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  1. Food in the Frame

    Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Hockney

    A unique portrait of David Hockney, one of the most significant artists of his generation.

    BBC Four

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    Did Douglas Get It Right?

    Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Inconspicuous Consumption

    Documentary series that takes a forensic look at how humans consume culture.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. African Students Abroad

    Bola Mosuro follows four African students as they begin courses at British universities.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Martha: An Endling's Tale

    A century ago the last passenger pigeon died. What drove billions of birds to extinction?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Man with the Mohican

    David Morrissey explores the life Roger Hill, theatre director, DJ and transvestite artist

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Ben Ainslie's Big Gamble

    Can sailor Sir Ben Ainslie lead the first British team to win the America's Cup?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Spy Who Came In from Al-Qaeda

    Former al-Qaeda member Aimen Dean talks about his eight years undercover as a British spy.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time

    Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.

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  11. Jock Purdon, the Miners' Poet

    Billy Bragg tells the story of Jock Purdon and the history of songwriting about mining.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Promises, Promises: A History of Debt

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.

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  13. The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain Attack

    Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about his stroke.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Julia, Dear Boy... Welcome to Westminster

    Julia Langdon on changes to Parliament over 40 years, with Betty Boothroyd and Ken Clarke.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ebola Junction

    As the new Ebola treatment centre opens, Dr John Wright and his team record what happens.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Whistling Woman

    Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling

    BBC Radio 4

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    Pushing Up the Daisies

    As she approaches her 80th year, Penelope Simpson decides to paint her own coffin.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. The Business of Film with Mark Kermode

    Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry.

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  19. A Country Practice

    Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Writing a New South Africa

    Thabiso Mohare presents a picture of South Africa's literary and spoken word scene.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. The Placebo Problem

    Geoff Watts explores the phenomenon of the nocebo effect and its implications for medicine

    BBC Radio 4

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    Malcolm X and the 'American Nightmare'

    Four voices consider the legacy of Malcolm X in post-Ferguson America.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Codi Hwyl

    Cyfres yn dilyn John Pierce Jones a Dilwyn Morgan yn hwylio. The sailing adventures of ...

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  24. Entitlement to Care

    Bradford GP Dr Alastair Bavington explores how we deal with the health needs of immigrants

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Albert Speer

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

    BBC Four

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  26. A World Beyond Alice

    David Almond argues that more European children's books should be translated into English

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Love Supreme: 50 Years On

    Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Finding Your Voice

    Helen Keen explores selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Erasing Enoch: The Tory Quest for the Minority Vote

    Can the Conservatives increase their share of the minority vote? Hugh Muir investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Cliff

    Four contributors present illustrated essays on the theme of cliffs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Salt

    Steph McGovern discovers that salt is much more than something to season our food with.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  32. Letters from Europe

    Personal reflections on the challenges facing Europe after events in France and elsewhere.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Good News Is No News

    Charlie Beckett explores whether news is bad for us and how it could be done differently.

    BBC Radio 4

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    An Image of Sound

    Photographer Andrew Heptinstall's quest to represent sound within a photograph.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Tata: India's Global Giant

    Can the Indian group which owns Jaguar Land Rover maintain its ethical reputation?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Virtual Stars

    Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers and explores the world of internet personalities.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Dream Job

    Some people who love their work, and want to tell you all about it.

    BBC Scotland

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  38. Why I Changed My Mind

    Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. A Timewatch Guide

    Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.

    BBC Four

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  40. Clinging On: The Decline of the Middle Classes

    Is the middle class in decline? The divide between a rich elite and those now clinging on.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Spoilsport: Science Stops Play

    Claudia Hammond investigates sporting concussions and asks how safe our sports are.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Price of Inequality

    Robert Peston investigates the rise in financial inequality since the 1980s.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. A Cook Abroad

    Celebrity chefs try out different recipes from around the world.

    BBC Two

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  44. A Modern Magna Carta

    Baroness Helena Kennedy designs a Magna Carta for the 21st century.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

    Giles Fraser explores the personal moral response to inequality.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    JD Salinger's Spiritual Quest

    Vishva Samani explores author JD Salinger's enduring relationship with Hindu philosophy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Sound of Space

    Dr Lucie Green takes a sonic tour of the Universe, revealing the hidden sounds of space.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Pawb a'i Farn

    Rhaglen drafod materion cyfoes. Current Affairs debate programme.

    S4C

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  49. Attenborough's Paradise Birds

    Documentary tracing David Attenborough's lifelong passion for birds of paradise.

    BBC Two

  50. Tales from the Ring Road

    Anne-Marie Duff narrates stories of life and death on the UK's ring roads.

    BBC Radio 4

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