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  1. When Nudes Are Stolen

    Former glamour model Jess Davies uncovers the hidden trade in nude photographs.

    BBC Three

  2.

    When Parents Split

    Philippa Perry explores the psychological manipulation of children during divorce.

    BBC Radio 4

  3.

    When Reality Breaks: Demystifying Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family.

    BBC Radio 4

  4.

    When Snooker Ruled the World

    Take a look back to the golden era of snooker in the 1970s and 80s. (2002)

    BBC

  5.

    When Stockhausen Came to Huddersfield

    The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6.

    When the Fleadh came to Belfast

    BBC News NI's Jamie McColgan explores the Fleadh in Belfast.

    BBC News

  7.

    When the Gods Return

    Tim Malyon and John Crook witness a great monastic festival in Ladakh, north-west India

    BBC World Service

  8.

    When the Levee Breaks

    Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. When the People Say Not Sure

    Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. When The Pips Stop

    The story of two sisters learning to live together without their cherished Radio 4.

    BBC Radio 4

  11.

    When the Rainforest is Stolen

    The threats to the rainforests of Madagascar through the eyes of the Malagasy people

    BBC World Service

  12.

    When Tina Turner Came to Britain

    The story of Tina Turner’s 50-year relationship with the UK in her own words.

    BBC Two

  13.

    When to Break Up the Party

    Steven Fielding draws on past party splits to assess what's happening in our politics now.

    BBC Radio 4

  14.

    When Van Played Cyprus Avenue

    Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. When Wars End

    How conflict resolution professionals are dealing with a world focused on war

    BBC World Service

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  16. When Washington Came to Brum

    How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17.

    When Will Theatre Come Black?

    As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    When Women Wore the Trousers

    Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers, from function to fashion.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19.

    When Yorkshire Played New York

    A legendary match leads us into the extraordinary cultural history of cricket in America.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20.

    Where are all the black women in Grime?

    Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.

    BBC Radio 4

  21.

    Where Are All the Working Class Writers?

    Why are so few novelists from working class backgrounds?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Where Are You Going?

    Illuminating responses to a simple question from around the world

    BBC World Service

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  23. Where Did All the Comrades Go?

    How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    Where is Jack Ma?

    Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands

    Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands - Mollie King dives into girlband history.

    BBC Radio 1

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  26. Where Once Were Farms

    Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Where the Light Sings

    Twelve hours of live broadcasting in a musical relay from lighthouses around the UK.

    BBC Radio 3

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  28. Where To Be A Woman

    Where can women live their best lives? Searching the globe for the best wellbeing ideas

    BBC World Service

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  29. Where to, Mate?

    Comedy from Manchester, where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the north west.

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Where We Live Now

    Five writers present films on their surroundings

    BBC

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  31. Whicker's World

    Journalist Alan Whicker reports on interesting social stories from across the globe.

    BBC

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  32. While My Guitar Gently Bleeps

    Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33.

    Whipped

    Ben Wright looks at whether a political crisis will force the Whips to change their ways.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Whiskey Talkin'

    Exploring the fascinating story of Irish whiskey, once a major industry in Ulster.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  35.

    Whisky Galore No More?

    Is the Scotch whisky industry on the rocks? Kirsty Wark investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    Whisky Galore!

    In 1943, disaster strikes on a remote Hebridean island when they run out of whisky.

    BBC Two

  37.

    The Whistling Woman

    Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth

    Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. White Mischief

    How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age?

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. White Nights

    Documentary series about life in St Petersburg under glasnost

    BBC World Service

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  41. White Sings Robeson

    Willard White takes a musical journey through the life of Paul Robeson.

    BBC Four

  42. White Van Man

    The misadventures of two handymen on the road and the extraordinary people they meet.

    BBC Three

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  43. Who Are the '22?

    David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Who Are You Again?

    Mary Ann Sieghart isn't being rude - she just can't identify people by their faces.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Who Are You in Winnie-the-Pooh?

    Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce celebrates Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th anniversary.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Who Cares?

    Three people talk about the impact of suddenly becoming the primary carer for a relative.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  47. Who Do You Think You Are?

    Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.

    BBC One

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  48. Who Do You Think You Are?

    Lost connections and histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees.

    BBC Sounds

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  49. Who Do You Think You Are? USA

    Lost connections and unknown histories are revealed as US stars trace their family trees.

    BBC One

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  50. Who Does John Hegley Think He Is?

    John Hegley thinks he might be descended from French composer Rameau. Could it be true?

