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King Louis the First of Britain
How the late Louis Armstrong conquered Britain with his music and personality.
BBC Radio 4
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Unreal: The VFX Revolution
Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema.
BBC Radio 4
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Written in Scotland
Kirsty Wark looks at the relationship that Scotland's writers have with Scotland itself.
BBC Radio 4
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Our Souls So Knit
Caroline Bird uncovers poet Michael Field, AKA Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.
BBC Radio 4
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It Ain't Me You're Looking For: Bob Dylan at 80
Marking his 80th birthday, a five-part series on Bob Dylan's life, music, and influence
BBC Radio 4
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A Life in Music
Journalist Jude Rogers examines how fundamental music is at each stage of our lives.
BBC Radio 4
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Daft Punk Is Staying at My House, My House
Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk!
BBC Radio 4
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The Aberystwyth Book Club
A group of enthusiastic book club members review their latest read.
BBC Radio Wales
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If You Don't Know
The podcast with big chat, big facts and big laughs... Now you know.
BBC Radio 1Xtra
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Atomic: How Dr Strangelove Exploded Pop Culture
How did Stanley Kubrick and Welsh author Peter George change Cold War culture for ever?
BBC Radio Wales
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Dancers at Dawn
Musician Martin Green explores the unlikely connections between Morris dancers and ravers.
BBC Radio 4
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Peter Brook
Glenda Jackson's exclusive interview with world famous theatre director Peter Brook.
BBC Radio 4
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Recall of the Rock
The poet Helen Mort imagines what mountains might remember of the women who climb them.
BBC Radio 4
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In Ten Pictures
A series of extraordinary lives, each unlocked by a just a handful of images.
BBC Two
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The Day the Muzak Died
Part love letter, part obituary to the music of Muzak Corporation.
BBC Radio 4
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Daughters of the Snow
Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.
BBC Radio 4
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Laura Barton's Notes on Music
Laura Barton presents a series of meditations on the enduring qualities of pop music.
BBC Radio 4
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Inventions in Sound
The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.
BBC Radio 4
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Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge
What conspiracy theory - and conspiracy fiction - claim to tell us about power.
BBC Radio 4
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Future Art
James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.
BBC Radio 4
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Sisters in Satire: The Pioneering Women of Comedy
Sisters in Satire: a comedy journey exploring women in satire.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Price of Song
John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives.
BBC Radio 4
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The Lost Sounds Orchestra
Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.
BBC Radio 4
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Sheridan's Showstoppers
Sheridan Smith's musicals podcast in which she's joined by a guest in every episode.
BBC Radio 2
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Max: The Literary Kingmaker
Lennie Goodings on the skills of the editor who nurtured Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
BBC Radio 4
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Dub Revolution: The Story of King Tubby
A celebration of King Tubby, who would have turned 80 on 28 January 2021.
BBC Radio 4
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Dante 2021
Katya Adler goes in search of 21st-century meaning in Dante's 14th-century masterpiece.
BBC Radio 4
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Sonnets for Albert
The poet Anthony Joseph reflects on fatherhood, in his own work and that of fellow artists
BBC Radio 4
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Lady Chatterley's Bed Bugs
How the fascinating and disgusting lives of insects inspired modernist writers.
BBC Radio 4
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Sci-Fi Blindness
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring fascination with blindness.
BBC Radio 4
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Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
Two women who know what's what and who's who in the world of radio.
BBC Radio 4
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A Night at the Musicals
Billy Differ tells the story, both on and offstage, of the most popular musicals in town.
BBC Radio Scotland
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My Favourite Things
Andrew McGibbon explores why John Coltrane's version of My Favourite Things became a hit.
BBC Radio 4
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Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators
Ashley Byrne explores the creation of the Japanese animation company - Studio Ghibli.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Small Axe: The Podcast
Taking the themes and dreams of the Small Axe series to tell the stories of Black Britons.
BBC Radio 1
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Scientists in the Spotlight
Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic.
BBC Radio 4
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When Will Theatre Come Black?
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
BBC Radio 4
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Faith in Music
Composer Sir James MacMillan considers the faith lives of composers over the centuries.
BBC Radio 4
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Poems at Dusk
Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
BBC Radio 4
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Tracey Dobbs: Images That Last a Lifetime
Tracey Dobbs is a Welsh photographer creating children's images that last a lifetime
BBC Radio 4
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Can I Still Read Harry Potter?
A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.
BBC Radio 4
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Britain in Ten Operas
Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.
BBC Radio 4
