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Categories: Documentaries

  1. Nicky and Wynton: The Making of a Concerto

    Film exploring a musical collaboration between Wynton Marsalis and Nicola Benedetti.

    BBC Four

  2. Butterfly Mind

    Can a shaman cure writer's block? Playwright David Greig tries to find out.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Unswayables: Trump's Loyal Army

    Michael Goldfarb is in Pennsylvania hearing the reasons Americans are voting Trump.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. The School That Got Teens Reading

    Ripley Academy in Lancaster invite Javone Prince to inspire their teenage pupils to read.

    BBC Two

  5. Virago: Changing the World One Page at a Time

    Documentary telling the story of women's publishing house, Virago.

    BBC Four

  6. Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

    An attempt to restage the first official broadcast on British television 80 years later.

    BBC Four

  7. The Lost Chapel of Westminster

    Mark D'Arcy reports on new research recreating the lost Royal Chapel of St Stephen's.

    BBC Parliament

  8.

    The Vigil

    People talk frankly about the challenging experience of sitting with a dying parent.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Steve Earle's Songwriting Bootcamp

    The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Radharc: The Island Where God Speaks Gaelic

    Bho thasglann RTÉ aig toiseach 1971. A profile of South Uist from the early 70s.

    BBC ALBA

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    Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou

    How the three country artists ended up uniting as close harmony singers on the Trio album.

    BBC Four

  12. Peter York's Hipster Handbook

    Peter York seeks to understand what he sees as the modern obsession with 'the authentic'.

    BBC Four

  13. A Tale of Five Temples - The Story of Hinduism in Britain

    Exploring the history of five Hindu temples across Britain.

    BBC One

  14.

    The French Culture War

    Exploring the culture war between secularism and a new generation of Muslims in France.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Beyond The Battlefield: 100 Years Of Erskine

    The story of Erskine and of the people who live and work there.

    BBC Two Scotland

  16. No Body's Perfect with Rankin and Alison Lapper

    Documentary exploring attitudes to identity and image in the age of social media.

    BBC Four

  17. Roots, Reggae, Rebellion

    How a small group of Jamaican musicians created songs of Rastafari, revolution and hope.

    BBC Four

  18. Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

    An examination of the sordid machinations involved in becoming US president.

    BBC Four

  19.

    After Cathy

    The harrowing personal stories that lie behind today's homeless headlines.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Voices of the Earth

    Andrew Motion responds to the subject of climate change in a unique audio poem.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. John Berger: The Art of Looking

    Documentary exploring the life and work of the late writer and art critic John Berger.

    BBC Four

  22. Building Hope: The Maggie's Centres

    The story of Maggie's - a unique cancer charity which began life in Edinburgh in 1996.

    BBC Two Scotland

  23.

    A Freedom Too Far?

    Melanie Phillips explores the limits of free speech.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. A Vision on Peckham Rye

    Levi Roots explores the story of William Blake's childhood vision of angels on Peckham Rye

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Bob and Roberta's Excellent Protest Adventure

    Bob and Roberta Smith sets out to discover what's getting everyone so angry.

    BBC Four

  26. The Undiscovered Peter Cook

    Film about satirist Peter Cook, with private recordings, diaries, letters and photographs.

    BBC Four

  27.

    GCHQ: Minority Report

    The domestic challenge facing Britain's biggest secret intelligence service.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Man Who Wanted to 'Cure' Smoking

    John Waite looks at the work of the anti-smoking guru Allen Carr who died ten years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    As Many Leaves

    A journalist revisits the audio diary that documents her husband's sudden departure.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Midnight Documentary

    Documentaries and features from the archive.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  31. Jeremy Deller: We're Here Because We're Here

    An insight into artist Jeremy Deller's memorial that marked the Battle of the Somme.

    BBC Four

  32. Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister?

    David Harewood examines the obstacles black Britons face in rising to positions of power

    BBC Two

  33. The Selfless Sikh: Faith on the Frontline

    Documentary following Ravi Singh, who puts his life on the line to help people in need.

    BBC One

  34. Prison, My Parents & Me

    Documentary for Children in Need showing what it is like to be a prisoner's child.

    BBC One

  35. 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

  36. Gary Numan: Android in La La Land

    Film following Gary Numan on a one-way trip to crack America and break into Hollywood.

    BBC Four

  37. Good Times, Bad Times

    Ricky Ross tells the story of Timex in Dundee, through the good times and the bad times.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  38. The National Pet Service

    A revealing look at the work of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.

    BBC One Scotland

  39. Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro

    Film about Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who became the first black winner of BBC Young Musician.

    BBC Four

  40. Titanic's Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster

    A look at how and why the Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, 100 years after it sank.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  41. Am Pìobaire Uilleam Labhraidh

    Ceud bliadhna bho bhàs, cuimhneachan air beatha a' phìobaire Uilleam Labhraidh.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  42. Fear by Sir Ranulph Fiennes (Omnibus)

    Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes reads from his new book about fear - particularly his own.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Hiraeth

    Poet Mab Jones explores the concept of hiraeth in the poetry of Wales.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Bursting the Social Network Bubble

    Bobby Friction discovers the impact social media is having on his life.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    The Green Book

    Alvin Hall tells the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Supply and Demand

    Sushma Puri asks if the supply teacher system is failing teachers, schools and children.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Hunt for Classroom Extremists

    The truth behind an alleged plot by 'hardline' Muslims to seize control of British schools

    BBC One

  48. 50 Years of the Roundhouse

    Gideon Coe looks back on 50 years of London's Roundhouse and its many musical highlights.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  49. Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

    Unprecedented access to the workings of a Pentecostal church in London.

    BBC Two

  50. The Sikhs of Smethwick

    Filmmaker Billy Dosanjh celebrates 50 years of the Sikhs in his hometown of Smethwick.

    BBC Four

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