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Silk and Bamboo

The Uighur people of Xinjiang.

4/4. The desert region of Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Route.

• 45 mins

World Routes in Cape Verde

Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

Lucy Duran presents Cape Verdean music exploring slavery, emigration and longing for home.

• 60 mins

World Routes in Cape Verde

Cesaria Evora, Bau and Tito Paris

Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde's musical centre in Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente.

• 60 mins

Vietnam

Tran Quang Hai in Saigon

2/2. Lucy and her guides visit Saigon, the first time they have been back for 41 years.

• 60 mins

Vietnam

Tran Quang Hai in Hanoi

1/2. Lucy Duran is joined by Tran Quang Hai, returning home after 41 years in exile.

• 60 mins

Simon Broughton in Iran

Iranian classical music - Kayhan Kahor

1/2. Spike fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor leads an ensemble in classic Persian music.

• 60 mins

Simon Broughton in Iran

Khorosan to Kurdistan

2/2. Simon Broughton travels across Iran meeting leading musicians from rural areas.

• 60 mins

Andy Kershaw in Iraq

Ilham Al-Madfai

2/2. Andy Kershaw meets one of Iraq's top performers, Ilham Al-Madfai.

• 60 mins

Andy Kershaw in Iraq

Iraq's classical and gypsy music traditions

1/2. Andy Kershaw explores Iraq and its music.

• 60 mins

North India

Rajasthan, Bombay and Trilok Gurtu

3/3. Concluding the musical tour of North India with the music of Rajasthan and Bombay.

• 60 mins

North India

Rikhi Ram and sons, Nizami brothers

2/3. Hand crafted sitars, authentic Qawali and the singing boys of the Rajasthan desert.

• 60 mins

North India

The Misra brothers perform Vedic chant

1/3. Lucy Duran and Viram Jasani meet the Misra brothers on the River Ganges.

• 60 mins

Guinea-Bissau

Manecas Costa and the gumbe rhythm

2/2. The story of Manecas Costa, whose album was the first recorded in Guinea-Bissau.

• 60 mins

Guinea-Bissau

Balanta men

1/2. A two-part feature from this small, forgotten and isolated West African country.

• 60 mins

Mali - Oumou Sangare

The life and music of one of Africa's best loved divas: Oumou Sangare.

• 60 mins

Gamelan Journeys

Java, Jakarta to Solo

1/2. The first of two programmes exploring the Indonesian gamelan.

• 60 mins

Gamelan Journeys

Bali

2/2. The music of the beautiful island of Bali including shadow puppet theatre.

• 60 mins

Syria

Islamic sufi in Aleppo

2/2. Sam Farah explores the character of Syria through its rich musical heritage.

• 60 mins

Syria

Damascus

1/2. Samir Farah visits Syria's capital to explore the country's character through music.

• 60 mins

Israel

Mount Tabor and the Sea of Galilee

1/2. Including music from Noa, Palestinian rap group Dam and central bus station music.

• 60 mins

Israel

The Dead Sea Festival and Sephardic song

2/2. Central bus station music and ancient music of Jerusalem.

• 60 mins

Greece

Epirus - Polyphony and Petroloukas Chalkias

1/2. Traditional music from the remotest parts of Greece - Epirus, in the north.

• 60 mins

Greece

Southern Greece and Crete

2/2. The music of Greece's great island - Crete.

• 60 mins

Hidden music of Venezuela

Harp playing cowboys of the central plains

2/2. Music of the central plain, among Latin America's most exquisite musical traditions.

• 60 mins

Hidden music of Venezuela

Afro-Venezuelan music of the coast

1/2. Exploring the Afro-Venezuelan traditions of the Caribbean coast.

• 60 mins

Mozambique

Music for Timbila

1/2. Lucy Duran travels to the rarely visited Southern African country of Mozambique

• 60 mins

Mozambique

Tufo song and Ghorwane

2/2. Lucy Duran visits the beautiful Ilha do Mocambique, very hot north and Maputo.

• 60 mins

Ali Farka Toure Obituary

Lucy Duran and Andy Kershaw present a special tribute to their friend, Ali Farka Toure.

• 60 mins

Uganda - Africa Lives

Bugandan Royal Court music

1/2. Africa Lives on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú concludes with a two part special from Uganda.

• 60 mins

Uganda - Africa Lives

Busoga Kingdom

2/2. Lucy Duran presents the second of two programmes recorded on location in Uganda.

• 60 mins