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(968 programmes from the past week and the week to come, or available now on BBC iPlayer)
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100 Years of the Royal Flying Corps
Peter and Dan Snow celebrate the centenary of the Royal Flying Corps.
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12 Inch Single, The
Paul Morley on the 7-inch single's grand relative - the 12-inch - and its peak in the 80s.
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15 Minute Drama
Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations
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2010: Space Odyssey to Europa
Astronomer Paul Murdin asks if Jupiter's moon, Europa, might sustain biological life.
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78 Revolutions
Jenny Hammerton, a DJ of 78s, explores why the old discs are still alive and kicking.
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A Baby Asbo
Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations
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A Child to Sponsor
Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.
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A Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy
Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.
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A Good Read
Harriett Gilbert talks to two guests about their favourite books.
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A Guide to Farmland Birds
How to recognise birds of the British countryside from their appearance, calls and songs
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A History of the Brain
Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects
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A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus
The British Museum's Neil MacGregor tells A History of the World in 100 Objects.
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A History of the World Special
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
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A Hundred Years of Mervyn Peake
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
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A Last Excuse Me Dance
The first reunion in 70 years of writer Shirley Hughes and her 1940s dancing partner.
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A Life With ...
Series about scientific specialists
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A Point of View
A weekly reflection on a topical issue
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A Student Voice
John Waite follows those student protesters most likely to be affected by funding changes.
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A View Through a Lens
Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison on human experience and the beauty of nature
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A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake
The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.
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Act of Worship
An act of worship and music
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ADHD and Me
Following the diagnosis of a family member, comedian Rory Bremner explores ADHD.
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Advance of the Giant Crabs, The
David Lomax reports on the story of the Kamchatka crabs brought to the Arctic by Stalin.
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Africalab
Hugh Levinson asks whether science and technology can end under-development in Africa
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After I Was Gorgeous
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
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After the Flood
The writer Kevin Crossley-Holland meets fellow East Anglians affected by coastal erosion.
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Afternoon Drama
Radio dramas which delight and surprise
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Age of the Genome, The
Richard Dawkins decodes the discoveries and mysteries of the human genome sequence
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Alias Men, The
Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed.
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Alistair Cooke - Letter from America
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke recounts tales from his observations on US life
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All in the Mind
Programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind
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Am I Normal?
Series exploring how doctors decide what is normal and what is not
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Am I Really Free?
When are mentally ill patients really free to make decisions about their treatment?
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Am I Tone Deaf?
Sathnam Sanghera asks if being tone-deaf is a medical matter or simply a lack of training.
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America, Empire of Liberty
Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds
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Americana
An insider's guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today
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Among the Managers
Robert Peston lifts the lid on the multi-million pound football management industry
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come
How common is simultaneous discovery in science and is it a case of convergent evolution?
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An Unhealthy Wait
Vivienne Parry on why it takes 17 years for medical discoveries to come into wide use.
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Analysis
Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad
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Andy Cave's Expedition Underground
Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.
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Angels in the North
Gabrielle Drake looks at regional theatre through the story of Manchester's Royal Exchange
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Any Answers?
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
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Any Questions?
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities
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Aping Evolution
Prof Steve Jones takes a sceptical look at the new science of evolutionary psychology
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Archers Omnibus, The
The week's events in Ambridge
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Archers, The
Contemporary drama in a rural setting
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Archive Hour, The
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives
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Archive on 4
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives
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Arise Black Man: The Peter Tosh Story
Grammy Award winning film maker Don Letts explores the life of reggae singer Peter Tosh.
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Art Bunker, The
Bob Dickinson visits a new festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.
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Art of Darkness, The
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
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Art of Monarchy, The
Will Gompertz examines objects in the Royal Collection that define the British monarchy.
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Art of Water Music, The
Midge Ure investigates water's role as a constantly flowing source of musical inspiration.
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Asian Youth Movements, The
Zaiba Malik on the Asian youth movements in the 1970s who fought for justice and equality.
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Australian Rap
Rapping out dreamtime stories: a new outlet for Australian Aboriginal youth.
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Ayckbourn in Action
Amid rehearsals for his 75th play, an analysis of Alan Ayckbourn's talent as a director.
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Baby Asbo, A
Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.
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Bach's Choir
Stephen Evans traces the 800-year history of the boys' choir of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig
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Back Row
Film programme featuring interviews with on and off screen stars
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Balancing Bluebottle, The
Tim Boon tells the story of Percy Smith, a pioneer in the art of the natural history film.
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Ballylenon
Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the 1950s in a Donegal town
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Bankers and the Bottom Billion, The
Will an explosion in financial services aimed at the world's poorest help, or hurt, them?
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Barbershop, The
An insightful, humorous piece of reportage from inside the barber shop.
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Barlow-Morgenstern Method, The
Tony Hawks uses an unusual reference work to explore the world of musical plagiarism.
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Batman and the Barbies
Felicity Finch joins conservationist Tim Dixon in search of the very rare Barbestelle bats
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Battle for Egypt, The
A year after the fall of President Mubarak of Egypt, what happened to the revolution?
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Believe It!
Richard Wilson narrates his fictional autobiography, based on glimmers of truth
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Bells on Sunday
The sound of church bells ringing on Sunday from around the country
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Between the Tides
An exciting and revelatory soundscape following life between the tides on a sandy coast.
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Beyond Belief
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
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Beyond Hackgate: Who Should We Trust Now?
Eddie Mair examines how the hacking scandal will affect the shape of power in Britain.
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Beyond Westminster
Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament
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Big Bang Day: Engineering Solutions
Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN
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Big Bang Day: Five Particles
Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles
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Big Bang Day: The Making of CERN
Quentin Cooper explores the history of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory
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Big Game, Little Game
Mark Stephen charts a job swap between gamekeepers from the Kalahari and the Angus Glens
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Biggest Radio on Earth, The
Dr Lucie Green reports on plans for a radio telescope the size of a continent.
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Biomimicry: Inspired by Nature
Scientist and broadcaster Prof Trevor Cox explores a new wave of biomimicry.
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Bird Fancyer's Delight, The
Sarah Angliss uncovers the fascinating story of how we tried to teach the birds to sing.
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Births, Deaths and Marriages
Sitcom set in a local authority register office, written by and starring David Schneider
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Bishop and the Prisoner, The
The bishop of Liverpool talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the penal system
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Bitten by the Bug
Brett Westwood explores the UK's natural history societies
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Blair's Faith Foundation
Can Tony Blair's Faith Foundation succeed in promoting religion as a force for progress?
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Bleached Bone and Living Wood
Christine Finn visits the house that was the poet Wilfred Owen's final refuge in France.
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Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games
Paul Bennun explores the world of music composed for video games.
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Blind Man's Bete Noire
Peter White explores some of the things that annoy him about blindness
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Blood For Blood
Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors?
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Blood Telegram, The
The story of one of the most controversial documents in US diplomatic history.
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Blowing in the Wind: Dylan's Spiritual Journey
An exploration of the spiritual side of the music of Bob Dylan as the singer turns 70.
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Blue Notes, Cold Nights
How Scandinavia became home to a generation of African-American jazz and blues musicians.
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Bob Graham Round, The
How the most gruelling fell race is inspiring a composer to write a new piece of music.
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Book at Bedtime
Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature
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Book of the Week
Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres
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Bookclub
Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels
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Boot Camp on a Boat: Still Sailing?
Jolyon Jenkins returns to Hull to report on an innovative yacht scheme for young NEETs.
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Border Business
Declan Curry visits two companies in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
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Born in Bradford
Winifred Robinson tracks researchers on one of the world's largest child health studies.
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Bosphorus
Edward Stourton explores the life and history of the Bosphorus
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Bottom Line, The
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show
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Boundaries of Blood
How does the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which created Bangladesh, still resonate today?
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Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society
Matthew Taylor explores the coming 'Brain Culture'
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Bridge, The
The Transporter Bridge on Teesside is 100 years old, but will it survive another 100?
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Bridging the Morphine Gap
Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.
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Brief History of Mathematics, A
Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations
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Brighton: The Bomb That Changed Politics
Michael Dobbs explores the political legacy of the Brighton hotel bombing.
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Bringing Up Britain
Mariella Frostrup hosts a debate about parenting with families, experts and policy-makers
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Britain in a Box
Series exploring the stories behind programmes which have become part of TV history
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Britain's Atlantis
The most recent knowledge of what the land around Britain was like before the Ice Age.
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Britain's Labs
Professor Iain Stewart visits Britain's leading laboratories
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Britain's Sputnik
Roland Pease recalls ZETA, a nuclear energy project unveiled in 1958 by British scientists
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British Caste Conundrum, The
Paul Sinha finds some British Asians believe caste discrimination is alive and well in UK.
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British Germans, The
Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.
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British Muslims - In the Shadow of 9/11
Navid Akhtar explores the British Muslim experience in the ten years since the 9/11 attack
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British, More or Less
Tracey Logan looks at how new advances in genetics may mean a rewrite of British history.
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Broadcasting House
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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Brotherton Archive and Me, The
Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.
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Brown Years, The
Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister
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Budget Call
Vincent Duggleby answers listeners' calls on how the Budget will affect them.
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Budget Call
Money Box and You and Yours join forces to analyse the Budget.
