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About BBC Radio 3

Listen online to the internet radio of BBC Radio 3 live, the second most-listened-to classical music broadcaster radio station in the UK. Listeners are drawn to it for its conservative approach to entertainment. BBC Radio 3 offers a balanced mix of speech-related programmes and classical music. Those who love orchestral concerts will find their interests catered to in the schedule, with "Radio 3 in Concert" airing from 7:30pm to 10pm on weekdays, featuring live concert broadcasts. Every summer, the renowned "BBC Proms" concerts are broadcast live during evening hours on every day of the week. In addition to classical music, the schedule also includes dedicated slots for full-time dramas and discussions about arts and culture. The station's morning programme provides a daily starting point, with Petroc Trelawny hosting on weekdays from 6:30am to 9am, Tom McKinney on weekends from 6:30am to 9am.

BBC Radio 3 slogan: "Adventures in classical."

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News about BBC Radio 3

Edith Bowman and AFRODEUTSCHE among hosts for BBC Radio 3 Unwind
BBC Radio 3 Unwind launches on BBC Sounds this morning, Monday 4th November at 6am with presenters including Edith Bowman and AFRODEUTSCHE.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 04.11.2024
Voice-over Emma Clarke to host BBC Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast
BBC Radio 3 has hired voice-over Emma Clarke as its new Saturday Breakfast presenter.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 21.09.2024
BBC Radio 3 schedule changes include Tom McKinney hosting weekday Breakfast
BBC Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast presenter, Tom McKinney is to take over weekday Breakfast as current host Petroc Trelawny will move to present In Tune with Katie Derham.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 26.06.2024
BBC Radio to broadcast rediscovered historic dramas
BBC Radio 4, 4 Extra and Radio 3 are to broadcast a season of plays that have been returned to the BBC Archives.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 12.03.2024
BBC Radio 3 to broadcast daily jazz show hosted by Soweto Kinch
A new jazz show is heading to BBC Radio 3 produced by Folded Wing and hosted by saxophonist, composer and MC Soweto Kinch. The nightly show, Round Midnight, will air Monday to Friday evenings from 11.30 for an hour championing the British jazz scene.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 26.02.2024
Scotland and Northern Ireland to create more BBC network radio content
The BBC is moving more Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service radio shows out of London with new network hubs in Scotland and Northern Ireland.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 06.12.2023
First-time radio producers get work on BBC Radio via Multitrack Audio Producer Fellowship
Eight first-time radio producers From backgrounds underrepresented in the audio industry are getting their work aired on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. New documentaries on a rich array of stories have been created via the Multitrack Audio Producer Fellowship for a third year.More >>
radiotoday.co.uk - 13.11.2023
Elle Osili-Wood is the new voice of BBC Radio 3’s Sound of Gaming
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radiotoday.co.uk - 28.09.2023
BBC to create four new commissioning roles in Network Radio
Four new roles are being created across BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live in Commissioning.More >>
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BBC Radio 3's programmes15

00:30 - Through the Night
Mahler's Fifth Symphony from Zagreb
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra and Pascal Rophé play Mahler's 5th Symphony.
06:30 - Breakfast
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast
Emma Clarke sets up your Saturday morning.
09:00 - Saturday Morning
Pianist Gabriela Montero drops in
Tom Service with guests, stories and the best classical soundtrack to start your weekend
12:00 - Earlier... with Jools Holland
The pianist and bandleader picks his favourite classical music
Jools is joined by singer and actress Nell Campbell, with music by Satie and Schubert.
13:00 - Music Matters
Jenni Murray's Women Composers, The Professionals
Women who have made it as career composers, with Natalie Holt (Loki and Obi Wan)
14:00 - Record Review
Puccini's La boheme in Building a Library with Flora Willson and Andrew McGregor
Flora Willson chooses her favourite version of Puccini's La bohème
16:00 - Sound of Cinema
100 years of Ron Goodwin
Matthew Sweet celebrates the centenary of legendary film composer Ron Goodwin.
17:00 - This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Tess Jackson
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.
18:00 - Opera on 3
Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart's The Clemency of Titus recorded in Aix-en-Provence
21:30 - Music Planet
Global Encounters session: Qais Essar and Dasom Baek
Kathryn Tickell shares the results of a specially-curated long-distance collaboration
22:30 - New Music Show
Return to Venice
Kate Molleson, with more music from the Venice Biennale