Matthew Bannister
@matthewbannister.bsky.social
Broadcaster. Host of Last Word on BBC Radio 4 and my own multi award winning Folk on Foot podcast (@folkonfoot.com). Posts all personal.
The Song Detectorists unearth music in the most unlikely places tonight at 9.45pm on Radio 3: political balladry hidden in legal documents and - most exciting of all - a score in Henry Purcell's own hand among the minutes of a town council. @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Song Detectorists unearth music in the most unlikely places tonight at 9.45pm on Radio 3: political balladry hidden in legal documents and - most exciting of all - a score in Henry Purcell's own hand among the minutes of a town council. @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
The Song Detectorists of @musicheritageplace.bsky.social take me to Northamptonshire tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 in search of The Maunsell Family Music Book. Then @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet bring it back to life. Top production by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Song Detectorists of @musicheritageplace.bsky.social take me to Northamptonshire tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 in search of The Maunsell Family Music Book. Then @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet bring it back to life. Top production by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
I loved going back on the road with The Song Detectorists from @musicheritageplace.bsky.social and the brilliant Melrose Quartet - all under the acute creative ear of @natalie-steed.bsky.social . Hear the musical gems we uncovered in the County archives on BBC Radio 3 all this week at 2145.
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I loved going back on the road with The Song Detectorists from @musicheritageplace.bsky.social and the brilliant Melrose Quartet - all under the acute creative ear of @natalie-steed.bsky.social . Hear the musical gems we uncovered in the County archives on BBC Radio 3 all this week at 2145.