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Budget Call
The Money Box team answer your personal finance questions arising from the Budget.
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Building the Big Society
Giles Edwards follows the work of people implementing the government's flagship policy
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Buying Defence
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
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Cabin Pressure
Sitcom about an airline for whom no job is too small but many, many jobs are too difficult
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Call of the Arab Spring, The
Zubeida Malik meets young British Arabs who took part in the Arab uprisings.
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Call, The
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or made life-changing phone calls
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Camel Country
Camels remain at the heart of Arabic culture. Tessa McGregor joins an Omani caravan.
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Can You Touch Your Toes?
Anita Anand investigates a new system designed to work out who is and isn't fit for work.
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Capitalism on Trial
Michael Portillo weighs up the costs and benefits of global capitalism
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Caring Too Much
Julie Fernandez explores the complex relationship between disabled child and parent carer.
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Case Notes
Medical programme exploring a different topic each week
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Cat Women of the Moon
Sarah Hall explores the popular sci-fi motif of an all-women society surviving without men
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Catching up with Cancer
Penny Marshall investigates cancer care in the UK
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Chain Reaction
Series in which public figures choose others to interview
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Chalet School, The
The crime writer Val McDermid on how boarding school novels inspired her to be a writer.
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Chambers, The
Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers
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Change of Art
Artist Andrew Shoben explores a controversial idea to 'rotate or retire' public artworks.
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Chaplin Archive, The
Exploring the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings
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Charlotte White's Musical Fight
Josie d'Arby tells the remarkable story of Charlotte White's road to musical redemption.
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Check Up
Medical discussion phone-in programme with weekly guest experts
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Chemist of Life and Death, The
How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too.
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Chemistry of Addiction, The
Dr Graham Easton explores how the brain deals with drugs and who might become an addict
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Chi-Chi: Panda Ambassador
Naturalist and journalist Henry Nicholls traces the story of Chi-Chi the panda.
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Child to Sponsor, A
Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.
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Chinese Nureyev, The
Li Cunxin, Madame Mao's favourite dancer, tells Darcey Bussell about his amazing journey.
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Chips With Everything
Sue Nelson investigates the humble source of the silicon chip.
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Choice, The
Series featuring people who have made life-altering decisions
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Churchill's Roar
Melvyn Bragg presents a celebration of the remarkable language of Sir Winston Churchill.
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City Limits
Two-part series looking at the fringes where suburbia meets the countryside
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Clair Patterson: Scourge of the Lead Industry
The story of Clair Patterson's discovery of the global contamination of the environment.
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Class Ceiling, The
Polly Toynbee explores how possible it is to move up through British society
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Classic Serial
Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status
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Classics Illustrated: The Comic Book Unbound
Bill Paterson marks the 70th anniversary of the Classics Illustrated comic book series.
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Cleansing The Thames
A report on the regular spillages from London's sewage system into the River Thames
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Click On
Simon Cox with the latest developments and issues from the world of IT.
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Coming Home
Charles Wheeler presents personal interpretations about the end of the Second World War.
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Coming Out
Five programmes exploring the ways in which people reveal their true selves to the world.
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Communist Cosmos, The
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
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Composer Joseph Horovitz: No Ordinary Joe
Debbie Wiseman tells the fascinating story of the composer of Captain Noah and Rumpole.
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Computer with a Poker Face, The
Simon Singh witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver.
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Connect
Series exploring how technological developments have been used to solve problems
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Copenhagen Confidential
Three stories by Heidi Amsinck set in Copenhagen and its surrounds
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Correspondents Look Ahead
BBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead
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Cosmic Quest
Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy
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Costing the Earth
Programme looking at man's effect on the environment and how the environment reacts
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Counterpoint
Quiz in which members of the public compete to become Radio 4's musical mastermind
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Countertenor, The
Men who sing in falsetto: Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.
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Creative Genius
Ian Peacock unravels the myth, science and psychology behind creativity.
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Criminal Mind, The
Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind.
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Crossing Continents
Series focusing on foreign affairs issues
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Cuckoo, The
A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats.
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Curb your Judaism
David Schneider looks back at the history of British Jewish comedy.
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Daily Service
Regular broadcast of Christian worship and music
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Dali Christ, The
The Dali Christ is Scotland's favourite painting. Louise Welsh finds out why.
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Danish Noir
Three dark tales set in Denmark, by Heidi Amsinck
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David Cameron's Big Idea
Steve Richards explores David Cameron's vision for the state and society
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David Hume and the Triumph of Reason
Allan Little profiles the great philosopher David Hume who was born 300 years ago.
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Dead Sea Scrolls Revisited
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries
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Dear Darwin
Leading scientists address letters to Charles Darwin
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Debating Animals
Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related animal species
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Decision Time
A look at how controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall
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Defeat of Sleep, The
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
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Defining The Decade
Edward Stourton tries to make sense of the past decade
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Degner Defection, The
Stephen Evans tells the story of daring East German defector Ernst Degner.
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Democracy on Trial
Michael Portillo examines the development of democracy over 2,500 years
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Desert Island Discs
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Digital Human, The
Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world and how technology touches everything people do
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Discovery of England
Jonathan Bate explores how Elizabethan culture has shaped our image of England.
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DJ Derek: A Local Legend, The
Miles Chambers tells the story of the famous 70-year-old white Bristolian reggae DJ.
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Doctor - Tell Me the Truth
James Reason explores how patient safety can be improved by doctors admitting mistakes
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Doctor and Douglas, The
As Doctor Who returns, Jon Culshaw looks at the man who changed it forever: Douglas Adams.
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Document
Historical investigation programme, taking a document as a starting point
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Does Happiness Write White?
Why do writers find happiness such a difficult emotion to capture on the page?
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Dog and the Whale, The
Tucker the sniffer dog takes a boat trip to save the whales.
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Doing It in the Street
Martin Reeve follows the fortunes of street theatre in Britain over the last 40 years.
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Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square
Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986
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Domesday Reloaded: How Britain Has Changed
Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed.
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Don't Log Off
Alan Dein crosses the world on a series of late night excursions via Facebook and Skype
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Dragons' Lab, The
Trevor Cox goes behind the scenes at a multi-million pound science funding event.
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Drone Wars
How the pilotless drone aircraft is controversially transforming air warfare.
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E Generation at 40, The
Has the drug Ecstasy bred a generation of depressed and forgetful forty-somethings?
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Einstein's Fiddle
Physicist Brian Foster explores the role of music in the life of Albert Einstein.
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Elizabethan Subjects
Dr Justin Champion examines the life and times of Elizabeth I's more unusual subjects.
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Elvis By Bono
U2's singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it into an atmospheric sound-scape.
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Empire of Climate, The
Professor David Livingstone argues for a revision of how we view the climate
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End of Drug Discovery, The
Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.
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Entrepreneur's Wound, The
Top business people discuss the effect that their traumatic childhood had on them.
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Erased Memories and Spotless Minds
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
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Erich Honecker's Rock and Roll Years
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
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Ethnic Drugs: The Magic Bullet?
Connie St Louis investigates ethnic marketing in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Eureka Years, The
Series exploring spectacular years in the history of science
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Europe's Choice
Allan Little looks at key moments and issues that brought the EU to the current crisis
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Europe: Driving on the Right
Chris Bowlby looks at how the far right is influencing mainstream European politics
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Excess Baggage
Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes
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Extinct!
Adam Rutherford presents a three-part series on extinction
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Face the Facts
Investigative series looking at consumer and social stories from the UK
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Falling for Francoise
John Andrew returns to Paris where he lost his heart to 60s icon Francoise Hardy.
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Fallout: The Legacy of Chernobyl
Nick Ross investigates the health impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
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Famed for Its Knitting
The life and changing times of Woman's Weekly as it celebrates its centenary.
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Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy, A
Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.
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Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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Fascinating Deaths
Series investigating the deaths of various creatures
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Fathers and Sons - From the Falklands to Helmand
Two Falklands veterans with mixed feelings about having sons in the military.
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Feathered Apes
Are rooks and crows as intelligent as apes? Joanna Pinnock investigates.
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Feed Me to the Wind
Across Britain, cremation ashes remain uncollected. Amanda Mitchinson investigates why.
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Feedback
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
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Fela Kuti Comes Home
Radio 4 explores the story of Nigerian musican and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
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FIFA: Football, Power and Politics
David Goldblatt tells the turbulent story of FIFA, international football's governing body
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Fighting the Power of Pink
Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters
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File on 4
Award-winning current affairs documentary series
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Film Programme, The
Film programme looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV
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Fingerprints on Trial
Claudia Hammond asks how much we can trust fingerprint evidence.
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First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life, The
Dr Mark Porter on whether adult health is determined by the first thousand days of life
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First LP in Ireland, The
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
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Fly me to the Moon
Series examining the emergence of a new space race
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Foes Reunited
Why are youths in Northern Ireland using social networking sites to spread sectarianism?
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Foghorn: A Celebration, The
Peter Curran celebrates the humble foghorn's powerful role in music, literature and film.
