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Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Jeffrey Farnol's swashbuckling tale of piracy, love and death on a desert island.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Black Oil
An exploration of our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with North Sea oil.
BBC Scotland
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The Black Blood Donor Crisis
Lindsay Johns asks why so few black Britons give blood and examines why it matters.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Box
An obsessive forensic analyst investigates the mysterious crash of a commercial airliner.
BBC Four
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Black Box Found In Air India Crash
Black box found after Air India crash kills 241, with the sole survivor in hospital
BBC News
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Black British Music at the BBC
A celebration of some of the very best in black British music from over the decades.
BBC Two
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Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
A universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Christmas
Mirenda Rosenberg celebrates the festive music of black artists from the 1950s onwards.
BBC Radio Ulster
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Black Cinderella Two Goes East, or Confessions of a Glass Slipper Tryer Onner
All-star panto set in the land of Saxmania. Co-produced by Douglas Adams, with John Cleese
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate forgotten black classical composers and musicians.
BBC Four
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Black Death
Black death ravages England, and the bishop's inquisitor is on the trail of a necromancer.
BBC One
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Black Dog
An ex-convict truck driver with a suspended licence makes a final no-questions-asked trip.
BBC Three
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Black Eagle
A CIA martial arts master races to Malta to recover a sunken laser, pursued by the KGB.
BBC One
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Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims
Poignant drama by Katie Hims that follows the lives of separated twins.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (Omnibus)
Katie Hims' heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Flight and the New Suburbia
Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Girls Don't Cry
Marverine Cole explores why some black women are more prone to anxiety and depression.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Gold
Stories about the impact of Stanlow oil refinery on a community and landscape.
BBC Sounds
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Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus)
Compelling social history of how coal made Britain and became the nation's powerhouse.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Gold, Green Valley
A snapshot of life after coal in the former mining community of Maesteg.
BBC Two
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Black Hill, Bleak Summer
A farming community recalls the UK's worst ever foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001.
BBC Radio 4
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Black History Month
Celebrating our African and Caribbean heritage during Black History Month.
BBC Radio 1Xtra
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Black History Month & The Usual Suspects
Has Black History Month evolved since its introduction in 1987? Josie d'Arby finds out.
BBC Radio 4
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Black History Month in the East of England
Join our panel for a live discussion on why Black History Month matters for everyone.
BBC One East
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The Black Hole
News, views and mindless gossip all on BBC Radio Shetland's newest chat show.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
How art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.
BBC Two
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Black in Red
Nathan Blake charts the history of being a black player in the red shirt of Wales.
BBC Radio Wales
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Black Is a Country
Exploring the underground music generated by the Black Power and Black Arts movements
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Is the New Black
Exceptional figures from all walks of life share their thoughts on being black today.
BBC Two
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Black Knight
Comedy. A Medieval Worlde amusement park employee finds himself in the Middle Ages.
BBC One
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The Black Liberace
Record producer Joe Boyd profiles New Orleans pianist James Booker aka The Black Liberace.
BBC Radio 4
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The Black Madonna
The Black Madonna sits in for Gilles Peterson and digs through her record collection.
BBC Radio 6 Music
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Black Men Can't Swim
Why do fewer black people swim in the UK than the population as a whole?
BBC Radio 4
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Black Music in Europe: A Hidden History
Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Music Wales
Newport rapper L E M F R E C K explores the often-overlooked history of Welsh black music.
BBC Two Wales
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Black Narcissus (Film)
Five nuns at a Himalayan outpost try to maintain a school and hospital. With Deborah Kerr.
BBC Two
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Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS
How Caribbean and African women came to the UK to save the then ailing health service.
BBC Four
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Black Ops
Two inept community support officers go undercover to thwart a violent criminal gang.
BBC One
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Black Panther
Prince T'Challa hopes to lead his people to a brighter future but faces many threats.
