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  1. Blind Man Roams the Globe

    Peter White explores the experience of travel from a blind person's perspective

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age

    Documentary series celebrating Britain's rich industrial heritage.

    BBC Two

  3. The Art of Australia

    Exploring the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions.

    BBC Four

  4. Family Life Swap

    Two families swap lives and diets to ascertain why Wales is becoming fatter.

    BBC One Wales

  5. Iolo's Special Reserves

    Iolo Williams takes a tour of the richest wildlife habitats in the land.

    BBC Two Wales

  6. Iolo's Natural History of Wales

    Iolo Williams presents a series covering the natural history of Wales

    BBC Two Wales

  7. Condiments

    Sophie Grigson celebrates the unsung heroes of the feast

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

    How people in the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life.

    BBC Four

  9. Crime Scenes Scotland: Forensics Squad

    Series highlighting advanced forensic techniques used by the Scottish Police Authority.

    BBC One Scotland

  10. The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

    Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire

    BBC Two

  11. Who Sold the Soul?

    Alvin Hall examines the struggle of African-Americans in the music industry

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Grow It, Cook It, Eat It

    Chef Dudley Newbury hopes to change the way his home town of Ynysybwl thinks about food

    BBC One Wales

  13. Bingo, Barbie and Barthes: 50 Years of Cultural Studies

    Laurie Taylor looks back at 50 years of cultural studies

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Grievous Angel: The Story of Gram Parsons

    Bob Harris tells the story of influential country rock star Gram Parsons.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  15. Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time

    The rise in young people suffering from illnesses due to alcohol, drugs and obesity.

    BBC Three

  16. Silk

    Steph McGovern presents a two-part series on the global history of silk

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Disowned and Disabled

    How the care of disowned and disabled children changed in the decades after World War II.

    BBC Four

  18. Getting on Air: The Female Pioneers

    Jane Garvey investigates the history of the female voice in broadcasting

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Jamaica: The Harder They Come

    Chris Salewicz explores cult Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come

    BBC Radio 4

  20. The Roots of Scottish Nationalism

    Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains

    Kate Humble and Simon King follow animals in Zambia as a long dry season comes to an end.

    BBC Two

  22. Cold War, Hot Jets

    How the invention of the jet engine transformed Britain after the Second World War.

    BBC Two

  23. Richard Hammond Builds...

    Richard Hammond takes on the ultimate engineering challenge: how do you build a planet?

    BBC One

  24. Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

    What is life like for the people who live, work and play on the Pembrokeshire coast path?

    BBC Two Wales

  25. Wales in the Sixties

    Series using colour archive and personal accounts to recount life in the Sixties.

    BBC One Wales

  26. Cathedrals

    Richard Alwyn goes behind the scenes at Wells, Wakefield and Southwark Cathedrals.

    BBC Four

  27. London v Paris

    Robert and Isabelle Tombs present the story of the battle between two cities

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Animal Odd Couples

    Liz Bonnin finds out why animals of different species make friends with each other.

    BBC One

  29. Kangaroo Dundee

    Series following a tough Australian who rescues and raises orphan joeys in the outback.

    BBC Two

  30. The Politics of Architecture

    Jonathan Glancey investigates the forces that shape the design of our everyday buildings

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Forever Young

    Documentary pop songs that explore what it means to be an adult in 21st-century Britain

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Morecambe and Wise the Whole Story

    The story of Eric and Ernie, from struggling variety turns to the kings of TV comedy.

    BBC Two

  33. Féilte is Fleadh

    Documentary series

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  34. Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

    Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large.

    BBC Four

  35. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities

    Series in which historian Simon Sebag Montefiore traces the sacred history of Istanbul.

    BBC Four

  36. Keeping Britain Safe 24/7

    Meet the everyday heroes battling to keep Britain safe all year round.

    BBC One

  37. The Silent War

    The story of the underwater war between US, UK and Soviet submarines.

    BBC Two

  38. Puzzling Passions

    Marcel Berlins indulges his passion for puzzles

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World

    Graham Ingham presents a series tracing the extraordinary history of the American dollar

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Whatever Happened to Community?

    Giles Fraser explores the importance of community in our lives

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The Enfield Thunderbolt

    Peter Curran tells the story of the Enfield 8000, Britain's pioneering electric car

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Making of the Modern Arab World

    Tarek Osman traces characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. The Clash in New York and Shea Stadium

    Don Letts celebrates the band's bond with New York city.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  44. Never Mind the Horlicks: Punk at Middle Age

    Tom Robinson traces the legacy of the punk explosion.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  45. Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

    James Cracknel and Ben Fogle take on the Arabian Desert.

    BBC Two

  46. Fianuis Shuil

    Documentary series reflecting on the impact of modern developments on Highland communities

    BBC ALBA

  47. Endeavour: Everest

    Series about three Everest expeditions - by balloon, canoe and climbing without oxygen.

    BBC Four

  48. Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn

    The author embarks on 'One Man's Struggle with the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Bean a' Mhinisteir

    Documentary series following the lives of three, very different ministers' wives

    BBC ALBA

  50. Tim McGarry's Ulster Scots Journey

    Tim McGarry takes a look at the history and culture of the Ulster Scots.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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