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Folk Song, Art Song
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
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Follow the Leader
Carolyn Quinn looks at the psychology of leadership
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Follow-Up Albums
Music critic Pete Paphides tells the story behind three follow-up albums
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Food and Farming Awards
Celebrating the best of British food
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Food Programme
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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For Nature, Not Humans
Alan Leith tells the story of the eccentric recluse who purchased Brownsea Island in 1927.
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For One Night Only
Series looking back at classic live albumss
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Forbidden Families
Bettany Hughes tells the stories of women denied their families by the march of history
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Four Thought
Series of thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension
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Four Thought
Robin Gorna fears the world is losing the political will to deal with the problem of AIDS.
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France and Race: A Question of Identite
Julian Jackson on the issue at the heart of the forthcoming French presidential election.
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France's Forgotten Concentration Camps
Investigating the concentration camps set up in France to hold Spanish Civil War refugees.
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Frankenstein's Moon
Adam Rutherford with astronomical insights on literature and art.
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Free Wales Harmony: When Pop Went Welsh
Manchester DJ and record collector Andy Votel explores Welsh language pop music.
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Freedom Trail, The
Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees
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French East End, The
Lucy Ash explores London's new French community, as it spreads beyond South Kensington.
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Friday Drama
The home of thrillers, mysteries, romance and detective stories
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From Birmingham to Beijing: The Lure of a Chinese Career
The stories of graduates finding work internships far afield in China.
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From Dunkirk to D-Day
Charles Wheeler analyses the Allies' resurgence in 1944 from their nadir in 1940/41
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From Fact to Fiction
Series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news
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From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting
Robert Elms charts the history, ideology and culture of squatting.
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From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers
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From Sputnik to Satnav
The history of the man-made satellite, from Sputnik's Cold War launch to the present day.
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Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Frontiers
Programme exploring new ideas in science and meeting the researchers responsible
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Gardeners' Question Time
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts
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GCHQ: Cracking the Code
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera goes inside Britain's secret listening station.
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Generation E
Lucy Ash meets Europe's next generation at a time of economic and political turmoil
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Generations Apart
Fi Glover presents a series tracking people from two very different generations
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Genius Unrecognised
Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five inventions that define our world today
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Getting Your Brain to Bloom
Andrew Brown investigates the frontier of our knowledge about new brain cells.
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Ghost Music
Archaeologist Christine Finn taps her foot to ancient sounds not heard for millennia.
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Give Me the MoonLITE
Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission.
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Giving the Critic Back His Voice
Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.
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GM Rides Again
Susan Watts investigates the second generation of genetically modified crops.
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God in China
Tim Gardam investigates faith in modern China
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God On My Mind
Matthew Taylor discovers what science tells us about our need for religion
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Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow
The story of hair as an artefact of remembrance.
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Good King George
Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.
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Good Read, A
Harriett Gilbert talks to two guests about their favourite books.
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Goodnight John Boy
Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families, the Waltons.
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Great Big Particle Adventure, The
Ben Miller explores the workings of the new LHC atom smasher at CERN in Switzerland
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Great Game in a Cold Climate: A Tale of Two Cities, The
Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.
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Great Lives
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series
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Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future
Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster.
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Green Ears
Professor Trevor Cox explores the world of sonic design applied to our outdoor spaces.
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Greening of the Deserts, The
Ayisha Yahya explores warnings that some deserts could turn greener in the future
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Guide to Farmland Birds, A
How to recognise birds of the British countryside from their appearance, calls and songs
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Half-Light
Three short stories by Scottish writer Neil M Gunn
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Happy Birthday, Neptune
In the Solar System's outer darkness, planet Neptune has its first 'official' birthday.
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Has the Taliban Won in Afghanistan?
Eddie Mair chairs a debate on the progress of the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Hearing the Past
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how the sounds of our past still influence us today.
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Hearts and Minds
Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events and conflicts
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Hemingway Days
Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers Robin and Lucienne Day.
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Here We Come
John Waite tells the story of The Monkees, the successful 1960s pop group.
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Herschel Space Telescope, The
Following the team who are working on the biggest telescope ever sent to space
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Hidden Henry
Piortraits of unknown, intimate and surprising aspects of Henry VIII's character
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History of the Brain, A
Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
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History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus, A
The British Museum's Neil MacGregor tells A History of the World in 100 Objects.
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History of the World in 100 Objects, A
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects
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History of the World Special, A
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
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Hitting the Buffers
Gareth Mitchell looks at our need for speed in different areas of modern life
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Home from Home
Hardeep Singh Kohli meets British Indians who have left the UK for a new life in India
-
Home Planet
Programme answering listeners' questions about planet Earth and our impact upon it
-
Honest Doubt: The History of an Epic Struggle
Richard Holloway presents a series on the relationship between faith and doubt
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Honest Doubt: The History of an Epic Struggle - Omnibus
Richard Holloway presents a series on the relationship between faith and doubt
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Honest Musician's Fear of Accidental Plagiarism, The
What happens when a songwriter accidentally copies someone else's song?
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Hook, Line and Singer
Cerys Matthews explores her love affair with angling.
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Horsepower
Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?
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House I Grew up In, The
Series revisiting the childhood homes of influential Britons
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How Did We Get Here...? Egypt
Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt.
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How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'.
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How New Is the New Philanthropy?
Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain
-
How to Write a Personal Statement
A personal statement is crucial for university. What should it say, asks Imogen Stubbs?
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HR
Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of an HR officer
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Human Kind
Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.
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Hundred Years of Mervyn Peake, A
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
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Hunt for Bin Laden, The
Gordon Corera tells the story of the search for the world's most wanted terrorist
-
Hunting Haydn's Head
Simon Townley tells the story of the theft of the skull of composer Joseph Haydn.
-
Hurricane Rash
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
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I Love You Bridge, The
Who wrote 'Clare Middleton I Love You Will You Marry Me' on a Sheffield bridge? Did she?
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Ian Blair Years, The
Danny Shaw tells the story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Metropolitan Police Commissioner
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Ibiza: Britain's Balearic Soul
Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife
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Ice Cream Van Cometh, The
Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.
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Ice Mountain, The
The journey of a fictional iceberg, and the events that led to the sinking of RMS Titanic.
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Iconoclasts
Edward Stourton chairs a discussion series in which guests set out their strong views
-
Idea Whose Time Has Come, An
How common is simultaneous discovery in science and is it a case of convergent evolution?
-
Image of a Troubled Mind
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.
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Images That Changed The World
Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging
-
In Business
Series about the world of work from vast corporations to modest volunteers
-
In Defence of Politics
Professor Matthew Flinders challenges political cynicism
-
In Denial - Climate on the Couch
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the psychology of climate change - why aren't we more worried?
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In Doubt We Trust
Mark Vernon examines how desire for certainty has affected people's ability to doubt
-
In Einstein's Shadow
Dr Brian Cox explores the consequences of physics' annus mirabilis - 1905.
-
In for the Kill
Mike Phillips investigates the coming of age of black British crime fiction.
-
In Living Memory
Series examining contemporary history
-
In Our Own Image - Evolving Humanity
Adam Rutherford asks how talking, travelling and technology affect human genetic evolution
-
In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas
-
In Pursuit of Happiness
Claudia Hammond looks at the government's plan to measure the nation's happiness.
-
In Search of Barney Bubbles
The hunt for the truth about the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers.
-
In Search of Originality
Ian Peacock challenges himself to come up with just one original thought of his own.
-
In the Lounge with Rich Morton
Comedian and musician Rich Morton explores the laid-back world of lounge music.
-
In Touch
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
-
Infinite Monkey Cage, The
Witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists eyes. With Brian Cox and Robin Ince
-
Inflamed Response
Research is giving new insights into the relationship between mind and body.
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Inflamed Response
Claudia Hammond investigates inflammation
-
Inside Health
Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice
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Inside Intuition
Dr Mark Lythgoe attempts to find out what constitutes intuition and when we should use it.
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Inside the Academie Francaise
Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.
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Inside the Brain of a Five-Year-Old
Claudia Hammond investigates how neursocience is heading for the classroom.
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Inside The Child Prisons
Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of violent and damaged youngsters
-
Inside the Ethics Committee
A panel of experts explore the workings of clinical ethics committees
-
Inside the IMF
Is the IMF up to the job of fixing the global economy? Stephanie Flanders reports.
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Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business
Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source' computer software.
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Internet Millionaires' Club, The
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the people trying to get rich online without actually working.
-
Interrail Tales
Miranda Sawyer on the impact of cheap European train travel on generations of Britons
-
Into the Music Library
An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
-
Invention of Germany, The
Misha Glenny presents a three part history of Germany before the world wars
-
iPM
iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners
-
Iran: A Revolutionary State
John Tusa chronicles the making of modern Iran
-
Iraqi Interpreter's New Home, The
Iraqi interpreters were offered a new life in the UK for their help. What did they get?
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Is Surgery Scientific?
Surgery is a craft and historically has not been subject to scientific scrutiny until now.
-
Islam and Science
Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world
-
Island of Secrets, The
Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk, Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit
-
It Is Rocket Science
Comedy taking a quirky look at the science and history of space travel
-
It's Fun, but Is It Theatre?
Theatre critic Sarah Hemming investigates the popular new interactive theatre trend.
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It's My Story
Stories about the lives of everyday people
-
Ivory Tower
Are close ties to industry distorting priorities of scientific research in universities?
