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  1. Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways

    Dan Snow examines the development of the railways.

    BBC Two

  2. Pop-Up Economics

    Tim Harford tells an audience stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex

    Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. The Alien Balladeer

    Murray Lachlan Young creates, in ballad form, a series of comments on modern-day life

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Pierrot Hero: The Story of Clifford Essex

    Tony Lidington tells the story of the founder of a troupe of English Pierrot entertainers

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Technicolour

    Tracey Logan explores the world of colour, from biology to fashion

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  7. In Search of the British Dream

    Mukul Devichand seeks to see Britain through the eyes of those who have recently arrived

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Howard Goodall's Story of Music

    Howard Goodall traces the story of music from the ancient world to the modern day

    BBC Two

  9. The Mary Berry Story

    Mary Berry revisits some favourite recipes and talks candidly about her culinary career.

    BBC Two

  10. Monty Don's French Gardens

    Monty Don visits some of the most famous and interesting gardens in France.

    BBC Two

  11. Grahame Dangerfield: Back to the Serengeti

    Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. The Man Machine: The Story of Kraftwerk

    Jarvis Cocker presents the story of the influential German band and their contemporaries.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  13. Blood and Fire: Roots, Reggae and Rastafari

    Don Letts looks at the Rastafari movement and its influence on Jamaican music.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  14. Brain Doctors

    Documentary following work of the neurosurgeons at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.

    BBC Two

  15. FIFA World Cup Official Film

    Officially sanctioned documentary films with all the action from football's biggest prize.

    BBC Two

  16. The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music

    Three-part series on the revolution in 20th century music.

    BBC Four

  17. Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story

    Nina Simone's daughter explores her mother's life and career.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  18. Deadly Mission Madagascar

    Eight British children travel to Madagascar to learn how they can help with conservation

    CBBC

  19. The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track

    Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways.

    BBC Two

  20. The Living Planet

    David Attenborough examines how animals and plants adapt to their surroundings.

    BBC Two

  21. Battle for the Airwaves

    Nick Robinson presents a series on the relationship between broadcasters and politicians

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Meet the Izzards

    Eddie Izzard traces the migration of his ancestors out of Africa and into Europe.

    BBC One

  23. Departure Diaries

    Following some of the thousands of people emigrating abroad in search of new lives

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  24. Dan Cruickshank's Written in Stone

    Dan Cruickshank explores some of Ulster's most remarkable buildings.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  25. In Defence of Bureaucracy

    Gus O'Donnell argues that bureaucracy is an essential part of a functioning democracy

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Who's the Pest?

    Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  27. Totally British: 70s Rock 'n' Roll

    Trawled from the depths of the BBC Archive, a collection of performance gems

    BBC Four

  28. Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places

    Series exploring Britain's glorious sacred sites

    BBC Four

  29. Radio 2's History of British Comedy

    David Mitchell traces the history of British humour from music hall to the modern day.

    BBC Radio 2

  30. Earth, Wind and Pyre

    Candi Staton recalls the 1979 anti-disco protest led by a local Chicago DJ.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  31. Baroque in Britain

    Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. The Great British Winter

    Explores five of Britain's most extreme winter landscapes.

    BBC Two

  33. Insect Worlds

    Steve Backshall explores insects and their relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans.

    BBC Four

  34. A Very British Wedding

    Documentary following the weddings of two multicultural couples in contemporary Britain.

    BBC Two

  35. Country Show Cook Off

    Chefs visit and compete in country shows across the land.

    BBC Two

  36. Canals of Wales with Iolo Williams

    Iolo Williams travels along Wales's canals.

    BBC Two Wales

  37. Tighten Up: The Story of Trojan Records

    The story of the influential reggae label.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  38. After Saddam

    Hugh Sykes finds out how life in Iraq has changed over the past decade

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. Noise: A Human History

    Prof David Hendy on the role of sound and listening in 100,000 years of human history.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. In Pursuit of Spring

    Presenter Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of the writer Edward Thomas

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. Richard Ingrams - The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett

    Biography of the author, political reformer and ardent agriculturalist

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Noise: A Human History - Omnibus

    Prof David Hendy on the role of sound and listening in 100,000 years of human history

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion

    Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing

    BBC Four

  44. What Do Artists Do All Day?

    Portraits of leading artists, with insights into their working lives and creative process

    BBC Four

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  45. An Independent People

    William Crawley tells the dramatic story of Ulster's Presbyterians

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  46. Golden Years: The David Bowie Story

    Mark Goodier's 2000 documentary exploring the extraordinary career of David Bowie.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  47. My Hero

    Figures from the world of comedy explore the lives and backgrounds of their heroes.

    BBC One

  48. Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day

    Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by 100 camera crews spread across the country.

    BBC Two

  49. The Prison Restaurant

    Louise Elliott follows the progress of the inmates of Prescoed Prison

    BBC Radio Wales

  50. BS5

    A trio of stories marking five years of the Bristol Short Story Prize

    BBC Radio 4

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