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  1. The Ice Mountain

    Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. The Interrogation

    Roy Williams' hard-hitting crime drama, probing some of today's most complex moral issues.

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Nan Woodhouse

    Readings of works by the prolific author, Nan Woodhouse

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  4. Brighton Rock

    Adaptation of Graham Greene's thriller, relocated to 1960s Brighton. Starring Sam Riley.

    BBC Two

  5. Call the Midwife

    A heartwarming tale of life in London's impoverished East End of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

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  6. Great Expectations (2011)

    Orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.

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  7. Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities

    Dickens's classic story, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution

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  8. Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

    Renowned play about the convicts and Marines sent to Australia in 1787.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Bar Mitzvah Boy by Jack Rosenthal

    Is 13-year-old Eliot Green ready to become a man in the Jewish faith?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Cockleshell Heroes

    Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II.

    BBC Two

  11. Death in Paradise

    A British detective joins the police force on the Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

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  12. The Fades

    A teenager is thrown into the heart of an apocalyptic struggle with the restless dead.

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  13. Letter from an Unknown Woman

    The story of lifelong unrequited love, in which a woman falls for a concert pianist.

    BBC Two

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    United

    Drama about the Busby Babes and the 1958 air crash that claimed eight of their number.

    BBC Two

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    The Outlaw

    Unconventional western about the life of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid.

    BBC Two

  16. Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

    Arnold Bennett's tale of love, tyranny and rebellion dramatised by Helen Edmundson

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  17. Flush by Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf's whimsical biography of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, Flush

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  18. Hattie

    How actress Hattie Jacques's home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison.

    BBC Four

  19. To Serve Them All My Days by RF Delderfield

    Adaptation of RF Delderfield's classic drama set between the two world wars

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  20. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

    When his partner is killed, Sam Spade is drawn into a statuette riddle.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. A House to Let

    Marcia Warren stars in a tale of a woman who notes signs of life in a derelict house

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  22. Ghost Stories at Christmas

    Bestselling crime writer Denise Mina presents five brand new ghost stories.

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  23. Priest

    A vivid and uncompromising journey into the soul of a tortured Catholic priest.

    BBC Two

  24. Sherlock

    Thrilling, funny, fast-paced, contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.

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  25. Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

    The life and exploits of 18th-century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry

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  26. Luther

    Crime drama series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther.

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  27. The Outside Child by Nina Bawden

    Jane Tucker is an outside child. Then she discovers she has a half-brother and sister.

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  28. James Bond

    Toby Stephens stars as James Bond - Secret Service agent 007 created by Ian Fleming.

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  29. Random by Debbie Tucker Green

    A sudden, unforeseen disaster devastates a family.

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    Crossfire

    A detective lays a trap for an anti-Semitic soldier who murdered a Jewish war veteran.

    BBC Two

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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    The story of the rise and fall of a great American family, directed by Orson Welles.

    BBC Two

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    Macbeth

    Orson Welles stars in and directs a controversial version of Shakespeare's play.

    BBC Two

  33. Small Island

    Award-winning story of Jamaicans in postwar London with Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson.

    BBC One

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  34. Once Upon a Time

    The world of fairy tales explored by Michael Rosen, AS Byatt and Richard Mabey.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Emma

    All-star adaptation of Jane Austen's comic novel about the privileged Emma Woodhouse.

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  36. Legally Blonde

    A West Coast girl enrols at Harvard Law School in order to win back her ex-boyfriend.

    BBC Three

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    Rancho Notorious

    Unusual western about a young man hunting for the brutal killers of his fiancee.

    BBC Two

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    The Sky's the Limit

    Tired of being a hero, a World War II pilot (Fred Astaire) pretends to be a civilian.

    BBC Two

  39. Henry James

    Dramatisations and readings by the American writer.

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  40. Doctor Who Greatest Moments

    Series reliving action from the legendary sci-fi show, featuring exclusive interviews

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  41. Tycoon

    Romantic melodrama about an engineer battling to build a railroad and save his marriage.

    BBC Two

  42. The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

    By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of a young woman with learning disabilities.

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  43. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke

    Arthur C Clarke's sci-fi masterpiece dramatised in two parts.

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  44. Margaret

    Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power.

    BBC Two

  45. David Pownall

    Dramas and a documentary to celebrate the prolific British playwright and author

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  46. Weird Tales

    Series of chilling and intimate plays

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  47. Citizen Kane

    The story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, told in a series of flashbacks.

    BBC Four

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    Suspicion

    Thriller. An heiress (Joan Fontaine) thinks her husband (Cary Grant) wants to kill her.

    BBC Two

  49. Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

    A tenant is determined to prove that the estate is in the wrong hands.

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  50. King Kong

    A giant gorilla is taken from his prehistoric island home to be exhibited in Manhattan.

    BBC Four

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