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  1. Disabled and Broody: My Impossible Choice

    Julie Fernandez considers whether to have children at risk of inheriting her disability.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Woolf in the Jungle

    Nicholas Rankin explores Leonard Woolf's novel, 'The Village in the Jungle'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Of Diabolical Purpose - Sgeulachd Monsieur Chantrelle

    The story of a French man hanged for murder in Edinburgh, in 1878.

    BBC ALBA

  4. First There Was the Word

    Yasmin Hai explores British Muslim writing and the forging of a literary Islamic gaze.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Thalidomide - The Fifty Year Fight

    Documentary on a battle for justice against one of the UK's largest corporations.

    BBC Two

  6. Living on the Never Never

    Following the attempts of three people to become debt-free.

    BBC One Wales

  7. Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

    Film about singer Nat King Cole using his journals and interviews with family and friends.

    BBC Four

  8. The Battle to Beat Polio

    Stephanie Flanders explores the history of the search for a vaccine for poliomyelitis.

    BBC Two

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    Melencolia

    Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Educating Ulster

    Andrea Catherwood examines the movement for integrated schools in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Rooms with a View

    Tom Dyckhoff discovers that few things show our social status as clearly as windows.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Little Chechnya on the Steppes

    The story of Kazakhstan's Chechens: exiled by Stalin, sustained by faith and memory.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. A German Genius in Britain

    Iain Sinclair goes in search of acclaimed writer WG Sebald.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Bob Larbey - A Tribute

    Penelope Keith pays tribute to comedy writer Bob Larbey.

    BBC Two

  15.

    For All the TV in China

    Paul Jackson reports on TV in China, and the British producers hoping to succeed there.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. A Writer's Journey from There to Here

    An insight into the life and work of British television dramatist Peter Bowker.

    BBC Four

  17.

    Singing with the Nightingales

    Sam Lee marks the 100th anniversary of cellist Beatrice Harrison's duet with a nightingale

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Surfin' Cymru

    The heady days of the 1960s Welsh surfing scene are recaptured in this special programme.

    BBC Radio Wales

  19.

    Is Journalism Healthy?

    Can an NHS ethics code for medics, managers and public relations staff ever work?

    BBC Radio 4

  20. A-nis: Stevie Wonder

    Stevie Wonder biography.

    BBC ALBA

  21. Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

    With Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie.

    BBC Four

  22. Bringing Art to Wales: The Davies Sisters

    How two sisters from Wales created one of 20th-century Britain's great art collections.

    BBC Two Wales

  23. The Mysterious Mr Webster: BBC Arts at the Globe

    Revealing the mysterious man who many consider Shakespeare's greatest rival.

    BBC Two

  24.

    A Good Man in Rwanda

    A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. D-Day Dames

    Lyse Doucet recounts the stories of American women war correspondents in London for D-Day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Oscar Pistorius: The Truth

    Documentary going behind the scenes of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial.

    BBC Three

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    D-Day: A Family Affair

    Paddy O'Connell meets D-Day veterans and asks 'what is remembrance?'.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. A King's Speech - Martin Luther King on Tyneside

    Lenny Henry tells the story of Martin Luther King's visit to Tyneside in 1967.

    BBC One

  29. Love Letter to Manchester

    Peter Bowker, the writer of BBC1's new drama From Here to There, reveals his inspirations.

    BBC One

  30. The Science of D-Day

    Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.

    BBC One

  31. A-nis: Billy Joel

    Billy Joel biography.

    BBC ALBA

  32. Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown

    The FAA pilot recounts his experiences up to and during the Second World War.

    BBC Two

  33. Jock Stein

    The story of Jock Stein, Scotland's greatest ever football manager.

    BBC ALBA

  34. John Ogdon: Living with Genius

    Profile of Britain's greatest ever classical pianist, John Ogdon.

    BBC Four

  35. Pol, An Gibearnach Glic/Paul the Psychic Octopus

    The octopus who predicted results during the 2010 World Cup.

    BBC ALBA

  36. Just like Hearing Brazil

    A celebration of Brazil's two passions - music and football.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  37. Finding a Future for Hull?

    With the title of City of Culture 2017, what is the vision for the future of Hull?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Unmaking of the English Working Class

    Historian Jon Lawrence of Cambridge University asks what has happened to the working class

    BBC Radio 4

  39. The Town That Loves Books: BBC Arts at Hay

    In the book-loving town of Hay, Martha Kearney looks at how the way we read is changing.

    BBC Four

  40. You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story

    Profile of the acclaimed singer-songwriter Carole King.

    BBC Four

  41. Normandy '44: The Battle Beyond D-Day

    James Holland reassesses the 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed D-Day.

    BBC Two

  42. The John Hartson Story

    John Hartson talks about his life and remarkable career.

    BBC One Wales

  43.

    Generation Right

    Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Ata Kak and the Crate Diggers

    Meet the crate diggers devoted to giving Africa's obscure musical gems a new lease of life

    BBC Radio 4

  45. A-nis: Genesis

    Genesis biography.

    BBC ALBA

  46.

    Pole to Pole

    Half a million Poles have settled here in the last decade. Are they becoming British?

    BBC Radio 4

  47.

    Marginalia

    Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page to explore marginalia.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48.

    Travelling the Spaceways: The Cult of Sun Ra

    Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Controlling Our Borders

    Winifred Robinson investigates changes to border controls in the wake of election results.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. David Beckham Into the Unknown

    David Beckham and three of his closest friends go on an adventure in Brazil.

    BBC One

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