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  1. Kapow!

    Cathy FitzGerald visits the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Muslim Pride

    Sayeeda Warsi examines the many shades of grey around Islam and same-sex attraction.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Paramedics on Scene

    Documentary following the life-saving work of Scotland's paramedics.

    BBC Scotland

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  4. The Science of Addiction

    Sally Marlow turns to science to find out why so many people in Britain are addicted.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Ballad of the Fix

    The story of Scotland's deadly drug crisis narrated by the voice of the narcotic itself.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. The Art of Innovation

    How art and science have inspired each other.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. The Corrections

    News stories that left the public with the wrong idea about what really happened.

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Mary Portas: On Style

    Mary Portas explores what style means to us and the way we live today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The Vet with a New Brain

    How vet Adam Tjolle's life has changed since his brain tumour surgery.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Simon Evans Is Right

    Stand-up comedian Simon Evans looks at right-wing comedy.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Carryin' Stream

    Alison Millar returns to County Antrim to explore the real meaning of creativity.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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    Jesy Nelson: 'Odd One Out'

    Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson opens up about the abuse she has suffered online from trolls.

    BBC Three

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    Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World

    Alternative facts, impartial journalism and democracy. Can news deliver in a digital age?

    BBC Radio 4

  14.

    A Believer's Guide to Atheism

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores the changing faces of atheism in modern Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  15.

    The Long and Short of Life Expectancy

    Why is life expectancy in the UK stalling and what can be done about it?

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    Statue No. 1

    A Welsh woman takes the plinth.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    House of Dreams

    Step inside the home of artist Stephen Wright, a work of art reverberating with past lives

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Splitters

    Peter Snowdon tells the inside story of the MPs who formed the Change UK political party.

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    Schama on Blake

    Simon Schama with his view of William Blake, the visionary printmaker, poet and painter.

    BBC Radio 4

  20.

    Robert Mugabe: Liberator and Despot

    Grant Ferret looks back at the divisive life of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Des Doesn’t Do...

    Des Clarke attempts to overcome his preconceptions and fears.

    BBC Scotland

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  22. Birds and the Bees 2.0

    Is a new era in Relationships and Sex Education set to begin in English secondary schools?

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Digital Future: the New Underclass

    Dr Josie Barnard investigates the deep social divides created by the digital world.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Croí Uladh le John Toal

    John Toal discovers unique stories from around NI.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  25. Rise of the Nazis

    How Hitler seized, kept and fell from power - and the postwar manhunt for war criminals.

    BBC Two

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  26. The Hidden Story of British Slavery

    Sangita Myska investigates the secret story of Britons held as slaves.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Auditory Illusions

    Trevor Cox challenges Sarah Angliss to write a piece of music based on illusions in sound.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. The Political Butterfly Effect

    Jim Waterson explores a single moment that inadvertently shaped modern history.

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. September 1, 1939

    The creation and unexpected afterlife of WH Auden's poem September 1, 1939.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    The Age of Consultancy

    Richard Brooks examines the profound influence of management consultancy on modern life.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Our House

    How might a young couple unable to buy a first home today have fared in previous decades?

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. What’s Eating Rotherham

    Rotherham resident Joanne Keeling looks at the problem of emotional overeating in the town

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Troubles Shared

    Fergal Keane and Peter Taylor look back on reporting the Northern Ireland Troubles

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    On Baseball

    Michael Sandel talks baseball, national identity and the role of team sport in life.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. World War 2: The Economic Battle

    Duncan Weldon tells the story of the economic issues behind the start of World War Two.

    BBC Radio 4

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  36. Three Vicars Talking

    Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser swap clerical shoptalk.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. The Syrians and the Kindertransport

    In Lozells Church, Birmingham, new and old refugees meet and compare experiences.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr

    Alan Carr and interiors guru Michelle Ogundehin are on the hunt for dazzling designs.

    BBC One

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  39. Land Power v Sea Power

    What can the ideas of two long-dead geopolitical thinkers tell us about the world today?

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Why...?

    From shark attacks to collapsing buildings - why do these events happen?

    BBC One

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  41. The Courage of Ambivalence

    Mark O'Connell makes the case for ambivalence.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    A Surrealist's Map of Ireland

    Reggie Chamberlain-King tells the strange tale of the search for the source of surrealism.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Breakdown

    How the violence of the Northern Ireland Troubles began.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Scotland’s Justice Warrior

    Can society accept justice without imprisonment?

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Gordon Brown on The Gospel of Wealth

    Gordon Brown interrogates Andrew Carnegie's guidebook to philanthropic giving.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    From Luton Streets to Jersey Shores

    Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of Bruce Springsteen's New Jersey.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Red Arrows Stories

    Hear from the pilots and engineers from the Royal Air Force.

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

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  48. A Singer's Guide to Britain

    Roderick Williams gets on the road to tell the stories of Britain through our songs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Can Facebook Survive?

    David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hannah Walker Is a Highly Sensitive Person

    Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised

    BBC Radio 4

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