BBC One
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Q&A
Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
BBC Radio 1Xtra
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Black Peoples of the Americas
Why and how people of African origin came to live in the Americas
BBC Two
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Black Power Salute
A look at the moment when two athletes raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics.
BBC Four
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Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK.
BBC Two
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Black Power: America's Armed Resistance
Dan Murdoch returns to America to meet members of the Black Liberation Movement.
BBC Three
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Black Rhino Birth in the Wild Captured in Documentary
A new documentary follows the relocation of 21 black rhinos escaping poachers in Kenya
BBC News
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The Black Rider
A journalist investigates the story of a haunted castle and uncovers a gang of saboteurs.
BBC Two
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Black Roots
Grammy award-winner Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music.
BBC Radio 4
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The Black Rose
Saga following the fortunes of a Saxon nobleman and his Robin Hood-type retainer.
BBC Two
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Black Roses Debate
Matthew Taylor chairs an audience debate on issues around 'hate crime' in Black Roses.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
Poems tell the story of Sophie Lancaster, who was killed because of her appearance.
BBC Two
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Black Sci-Fi: Stories from the End of the World
The untold story of black sci-fi and its role in redefining the present and the future.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Screen Britain
Burt Caesar explores how British film and TV portrayed post-war African-Caribbean migrants
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Sea Blues
Jonah Fisher reports on the Black Sea, Europe’s most polluted body of water.
BBC News
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Black Sheep
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers.
BBC Two
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The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
Balzac's tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France
BBC Radio 4
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The Black Shield of Falworth
The son of the disgraced Earl of Falworth must fight to redeem his family name.
BBC Two
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Black Silk
Barrister Larry Scott fights for the black community and against the legal establishment.
BBC
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Black Smoke Rises From Sistine Chapel
Black Smoke means there will be more rounds of voting tomorrow
BBC News
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Black Snow Falling by Bernadette Crosthwaite
Embarking on a prison sentence, Mary recounts why, and the significance of a warder.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, a slave who rose to lead the Haitian Revolution.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Omnibus)
Biography of the leader of the slave revolt sparking Haiti’s independence.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Star Line: The Story of Marcus Garvey
A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Students in Red Russia
The story of the students who were sent from developing countries to study in the USSR.
BBC Radio 4
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The Black Stuff
Classic early 1980s drama about a Merseyside tarmac gang away on a contract on Teesside.
BBC One
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Black Sunday
Action thriller about a terrorist organisation which plans a massacre at the Superbowl.
BBC One
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The Black Swan
Danish lawyer Amira Smajic, once a trusted advisor to notorious gangs, wants out.
BBC Four
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Black Velvet
Master Richard is playing a dangerous game with Annie, the gardener's daughter.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Black Watch, 3 Scots: A War in Their Own Words
An uncensored glimpse into the life of a Scottish Battalion fighting in Afghanistan.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Black Water: An American Story
A young writer meets a famous US Senator at a party and something goes terribly wrong.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster
The story of the 1996 Sea Empress oil spill off the Welsh coast.
BBC One Wales
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Black Widow Granny?
All of Betty Neumar's five husbands appear to have died in suspicious circumstances.
BBC One
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Black, African and British
How Britain's black African communities are shaping politics, faith, business and culture.
BBC Radio 4
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Black, Northern Irish and Proud
Exploring what it is like to be a black person living in Northern Ireland.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Black, White and Beethoven
Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Blackadder Rides Again
Documentary looking at the sitcom from its beginnings, featuring interviews with the cast.
BBC One
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Blackbeard the Pirate
Swashbuckling adventure set on the high seas in the 17th century. Starring Robert Newton.
BBC Two
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Blackbeard's Ghost
Comedy. A pirate's spirit is condemned to wander the earth until he does a good deed.
BBC Two
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A Blackbird Singing
Andrea Rea looks at the life and poetry of Francis Ledwidge, killed at Ypres in 1917.
BBC Radio Ulster
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The Blackburn Files
Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator
BBC Radio 4 Extra