{"id":787436,"date":"2026-09-30T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787436\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:52:09","slug":"return-of-hannah-peel-radio-3-brass-band-series-4barsrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787436\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of Hannah Peel Radio 3 brass band series \u2014 4barsrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first of a new  series of &#8216;Brass Banding with Hannah Peel&#8217; will be broadcast this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The second series of &#8216;Brass Banding with Hannah Peel&#8217; is set to return to BBC Radio 3 this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It has been commissioned following the success of last year&#8217;s first 10-part series,  which brought an eclectic choice of brass band related music to new audiences.<\/p>\n<p>National start<\/p>\n<p>Nine new episodes will now be aired \u2014 starting on Sunday 4th October (9.15pm), with a programme that will also broadcast the moment this year&#8217;s National Champion was revealed, but also looks at what it takes to win the event.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Champion Desford Colliery Band is featured as they talk about their famous win and as they prepare for the contest, whilst the music heard from Black Dyke Band&#8217;s recent Proms appearance, music from composer Philip Sparke and work inspired by an imagined ballet. <\/p>\n<p>Episodes<\/p>\n<p>Details of the first three episodes have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 1: The Champions of Brass <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m002b65z\/broadcasts\/upcoming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m002b65z\/broadcasts\/upcoming<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Episode 2: It&#8217;s Judgement Time<br \/>Hannah meets adjudicator Annie Crookston and learns how to choose a winner. <\/p>\n<p>Music sees Coco Chanel, Katrina Marzella-Wheeler and the cooperation band guide listeners through the dramatic story of the opening night of Igor Stravinsky&#8217;s &#8216;The Rite of Spring&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 3: Reversing Cars and Falling Fridges <br \/>Hannah drops into the famous McQueen&#8217;s repair workshop, meeting the experts bringing instruments back to life from neglect or accident.<\/p>\n<p>Future episodes<\/p>\n<p>Future episodes will include interviews with composer Simon Dobson, Flowers percussionist Coco Chan, Nina Marten (winner of the NYBBGB Young Composer&#8217;s Competition 2025), 4BR Editor Iwan Fox, and members of Easington Colliery Band who collaborated with Sam Fender on his Mercury prize winning album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first of a new series of &#8216;Brass Banding with Hannah Peel&#8217; will be broadcast this weekend. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[56603,56604,96,128,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-4barsrest","tag-brass-band","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}