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5,293 programmes

  1.

    Baghdad of the Mind

    An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.

  2. Bagram Airbase

    Were prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan abused, during the Obama presidency?

  3. Bailout Boys Go to Dublin

    The inside story of Ireland's bailout. Six months on, the main players tell their story.

  4. Balalaika Born Again

    The intriguing tale of Alexey Arhipovskiy and his new balalaika sound.

  5. 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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    Balkan Beats

    Nick Hawton explores the musical culture of the former Yugoslav Federation.

  7. Ball and Chains

    Henry Bonsu investigates the spread of what has been described as football slavery.

  8. The Ballets Russes in England

    Jane Pritchard traces 20 years of the Ballets Russes in England

  9. Ballylenon

    Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the 1950s in a Donegal town

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    Bandits of the Blitz

    Duncan Campbell tells the story of gangsters, looting and crime on the home front in WWII.

  11. Bangor in the Blitz: ITMA Goes to Bangor

    Memories of the BBC variety department moving to Bangor during the Second World War.

  12. Banishing Eve

    Bettany Hughes looks at the history of the church to ask, 'where have all the women gone?'

  13. 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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  14.

    Banter

    Panel show in which comic guests are invited to come up with their definitive top threes

  15. The Barbershop

    An insightful, humorous piece of reportage from inside the barber shop.

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  16.

    The Bard of Salford

    Paul Morley traces the life and works of Manchester punk poet John Cooper Clarke.

  17. The Bards of Somalia

    Rageh Omaar asks what Britain can learn from Somalia's news-reporting poets.

  18. The Bards of Whitelocks Bar

    Poet Jean Sprackland visits the Leeds city centre bar, famous for its poetic punters.

  19. The Barlow-Morgenstern Method

    Tony Hawks uses an unusual reference work to explore the world of musical plagiarism.

  20. The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival

    How historic house owners are struggling to balance the books and keep their estate going.

  21. Baroque and Roll: Townshend on Purcell

    Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer Henry Purcell.

  22. Baroque in Britain

    Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement

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  23.

    Barrow

    How will the isolated, industrial town of Barrow, Cumbria, survive another recession?

  24. Barry Humphries in Weimar

    Barry Humphries shares his passion for the decadent world of 20s and early 30s Berlin.

  25. Baseball and Me

    Simon Schama explores his love of baseball

  26. Based on a True Story

    Peter Curran discusses Howard Brenton's play Never So Good.

  27. Bath Festival Stories, Series 3

    Stories from the Bath Literature Festival, all written by women in the West Country

  28. Batman and the Barbies

    Felicity Finch joins conservationist Tim Dixon in search of the very rare Barbestelle bats

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  29.

    Battle for Babylon

  30. Battle for Birth

    Series exploring the past and present of the NHS maternity services

  31. The Battle for Egypt

    A year after the fall of President Mubarak of Egypt, what happened to the revolution?

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  32.

    The Battle for Hearts and Lungs

    Sue Armstrong investigates the battle for the hearts and lungs of new smokers.

  33. Battle for the Airwaves

    Nick Robinson presents a series on the relationship between broadcasters and politicians

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    The Battle of Byker

    Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen looks back over 40 tumultuous years in Byker.

  35. The Battle of the Tweed

    Can new money and new ideas save the Harris Tweed industry of the Outer Hebrides?

  36. Battleaxes and Henpecked Husbands

  37. Battling Back

    Frank Gardner joins Operation Snow Warrior, a military training exercise with a difference

  38. The BBC and All That

    Roger Eckersley's memoirs of life behind the scenes in the new Broadcasting House of 1932

  39. The BBC and the Closet

    The battle within the BBC to make programmes about homosexuality in the 1950s and 60s.

  40. BBC National Short Story Award

    Stories shortlisted for the National Short Story Award

  41. Beacons and Blue Remembered Hills

    Elvis McGonagall examines the enduring popularity of AE Housman's A Shropshire Lad.

  42. Beanz Meanz Rhymz

    Performance poet Matt Harvey investigates the links between poetry and copywriting.

  43. Bearded Ladies

  44. Beardyman and the Mimics

    Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, explores the secrets of animal vocal mimicry.

  45. The Beat Hotel

    How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.

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  46.

    Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer

    Phill Jupitus asks if the modern drummer really is the joker of a band.

  47. Beatles Christmas

    Alexei Sayle explores the Beatles festive fan club recordings and Christmas concerts.

