff

    Duration: 02:21

  19. Stewart Lee: caveman

    Duration: 04:07

  20. Marie Curie's radioactive kitchen

    Duration: 01:58

  21. Why did Debussy hate the saxophone?

    Duration: 02:17

  22. 'I fell in love with classical music because of Debussy'

    Duration: 02:44

  23. Was this the inspiration behind The Walrus and the Carpenter?

    Duration: 04:03

  24. Women in Maths - the story of Sophie Germain

    Duration: 02:36

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