32 episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20080728 | Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres. 5/6. Charles is joined by British singer Adem, playing selections from his reinventions of songs from the 90s. Plus music from The Who, Moondog and Shostakovitch. | |||
| 20080804 | Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres. 6/6. The guest is jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock. Other selections include Bob Marley, Goldfrapp and Zoltan Kodaly. | |||
| 205C | 01 | 20050912 | 1/6. Charles once again roams across the musical landscape, leading the listener through the best across all genres. | |
| 205C | 02 | Keith Tippett | 20050919 | 2/6. Charles Hazlewood presents a series of eclectic musical exploration. This week, his guest is legendary British jazz pianist Keith Tippett. |
| 205C | 03 | 20050926 | Charles Hazlewood presents a series of eclectic musical exploration. This week we hear music from Schubert and Stravinsky, Bernstein and Bizet, Eliza Carthy and US rockers Guided By Voices. | |
| 205C | 04 | 20051003 | ||
| 205C | 05 | 20051017 | Charles plays Stockhausen and John Taverner, as well as his Hammond. | |
| 205C | 06 LAST | Super Furry Animals | 20051024 | |
| 206B | 01 | 20060503 | Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration. The classical conductor will play music from baroque to bhangra, punk to the polka. | |
| 206B | 02 | Martha Tilston And The Woods | 20060510 | Charles is joined on his Somerset farm by the acoustic group Martha Tilston and the Woods taking over his living room for a live session. |
| 206B | 03 | 20060517 | ||
| 206B | 04 | Robin Michael | 20060524 | Charles is joined by cello virtuoso Robin Michael, who whips out his instrument and together they deconstruct a Bach partita in its live form and remixed by the folk electronica artist Tunng. |
| 206B | 05 | 20060531 | Charles Hazlewood presents a series of eclectic musical exploration, incorporating classical, jazz and pop. With music from Poulenc, Aphex Twin, Otis Redding and John Tavener. | |
| 206B | 06 LAST | June Tabor | 20060607 | He is joined by folk singer June Tabor. |
| 207B | 01 | Green Garside | 20070516 | Scritti Politti's Green Garside chats with Charles Hazlewood in the opening programme of the series, and performs some of his work. Other featured music includes Nigel Kennedy performing After the Rain, Richard Strauss' Freundliche Vision, sung by Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, Mozart's Overture from The Abduction of The Seraglio, Björk's The Boho Dance and JS Bach's Prelude in D minor. |
| 207B | 02 | North Sea Radio Orchestra | 20070523 | This week's guests are the North Sea Radio Orchestra. Music featured includes JS Bach's Fuge in G, Moses Hogan's God's Gonna Set This World on Fire, Massive Attack's Angel, Bach's Fantasia and Fuge in C minor, The Raconteurs' The Bane Rendition and Spooky Tooth's Waiting For the Woman. |
| 207B | 03 | Guillemots | 20070530 | Brit Award nominees Guillemots are the special guests. The band joins Charles at his home to produce a unique musical collaboration. Charles also features Seu Jorge's Life on Mars?; Bach's Prelude in F minor; Jem's They; Tom Waits' Goodnight Irene; Tippett's Corelli Fantasia and Jeff Buckely's Corpus Christi Carol. |
| 207B | 04 | Dragonsfly | 20070606 | Somerset band Dragonsfly join him in the studio for a live performance of their own music, which they describe as folk trance. Plus tracks from Frank Sinatra, UK hip-hop artist Sway and Franz Schubert |
| 207B | 05 | 20070613 | Including a live session from the ska-hip hop band Babyhead. | |
| 207B | 06 | 20070620 | He's joined in the studio by the counter-tenor Iestyn Davies. | |
| 207B | 07 | 20070627 | Including highlights from Charles' recent performance with the National Youth Orchestra at Glastonbury. | |
| 207B | 08 LAST | George Fenton | 20070704 | He's joined in the studio by film composer George Fenton, three times Oscar-nominated: for his work on Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons and Cry Freedom. They debate film music, and feature tracks from Craig Armstrong, Michael Nyman and Ennio Morricone. |
| 207D | 01 | 20071114 | Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres. 1/6. The theme is great voices. Charles' guest is influential English singer songwriter Vashti Bunyan, whose 1970 debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, has become a cult classic. Other tracks come from James Brown, Maria Callas, Tom Waits and Youssou N'Dour. | |
| 207D | 02 | 20071121 | Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres. 2/6. British jazz pianist Zoe Rahman is Charles Hazlewood's guest. Nominated for the Mercury Music prize last year, Rahman talks about her own approach to playing well-known tunes and performs some of her new compositions. Plus tracks from Curtis Mayfield, Leonard Bernstein and John Martyn. | |
| 207D | 03 | 20071128 | Classical conductor Charles Hazlewood returns for another series of eclectic musical exploration, joining the dots in between music of all genres. 3/6. Charles is joined by two very different guitarists - classical player Craig Ogden and rock virtuoso Nick Harper. They talk to Charles about the versatility of their instrument and they concoct a new piece together in the studio. Plus tracks from The Clash, the Mahotella Queens and Bach. | |
| 207D | 04 | 20071205 | The theme is humour in music, with a performance from The Mad Cows. | |
| 207D | 05 | Justin Adams | 20071212 | Charles is joined by guitarist Justin Adams. Described as the 'Ry Cooder of the UK', Adams is a renowned producer of bands like the Saharan desert blues group Tinariwen. A close collaborator with Robert Plant, Justin talks about his music and performs tracks from his latest album. |
| 207D | 06 LAST | Imagined Village | 20071219 | Charles is joined by members of the Imagined Village project, which seeks to reinvent English folk music for the 21st Century. Playing in the barn will be a stellar line up of Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy Sheila Chandra, Sheema Mukherjee and Afro Celt Soundsystem producer Simon Emmerson. |
| 208B | 01 | Martina Topley-bird | 20080630 | Charles takes 'songs of innocence and experience' as his theme, looking at how singers' approaches have changed over a career. His guest is Martina Topley-Bird, known for her collaboration with Tricky in the 90s. |
| 208B | 02 | Westcott And Rodway | 20080707 | British acoustic duo Westcott and Rodway perform an unusual mixture of folk, jazz and flamenco. |
| 208B | 03 | Joanna Mcgregor | 20080714 | With British pianist Joanna McGregor, playing pieces by tango composer Astor Piazzolla, Nina Simone and John Cage. Other music includes tracks from Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Ross and Richard Strauss |
| 208B | 04 | Jim Noir | 20080721 | With Manchester based singer-songwriter Jim Noir, plus music from the Beach Boys, Queen and Rachmaninov. |