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  1. How Folk Songs Should Be Sung

    Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The Bishop and the Prisoner

    The bishop of Liverpool talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the penal system

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. In Search of Barney Bubbles

    The hunt for the truth about the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Dear Professor Hawking

    BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to scientist Professor Stephen Hawking

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Don't Log Off

    Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world via social media.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. Make Me A National Treasure

    Gyles Brandreth discovers what it takes to become a national treasure.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Buying Defence

    Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Tim Wheeler on BBC Three Counties Radio

    Join Tim Wheeler on BBC Three Counties Radio.

    BBC Three Counties Radio

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  9. Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?

    Martha Kearney investigates a possible lost portrait of Jane Austen.

    BBC Two

  10.

    Goodnight John Boy

    Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families - The Waltons.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. BBC Radio Tees Documentary

    BBC Radio Tees' documentaries, covering different people, groups, events and more.

    BBC Radio Tees

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  12. Inside the Academie Francaise

    Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.

    BBC Radio 4

  13.

    Am I Really Free?

    When are mentally ill patients really free to make decisions about their treatment?

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Stories in Sound

    Radio Ulster brings together radio documentaries from UK and Irish broadcasters.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  15. The Oath

    What should be in a Hippocratic Oath for scientists?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Can You Touch Your Toes?

    Anita Anand investigates a new system designed to work out who is and isn't fit for work.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Wales on The One Show

    Alex Jones presents a showcase of films about Wales.

    BBC One Wales

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  18. The Art of Darkness

    Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Tales from the Arab Spring

    Jeremy Bowen hears first-hand accounts of the revolution which started in Tunisia

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. The Bob Graham Round

    Can the beauty of the Lake District and the grit of fell running inspire a composer?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21.

    The Unsettled Dust: The Strange Stories Of Robert Aickman

    Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22.

    Post Mortem

    Professor Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem, defending its contribution to medicine

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Boundaries of Blood

    How does the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which created Bangladesh, still resonate today?

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    Blue Notes, Cold Nights

    How Scandinavia became home to a generation of African-American jazz and blues musicians.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. How New Is the New Philanthropy?

    Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain

    BBC Radio 4

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  26. When the Levee Breaks

    Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    The Wedding Gold Thefts

    The high price of gold has led to Asians being targeted for their wedding jewellery.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Blood Telegram

    The story of one of the most controversial documents in US diplomatic history.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future

    Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    Three Wishes

    Janet Ellis celebrates that most unpredictable of mythological beings, the genie.

    BBC Radio 4

  31.

    The Alias Men

    Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed.

    BBC Radio 4

  32.

    Prisoners' Women

    Women talk about how they cope with life on the outside when men go to prison.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Exchanges at the Frontier

    A public audience test the world's leading scientists over their work.

    BBC World Service

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  34. Spooklights

    Chemist Andrea Sella investigates things that go flash in the dark.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    The Countertenor

    Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36.

    Mastering the Art of the Kimono

    Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37.

    From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting

    Robert Elms charts the history, ideology and culture of squatting.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    The Brotherton Archive and Me

    Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Coming Out

    Five programmes exploring the ways in which people reveal their true selves to the world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day

    How to turn a weekly shop into seven delicious dishes.

    BBC One

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  41. Malmesbury: the Philosophy Town

    Malmesbury in Wiltshire aims to establish itself as the country's 'Philosophy Town'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42.

    The British Germans

    Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society

    Matthew Taylor explores the coming 'Brain Culture'

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Art of America

    Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the USA.

    BBC Four

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  45. The New Global Economics

    Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, examines the global financial situation

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Oscar and Al Pacino

    An exclusive interview with Al Pacino about his passion for Oscar Wilde.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. The Mysterious Mr Mercury

    Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.

    BBC Radio 4

  49.

    The War Brides Return

    Testimony from the women who sailed across the Atlantic to join their servicemen husbands.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50.

    Bleached Bone and Living Wood

    Christine Finn visits the house that was the poet Wilfred Owen's final refuge in France.

    BBC Radio 4

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