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Shared Experiences

Students on international expeditions compare life stories with the locals

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Trees

The history, art, science, and politics of the world's trees

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The Italian Renaissance

The cultural revolution that changed Western art forever

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Braving The Deeps

The enterprise and ingenuity used to master the world's oceans

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Travelling Tales

The storytellers and tradition-bearers of Scotland

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Encyclopaedia Historica

Series scouring old encyclopaedias for entries that are out of date, amusing or wrong

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Body Talk

How our minds and bodies work

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Likeness of Being

The artistic history of representing icons

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Heritage

Bringing the past to life

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The Farming World

Farming news and issues around the world

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Seeing Stars

Astronomy news, what's happening in the night sky and interviews with astronomers

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The Works

A look at how technology is making things work better

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From Where I Stand

The everyday working lives of people in Britain

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No Full Stops in India

Mark Tully reports on events and people in India

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Moments That Changed Our World

Events from the past that changed our world today

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Physics Made Simple

Explaining the physics in our everyday lives

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Talking From England

Interviews with people in the public eye

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On Your Behalf

Curious questions from around the world

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Descendants

People on a mission to find out about their adventurous ancestors

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Spice Taxi

Out and about in Africa with the Spice Taxi

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Talking To My Family

BBC language service presenters talk about broadcasting to their home countries

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Listeners' Tales

What the BBC has meant to listeners across the world

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From Pins To Paperclips

The unlikely origins of everyday objects

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Wildtrack

Monthly series taking a fresh look at natural history topics

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Russia, The Drive To Empire

How Russia became one of the greatest empires the world has ever known

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E-Business

A look at how the internet is transforming how we do business

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Islamic Fundamentalism

The growing demand for Islamic states across the Muslim world

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Royal London

The splendour and drama of the surviving palaces of London

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Sparks From a Precious Stone

Remarkable women and their causes

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The Human Chain

The rise and fall of the Atlantic slave trade

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The Men Behind the Word

Real people who gave their names to common words

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Twin Track

A series looking at the benefits of town twining friendship links

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Water

The crisis in the world's water supply

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Laws of Nature

A series explaining scientific laws in layman's terms

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Life Along The Line

Train journeys around the world

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The Fourth World

The story of the world's displaced and dispossessed people

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With Good Reason

Discussions on topics of the day

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Salt Mustard Vinegar Pepper

Condiments of the world

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Encounters with the Unknown

People recount their ghostly experiences and unexplained encounters with unknown phenomena

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What's Left Of Communism?

Where and how communism has survived the collapse of the Soviet Union

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Horizons

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Indians Abroad

The Indian diaspora and its unique force in world culture

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The First People

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The World's Policeman

America's state, national, and international law enforcement agencies

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Shapes Of Power

The language and meaning of symbols

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Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and daughters around the world talk about their relationships and upbringing

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Just The Job

Same job, different country, working across the world

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Forum Germany

Debates about the new Germany

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My Century

The story of the 20th Century, by those who were there at the era's most important moments

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Homeward Bound

US writer Michael Goldfarb returns to his native land

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