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  1. All Of Me: The Betrayal of Billie Holiday

    Neneh Cherry tells the story of a remarkable period in the American jazz singer's life.

    BBC Radio 2

  2. Sharon Chazan: Just Enough Distance

    Documentary about the life, work and untimely death of photographer Sharon Chazan.

    BBC Four

  3. The Political Club

    Are Britain's political parties are getting state funding through the back door?

    BBC Radio 4

  4. A Prince for Wales?

    Huw Edwards asks lords, ladies, politicians and the ordinary people about Prince Charles.

    BBC One Wales

  5. Wales - The Prince and the Plotter

    The investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969 was dogged by extremist threats.

    BBC One Wales

  6. Can I Get High Legally?

    George Lamb explores the world of legal party pills and herbal highs.

    BBC Three

  7. My Best Friend's Murder

    Documentary following friends and relatives of teenagers who have been killed by knives.

    BBC Three

  8. The Grand Masquerade

    John O'Farrell celebrates Kit Williams's groundbreaking picture puzzle book Masquerade.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Music from Beyond the Veil

    Paul Robertson examines the claims and counter-claims for musical mediumship.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Journey to Armenia: Komitas - The Saddest Music in the World

    In search of Komitas, whose musical talent turned him into the voice of Albania.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Space Dogs

    Documentary which tells the secret history of dog cosmonautics in the Soviet Union.

    BBC Four

  12. For All Mankind

    1989 documentary relating the story of the 24 men who travelled to the moon with NASA.

    BBC Four

  13. Apollo Wives

    Documentary following the reunion in Arizona of ten of the wives of Apollo astronauts.

    BBC Four

  14. Horizon: 40 Years on the Moon

    Brian Cox uses the BBC archive to examine the story of man's relationship with the moon.

    BBC Four

  15. Being Neil Armstrong

    Andrew Smith journeys across America to find out more about the reclusive Neil Armstrong.

    BBC Four

  16. Man on the Moon

    The story of the US space programme, including the space race and the first moon landing.

    BBC Four

  17. Maureen ann an San Francisco

    Maureen MacLeod discovers this famous city.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  18. Toscanini in His Own Words

    The legendary conductor speaks frankly about the music, politics and passions in his life.

    BBC Four

  19. Touring Round Torquay

    Steve Carver becomes a coach holiday courier on a six-day trip to south Devon.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Gordon's Women

    Martha Kearney explores whether or not Gordon Brown has a problem working with women.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Iraq United

    Hugh Sykes follows the Iraqi football team as they hope to unite their country.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Fiery Cross

    Billy Kay explores the effects of the American Civil Rights Movement on Scottish society.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  23. From Dots to Downloads - Tune-Books on the Web

    Centuries before iPods, ordinary folk had 'tune-books'. Tim van Eyken seeks them out.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Britney Spears Saved My Life

    A recreation of the video for Britney Spears's Hit Me, Baby, One More Time by her fans.

    BBC Three

  25.

    Give Me the MoonLITE

    Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century

    Michael Alexander on the place of TS Eliot, and poetry in general, in national culture.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Liz Smith's Summer Cruise

    Actress Liz Smith goes on an Adriatic cruise, the first real holiday of her life.

    BBC Four

  28. Journey to Armenia: Mandelstam - The Long Desired for Voyage

    Toby Litt scours Armenia for the spirit of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Maureen aig Prìosan Alcatraz

    Maureen MacLeod visits one of the most famous prisons ever.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  30. Planning for Pandemic

    Winifred Robinson follows the work of those battling to contain the spread of swine flu.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. What's Really in Our Food?

    Can we trust the food we eat? Reporters Tom Heap and Simon Boazman try to find out.

    BBC One

  32. The Zoo Crew

    A celebration of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland on its centenary.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  33.

    Biomimicry: Inspired by Nature

    Scientist and broadcaster Prof Trevor Cox explores a new wave of biomimicry.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields

    Robin Denselow explores Cambodia's rock and roll in the late '60s, known as 'Khmer Rock'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Anns a Mhoine

    Tom MacIver joins peat cutters in the west of Lewis.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  36. Frequently Asked Questions

    Ian Sansom examines the changing relationship between authors and their readers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Eye to the Telescope

    KT Tunstall explores our fascination with space and its influence upon musicians.

    BBC Radio 2

  38. Tennyson's Ulysses Revisited

    Poet Sean O'Brien explores Alfred, Lord Tennyson's great poem, Ulysses.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. The Hunt for Sexton Blake

    David Quantick profiles the long-lived fictional detective and adventurer Sexton Blake.

    BBC Radio 2

  40. The Hidden World of Jacques Cousteau

    Nick Haslam re-evaluates the renowned underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Benjamin Jealous: The Future of the NAACP?

    Gary Younge meets the new leader of America's oldest and largest civil rights organisation

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Gesualdo: Musician and Murderer

    Aled Jones on the bizarre life and tormented music of Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Chips With Everything

    Sue Nelson investigates the humble source of the silicon chip.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Grandfather of Self Help

    Kate Williams investigates the success and legacy of Samuel Smiles's 1859 book 'Self-Help'

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Expenses: The MPs' Story

    Becky Milligan talks to MPs about the media frenzy surrounding the expenses scandal.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Last Chance for Africa's Elephants?

    How can science can stop an upsurge in the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory?

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Billy Liar: Fifty Years On

    Blake Morrison goes in search of the world evoked by Keith Waterhouse's novel Billy Liar.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Baby Beauty Queens

    Documentary following three girls in the lead-up to the final of the Mini Miss UK contest.

    BBC Three

  49. Otto: Love, Lust and Las Vegas

    Film which follows a 21-year-old with Down's Syndrome during his coming-of-age year.

    BBC Three

  50. Ray Gosling: Bankrupt

    How TV presenter Ray Gosling was declared bankrupt and served with an eviction order.

    BBC Four

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