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  1. Charisma: Pinning Down the Butterfly

    Francine Stock's history of the alluring yet elusive quality that is charisma

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Overage Drinkers

    The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Philip Glass: Taxi Driver

    In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Bin Laden Tapes

    Exploring the audio archive found in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Afghanistan.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Serendipity

    A piece of art, an email from a stranger and a friendship born out of a bloody past.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. How to Have a Better Brain

    Sian Williams presents a practical and optimistic guide to boosting brain power

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  7. Slimboy Fat: The Problem with BMI

    As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Other Side of Adoption

    Tim Whewell investigates the challenges of life post-adoption.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. A Walk of One's Own: Virginia Woolf on Foot

    Virginia Woolf's biographer Alexandra Harris takes four walks that inspired her.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  10. Necessary to My Happiness

    The story of Allegra, Byron's illegitimate daughter, who haunted her father's imagination.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Stepping Stones

    Piers Plowright revisits sounds from his life that resonate with him still

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. The Northern Male - and His Mate

    Stuart Maconie gets to grips with the nature of male friendships in the north of England.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. War And Words

    The story of twenty momentous years from 1936 - 56, through the words of BBC reporters

    BBC World Service

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  14. Seth Lakeman and the Newport Folk Festival

    Seth Lakeman attends the Newport Folk Festival to explore its history and influence.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Decoding the Masterworks

    Dr Janina Ramirez presents a series that examines three masterworks in minute detail

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Rewinding the Menopause

    Dr Aarathi Prasad on how new research into fertility may help stave off the menopause.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Genius of the Ancient World

    Bettany Hughes seeks out the stories behind three giants of ancient philosophy.

    BBC Four

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  18. Rock, Paper, Scissors

    There is far more to this simple children's game than meets the eye, says Jolyon Jenkins.

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    Experiments in Living

    Juliet Gardiner compares experiments in communal living today with those after WWII.

    BBC Radio 4

  20.

    Women of Terror

    Fearless, fanatical and female. Bridget Kendall investigates women who turn to terror.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. The Misogyny Book Club

    Jo Fidgen and readers take a fresh look at books that contain misogynistic sentiments

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Under the Mushroom Cloud

    A dramatic eyewitness account of the events in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Lecon D'anglais Par La Radio

    La leçon d’anglais par la radio

    BBC Afrique Radio

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  24. Haba Na Haba

    Ni kipindi kuhusu masuala ya jamii kinachokutanisha viongozi na wananchi kujibu masuala ya kijamii.

    BBC Swahili Radio

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  25. The New Workplace

    Michael Robinson explores the dramatic changes happening in the workplace.

    BBC Radio 4

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  26. Magazine De La Culture

    Les échos de la vitalité de la culture africaine et de sa diaspora avec Valérie Bony.

    BBC Afrique Radio

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  27. Le Débat BBC Afrique

    BBC Afrique vous propose un débat pour comprendre l’Afrique et ses mutations.

    BBC Afrique Radio

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  28. L'interview

    Entretien en tête-a-tete et à cœur ouvert avec une personnalité qui fait l'actualité

    BBC Afrique Radio

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  29. Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru

    Coverage of events from the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Digwyddiadau o faes Eisteddf...

    S4C

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  30. America's Fan Club

    The Daughters of the American Revolution at 125 and still flying the flag for the USA.

    BBC Radio 4

  31.

    A Cold War Dance

    The Martha Graham Dance Company's US State Department tour of Southeast Asia, 1974.

    BBC Radio 4

  32.

    Is Ignorance Bliss?

    Sathnam Sanghera asks, when we can know everything, are we better off not knowing things?

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Heads Up! The First Head Transplant

    A doctor wants to perform the first human head transplant. Will US surgeons license him?

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    HSBC, Muslims and Me

    Peter Oborne investigates why HSBC closed the accounts of several prominent Muslims.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    The Night Shift

    Sarah Montague investigates the risks involved in working the nightshift.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The New Economy: Does Sharing Mean Caring?

    Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy, as espoused by chancellor George Osbourne

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Time Noodles

    Chie Kobayashi reports on Rakugo, Japan's ancient art of laughter.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    Past Imperfect

    How false memories can be artificially generated and used to change future behaviour.

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    The Bletchley Girls

    Who were the women who worked at Bletchley? What did they do? What became of them?

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    Should Extremism Be a Crime?

    Examining government plans to tackle the activities of non-violent extremists.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The Great Songbook

    Cerys Matthews explores the songbooks of countries other than America

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Brits Abroad

    Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the other side of EU immigration

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. The Problem of Pain - A Slow Motion Catastrophe

    Dr Sarah Goldingay explores groundbreaking research into relieving chronic pain.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    David Olusoga explores Britain's dark past - how it was built on the profits of slavery.

    BBC Two

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  45. The Hang Drum Phenomenon

    Evelyn Glennie explores the extraordinary story of a new percussion instrument - The Hang.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46.

    The Nature of Paedophilia

    Matthew Hill explores the science behind the psychiatric disorder paedophilia.

    BBC Radio 4

  47.

    One Health: The Vet Will See You Now

    Graham Easton compares the veterinary patient journey to the NHS. Can lessons be learnt?

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Will Gompertz Gets Creative

    Will Gompertz presents a series on creativity

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. CSI Whale

    Philip Hoare attends the necropsy of a porpoise and thinks about going inside a whale.

    BBC Radio 4

  50.

    Is the European Dream Over?

    Bridget Kendall and guests look beyond the crisis in Greece to assess the future of Europe

    BBC Radio 4

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