-
Jack Jackson: Rhythm and Radio Fun Remembered
Exploring the legacy of musician and broadcaster Jack Jackson.
-
James and the Giant Eagle
James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.
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James and the Giant Tree
Professional tree climber James Aldred climbs one of Britain's tallest trees.
-
Japan: Coping With Disaster
What does the response to last year's tsunami and meltdown tell us about modern Japan?
-
Jatropha: The Wonder Plant
Chandy Nath visits India to explore the extraordinary Jatropha plant.
-
Jawbone, The
Scientists analyse a small jawbone found in Kent's Cavern in Torquay over 80 years ago.
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Jonathan Edwards Looks Into...
Jonathan Edwards presents a series exploring how science shapes and explains our world
-
Journey of a Lifetime
Following the past winners of the BBC/Royal Geographical Society's travellers' competition
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Jukes - Bad Blood or Bad Science, The
Steve Jones asks if people can be 'born bad"'- as was said of the infamous Jukes family.
-
Just a Minute
Panel game in which players must speak for one minute on any subject asked of them
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Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Former chancellor Ken Clarke profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century
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Key Matters
Ivan Hewett explores how different musical keys seem to have distinct characteristics
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Keynes Vs. Hayek
Paul Mason chairs a debate between followers of two contrasting liberal economists.
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Kill Factor, The
Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.
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King James Bible
The enduring appeal of the King James Bible, 400 years after its original publication.
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Kitchen Cabinet, The
Jay Rayner presents a new food panel show
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Knowing Nelson Mandela
Mike Wooldridge presents some personal memories of Nelson Mandela.
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La France Maintenant
Andrew Hussey goes beyond the cliches to discover the true face of 21st-century France
-
Lab and the Mosque, The
Ziauddin Sardar investigates philosophical and practical links between science and Islam.
-
Ladies of the Links
Rhona Cameron celebrates the bi-centenary of the earliest known women's golf competition.
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Ladies' Man of Opera, The
The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.
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Landfill Designers, The
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
-
Last Chance for Africa's Elephants?
How can science can stop an upsurge in the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory?
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Last Excuse Me Dance, A
The first reunion in 70 years of writer Shirley Hughes and her 1940s dancing partner.
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
-
Late Nights at the Blue Boar
Pete Paphides tells the story of the M1's 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar services.
-
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages
-
Law in Action
Long-running legal magazine programme, featuring reports and discussion
-
Lawrence in New Mexico
Geoff Dyer explores DH Lawrence's life-changing experiences in New Mexico in the 1920s.
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Leader Conference
Andrew Rawnsley chairs a live discussion about the top stories of the moment
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Leading Edge
Geoff Watts explores the world of science and the people, passions and policies behind it
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Lebanon: The Next Generation
20 years on John McCarthy returns to Lebanon, in search of signs of the Arab spring.
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Leonardo Detectives, The
Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution.
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Letters to the Arab World
Five writers consider the momentous events that are reshaping the Arab world
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Letters to the Arab World Omnibus
Five writers reflect on the recent momentous events in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Liberty, Fraternity, Anarchy - Le Punk Francais
How France played a pivotal role in the explosion of 70s punk.
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Life Scientific, The
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the scientific life with fellow scientists
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Life With ..., A
Series about scientific specialists
-
Life's Soundtrack
Trevor Cox explores how our voice and our hearing develop and change through our lives.
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Light Switch Project, The
What happens when you switch on a light? Toby Jones discovers it is a question without end
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Linnaeus and the Immorality of Bluebells
Anna Pavord explores the life and legacy of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
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Listening Project, The
Capturing the nation in conversation, curated and archived by the British Library.
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Liszt and His Women
Pianist Lucy Parham explores the composer's web of romantic relationships.
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Lives in a Landscape
Documentary series telling original stories about real lives in Britain today
-
Living World, The
Natural history programme
-
Lobotomists, The
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
-
London Nobody Knows, The
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London
-
Long View, The
Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the past behind the present.
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Long Walk, The
Tim Whewell explores truth and myth in one of the great tales of adventure and endurance.
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Longing for Silence
Kate Cook explore what hope there is for a cure for her chronic tinnitus.
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Loose Ends
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
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Lord Gnome Aged 49 and Three Quarters
As Private Eye nears 50, Michael Crick traces its ups and downs and assesses its impact.
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Loud Organs His Glory
Simon Townley tells the story of the great Victorian Organ Builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
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Luddite Lament, The
The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.
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Ludwig Koch and the Music of Nature
Sean Street tells the story of the German wildlife sound recordist Ludwig Koch.
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Lunatic Line, The
Ayisha Yahya tells the story of the 600-mile railway line from the Kenyan coast to Uganda
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Mabey in the Wild
Naturalist Richard Mabey presents a series about British flora
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Make Me a National Treasure
Gyles Brandreth discovers what it takes to become a national treasure.
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Making History
Series exploring ordinary people's links with the past
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Making of Modern Medicine, The
Narrative history series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine
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Making Tracks
Paul Morley visits the Basing St Studios in the company of Trevor Horn and Chris Blackwell
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Malmesbury: The Philosophy Town
Malmesbury in Wiltshire aims to establish itself as the country's 'Philosophy Town'.
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Man with Many Names, The
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary.
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Mapping Britain's Underworld
Adam Hart-Davis reports on a major research project to map underground Britain.
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Marcus du Sautoy's Five Shapes
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy finds his favourite forms in some highly unlikely places.
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Mastering the Art of the Kimono
Roland Buerk reports on the crisis in Japan's declining traditional kimono industry.
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Material World
Quentin Cooper talks to researchers behind all that's new and news across science.
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Media Show, The
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world
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Medicalisation of Normality, The
Are we are turning normal human behaviour into medical conditions?
-
Mel's Iron Age Holiday
Mel Giedroyc takes a British family back 2,000 years to live in a Danish Iron Age village.
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Merzman: The Art of Kurt Schwitters
How a leading German modern artist's greatest work was rediscovered in a barn in Cumbria.
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MI6: A Century in the Shadows
Gordon Corera looks inside Britain's Secret Intelligence Service
-
Midnight News
National and international news
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Midweek
Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests
-
Miles Jupp in a Locked Room
Miles Jupp investigates the appeal of mind-bending crime novels set in locked rooms.
-
Mind Changers
Series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century
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Mind Myths
Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings.
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Miracle Berry, The
Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage.
-
Moats, Mortgages and Mayhem
Nick Robinson reflects on the reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its repercussions
-
Moments of Genius
Well-known figures discuss moments of scientific genius
-
Money Box
The latest news from the world of personal finance
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Money Box Live
Phone-in programme with discussion and advice on personal finance
-
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus!
Henning Wehn tells the story of Monty Python's adventures in Germany.
-
Moral Maze
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories
-
More or Less
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life
-
Morecambe: Chill Winds on the Bay
Following 12 months in the life of the seaside town of Morecambe
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Mossad, The
Security Correspondent Gordon Corera reveals the story behind Israel's secret service.
-
Mr Suzuki's Bach Passion
Overthrowing centuries of musical tradition - and prejudice: the Japanese Bach revolution.
-
Music Feature
Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects
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Music Group, The
Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice
-
Music That Melted, The
Under a full moon and the Northern Lights, Richard Coles hears the Ice Music of Norway.
-
Musical Migrants
Portraits of people who relocated to other lands, influenced by music
-
My Empire of Dust
Wolfgang Stoecker is on a mission to explore the meaning of dust.
-
Mysterious Mr Mercury, The
Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.
-
Mystery of the Holy Thorn, The
Who cut down Glastonbury's 'holy thorn' tree? And why did it matter to so many people?
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Mystery of the Marine Strandings, The
Sue Broom investigates why 26 dolphins were stranded and died in Falmouth Harbour in 2008.
-
Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The
Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Dickens's last and unfinished novel.
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Naming of Genes, The
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
-
Natural Despots
Michael Portillo investigates nature's tyrants
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Natural Genius
Carmen Pryce investigates the inner world of the young child.
-
Nature
Natural history programme offering a unique insight into the natural world
-
New Conversation
Olivia O'Leary follows historian Theodore Zeldin in the quest to reform conversation.
-
New Galileos, The
Andrew Luck-Baker meets today's telescope builders and astronomers
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New Global Economics, The
Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, examines the global financial situation
-
New Guinea Singing Dog, The
Could a strange dog from remote New Guinea have been man's first best friend?
-
New Hindu Fundamentalists, The
Navdip Dhariwal investigates the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in Britain.
-
New Scramble for Africa, The
Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India.
-
New Silk Road with Roger Law, The
Roger Law visits Yi Wu in China, fast becoming the biggest market place in the world.
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New Two Cultures, The
Scientist and arts lover Dr Mark Lythgoe looks at the divide between the disciplines
-
News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
-
News and Papers
The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers
-
News and Weather
The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4
-
News Briefing
The latest news from BBC Radio 4
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News from Nowhere: How the Papers Got Their Stories
Jon Manel uncovers new evidence of methods used by some newspapers to get their stories.
-
News Headlines
The latest national and international news headlines
-
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast
News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates
-
News Quiz, The
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories
-
News Review of the Year
A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year
-
Nigerian Crossroads
Mark Doyle asks if Nigeria will become a full democracy or be torn apart by violence.
