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Why Can't Our Children Talk?
Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Coups Fail
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Dad Killed Mum: My Family's Secret
19 year old Tasnim wants to find out why her dad killed her mum when she was a baby
BBC Three
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Why Democracy? Why Vote
Documentary. A group of Chinese schoolchildren learn about democracy for the first time.
BBC Parliament
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Why Did You Kill My Dad?
Filmmaker Julian Hendy looks at the true scale of killings by the mentally ill in Britain.
BBC Two
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Why do Americans distrust Washington?
How Ronald Reagan has overcome American distrust of central government
BBC World Service
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Why Do the British Love Wildlife?
Francesco Da Mosto explores the British love of the natural world.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Do They Call It Good Friday?
Drama about a ten-year-old boy who has to find someone to look after an injured pigeon.
BBC One
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Why Do We Do That?
Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the origins of everyday human habits and behaviour.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Do We Sing?
Choirmaster Gareth Malone explore the role of singing in our development.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
Nicola Meighan looks back at over 50 years of Scottish outdoor music festivals.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Why Does the UK Want the Tate Brothers in Court?
Andrew and Tristan Tate are battling extradition to the UK where they face 38 new charges
BBC News
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Why Don't You...?
Series suggesting things for children to do as an alternative to watching TV.
BBC One
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Why Esther Kept Quiet
Esther W explains why she believes her silence caused the Orkney child abuse scandal.
BBC Radio Scotland
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The Why Factor
Series that explores the hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions.
BBC Radio 4
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The Why Factor
The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions
BBC World Service
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Why False Claims About Sunscreen Causing Cancer Spread Online
Social media posts wrongly claiming sunscreen causes cancer have been spreading widely
BBC News
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Why I Changed My Mind
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.
BBC Radio 4
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Why I Skate: Billy
An ice dancer talks self-expression and whether figure skaters are artists or athletes.
BBC Three
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Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?
David Harewood investigates the reasons behind health inequality in modern Britain.
BBC One
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Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?
Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK’s political institutions?
BBC Radio 4
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Why Is the 1812 So Popular?
Tchaikovsky himself said his overture had 'no artistic merit', so why is it so popular?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why is the Social Care System so Hard to Fix?
PM Andy Burnham wants to improve adult social care in England, but what are the options?
BBC News
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Why is There a Tupac Murder Trial 30 Years After His Death?
30 years after Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is going on trial
BBC News
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Why Is There So Much Turbulence in British Politics?
BBC News takes a look at the global reaction to Keir Starmer's resignation
BBC News
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Why is Xi Jinping in North Korea?
China's president Xi Jinping has held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
BBC News
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Why Men Pay for Sex
What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it
BBC Radio 4
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Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus)
Funny, frank and feisty adaptation of Gill Sims’ best-selling novel.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
Gill Sims' comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)
Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Music? Question Time
Tom Service is joined by Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball answer listeners' questions.
BBC Radio 3
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Why Music? Round-Up
Tom Service and Sarah Walker round up Why Music? with Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball.
BBC Radio 3
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Why Plastic?
Explores the causes, consequences and possible solutions to plastic pollution.
BBC News
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Why Poetry Matters
Griff Rhys Jones explores how verse has the power to enlighten, entertain and stimulate.
BBC Two
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Why Poverty?
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century
BBC Four
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Why Poverty?
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
BBC News
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Why Reading Matters
How modern neuroscience has revealed that reading unlocks remarkable powers in people.
BBC Four
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Why Russia Spies
Russian agents remain against the West. Peter Hennessy investigates why.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Should This Happen To Me?
A series of discussions with people dealing with crisis
BBC World Service
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC News
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC News
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC Persian TV
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC Russian TV
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
Jeremy Black examines an extraordinary time in British history, the Industrial Revolution.
BBC Two
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here - Learning Zone
A compilation of films for schools from Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here.
BBC Two
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Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
BBC Radio 4
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Why the World's Superpowers are Racing to Control the Arctic
Five reasons why the Arctic is one of the world’s most contested regions
BBC News
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Why Thousands of Mosquitoes Are Being Released in DC
About 600,000 mosquitoes are being released to help reduce local mosquito populations
BBC News
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Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down)
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Tuchel Is Perfect Fit For England
Thomas Hitzlsperger explains Thomas Tuchel's tactical style.
BBC Sport
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Why US-Israel Strikes on Iran Are Targeting Drones
The Security Brief looks at why Iran is using drones to cause chaos in the Middle East
BBC News
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Why War? The Einstein-Freud Letters
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Why Why?
Comedian Phill Jupitus searches for the answers to questions posed by songs.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Women Read Fiction
Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Women Read Fiction (Omnibus)
Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Wibbly Pig
Preschool animation featuring Wibbly Pig and his favourite toys, Pigley, Flop and Dimple
CBeebies
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The Wicked Pickett: The Life and Times of Wilson Pickett
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who and a Wilson Pickett fan, profiles the soul star.
BBC Radio 6 Music
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Wicked, Witty and Wise
Comedian Nuala McKeever shares her favourite comic poetry and songs.
BBC Radio Ulster
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The Wicker Man
Terrifying audio adaptation of the cult 1973 film. With Brian Blessed.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Wicker Man
A puritan police officer arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl.
BBC Four
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Suspect Due to Appear in Court
Joshua Kerry, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, is set to appear in court today
BBC News
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Wide Awake at Bedtime
Stewart Henderson joins children at sleepover events around the UK
BBC Radio 4
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Wide Open Spaces
Comedy. Two slackers find themselves in the middle of rural Ireland building a theme park.
BBC Two Scotland
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Wide Sargasso Sea
A Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman fall in love, only to be torn apart by rumours.
BBC Four
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Widespread Evacuations After Tsunami Warning
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has sparked tsunami warnings for the US and Japan
BBC News
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Widow of PC Harper Criticises Early Release for Prisoners
Andy Burnham says he will review plans to release thousands of criminals early
BBC News
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The Widow's Tale
Six widows from different backgrounds talk about the deaths of their husbands.
BBC One
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Widowers' Tales
The moving, inspiring stories of four men who found a new identity late in life.
BBC Radio 4
