Most popular History programmes on BBC Radio 3 2009-12-08T23:59:43Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_radio_three/factual/history/popular BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p693f 2009-12-06T14:43:51Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p693f/The_Early_Music_Show_Instrumental_to_the_Baroque/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p693f_150_84.jpg" alt="The Early Music Show: Instrumental to the Baroque" /> </a> </p> <p> Catherine Bott chairs a talk about the past, present and future of period performance. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6694 2009-12-05T14:29:54Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6694/The_Early_Music_Show_Giovanni_Croce/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6694_150_84.jpg" alt="The Early Music Show: Giovanni Croce" /> </a> </p> <p> Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31rr 2009-12-03T12:05:38Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31rr/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_3/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31rr_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 3" /> </a> </p> <p> Vince Cable MP wonders what Adam Smith would make of today's global financial crisis. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p33yj 2009-12-07T11:51:26Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p33yj/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_5/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p33yj_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 5" /> </a> </p> <p> Simon Blackburn assesses David Hume's revolutionary Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6swm 2009-12-07T12:54:22Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6swm/Sunday_Feature_Exploring_Our_Amazement_Poetry_and_Its_Audience/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6swm_150_84.jpg" alt="Sunday Feature: Exploring Our Amazement: Poetry and Its Audience" /> </a> </p> <p> Julian May investigates the changing relationship between poetry and its audience. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31x8 2009-12-08T02:54:33Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31x8/Night_Waves_Free_Thinking_2009_Free_Thinking_The_Future_of_Men/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31x8_150_84.jpg" alt="Night Waves: Free Thinking 2009: Free Thinking - The Future of Men" /> </a> </p> <p> A debate at the 2009 Free Thinking festival asking what sort of future lies ahead for men. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31xb 2009-12-04T11:46:04Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31xb/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31xb_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 4" /> </a> </p> <p> Simon Blackburn on Hume's originality of thought and influence on thinkers such as Darwin. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31r9 2009-12-03T16:14:43Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31r9/Composer_of_the_Week_OperaComique_Episode_3/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31r9_150_84.jpg" alt="Composer of the Week: Opera-Comique: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> Donald Macleod and Karen Henson explore the influence of Napoleon on Opera-Comique. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p33rx 2009-12-07T11:30:29Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p33rx/Composer_of_the_Week_OperaComique_Episode_5/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p33rx_150_84.jpg" alt="Composer of the Week: Opera-Comique: Episode 5" /> </a> </p> <p> Donald Macleod explores Opera-Comique on the cusp of the 20th century. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p33yb 2009-12-07T11:51:19Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p33yb/Twenty_Minutes_The_Courtship_of_Mr_Lyon/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p33yb_150_84.jpg" alt="Twenty Minutes: The Courtship of Mr Lyon" /> </a> </p> <p> Angela Carter's retelling of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast. </p>