-
Night Rescue: Saving the Manx Shearwater
Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.
-
Night Visions
Poet Paul Farley flies over London in a police helicopter and reflects on the city below.
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Nile, The
Edward Stourton explores the impact of the famous river on the people of Egypt
-
No Triumph, No Tragedy
Peter White talks to disabled people who have achieved outstanding success in their field
-
No.219 Sodcast Project, The
Ian McMillan fights the cause of 'sodcasters', perpetrators of tinny mobile phone music.
-
North and South: Across the Great Divide
Ian Marchant takes a trip along the line dividing the North of England from the South
-
Not Just Funny Animal Voices
The life of Johnny Morris, told by his friend and former co-presenter Terry Nutkins.
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Number One Forensic Detective Agency
The story of how Botswana has become Africa's leading exponent of crime investigation.
-
Oath, The
What should be in a Hippocratic Oath for scientists?
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Obama: Professor President
Kwame Anthony Appiah investigates president-elect Obama's academic career.
-
Oceans: What Lies Beneath
Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the planet's oceans
-
Off the Page
Series featuring new writing and stimulating discussion
-
Oldest Bible, The
Roger Bolton tells the story of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest bible.
-
On the Ropes
Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers
-
On Your Farm
Getting to the heart of country life with a look at individual farming endeavours
-
One in a Million
One million books given away for free - how did it affect those involved?
-
One to One
Interview series. Broadcasters talk to the people whose stories interest them most
-
Online Damage: Porn in the 21st Century
Penny Marshall examines the effects of the rapid expansion of online porn on UK society.
-
Open Book
Mariella Frostrup with the best in new fiction and non-fiction.
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Open Country
Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain
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Open Source
Paul Bennun finds out how Free and Open Source software is making its impact felt.
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Opening the Boxes: A Soprano's Secrets
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
-
Oscar and Al Pacino
An exclusive interview with Al Pacino about his passion for Oscar Wilde.
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Our Daily Bread
Jonathan Kent looks at a staple we take for granted and explores what it reveals about us
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Outfoxed: The Story of Hunting in Britain
Dr Emma Griffin finds out why fox hunting is still flourishing despite the seven-year ban.
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Paddling with Peter Duck
John McCarthy explores the life of Arthur Ransome through the boats he once owned.
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Page to Performance
Tracing the histories of some of the most passionate pieces of music ever written
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Pain of Emotion, The
Vivienne Parry explores the similarities between emotional and physical pain.
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Paper Round, The
Public figures revisit their paper round route and reveal how it influenced their lives
-
Parting Shots
Matthew Parris marks the passing of the valedictory despatch from British ambassadors
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Path of Least Resistance, The
As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds.
-
Peace Corps Writers, The
Bridget Kendall evaluates America's 'missionaries of democracy' in the Peace Corps.
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Peas in a Pod
Sue Broom looks at the latest developments in the field of animal cloning
-
Peer Review in the Dock
Mark Whitaker investigates the tarnished image of a flawed scientific process.
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People's D-Day, The
Libby Purves travels around Britain to find out about Britain's preparations for D-Day
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People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office, The
Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office
-
Percy and Jock: One Man and His Dog
David Attenborough tells of Percy Fitzpatrick, industrialist, author and politician.
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Percy Edwards Showdown
David Attenborough hosts a celebration of bird impersonator Percy Edwards.
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Perfumed Mountaineer, The
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
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Peston and the Money Men
Robert Peston talks to four key individuals about the global financial meltdown
-
Philosopher's Arms, The
Matthew Sweet examines philosophical problems with a live audience in a pub
-
Physics Rocks
Brian Cox meets some celebrity physics enthusiasts, including Alan Alda and Eddie Izzard.
-
Pick of the Week
A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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Pickerskill Reports, The
By Andrew McGibbon. English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his favourite pupils
-
Picking Round Apples
Steve Carver lives the life of a seasonal apple picker on a farm in Herefordshire.
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Picture Power: Portraits of Five Leading Press Photographers
Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers
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Picturing Britain
Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers
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Pieces of a Man
Poet Lemn Sissay explores the life of activist, musician and writer Gil Scott-Heron.
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Placebo
Ben Goldacre investigates the latest research on the placebo effect
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Planet Earth Under Threat
Gabrielle Walker finds out how global warming is changing the natural world
-
Platform 3
Series of stories inspired by railway stations
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Pleistocene Park
Adam Fowler investigates an extraordinary scientific experiment in Siberia.
-
PM
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Poetry Please
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners and presented by Roger McGough.
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Point of View, A
A weekly reflection on a topical issue
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Politics of Dancing: How Disco Changed the World, The
Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of the disco movement, beginning in New York.
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Politics of Pandas, The
China's pandas are political animals. As Edinburgh gets two, Philip Dodd investigates.
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Poorer Than Their Parents
Financial guru Alvin Hall helps young people plan ahead for an uncertain future
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Pope's British Divisions, The
Mark Dowd explores how British Catholicism has changed since the last Papal visit in 1982.
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Poppy Factory, The
Stories from the Poppy Factory in Surrey, where poppies are made for Remembrance Sunday.
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Post Hackgate: Journalism at the Crossroads
John Lloyd of the FT on the future of journalism after the phone hacking scandal.
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Post Mortem
Professor Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem, defending its contribution to medicine
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Power Failure? The Story of the Battery
Mark Miodownik explores the prospect of a new generation of highly poweful batteries.
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Power of Om, The
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
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Power to Persuade: The Story of NLP
The 'science of success'? William Little explores the history and techniques of NLP.
-
Prayer for the Day
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection
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Price of Power, The
Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions.
-
Prime Ministers, The
Nick Robinson explores the history of Britain's prime ministers
-
Print Master, The
Stanley Jones, legendary print maker, in the Curwen Studio with artist Susan Aldworth.
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Prisoners' Women
Women talk about how they cope with life on the outside when men go to prison.
-
Profile
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
-
Psychiatrist and the Deputy Fuhrer, The
1941. A British psychiatrist is sent to a safe house in Surrey to examine POW Rudolf Hess.
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Public Philosopher, The
Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel questions the thinking beneath controversies
-
Punt PI
Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that amuse and beguile
-
Quest for a Cure
Peter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug
-
Questions, Questions
Problem-solving programme addressing listeners' questions
-
Radio 4 Appeal
Weekly programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations
-
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 82 84 or Radio 4 website.
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Ramblings
Programme joining notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside
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Random Edition
History series investigating stories taken from archive newspapers
-
Rattigan Versions, The
Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan from people who had a close connection to him
-
Reader's Digest: Trouble in Pleasantville
John Waite asks why one of the world's most successful publishers has hit hard times.
-
Reading between the Lines
Michael Morpurgo on the changing experience of learning to read over the last 70 years
-
Real Apprentice, The
Jon Manel investigates the world of the apprentice.
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Real Spooks, The
A look into the shadowy world of Britain's security services
-
Recycled Radio
Old BBC programmes chopped up and recycled into something new.
-
Reith Lectures, The
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
-
Remembrance of Smells Past
Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.
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Repainting Giverny
Irma Kurtz travels to Monet's Giverny garden to hear how losing his sight changed his work
-
Report, The
Original insights into major news stories and topical investigations
-
Requiem for a Moth
What does the quest for moths reveal about Britain's human inhabitants?
-
Return to Vukovar
Martin Bell returns 20 years on to the Siege of Vukovar in Croatia.
-
Reunion, The
Series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history
-
Rise of Resistance
Dr Mark Porter investigates the phenomenon of resistance to antibiotics
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Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists, The
Dr Ben Goldacre explores our past and present fascination with nutrition and lifestyle
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Road Home: Remaking Homer's Odyssey, The
Tom Holland explores the continuing appeal of Homer's Odyssey. Why should that be?
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Robots that Care
Jon Stewart charts the increasing interaction between humans and robots
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Roger's Rabbits
Roger Law takes a look at the 'fancy': the wonderful world of show rabbits.
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Roman Way, The
The Roman Way explores aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.
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Rook and Me, The
Mark Cocker indulges his obsession as he follows a colony of rooks over a year
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Royal Racers and Fascinators
Hardeep Singh Kohli visits Royal Ascot on the 300th anniversary of the racecourse.
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RSC at 50, The
James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company as it celebrates its 50th birthday
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Rupert Bear and Me
Mark Radcliffe explores the continued success and appeal of the little white bear.
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Russia: The Wild East
A history of Russia, written and presented by Martin Sixsmith
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Sacred Election: Lessons from the Biggest Democracy in the World
Dr Mukulika Banerjee learns about the processes involved in an Indian general election.
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Saturday Drama
Radio 4 drama
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Saturday Live
Extraordinary stories and remarkable people. With Sian Williams and Richard Coles
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Saturday Review
Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests
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Save our Seeds
Jonathon Porritt explores our agricultural biodiversity and how to preserve it
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Saving Species
Examining the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation
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Science Betrayed
Dr Adam Rutherford investigates topical science stories
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Science in the Making
Stephen Webster examines the way scientists work and asks why we should believe them
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Science: From Cradle to Grave
Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.
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Scientists Advise, Ministers Decide
Former government chief scientist, Lord May, looks at the role of politics in science.
