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How a very special school in Finland is helping visually impaired children.
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Melanie Phillips travels to the northeast of England to meet young NEETs.
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Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the perennial general knowledge conte...
Clive Anderson looks back at the entertainment highlights of the past year's Loose...
James Maw tells the story of how women were crucial to the growth of fascism in the...
Carolyn Quinn asks what the Carry On series of films tells us about British society...
Jazz singer Gwyneth Herbert performs Jane Austen's favourite songs.
Stephen Sackur asks BBC correspondents to forecast the news stories for the year ah...
Donald Macleod introduces the little-known musicians of 17th and 18th-century Spain...