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The best of arts and classical music from the @BBC
United Kingdom
bbc.co.uk/arts
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    BBC Arts
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    Aug 11, 2023
    🏎️ Fasten your seatbelts for Isata Kanneh-Mason's lightning-fast rendition of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3. 🎹 📺 Watch Prom 22: Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev in its entirety now on @BBCiPlayer
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    BBC Arts
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    Jul 8, 2020
    Swan Lake Bath Ballet - 27 elite ballet dancers from companies across the globe perform a modern-day Swan Lake from their own home (filled) baths. Remotely directed by @CoreyBakerDance from his UK bathroom. #FilmedInLockdown #CultureInQuarantine @ace_national @thespacearts
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    BBC Arts
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    May 27, 2019
    The inimitable @stephenfry tells the @hayfestival about a hilarious moment while recording the audiobook for #HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. #HayFestival2019
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    BBC Arts
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    Mar 28, 2018
    Andrew Scott, as Hamlet, performs the opening lines of #Shakespeare's most famous soliloquy. Watch the full production at 9pm, Saturday, @BBCTwo
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    BBC Arts
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    Nov 30, 2022
    🔥 @sarkodie performs ‘Lucky’ at @1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto 🔥 With the @Compozers and the @BBCPhilharmonic conducted by Robin Wallington (@ConductorRobin). 📺 Watch the full show on @BBCiPlayer | bbc.in/3EDivUr
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    BBC Arts
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    Feb 7, 2018
    Filmed in 31 countries on six continents over three years, epic 9-hour series #Civilisations comes to @BBCTwo on 1st March. Presented by @wmarybeard @simon_schama @DavidOlusoga bbc.in/2E67MFw
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    Oct 1, 2021
    "How many hours of a woman candidate's life is spent in the impossible task of making herself look acceptable?" @wmarybeard talks to @HillaryClinton about double standards in politics and much more on @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer tonight at 8pm: bbc.in/3usVrC6
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    Dec 16, 2022
    Happy 90th birthday to Quentin Blake, celebrated illustrator of many Roald Dahl books. This is the story of how Blake and Dahl collaborated to bring the BFG to life. Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life, full show streaming now on @BBCiPlayer bbc.in/33sTdcG
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    May 4, 2018
    Visitors to the @britishmuseum get a surprise when @wmarybeard fulfils a lifelong ambition and spends the day as a gallery attendant. See more on tonight’s @BBCFrontRow Late on @BBCTwo at 11.05pm
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    BBC Arts
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    Aug 26, 2023
    The Night has finally come... The Royal Albert Hall is transformed into the Wigan Casino for one night only, with Northern Soul at the Proms. Join the party tonight, starting at 7.45pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.
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    BBC Arts
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    Mar 13, 2019
    #WhyILoveMuseums: @wmarybeard fulfilled a lifelong ambition when she spent the day as a gallery attendant at the @britishmuseum ♥ (Originally broadcast on #FrontRowLate on @BBCTwo in 2018)
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    BBC Arts
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    May 15, 2019
    "If you stifle creativity you're only leading half a life" - wise words from @louistheroux on the sparkle creativity brings to our lives. Full film with #GetCreative inspiration and added wise words from @RomeshRanga, @thekatiederham and @higeorgeshelley: bbc.in/2HprpqV
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    BBC Arts
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    Oct 30, 2017
    Here's @jk_rowling on the power of the #library. From Harry Potter: A History of Magic, now on @BBCiPlayer #LovetoRead #LoveLibraries
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    BBC Arts
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    Nov 24, 2018
    Salut #FreddieMercury, who died on this day in 1991. Here, in a vintage clip, he and Queen are interviewed as they rehearse for Live Aid in 1985. bbc.in/2Rc51EY #Queen

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