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Scientists Go To Hollywood
Adam Rutherford talks to the scientific advisors behind some well-known films and TV shows
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Scientists of the Subprime
Ehsan Masood examines how science could help prevent future banking crises.
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Scott's Legacy
Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole but Science was the real winner.
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Search for Growth, The
Stephanie Flanders sets out on the search for growth in Britain's economy
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Secret Britain
Series examining the role of state secrecy in Britain
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Secret Catacombs of Paris, The
Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
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Secret History of Social Networking, The
Rory Cellan-Jones traces its roots
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Secret Life of Reservoirs, The
Hermione Cockburn uncovers the historical role of dams and reservoirs in Britain
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Secret Museum
Secret Mueum looks at the explicit erotic, sexual and pornographic art of Pompeii.
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Secret Science
Vivienne Parry meets the scientists whose work remains unknown to the general public
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Secrets of the Super Old
How the oldest people on the planet are helping scientists to unlock the secrets of ageing
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes
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Sex Test, The
Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.
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Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories twenty objects tell us about Shakespeare's world.
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Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Shipwrecked Bears, The
Gyles Brandreth investigates the mystery of the missing teddy bears, the first ever made.
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Simon Day Show, The
Character comedy show written by and starring Simon Day
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Simon Singh's Numbers
Simon Singh takes a quirky look at some of the most important numbers in mathematics.
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Simpson in Afghanistan
John Simpson reports from Afghanistan and asks how things have gone wrong.
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Simulated Patient, The
Documentary looking at an unusual aspect of medical training.
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Six O'Clock News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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Sleep Diaries, The
In a series mixing science with art, myth and poetry, Paul Farley explores sleep
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Slums 101
Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums.
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Smell of Money, The
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
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Smile
Kate Williams explores the history and development of the modern winning smile.
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So Wrong It's Right
Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that celebrates glorious failure.
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So You Want To Be an Exorcist
The exorcism business is booming - Jolyon Jenkins asks if and why demonism is on the rise.
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Soft Power Hard News
How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence
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Something Understood
Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life
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Songs for Madame Vasnier
Richard Langham Smith on the songs Debussy wrote for his muse Madame Vasnier.
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Songs for Tahrir
Reem Kelani explores the role of music in the Egyptian revolution of early 2011.
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Sore Fingers
Bluegrass in the Cotswolds at the Sore Fingers Summer School.
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Soul Music
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
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Sound Architecture: The Spaces That Speak
Science broadcaster Professor Trevor Cox explores the science of aural architecture.
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Sound of Fear, The
Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why.
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Sounds of Science, The
Trevor Cox investigates the science of sound research
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Spirit of the Beehive
A composed feature exploring our relationship with the honeybee.
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Spooklights
Chemist Andrea Sella investigates things that go flash in the dark.
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Sport and the British
Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport
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Squeezing Victoria's Curves
Ayisha Yahya investigates the cause of the falling water levels in Lake Victoria.
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Stage to Screen
Series exploring how stage works have been adapted for the cinema
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Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
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State of Israel, The
At a time of change and turmoil in the Middle East, what is happening inside Israel?
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State of Mind
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to today
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Stationery Cupboard, The
Lucy Mangan explores our obsession with pens, paper and the paraphernalia of office life.
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Stephanomics
Stephanie Flanders discusses the global financial crisis with top economic thinkers
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Story of Economics, The
Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas
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Strap In - It's Clever Peter
Rip-roaring comedy sketch show.
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Street Science
Five eminent scientists discuss controversial areas of science with members of the public
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Student Voice, A
John Waite follows those student protesters most likely to be affected by funding changes.
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Sugaring the Pill
The NHS is paying people to be healthy. But does it really work? Claudia Hammond reports.
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Summit Fever
What really happens in intergovernmental summits? Jonathan Powell investigates.
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Sun, Spoor and Spots: Counting Namibia's Cheetahs
Frauke Jensen reports on a research project set up to count Namibia's cheetah population.
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Sunday
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
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Sunday Worship
Radio 4's Sunday morning service
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Super Recognisers
Claudia Hammond investigates the science of face recognition.
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Supersize Surgeries
Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.
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Swedish Invasion, The
Comedian Danny Robins explores the global Swedish cultural explosion conquering the world.
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Swinging for Survival
Sue Broom explores new scientific research on female promiscuity across the animal kingdom
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Switching Point, The
Edi Stark looks at the burgeoning field of epigenetics
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Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick
Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
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Taboo be Doo
Terence Blacker explores politically incorrect music over the last century
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Tahrir Square
Magdi Abdelhadi talks to Egyptians about their hopes and fears for a 'new Egypt'.
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Taking a Stand
Interview series with Fergal Keane in which he talks to individuals who have taken a stand
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Taking Tea with Tyrants
Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes.
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Tales from the Arab Spring
Jeremy Bowen hears first-hand accounts of the revolution which started in Tunisia
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Tales from the Digital Archive
Christine Finn explores how authors' archive is kept, now they write on screens not paper.
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Tales from the Stave
Series that tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music
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Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
How Tarzan has enjoyed a hundred years swinging through the jungle of popular culture.
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Teenage Pregnancy Myth, The
Do assumptions about teenage pregnancy stand up to scrutiny? Miranda Sawyer investigates.
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Teetotaller's Guide to Boozing, The
Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the life of a teetotaller in the UK.
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Ten Rare Men
Howard Stableford meets the Ten Rare Men, the experts who rule on rare bird sightings.
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Test Match Special
International cricket
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Test Tubes and Tantrums
William Hartson examines some of the great arguments in the history of science.
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The 12 Inch Single
Paul Morley on the 7-inch single's grand relative - the 12-inch - and its peak in the 80s.
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The Advance of the Giant Crabs
David Lomax reports on the story of the Kamchatka crabs brought to the Arctic by Stalin.
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The Age of the Genome
Richard Dawkins decodes the discoveries and mysteries of the human genome sequence
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The Alias Men
Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed.
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The Archers
Contemporary drama in a rural setting
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The Archers Omnibus
The week's events in Ambridge
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The Archive Hour
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives
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The Art Bunker
Bob Dickinson visits a new festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.
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The Art of Darkness
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
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The Art of Monarchy
Will Gompertz examines objects in the Royal Collection that define the British monarchy.
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The Art of Water Music
Midge Ure investigates water's role as a constantly flowing source of musical inspiration.
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The Asian Youth Movements
Zaiba Malik on the Asian youth movements in the 1970s who fought for justice and equality.
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The Balancing Bluebottle
Tim Boon tells the story of Percy Smith, a pioneer in the art of the natural history film.
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The Bankers and the Bottom Billion
Will an explosion in financial services aimed at the world's poorest help, or hurt, them?
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The Barbershop
An insightful, humorous piece of reportage from inside the barber shop.
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The Barlow-Morgenstern Method
Tony Hawks uses an unusual reference work to explore the world of musical plagiarism.
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The Battle for Egypt
A year after the fall of President Mubarak of Egypt, what happened to the revolution?
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The Biggest Radio on Earth
Dr Lucie Green reports on plans for a radio telescope the size of a continent.
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The Bird Fancyer's Delight
Sarah Angliss uncovers the fascinating story of how we tried to teach the birds to sing.
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The Bishop and the Prisoner
The bishop of Liverpool talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the penal system
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The Blood Telegram
The story of one of the most controversial documents in US diplomatic history.
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The Bob Graham Round
How the most gruelling fell race is inspiring a composer to write a new piece of music.
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The Bottom Line
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show
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The Bridge
The Transporter Bridge on Teesside is 100 years old, but will it survive another 100?
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The British Caste Conundrum
Paul Sinha finds some British Asians believe caste discrimination is alive and well in UK.
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The British Germans
Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.
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The Brotherton Archive and Me
Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.
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The Brown Years
Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister
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The Call
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or made life-changing phone calls
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The Call of the Arab Spring
Zubeida Malik meets young British Arabs who took part in the Arab uprisings.
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The Chalet School
The crime writer Val McDermid on how boarding school novels inspired her to be a writer.
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The Chambers
Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers
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The Chaplin Archive
Exploring the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings
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The Chemist of Life and Death
How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too.
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The Chemistry of Addiction
Dr Graham Easton explores how the brain deals with drugs and who might become an addict
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The Chinese Nureyev
Li Cunxin, Madame Mao's favourite dancer, tells Darcey Bussell about his amazing journey.
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The Choice
Series featuring people who have made life-altering decisions
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The Class Ceiling
Polly Toynbee explores how possible it is to move up through British society
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The Communist Cosmos
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
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The Computer with a Poker Face
Simon Singh witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver.
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The Countertenor
Men who sing in falsetto: Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.
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The Criminal Mind
Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind.
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The Cuckoo
A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats.
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The Dali Christ
The Dali Christ is Scotland's favourite painting. Louise Welsh finds out why.
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The Defeat of Sleep
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
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The Degner Defection
Stephen Evans tells the story of daring East German defector Ernst Degner.
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The Digital Human
Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world and how technology touches everything people do
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The DJ Derek: A Local Legend
Miles Chambers tells the story of the famous 70-year-old white Bristolian reggae DJ.
