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Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performances...
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Free Thinking 2010
Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word comes from the 2010 Free Thinking ideas festival
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Ian McMillan is joined by singer and songwriter Devon Sproule.
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Ian McMillan talks to poet Simon Barraclough and there is a performance from Baby Dee.
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Ian McMillan with a specially commissioned poem about China's Terracotta Army.
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Ian McMillan's guests include Paul Farley and Doctor Who writer Rob Shearman.
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Featuring young Indian novelist Aravind Adiga's talking about his lates book.
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Ian McMillan is joined by Poems in Between People, a group of young performance poets.
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Ian McMillan and guests read Bernard Malamud and ask if north and south divides UK poetry.
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Ian McMillan is joined by guests Nitin Sawhney, Charles Simic and Iain Sinclair.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language.
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Ian McMillan talks to poet Kei Miller about his first novel and investigates aphorisms.
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Ian McMillan and guests explore romance in literature.
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Ian McMillan's guests include novelist-screenwriters Frederic Raphael and Ronan Bennett.
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Ian McMillan is joined in the studio by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word.
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Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language.
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Ian McMillan is joined by poet Peter Porter to discuss the work of author Patrick White.
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With Ian McMillan. Featuring author Anthony Horowitz with a new commission.
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Ian McMillan talks to poets Emmanuel Jal and David Marriott. Plus Nellie Sachs.
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With a look at two new teenage fictional heroes and a performance by singer Alela Diane.
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Ian McMillan with Radio 3's weekly cabaret of language, poetry and performance.
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The programme comes from the 2007 Hay Festival and includes poet and writer Wole Soyinka.
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Guests include American novelist Edmund White, with his new biography of the poet Rimbaud.
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With Peter Blegvad's 'eartoons', Joan As Police Woman and poetry from Will Eaves.
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With Ian McMillan. Poets Eleanor Rees and Paul Farley try to define 'Free Verse'.
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With Ian McMillan. Featuring poet Michael Symmonds Roberts and 'eartoonist' Peter Blegvad.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language.
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With Adam Foulds on his narrative poem about the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.
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Ian McMillan looks at the many translations of Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
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Featuring a new Christmas commission by poet Kenneth Steven - a lament for snow.
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Ian McMillan talks to poet Nathanial Tarn and linguist Mark Abley.
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Ian McMillan talks to 2009 Forward Prize winners Don Paterson and Emma Jones.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language.
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Ian McMillan's guests include poet Lemn Sissay and Norway's most celebrated writers.
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Ian McMillan presents a special midwinter edition of the language magazine.
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With a look at the use of the Pushkin sonnet, and poet Jan Hadfield on her new collection.
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Featuring a new story from novelist Xiaolu Guo, written specially for the programme.
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Ian McMillan talks to hip-hop musician and performance poet Saul Williams.
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Ian McMillan talks to award-winning Norwegian poet Hanne Bramness.
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With TV writer Tony Marchant on his play 24 Weeks and aboriginal author Anita Heiss.
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Ian McMillan presents the cabaret of language, poetry and performance.
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Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent discuss their musical collaboration.
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Ian McMillan's guests include novelist Niven Govinden, author of Graffiti My Soul.
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Ian McMillan's guests include poet Daljit Nagra and performance artist HKB Finn.
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Ian McMillan with poetry and new writing, including a performance from Ken Campbell.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language, investigating Chinese literature.
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With Australian poet John Kinsella and The Verb's 'eartoonist' Peter Blegvad.
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Ian McMillan is joined by poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and language expert Robert Vanderplank
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From Broadcasting House, Ian McMillan is joined by authors AS Byatt and Alison Macleod.
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With author Junot Diaz discussing his first novel and a celebration of the Dundee dialect.
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Richard Chiappone gives an insight into Alaska's writing scene.
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Ian McMillan talks to young poet Paul Batchelor, who is now releasing his first collection
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Ian McMillan is joined by novelist Toby Litt and folk legend Ashley Hutchings.
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Ian McMillan presents a special edition, including new writing from AL Kennedy.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With Alex Horne, poetic responses to fado and Lionel Shriver.
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Ian McMillan's guests are Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.
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Ian McMillan talks to Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga about his forthcoming novel.
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Ian McMillan presents a special edition, with guests including poet Ross Sutherland.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With author Audrey Niffenegger and folk artist Sharron Kraus.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With poets John Kinsella, Billy Collins and Elaine Feinstein.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word...
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Ian McMillan is joined by authors and poets for Radio 3's cabaret of the word.
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Ian McMillan's guests includes Clive James and French writer Jacques Darras.
