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Tough Love: Boys, Books and Romance
Author Steven Camden investigates why there are so few love stories for teenage boys.
BBC Radio 4
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Butterbeer and Grootcakes
Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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When Women Wore the Trousers
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers, from function to fashion.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Town That Thread Built
The story of J & P Coats, initially a cotton mill opened in Paisley in 1826.
BBC Scotland
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The Chillenden Murders
A team of independent experts re-examine the evidence in the Chillenden murders case.
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Clocking On
Professor Emma Griffin explores how British workers became tied to the clock.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Print Me a New Body
Jolyon Jenkins explores the ways in which it is now possible to replace most of his body.
BBC Radio 4
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Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors
Lucy Worsley traces the houses Jane Austen lived in to show how they influenced her work.
BBC Two
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The Imperial Inversion of Cricket
Amol Rajan asks if England's old Imperial guidance and governance of cricket is history.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Breakfast with the Disruptors
Tim Samuels invites a disruptor and a disruptee to breakfast to discuss a current topic.
BBC Radio 4
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Less is Less: Why Scandinavian Design Leaves Me Cold
Have we reached peak Scandi furniture? Laurence Llewelyn Bowen gives his verdict.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Miss Simpson's Children
The story of how one woman offered refuge to leading intellectuals fleeing from the Nazis.
BBC Radio 4
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America Goes to War
Historian Adam Smith explores how America was transformed by entry into war in April 1917.
BBC Radio 4
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The Honeymoon: Donald Trump's First 100 Days
Michael Goldfarb revisits Trump supporters as the president passes his 100th day in office
BBC Radio 4
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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
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From Rags to Riches
Amber Butchart charts the journey of charity shop clothes to vintage mainstream fashion.
BBC Radio 4
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The Organ Beauty Pageant
Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates.
BBC Radio 4
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Marketing: Hacking the Unconscious
Rory Sutherland explores the story and psychology behind influential marketing campaigns
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Mirrored
A chronological journey through life - from childhood to old age - captured in the mirror.
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The Self-Employment Paradox
Who are the self-employed and why does it matter for policy makers?
BBC Radio 4
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Ella Fitzgerald: A Glorious Noise
Ella Fitzgerald is one of America's greatest stars who made her singing debut in New York.
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Culture, Class and Marine Le Pen
Andrew Hussey explores the role of popular culture in the forthcoming French election.
BBC Radio 4
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The Skin Trade
Children are being lured into gambling with virtual currencies invented for computer games
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Copyright or Wrong
Richard Taylor charts the story of copyright and asks if the law is overreaching itself.
BBC Radio 4
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Trump at Studio 54
Frances Stonor Saunders on Trump's disco years and mentorship to McCarthy's henchman.
BBC Radio 4
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The Shock
Kidnapping, robbery or an accident are common moments of shock. How do our brains cope?
BBC Radio 4
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From the Couch to the Courtroom
Helena Kennedy QC explores the relationship between law, psychotherapy and mind doctors.
BBC Radio 4
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A Woman Half in Shadow
Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.
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The Half: A Countdown To Performance
Fiona Lindsay meets performers of all kinds during the half hour before they go on stage.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Colombia with Simon Reeve
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve explores Colombia at a pivotal point in its history.
BBC Two
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Do Pass Go
Board games are back! What is their appeal in an increasingly digital world?
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Printing a Nation
Historian Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press made modern India.
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Adventures in Social Mobility
What are the unwritten rules you must learn to get a top job?
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A Passion for Bach
Exploring the special place the music of Bach occupies in the lives of many music lovers.
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The Rise and Fall of the Meritocracy
Toby Young asks if his father's dark prophesy about meritocracy is becoming a reality.
BBC Radio 4
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BACH: Man of Passion
Professor John Butt explores the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Owning Colour
Wayne Hemingway explores the artistic, commercial and cultural impact of colour.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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In Pursuit of Edward Thomas
Matthew Hollis follows Edward Thomas's 1913 journey into the south west and towards poetry
BBC Radio 4
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A Degree of Fraud
Ellie Cawthorne investigates the multimillion pound trade in fake essays and dissertations
BBC Radio 4
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Keep Digging
Mary-Ann Ochota asks why we can send probes to deep space, but not to the earth's mantle.
BBC Radio 4
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The 'Apostrophiser'
One mans' (sorry, man's) secret battle against sloppy punctuation on Bristol's shop signs.
BBC Radio 4
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The Sandy Hook Deniers
The conspiracy theorists who say the Sandy Hook mass shooting never happened.
BBC Radio 4
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The Origins of the American Dream
The American Dream: where does the idea come from and how has its meaning changed?
BBC Radio 4
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Geriatric Guinea Pigs
Geoff Watts asks why older people are often excluded from clinical trials.
BBC Radio 4
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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Take a look behind the scenes at some of the most extraordinary hotels across the globe.
BBC Two