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The Doctor and Douglas
As Doctor Who returns, Jon Culshaw looks at the man who changed it forever: Douglas Adams.
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The Dog and the Whale
Tucker the sniffer dog takes a boat trip to save the whales.
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The Dragons' Lab
Trevor Cox goes behind the scenes at a multi-million pound science funding event.
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The E Generation at 40
Has the drug Ecstasy bred a generation of depressed and forgetful forty-somethings?
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The Empire of Climate
Professor David Livingstone argues for a revision of how we view the climate
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The End of Drug Discovery
Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.
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The Entrepreneur's Wound
Top business people discuss the effect that their traumatic childhood had on them.
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The Eureka Years
Series exploring spectacular years in the history of science
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The Film Programme
Film programme looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV
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The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life
Dr Mark Porter on whether adult health is determined by the first thousand days of life
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The First LP in Ireland
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
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The Foghorn: A Celebration
Peter Curran celebrates the humble foghorn's powerful role in music, literature and film.
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The Freedom Trail
Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees
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The French East End
Lucy Ash explores London's new French community, as it spreads beyond South Kensington.
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The Great Big Particle Adventure
Ben Miller explores the workings of the new LHC atom smasher at CERN in Switzerland
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The Great Game in a Cold Climate: A Tale of Two Cities
Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.
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The Greening of the Deserts
Ayisha Yahya explores warnings that some deserts could turn greener in the future
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The Herschel Space Telescope
Following the team who are working on the biggest telescope ever sent to space
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The Honest Musician's Fear of Accidental Plagiarism
What happens when a songwriter accidentally copies someone else's song?
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The House I Grew up In
Series revisiting the childhood homes of influential Britons
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The Hunt for Bin Laden
Gordon Corera tells the story of the search for the world's most wanted terrorist
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The I Love You Bridge
Who wrote 'Clare Middleton I Love You Will You Marry Me' on a Sheffield bridge? Did she?
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The Ian Blair Years
Danny Shaw tells the story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Metropolitan Police Commissioner
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The Ice Cream Van Cometh
Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.
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The Ice Mountain
The journey of a fictional iceberg, and the events that led to the sinking of RMS Titanic.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage
Witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists eyes. With Brian Cox and Robin Ince
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The Internet Millionaires' Club
Jolyon Jenkins reports on the people trying to get rich online without actually working.
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The Invention of Germany
Misha Glenny presents a three part history of Germany before the world wars
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The Iraqi Interpreter's New Home
Iraqi interpreters were offered a new life in the UK for their help. What did they get?
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The Island of Secrets
Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk, Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit
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The Jawbone
Scientists analyse a small jawbone found in Kent's Cavern in Torquay over 80 years ago.
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The Jukes - Bad Blood or Bad Science
Steve Jones asks if people can be 'born bad"'- as was said of the infamous Jukes family.
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The Kill Factor
Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.
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The Kitchen Cabinet
Jay Rayner presents a new food panel show
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The Lab and the Mosque
Ziauddin Sardar investigates philosophical and practical links between science and Islam.
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The Ladies' Man of Opera
The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.
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The Landfill Designers
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
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The Leonardo Detectives
Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution.
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The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the scientific life with fellow scientists
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The Light Switch Project
What happens when you switch on a light? Toby Jones discovers it is a question without end
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The Listening Project
Capturing the nation in conversation, curated and archived by the British Library.
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The Living World
Natural history programme
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The Lobotomists
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
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The London Nobody Knows
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London
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The Long View
Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the past behind the present.
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The Long Walk
Tim Whewell explores truth and myth in one of the great tales of adventure and endurance.
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The Luddite Lament
The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.
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The Lunatic Line
Ayisha Yahya tells the story of the 600-mile railway line from the Kenyan coast to Uganda
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The Making of Modern Medicine
Narrative history series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine
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The Man with Many Names
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary.
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The Media Show
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world
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The Medicalisation of Normality
Are we are turning normal human behaviour into medical conditions?
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The Miracle Berry
Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage.
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The Mossad
Security Correspondent Gordon Corera reveals the story behind Israel's secret service.
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The Music Group
Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice
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The Music That Melted
Under a full moon and the Northern Lights, Richard Coles hears the Ice Music of Norway.
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The Mysterious Mr Mercury
Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.
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The Mystery of the Holy Thorn
Who cut down Glastonbury's 'holy thorn' tree? And why did it matter to so many people?
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The Mystery of the Marine Strandings
Sue Broom investigates why 26 dolphins were stranded and died in Falmouth Harbour in 2008.
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The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Dickens's last and unfinished novel.
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The Naming of Genes
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
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The New Galileos
Andrew Luck-Baker meets today's telescope builders and astronomers
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The New Global Economics
Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, examines the global financial situation
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The New Guinea Singing Dog
Could a strange dog from remote New Guinea have been man's first best friend?
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The New Hindu Fundamentalists
Navdip Dhariwal investigates the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in Britain.
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The New Scramble for Africa
Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India.
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The New Silk Road with Roger Law
Roger Law visits Yi Wu in China, fast becoming the biggest market place in the world.
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The New Two Cultures
Scientist and arts lover Dr Mark Lythgoe looks at the divide between the disciplines
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The News Quiz
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories
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The Nile
Edward Stourton explores the impact of the famous river on the people of Egypt
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The No.219 Sodcast Project
Ian McMillan fights the cause of 'sodcasters', perpetrators of tinny mobile phone music.
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The Oath
What should be in a Hippocratic Oath for scientists?
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The Oldest Bible
Roger Bolton tells the story of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest bible.
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The Pain of Emotion
Vivienne Parry explores the similarities between emotional and physical pain.
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The Paper Round
Public figures revisit their paper round route and reveal how it influenced their lives
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The Path of Least Resistance
As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds.
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The Peace Corps Writers
Bridget Kendall evaluates America's 'missionaries of democracy' in the Peace Corps.
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The People's D-Day
Libby Purves travels around Britain to find out about Britain's preparations for D-Day
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The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office
Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office
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The Perfumed Mountaineer
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
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The Philosopher's Arms
Matthew Sweet examines philosophical problems with a live audience in a pub
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The Pickerskill Reports
By Andrew McGibbon. English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his favourite pupils
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The Politics of Dancing: How Disco Changed the World
Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of the disco movement, beginning in New York.
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The Politics of Pandas
China's pandas are political animals. As Edinburgh gets two, Philip Dodd investigates.
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The Pope's British Divisions
Mark Dowd explores how British Catholicism has changed since the last Papal visit in 1982.
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The Poppy Factory
Stories from the Poppy Factory in Surrey, where poppies are made for Remembrance Sunday.
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The Power of Om
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
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The Price of Power
Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions.
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The Prime Ministers
Nick Robinson explores the history of Britain's prime ministers
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The Print Master
Stanley Jones, legendary print maker, in the Curwen Studio with artist Susan Aldworth.
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The Psychiatrist and the Deputy Fuhrer
1941. A British psychiatrist is sent to a safe house in Surrey to examine POW Rudolf Hess.
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The Public Philosopher
Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel questions the thinking beneath controversies
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The Rattigan Versions
Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan from people who had a close connection to him
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The Real Apprentice
Jon Manel investigates the world of the apprentice.
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The Real Spooks
A look into the shadowy world of Britain's security services
-
The Reith Lectures
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
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The Report
Original insights into major news stories and topical investigations
-
The Reunion
Series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history
-
The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists
Dr Ben Goldacre explores our past and present fascination with nutrition and lifestyle
-
The Road Home: Remaking Homer's Odyssey
Tom Holland explores the continuing appeal of Homer's Odyssey. Why should that be?
-
The Roman Way
The Roman Way explores aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.
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The Rook and Me
Mark Cocker indulges his obsession as he follows a colony of rooks over a year
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The RSC at 50
James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company as it celebrates its 50th birthday
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The Search for Growth
Stephanie Flanders sets out on the search for growth in Britain's economy
-
The Secret Catacombs of Paris
Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
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The Secret History of Social Networking
Rory Cellan-Jones traces its roots
-
The Secret Life of Reservoirs
Hermione Cockburn uncovers the historical role of dams and reservoirs in Britain
-
The Sex Test
Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.
-
The Shipwrecked Bears
Gyles Brandreth investigates the mystery of the missing teddy bears, the first ever made.
-
The Simon Day Show
Character comedy show written by and starring Simon Day
-
The Simulated Patient
Documentary looking at an unusual aspect of medical training.
-
The Sleep Diaries
In a series mixing science with art, myth and poetry, Paul Farley explores sleep
-
The Smell of Money
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
-
The Sound of Fear
Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why.
-
The Sounds of Science
Trevor Cox investigates the science of sound research
-
The State of Israel
At a time of change and turmoil in the Middle East, what is happening inside Israel?
-
The Stationery Cupboard
Lucy Mangan explores our obsession with pens, paper and the paraphernalia of office life.
-
The Story of Economics
Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas
-
The Swedish Invasion
Comedian Danny Robins explores the global Swedish cultural explosion conquering the world.
-
The Switching Point
Edi Stark looks at the burgeoning field of epigenetics
-
The Teenage Pregnancy Myth
Do assumptions about teenage pregnancy stand up to scrutiny? Miranda Sawyer investigates.
-
The Teetotaller's Guide to Boozing
Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the life of a teetotaller in the UK.