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Ian McMillan's guests include award-winning novelist Colm Toibin and poet CK Stead.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, live from the BBC Radio Theatre...
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Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word includes new fiction from Darrell Lloyd.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With David Harsent, Jonathan Safran Foer and Hannah Silva.
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Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word includes new writing from poet David Harsent.
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Featuring poets Don Paterson and Nick Harkaway, plus singer MacGillivray.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With Dreda Say Mitchell, Simone Felice and Larissa Miller.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With poet Fleur Adcock and a verse drama from George Szirtes.
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Ian McMillan's guests include screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and novelist Toby Litt.
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Ian McMillan with a special edition of the programme for Radio 3's Free Thinking festival.
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Ian McMillan talks to Frieda Hughes about her latest poetry collection.
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Ian McMillan presents an interview with The Wire writer George Pelecanos.
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Ian McMillan's guests include poet George Szirtes and author Steven Hall.
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Ian McMillan's guests include novelist Graham Swift and Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With new writing from Evie Wyld, plus Catalan poems.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. Helen Dunmore with a new commission and poet Ruth Fainlight.
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Ian McMillan's word cabaret features poet Arto Vaun and improvisation by School of Night.
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Ian McMillan talks to bestselling thriller writer James Patterson and poet Gillian Clark.
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Ian McMillan's guests include TS Eliot Prize winner Jen Hadfield.
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Ian McMillan presents new poetry by Jo Shapcott and fiction from Christos Tsiolkas.
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Ian McMillan's guests include novelist Joe Dunthorne, with a new short story.
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With Ian McMillan. Featuring new writing from award-winning comedian Matthew Holness.
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Ian McMillan's guests include novelist John Irving and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.
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Ian McMillan talks to Azerbaijani poet and rising star Nigar Hassan-Zadeh.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With Jon Boden and Nigerian writer Kachi A Ozumba.
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Ian McMillan meets novelist Jonathan Lethem and avant-garde American poet John Ashbery.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With novelist Joshua Ferris on books about the soul.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word live from the BBC Radio Theatre.
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Ian McMillan presents. With Lawrence Salt, Sunjeev Sahota, Ginger and Black, Ammon Shea.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring novelist Leila Aboulela.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With Les Murray, Kevin Jackson, Glyn Maxwell, Aminatta Forna.
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Ian McMillan presents a special edition from the BBC Radio Theatre.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With novelist Maggie Gee and singer-songwriter Paul Heaton.
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With Martha Wainwright on the lyrics of Edith Piaf, plus poet Paul Durcan.
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With CK Stead on the art of the short story, and American songwriter Willy Vlautin.
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Presented by Ian MacMillan. Exploring the literary life of the 19th century.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. Including Bedouin poetry and a profile of WNP Barbellion.
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Ian McMillan presents. Featuring Muriel Spark's work and singer-songwriter Sean Taylor.
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Ian McMillan presents new short fiction from Neil LaBute and music from Seth Lakeman.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word.
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Ian McMillan's guests are novelist Nick Harkaway, and The Verb's language spy Alex Horne.
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Ian McMillan's guests in a Free Thinking edition are Peter Flannery and Kachi Ozumba.
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Ian McMillan's cabaret of new writing includes a tribute to the late poet Peter Porter.
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Ian McMillan talks to novelist Zoe Heller and Daljit Nagra has advice for aspiring poets.
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Another chance to hear The Verb investigating creative writing in prison.
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Ian McMillan's guests include dramatist Rebecca Lenkiewicz, with a brand new monologue.
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Ian McMillan presents a special edition, featuring Richard Hawley and Simon Armitage.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With poet Roy Fisher and novelist Benjamin Markovits.
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Ian McMillan presents a special Scottish edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word.
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Ian McMillan talks to Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney.
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With Ian McMillan. Featuring beatboxer Shlomo and novelist Janice Galloway.
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Ian McMillan presents a new commission from writer and performer Sophie Woolley.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. Cellist Steven Isserlis and writers David Vann and Alison Carr.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With a story by Tony Parsons and Guyanese poet Grace Nichols.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With a new work by Tracy Chevalier and novelist Toby Litt.
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Ian McMillan presents a special edition focusing on Turkish literature. With Orhan Pamuk.
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Ian McMillan's guests include Malorie Blackman, best known for her books for young adults.
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Ian McMillan hosts the language cabaret with high-octane guests and new writing.
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Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language.
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Presented by Ian McMillan. With Wendy Cope, Inua Ellams and Jyager with Seb Rochford.
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A special edition featuring Will Self, Dannie Abse and Fred D'Aguiar.
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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word...