
In-depth documentaries which explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 6.45pm on BBC Radio 3.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 231 | Founded | 14 years ago |
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| Category | Society & Culture | ||||

Paul McCartney, Jean-Michel Jarre and Lee Renaldo on their debt to classical music.
In a remarkable moment after WWII New York became the centre of the art world, simultaneously seeing the development of new ways of hearing music, and new ways of seeing art. It was here that the American experimental composer Morton Feldman said, “W... more
"For the next hour, I need your ears". It's 1974 and someone is trying to recruit you for a listening experiment on public radio in Canada.
Pioneering Canadian composer and soundscape maestro, R Murray Schafer really wants you to commit: "if you're... more
Via ports and truck-stops, fulfilment centres and ring roads, Aidan Tulloch follows the supply chain and reimagines the journey an item goes on in the age of 24/7 delivery.
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Unbearable to listen to! Geezers speculating!! Experts without a clue.
I would just like to say that the Radio 3 Documentary programs have been an important part of my life. So often I have found inspiration from hearing about topics and events I didn’t know existed as well as the people whose stories are given the importance they deserve.
Over the years I have listened to just about every broadcast from the archives, I won’t say they have all been brilliant but the quality of the story telling is there in all of them. The many that are brilliant though, they ... more
I can wholeheartedly recommend this podcast. The episodes are of a very high quality and offer both much interest but also post listen a sense of having been immersed in a valuable learning opportunity. Thanks
Quite an enjoyable podcast - I was assuming that radio 3 would be exclusively about classical music but there are many unrelated (often historical) documentaries that are well put together and interesting.
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