    BBC Radio 4

  51.

    Who found Machu Picchu?

    Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  52.

    Who gets the houses?

    A fascinating snapshot of opinion on housing and immigration.

    BBC Radio 4

  53.

    Who Goes First?

    Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.

    BBC Radio 4

  54.

    Who Is Alice Guo?

    The small town Philippines mayor with the million dollar secret.

    BBC Radio 4

  55. Who Killed Elsie Frost?

    Elsie Frost was murdered on 9 October 1965. She was 14. The murderer hasn't been caught.

    BBC Radio 4

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  56. Who Killed Emma?

    A missing woman. A brutal murder. And a confrontation with a prime suspect.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  57. Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?

    Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.

    BBC Radio 4

  58.

    Who Needs Politicians Anyway?

    Chris Page looks at how Northern Ireland is coping without a government

    BBC Radio 4

  59.

    Who Needs Scientists?

    Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.

    BBC Radio 4

  60.

    Who Runs Labour?

    A look back at Labour's civil war in the 1980s and whether there is currently a re-run.

    BBC Radio 4

  61.

    Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds?

    £26m in jewellery and cash. A painstaking police investigation. A missing mastermind?

    BBC Three

  62. Who Was Michael X?

    The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you’ve never heard of.

    BBC Sounds

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  63. Who Was St Nicholas?

    How an early Christian bishop was claimed for everything from Christmas to pawnbrokers

    BBC World Service

  64. Who We Are

    Documentaries about how we shape our lives through love, pain, war and hope

    BBC World Service

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  65. Who Will Call Me Beloved?

    Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.

    BBC Radio 4

  66.

    Who'd Be A Museum Director Today?

    Our panel debate the many challenges facing museum curators in the 2020s.

    BBC Live Streams

  67. Who'd have Thought It?

    The origins and uses of the materials we use

    BBC World Service

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  68. Who's British Now?

    Fewer and fewer of us say we are 'British'. Ritula Shah asks, 'Who's British now?'.

    BBC Radio 4

  69.

    Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?

    How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.

    BBC Radio 4

  70. Who's the Pest?

    Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  71. Who’s Got Greg? Peter Bleksley Investigates

    A Radio 1 DJ has disappeared in fishy circumstances. Can Peter Bleksley set Greg free?

    BBC Radio 1

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  72. Whodunnits

    Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on BBC Sounds.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  73. The Whole 10 Yards

    BBC Sport's weekly NFL programme focusing on big stories from around the league.

    BBC Sport

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  74. Whose Doctor Who

    A classic documentary from 1977, introduced by Melvyn Bragg.

    BBC

  75.

    Whose Health Is It Anyway?

    Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative.

    BBC Radio 4

  76. Whose Truth Is It Anyway?

    Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.

    BBC Radio 4

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  77. Why Become a Doctor?

    Kevin Fong looks at how the role of junior doctors has changed over the past 50 years.

    BBC Radio 4

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  78. Why Can't Our Children Talk?

    Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate.

    BBC Radio 4

  79.

    Why Coups Fail

    Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.

    BBC Radio 4

  80.

    Why do Americans distrust Washington?

    How Ronald Reagan has overcome American distrust of central government

    BBC World Service

  81. Why Do We Do That?

    Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the origins of everyday human habits and behaviour.

    BBC Radio 4

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  82. The Why Factor

    The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions

    BBC World Service

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  83. Why I Changed My Mind

    Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.

    BBC Radio 4

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  84. Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?

    Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK’s political institutions?

    BBC Radio 4

  85.

    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

  86. Why Should This Happen To Me?

    A series of discussions with people dealing with crisis

    BBC World Service

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  87. Why Stories

    Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe

    BBC Russian TV

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  88. 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 Time Flies (and how to slow it down)

    Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.

    BBC Radio 4

  90.

    Why Time Is Almost Up For Milan's 'Colosseum'

    BBC Sport takes a look at the status of Milan's San Siro.

    BBC Sport

  91.

    Why War? The Einstein-Freud Letters

    Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.

    BBC Radio 4

  92. Why Why Why?

    Comedian Phill Jupitus searches for the answers to questions posed by songs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  93. Why...?

    From shark attacks to collapsing buildings - why do these events happen?

    BBC One

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  94. Widdecombe Suspect Charged Over Terror Plot Against Farage

    Joshua Kerry was charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts

    BBC News

  95. Wiggle Waggle

    Movement and literacy programmes for 3 - 5 year olds

    School Radio

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  96. Wiki Wars

    Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.

    BBC Radio 4

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