Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Ultimate Calm

Journeys into calm, explored through all forms of classical and ambient music. This way for tickets to the Ultimate Calm Prom here: https://bbc.in/ultimatecalm

Radio 3 Unwind,72 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

Erland Cooper: Series 7
Soar through musical hills and glens ft. Peggy Seeger
Erland Cooper shares music dedicated to rolling hills, verdant valleys and magical glens.
13 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Float away on musical sea spray ft. Errollyn Wallen
Erland Cooper shares music filled with the spirit of spindrift dancing on the breeze.
14 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Lose yourself in calming soundwaves ft. Coby Sey
Float off with Erland Cooper through soundwaves with no particular destination in mind.
15 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Windswept music to carry you away ft. Anna Lapwood
Erland Cooper shares calming music inspired by breeze, gusts and open air currents.
16 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Storytelling in sound ft. Max Porter
Erland Cooper dives into a world of music shaped by myth and cinematic storytelling.
17 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
A soundtrack for stargazing ft. Cerys Hafana
Erland Cooper shares music inspired by the stillness and wonder of the night sky.
18 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Feel lighter with luminous sounds ft Laura Misch
Feel lighter with Erland Cooper’s musical selections inspired by light and luminosity.
20 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Reflective musical refuges ft. Nikita Gill
Erland Cooper shares music that reflects a sense of roots and belonging.
21 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Peaceful sounds of green fields and glades ft. Simon Armitage
Join Erland Cooper for a musical journey into calm inspired by open fields and glades.
22 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Music that blooms and blossoms ft. Poppy Okotcha
Erland Cooper curates a musical love letter to flowers, with songs that bloom and blossom.
23 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Time to tune into nature ft. Ivo Graham
Erland Cooper shares calming music that celebrates the fauna that surrounds us.
24 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 7
Soundtrack for a rainy day ft. Jarvis Cocker
Erland Cooper selects songs inspired by petrichor, the smell of rain falling on dry ground
25 Apr 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Sounds for fresh starts ft. Stephen Fry
Time for a new musical journey into calm with composer Erland Cooper and Sir Stephen Fry.
05 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Finding calm within echoes ft. Lucinda Chua
Escape with Erland Cooper into peaceful musical landscapes of echoes and reverberations.
06 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
A tranquil soundtrack of ice and frost ft. Alex Somers
Erland Cooper looks for inspiration in the cold for this musical journey into calm.
07 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Drift into a magical musical world ft. Nailah Hunter
Join Erland Cooper for a mystical journey into calm, with music that twinkles with magic.
08 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Seeking calm on the horizon ft. Stuart Braithwaite
Look to the horizon with Erland Cooper and a selection of soothing music to help us reset.
09 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Reflective music for growth ft. Jess Gillam
Erland Cooper shares music inspired by the cycle of the seasons and new life.
10 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
The peaceful sounds of dusk ft Ichiko Aoba
Escape into calm at dusk with Erland Cooper and a restorative soundtrack for nightfall.
12 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
A musical map to calm ft. Alice Boyd
Let the music be your guide - Erland Cooper shares calming selections inspired by maps.
13 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
A weightless soundtrack for drifting ft. Grouper
Drift away with Erland Cooper and a selection of floating, meditative music.
14 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Soothing cinematic soundscapes ft. Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Join Erland Cooper for a blissful journey through the music of the silver screen.
15 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Soft music from hushed spaces ft. Kieran Brunt
Lean in close for a hushed selection of music inspired by whispers with Erland Cooper.
16 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Sounds for a journey’s end ft Emile Mosseri
As the series comes to an end, Erland Cooper shares a reflective soundtrack for closure.
17 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
A sleepy soundtrack for sweet dreams ft. Ian Rankin
Join Scottish composer Erland Cooper for a new series and music from the realm of dreams.
27 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Soothing songs from the shoreline ft. Anna Meredith
Ebb and flow with Erland Cooper and a selection of peaceful music inspired by the tides.
28 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Musical reflections on time ft Sean Shibe
Look to the past with Erland Cooper and a selection of meditative, reflective music.
29 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
The grounding sounds of nature ft. Cosmo Sheldrake
Ground yourself with Erland Cooper and reflective music that celebrates planet Earth.
30 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Finding calm up in the clouds ft. Sally Potter
Erland Cooper looks skywards with soothing music that lift us up into the clouds.
31 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Dreamy music to get lost in ft. David Shrigley
Escape with Erland Cooper into our collective imagination through dreamy music.
01 Nov 2025,60 mins