Words and Music is an Arts programme.

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Words and Music

Exploring the deep relationship women have with music, not just as passive, unattainable muse but as composer, performer and instigator. Shobna Gulati and Sue Johnston read from work by Jane Austen, Anna Akhmatova, Jackie Kay, EM Forster, William Blake and Shakespeare, while there is music by Delia Derbyshire, Beethoven, Brahms, Nina Simone, the Slits, Grace Jones, Hildegard of Bingen and Ethel Smyth.

Genre: Arts

When is Words and Music next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 3 March 2nd, 6:00pm and on BBC Radio 3 March 9th, 6:00pm. See more...

Main Cast

Image for Barbara FlynnBarbara Flynn
Image for Simon CallowSimon Callow
John Nettles
Image for Art MalikArt Malik
Image for Debra StephensonDebra Stephenson
Emma Fielding
Emily Bruni
Image for Nicholas FarrellNicholas Farrell
Philip Franks
Image for Hugo SpeerHugo Speer
Image for Sarah ParishSarah Parish
Image for Sally PhillipsSally Phillips
Image for Niamh CusackNiamh Cusack
Kenneth Colley
John Sessions
Image for Robert PowellRobert Powell
Image for Harriet WalterHarriet Walter
Image for James BolamJames Bolam
Anton Lesser
Patrick O'Kane