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Deborah Bull on Alessandra Ferri, on World at One today, at approximately 23 minutes in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00021qt

Deborah Bull's essay on Nijinsky will be broadcast on Wed 8th Nov at 10.45pm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09d41qw

Start the Week, Radio 4, 21:30, Mon 12th December, about the Bolshoi, 'collision between art and politics'.

Celine Gittens from Birmingham Royal Ballet on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour this week, talking about the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker (and other things). https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001p64 Haven't seen this noted on the forum so thought I would post it, apologies if it is a duplicate of information already posted somewhere else.

I've seen various references to Tamara Rojo being due to guest-edit "Today" on BBC Radio 4 this coming Christmas. Here's one of them: https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/news/dit-perm-sec-antonia-romeo-approached-guest-edit-bbc-radio-4-today-programme

Starting Saturday 3rd June, a six part series (I think) in which Katie Derham explores the relationship between music and dance in a variety of genres. The first episode is about Ashton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08thknr

Ed Watson will be the guest on Radio 3's Private Passions on Sunday 18 December: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0855ynh

Well, owing to the listings publishers having cheated a bit and done a "pre-Christmas and Christmas" double edition of the TV listings instead of the usual Christmas and New Year version, I'm only still halfway through the Radio Times, but here, as far as I can see, is what's on dance-wise on UK TV and radio this Christmas for the week before Christmas. I'll have to add in the rest later. Terrestrial (BBC1, Saturday 17th December, 6.40 pm: Strictly Come Dancing Final) BBC2, Saturday 17th Dec, 11.50pm: Balletboyz The Making of Young Men BBC2, Saturday 17th Dec (technically Sunday), 12.20am: Balletboyz: Young Men. BBC1, Tuesday 20th December, 10.45 pm: Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot (signed repeat Friday 23rd, 1.30 am on BBC2) BBC4, Friday 23rd December, 8.00 pm: Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (repeated at 1.45 am the next morning) (I thought I'd spotted a rerun of the Balletboyz' Young Men plus a documentary, but can't find that now. Perhaps it's next week) BBC2, Saturday 24th December, 8.10 am: Hans Christian Andersen - apparently features a ballet including Eric Bruhn and Roland Petit! BBC, Christmas Day, 4.00 pm: Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet Channel 5, Christmas Day, 9.50 am: On The Town BBC2, Boxing Day, 5.20 pm: West Side Stories: the Making of a Classic - documentary BBC4, Boxing Day (technically December 27th), 1.00 am: Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC BBC4, Boxing Day (technically December 27th), 2.00 am: Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey Channel 5, Boxing Day, 2.20 pm: West Side Story (and repeated on 29th December at 11.05 am) BBC4, 27th December, 7.00 pm: The Ballet Master: Sir Peter Wright at 90 Sky Arts (Taken from the uninformative Radio Times listings, so details may be vague) Saturday 17th December, 1.30 pm: Swan Lake Sunday 18th December, 1.30 pm: The Nutcracker (probably repeated at 3.40 am the next morning) Monday 19th December, 9 pm: Billy Elliot the Musical Live Wednesday 21st December, 6.30 am: Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake 9.00 am: Bolero Friday 23rd December, 4.10 pm: Peter Wright's The Nutcracker Saturday 24th December, 10.10 am: The Nutcracker Christmas Day (or technically Boxing Day), 2.00 am: The Nutcracker Boxing Day, 9.00 pm: Billy Elliott the Musical Live Boxing Day (technically December 27th), 3.30 am: Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake Radio (BBC Radio 3) Saturday 17th December, 3 pm: Sound of Cinema covers film music inspired by the ballet Sunday 18th December, 12 noon: The RB's Edward Watson is the guest on Private Passions Friday 23rd December, 3.10 pm: a performance of Verdi/Mackerras' The Lady and the Fool

At 12.15 pm tomorrow, there's a repeat of this programme presented by Deborah Bull: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018mp1j

Radio 3 has a series of "Music for the Theatre" in its 2 pm afternoon slot this week. It includes today, at 2 pm, Walton's "The Wise Virgins" and tomorrow, probably some way in, Lambert's "Horoscope".