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  1. The Blood Telegram

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    Three Wishes

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

    BBC Radio 4

  4.

    The Alias Men

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    Prisoners' Women

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

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Exchanges at the Frontier

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

    BBC World Service

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  7. Spooklights

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

    BBC Radio 4

  8.

    The Countertenor

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Mastering the Art of the Kimono

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Brotherton Archive and Me

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

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Coming Out

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

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day

    How to turn a weekly shop into seven delicious dishes.

    BBC One

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  14. Malmesbury: the Philosophy Town

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The British Germans

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

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society

    Matthew Taylor explores the coming 'Brain Culture'

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Art of America

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

    BBC Four

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  18. The New Global Economics

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

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Oscar and Al Pacino

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

    BBC Radio 4

  20. The Freedom Trail

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

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. The Mysterious Mr Mercury

    Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.

    BBC Radio 4

  22.

    The War Brides Return

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Bleached Bone and Living Wood

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

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Symphony Question Time

    Revealing everything listeners ever wanted to know about the symphony

    BBC Radio 3

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  25. The Poppy Factory

    Stories from The Poppy Factory in Surrey, where poppies are made for Remembrance Sunday.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Mind Myths

    Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings.

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    The Lobotomists

    Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Leonardo Detectives

    Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. A History of the Brain

    Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  30. The State of Israel

    At a time of change and turmoil in the Middle East, what is happening inside Israel?

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Free Thinking

    The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. The Young Italians

    Young Italian professionals working in the UK reveal how their economy has cast them out.

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Lawrence in New Mexico

    Geoff Dyer explores DH Lawrence's life-changing experiences in New Mexico in the 1920s.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Angels In the North

    Gabrielle Drake looks at regional theatre through the story of Manchester's Royal Exchange

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. The John Peel Lecture

    6 Music presents this annual discussion on music and music-related media.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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  36. Picture Power

    Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Talking Books

    Interviews with well-known authors from Britain and around the world

    BBC World Service

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  38. Roger's Rabbits

    Roger Law takes a look at the 'fancy': the wonderful world of show rabbits

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39.

    Jack Jackson: Rhythm and Radio Fun Remembered

    Exploring the legacy of musician and broadcaster Jack Jackson.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Frozen Planet

    The ultimate portrait of the Polar regions - the last great wildernesses on the planet.

    BBC One

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  41. Number One Forensic Detective Agency

    The story of how Botswana has become Africa's leading exponent of crime investigation.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    Classics Illustrated: The Comic Book Unbound

    Bill Paterson marks the 70th anniversary of the Classics Illustrated comic book series.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrities set off on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures

    BBC Two

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  44. The Sleep Diaries

    In a series mixing science with art, myth and poetry, Paul Farley explores sleep

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Rupert Bear and Me

    Mark Radcliffe explores the continued success and appeal of the little white bear.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46.

    Up To Scratch

    Kit Hesketh Harvey visits the Nailympics to understand the growing mania for manicures.

    BBC Radio 4

  47.

    Aberfan Disaster

    October 21st, 1966. The Welsh mining village of Aberfan suffers a terrible tragedy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. In the Balance

    The biggest financial stories and why they matter to us all.

    BBC World Service

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  49. Stephanomics

    Stephanie Flanders presents a series on the economics of our times

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Change of Art

    Artist Andrew Shoben explores a controversial idea to 'rotate or retire' public artworks

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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