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Programmes start at 7.00pm.

The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers, and this programme takes us on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses.

In the north east of England lies a wild and remote moorland. This ancient landscape of heather-clad uplands and sheltered dales is home to red grouse and tough moorland sheep.

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev star in the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet. From 1977.

Margot Fonteyn looks at the work of some of the greatest of the pioneers, from the Commedia dell'Arte in 17th-century Italy to Martha Graham in 20th-century America.

A tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, first broadcast shortly after her death in 1991. Featuring interviews with colleagues and friends and extracts from her ballets.