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54 programmes

  1.

    Waiting for Independence Day

    As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?

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  2.

    Walking on Planet C

    After a cancer diagnosis, musician Nile Rodgers walks the streets of New York.

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  3.

    The Walpole Chronicle

    Eric Robson asks why the bestselling author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.

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  4.

    The War Brides Return

    Testimony from the women who sailed across the Atlantic to join their servicemen husbands.

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  5.

    The War of the Whales

    Roz Kidman Cox looks at the continuing conflict over the pursuit of whales

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  6.

    The War over Syria

    Barbara Plett examines how the Syria conflict could shape the future of the Middle East.

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  7.

    Warding of the Germs

    Winifred Robinson investigates what more could be done to prevent infections in hospitals

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  8.

    Was Dracula Irish?

    Irish novelist Patrick McCabe explores the Irish influences on Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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  9.

    Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?

    I am a genius. Gertrude Stein. A genius. A genius. I. Gertrude Stein. Am I a genius?

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  10.

    Wasting Away in the Outback

    The Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.

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  11.

    Weather

    Weather reports and forecasts

  12. The Wedding Gold Thefts

    The high price of gold has led to Asians being targeted for their wedding jewellery.

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  13.

    Week in Westminster

    Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

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  14.

    Welsh's Scottish Journey

    Louise Welsh updates the 1930s trail blazed round Scotland by Orkney poet Edwin Muir

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  15.

    Westminster Hour

    Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme

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  16.

    What Are the Police For?

    Mark Easton asks what the UK public wants from its police force

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  17.

    What Does Ed Miliband Really Think?

    Steve Richards talks to Ed Miliband, his friends and critics about his political ideas.

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  18.

    What Happened at Copenhagen?

    A year after the Copenhagen climate summit, Roger Harrabin explores what really happened.

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  19.

    What Thatcher Did Next

    Elinor Goodman explores Margaret Thatcher's life after she ceased to be prime minister.

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  20.

    What the Papers Say

    The country's leading political journalists analyse the newspapers

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  21.

    What the Scandinavians Know about Children's Literature

    Mariella Frostrup looks at Scandinavian children's literature.

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  22.

    What's Eating the Museum?

    The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.

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  23.

    What's in a Name?

    Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.

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  24.

    What's the Benefit?

    Tom Heap aims to get behind the tabloid headlines on the UK's unemployed

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  25.

    What's the Point of ...

    Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought-provoking look at some great British institutions

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  26.

    When Hollywood Met Halifax

    Liza Tarbuck discovers how Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene in 1967.

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  27.

    When Washington Came to Brum

    How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.

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  28.

    Where Did All the Comrades Go?

    How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse.

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  29.

    Who Found Machu Picchu?

    Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.

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  30.

    Who Goes First?

    Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.

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  31.

    Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?

    Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.

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  32.

    Who Needs Scientists?

    Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.

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  33.

    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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  34.

    Who's the Pest?

    Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world

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  35.

    Whose Health Is It Anyway?

    Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative.

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  36.

    Wild Arabia: The Natural History of the Middle East

    Tessa McGregor explores the natural history of the Middle East

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  37.

    Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management

    Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and advice on coping with middle age

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  38.

    Wilson, Keppel and Several Bettys

    Barbara Windsor tells the story of the popular variety act Wilson, Keppel and Betty.

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  39.

    Wireless Nights

    Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people

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  40.

    With us or against us

    The story of the coalition set up following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.

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  41.

    Witness

    Series looking at key events in history, as told by the people who were there

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  42.

    Woman's Hour

    The programme that offers a female perspective on the world

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  43.

    The Wonder Cure?

    Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.

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  44.

    Word of Mouth

    Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

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  45.

    World at One

    Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Martha Kearney

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  46.

    The World Cup for Writers

    Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.

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  47.

    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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  48.

    The World in His Ear

    Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.

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  49.

    World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations

    Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet

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  50.

    The World This Weekend

    Shaun Ley looks at the week's big stories and previews the week to come

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  51.

    The World Tonight

    In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

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  52.

    Wrestling with Words

    Exploring the process of speaking and the causes of stammering.

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  53.

    The Write Stuff

    The radio panel game of literary correctness

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  54.

    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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