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Jools Holland’s new classical show typifies Radio 3’s dull relaunch; pleasures elsewhere included Jonny Owen’s mum on Welsh miners in the 80s and the wonderful Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The new extensions look to delve deeper into specific genres and periods of music with context, curation and storytelling done in a way only the BBC can do

Hannah Peel’s Mercury-nominated Fir Wave, her Dancing at Lughnasa soundtrack, her Game of Thrones score – all are illuminated by a longing that folds into how she feels about Ireland

DRIVING my daughter to work at stupid o’clock the other day I absent-mindedly turned on the radio and had one of those Proustian rushes. Wake Up…

Over the past year, Charlotte Runcie found solace in old favourites: from Elaine Page on Radio 2 to PopMaster – even, sometimes, Today

If The Archers plotlines are proving too stressful, the BBC can offer listeners plenty more relaxing alternatives

Audiences are being invited to spend dusk until dawn “immersed in the hypnotic world of alternative music” with a new festival from BBC Radio 3 and Sage Gateshead.

The 12-hour event will run from dusk until dawn.

BBC Radio 3 has announced a new After Dark Festival in Newcastle, with performances celebrating the best of the North East.

The X-Files star David Duchovny didnt fit any of the molds for the three males leads. Thank goodness!