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Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
Cabaret performer Lili la Scala brings it home with her version of The Oasis classic
  1. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  2. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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  3. Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
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    Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up
  4. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
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    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  5. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
  6. Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
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    Harriet Kemsley, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  7. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
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    Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
  8. The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
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    The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
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    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  10. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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    Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
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