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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 6

Phil Hammond's guests are novelist Marina Lewycka, sculptor Grayson Perry and neuroscientist tango queen Professor Nicky Clayton.

Novelist Marina Lewycka joins artist Grayson Perry and self-proclaimed "bird nerd" Professor Nicky Clayton to explain why they've brought along a bittersweet aria, an autobiographical rant about father/son relationships and a popular Argentine tune, in some frank and funny discussion.

Find out what Mozart has in common with a pop song about a polka dot bikini; what happens to cross-dressers when they hit the age of fifty and what the sexual behaviour of birds has to do with the history of tango.

With Phil Hammond.

The Music Choices are:
Dove sono i bei moment from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland
Surviving Twin by Loudon Wainwright
III Pavadita by Alfredo De Angelis y su orquesta

Producer: Tamsin Hughes.
A Testbed production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Apr 2010 15:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Apr 2010 15:30