Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090112 | 20090113 (R4) | The last of the old guard or the first of the new: Strauss, Mahler and Salome. |
| 02 | 20090113 | 20090114 (R4) | Kurt Weill and the story of Mack the Knife and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. |
| 03 | 20090114 | 20090115 (R4) | The Beatles and Stockhausen - and how he ended up on the cover of Sgt Pepper's. |
| 04 | 20090115 | 20090116 (R4) | The psychological realism of Peter Grimes and Britten's relationship with Peter Pears. |
| 05 LAST | 20090116 | 20090117 (R4) | John Cage, John Adams and the birth of political opera with Nixon in China. |