  48. The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business

    Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of business and Beatrix Potter

  49. Beatrix Potter's Favourite Tale

    Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester restored with its original Christmas music.

  50. Beautiful Dreamers

    Nat Segnit investigates the untold stories of visionary mavericks

  51. Beauty of Britain

    Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson

  52. Before They Were Famous

    Comedy. Ian Leslie uncovers the first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers

  53. Before Your Very Ears!

    Grant Gordon explores the rich history of magic on radio.

  54. Behind the Scenes with Carbon Dioxide

    The story of Joseph Black, the chemist who described carbon dioxide for the first time.

  55. Being a Tree: The Story of Margaret Morris

    The extraordinary story of dance trainer Margaret Morris, told through archive recordings.

  56. Being Jewish: Blood or Belief?

    Tim Whewell examines the case of a child's battle to get a place at a state Jewish school.

  57. Being Prince of Wales

    Dan Snow explores the role and history of the Prince of Wales

  58. Belfast Festival Stories

    Specially commissioned stories from five acclaimed Irish writers

  59. Belfast: Re-imagining the City

    Artist Bill Drummond shares his vision and memories of Belfast.

  60. Believe It!

    Richard Wilson narrates his fictional autobiography, based on glimmers of truth

  61. The Bell Boys

    Closet campanologist Ian McMillan spends a day at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

  62. Belle de Jour's History of Anon

    Brooke Magnanti, author of the Belle de Jour blog, explores anonymity through the ages

  63. Bells on Sunday

    The sound of church bells ringing on Sunday from around the country

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    Bells on Sunday

  65. Bells on Sunday

    The sound of church bells from St Mary’s Parish Church, Putney.

  66. Bellydancing and the Blues

    Guy Schalom hunts out the spirit of the new Egypt in the musical roots of the bellydance.

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  67.

    Belsen after Belsen

    The story of the former prisoners who had to remain in Belsen after it was liberated.

  68. Ben Goldacre's Bad Evidence

    Ben Goldacre explores the idea of evidence-based policy.

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    Benjamin Jealous: The Future of the NAACP?

    Gary Younge meets the new leader of America's oldest and largest civil rights organisation

  70. Bernard and Betty Speak Out

    Series in which two former speakers of the House of Commons discuss their careers

  71. Bernard Who?

    Actor Bernard Cribbins looks back on 70 years in show business

  72. Bespoken Word

    Performance poetry

  73. The Best DJ You've Never Heard in Your Life

    Martin Bashir profiles the controversial American broadcaster Howard Stern.

  74. The Best of Everything

    Vivien Goldman on the importance of the steamy 1950s novel that was ahead of its time.

  75. The Best Tunes

    A look at how God and the Devil have been portrayed through the ages

  76. The Best Years of His Life

    Patrick Humphries explores the life and career of author Paul Brickhill.

  77. The Betrayal of Blackpool

    Martin Wainwright looks at the decline of Blackpool as a holiday resort.

  78. Bette in Britain

    Susan George recalls the visits to Britain of Hollywood legend Bette Davis.

  79. The Better Half

    Recently rediscovered comedy by Noel Coward from 1922.

  80. Between Ourselves

    Series bringing together people who have had profound and similar experiences

  81. Between Rock and a Good Cause

    John Wilson tells the story of American music promoter Bill Graham.

  82. Between the Tides

    An exciting and revelatory soundscape following life between the tides on a sandy coast.

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  83.

    Beyond Belief

    Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world

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    Beyond Belief

  85. Beyond Belief

    Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.

  86. Beyond Bolt: The Human Limits

    Jonathan Edwards explores when we will get to the limits of human sporting endeavour.

  87. 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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  88.

    Beyond These Walls

    Ritula Shah hears the stories of people living in hiding

  89. Beyond This Life

    Tim Gardam confronts our response to death in 21st-century Britain

  90. Beyond Westminster

    Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament

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  91.

    Biafra Revisited

    Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka revisits Biafra to confront the ghosts of his past

  92. The Big B at 70

    A look at the life and work of Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest star in Bollywood.

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  93.

    Big Bang Day: Engineering Solutions

    Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN

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  94.

    Big Bang Day: Five Particles

    Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles

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  95.

    Big Bang Day: The Genuine Particle

    Steve Punt's fast-moving comedy, set 100 metres underground in the Large Hadron Collider.

  96. Big Bang Day: The Making of CERN

    Quentin Cooper explores the history of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory

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