-
The Thing about Hank
Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Phil Manzanera and Cliff Richard on Hank Marvin.
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The Thistle and the Rose
The correspondence between James VI of Scotland and Elizabeth I.
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The Today Programme Lecture
The Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, delivers the second Today Programme Lecture
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The Transit of Venus: Pilate's Wife
By Patricia Duncker. To mark the transit of Venus, a story about Pilate's wife.
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The Tribes of Science
Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science
-
The Tribes of Science
Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science
-
The Trouble with Kane
Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders
-
The Tudor Tarantino
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama.
-
The Twangmasters: The Art of the Lead Guitarist
Nick Barraclough explores what makes a great lead guitar player.
-
The Twilight World of Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
-
The Underwater Gendarme
Horatio Clare joins the Paris River Police, the Brigade Fluviale, on patrol on the Seine
-
The Unseeing Eye
As Britain's last glass eye maker retires, Jolyon Jenkins explores the world of false eyes
-
The Unsettled Dust: The Strange Stories of Robert Aickman
Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.
-
The Walpole Chronicle
Eric Robson asks why the bestselling author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.
-
The War Brides Return
Testimony from the women who sailed across the Atlantic to join their servicemen husbands.
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The War of the Whales
Roz Kidman Cox looks at the continuing conflict over the pursuit of whales
-
The War over Syria
Barbara Plett examines how the Syria conflict could shape the future of the Middle East.
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The Wedding Gold Thefts
The high price of gold has led to Asians being targeted for their wedding jewellery.
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The Wonder Cure?
Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
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The World in His Ear
Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
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The World This Weekend
On this week's programme, an exclusive interview with General David Petraeus.
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The World Tonight
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective
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The Young Italians
Young Italian professionals working in the UK reveal how their economy has cast them out.
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Thing about Hank, The
Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Phil Manzanera and Cliff Richard on Hank Marvin.
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Things Ain't What They Used To Be
David Aaronovitch investigates 'declinism' - the idea that human society is in decline.
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Things We Forgot to Remember
Series examining overlooked but noteworthy historical events, with Michael Portillo
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Thinking Allowed
New research on how society works
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Thinking Streets
Angela Saini explores shared space - an idea set to bring peace and harmony to our streets
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This Sceptred Isle: Empire
Christopher Lee's history series telling the story of the growth of Britain's Empire.
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Thistle and the Rose, The
The correspondence between James VI of Scotland and Elizabeth I.
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Thought for the Day
Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
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Three Wishes
Janet Ellis celebrates that most unpredictable of mythological beings, the genie.
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Through the Looking Glass
Edi Stark finds out about a little-know eye condition affecting thousands of UK people.
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Tiger v Dragon
Mukul Devichand explores the rising Asian giants, China and India
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Tim Key's Suspended Sentence
Poet and comedian Tim Key sleuths out what makes a great literary opening line.
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Titanic Town
Gerry Anderson considers Titanic's complex relationship with the city of her birth.
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To Err is Human
Phil Hammond explores the consequences of human error in the medical profession.
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Today
Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
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Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Today Programme Lecture, The
The Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, delivers the second Today Programme Lecture
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Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters
Comedian Tom Wrigglesworth investigates corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths
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Tonight
Rory Bremner presents a topical satire show
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Too Clever by Half
Stephanie Calman talks to women with an intellectual mismatch in their relationships.
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Too Many Books
The personal stories and painful decisions we face when getting rid of our old books.
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Top Deck Tales
Robert Elms celebrates London, the city he loves, with a journey on the number 36 bus.
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Top of the Class
John Wilson meets leading figures and takes them back to the places they left behind
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Tracing Your Roots
Series exploring the practice of researching family history
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Transit of Venus: Pilate's Wife, The
By Patricia Duncker. To mark the transit of Venus, a story about Pilate's wife.
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Traveller's Tree
Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public
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Treating Tumours: Old Drug, New Tricks
An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.
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Tribes of Science, The
Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science
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Tribes of Science, The
Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science
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Trouble with Kane, The
Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders
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Tudor Tarantino, The
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama.
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Tulips on the Moon
Documentary looking at the concept of growing plants in space and even on spacecraft.
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Turkish Delight?
Yasmeen Khan reports on the Turkish community in the United Kingdom.
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Twangmasters: The Art of the Lead Guitarist, The
Nick Barraclough explores what makes a great lead guitar player.
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Twilight World of Syd Barrett, The
Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
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Twin Nation
Edi Stark explores different aspects of being a twin
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Twin Sisters, Two Faiths
Identical twin sisters talk about their different choices to follow Islam and Christianity
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Type A Meet Type B!
What makes people early or late risers?
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Uncertain Climate
Roger Harrabin investigates whether the arguments over climate change can ever be won
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Under Jacques Demy's Umbrella
An evocation of the musical film of Jacques Demy, director of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.
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Underwater Gendarme, The
Horatio Clare joins the Paris River Police, the Brigade Fluviale, on patrol on the Seine
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Unhealthy Wait, An
Vivienne Parry on why it takes 17 years for medical discoveries to come into wide use.
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Unreliable Evidence
Series exploring and analysing the legal issues of the day
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Unseeing Eye, The
As Britain's last glass eye maker retires, Jolyon Jenkins explores the world of false eyes
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Unsettled Dust: The Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, The
Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.
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Up To Scratch
Kit Hesketh Harvey visits the Nailympics to understand the growing mania for manicures.
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Vic Oliver: The First Castaway Remembered
David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of entertainer Vic Oliver.
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View Through a Lens, A
Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison on human experience and the beauty of nature
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Voices from the Old Bailey
Amanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases
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Voices of the Powerless
Melvyn Bragg explores the lives of ordinary British people across the last 1,000 years.
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Voodoo Wasps and Zombie Worms
Could infection by parasites be at the root of human behaviour and even mental illness?
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Voyage on Livingstone's Lake, A
The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.
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Waiting for Independence Day
As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?
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Walpole Chronicle, The
Eric Robson asks why the bestselling author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.
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War Brides Return, The
Testimony from the women who sailed across the Atlantic to join their servicemen husbands.
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War of the Whales, The
Roz Kidman Cox looks at the continuing conflict over the pursuit of whales
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War over Syria, The
Barbara Plett examines how the Syria conflict could shape the future of the Middle East.
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Warding of the Germs
Winifred Robinson investigates what more could be done to prevent infections in hospitals
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Wasting Away in the Outback
The Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.
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Weather
Weather reports and forecasts
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Wedding Gold Thefts, The
The high price of gold has led to Asians being targeted for their wedding jewellery.
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Week in Westminster
Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster
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Welsh's Scottish Journey
Louise Welsh updates the 1930s trail blazed round Scotland by Orkney poet Edwin Muir
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Westminster Hour
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme
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What Are the Police For?
Mark Easton asks what the UK public wants from its police force
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What Happened at Copenhagen?
A year after the Copenhagen climate summit, Roger Harrabin explores what really happened.
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What the Papers Say
The country's leading political journalists analyse the newspapers
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What the Scandinavians Know about Children's Literature
Mariella Frostrup looks at Scandinavian children's literature.
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What's Eating the Museum?
The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.
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What's So Great About ...?
Lenny Henry explores the iconic status of people or things held dear by many
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What's the Benefit?
Tom Heap aims to get behind the tabloid headlines on the UK's unemployed
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When Hollywood Met Halifax
Liza Tarbuck discovers how Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene in 1967.
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Who Found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
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Who Goes First?
Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.
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Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
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Who Needs Scientists?
Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.
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Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?
How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.
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Whose Health Is It Anyway?
Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative.
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Wild Arabia: The Natural History of the Middle East
Tessa McGregor explores the natural history of the Middle East
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Wilson, Keppel and Several Bettys
Barbara Windsor tells the story of the popular variety act Wilson, Keppel and Betty.
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Wireless Nights
Jarvis Cocker takes listeners on a nocturnal journey around stories of night people
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With Nobbs On
Comedy writer David Nobbs talks about his career
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With us or against us
The story of the coalition set up following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Woman's Hour
Radio 4's landmark programme which puts a female perspective on the world
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Wonder Cure?, The
Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
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Word of Mouth
Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
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World at One
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Martha Kearney
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World Heritage: Curse or Blessing?
Emily Maitlis asks if the UN's heritage police is a force for good or ill.
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World in His Ear, The
Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
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World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations
Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet
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World This Weekend, The
On this week's programme, an exclusive interview with General David Petraeus.
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World Tonight, The
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective
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Wrestling with Words
Exploring the process of speaking and the causes of stammering.
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Writing in Three Dimensions: Angela Carter's Love Affair with Radio
Angela Carter's friends, colleagues and admirers remember her innovative plays for radio.
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Xtreme Everest
Graham Easton follows volunteers on Mount Everest as they take part in medical research
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Yesterday in Parliament
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
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Yeti's Finger
What do a film star, a biologist and a journalist have in common? A mysterious finger.
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You and Yours
News and discussion of consumer affairs
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Young Italians, The
Young Italian professionals working in the UK reveal how their economy has cast them out.
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Younge on Obama - Performance Notes on a Presidency
Gary Younge examines Barack Obama's presidency
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Your Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young presents tracks that listeners have chosen to take to a desert island

