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The Essay Peggy Seeger - A Life in Music Episodes

  1. Mon 16 Nov 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    1 - Buffalo Holler

    Peggy Seeger sits at her piano and takes Kate Molleson through her life as a songwriter.

  2. Tue 17 Nov 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    2 - The Fight Game

    Peggy Seeger on scoring The Fight Game, the radio ballad about boxing.

  3. Wed 18 Nov 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    3 - Everyone Knows

    Peggy Seeger on feminism and the art of writing wry comic songs.

  4. Thu 19 Nov 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    4 - Primrose Hill

    Peggy Seeger on writing Primrose Hill, and the love songs that came late in her life.

  5. Fri 20 Nov 2026 21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    5 - Everything Changes

    Peggy Seeger on Everything Changes, the house she grew up in, and becoming old.