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(27 programmes from the past week and the week to come, or available now on BBC iPlayer)
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1989: Day by Day
Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago
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1989: Day by Day Omnibus
Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa
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1989: Simpson Returns
BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life
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Archive on 4
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives
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Avoiding the Question
Jon Sopel explores the techniques used by politicians to avoid questions in interviews.
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Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year
The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in Delaware
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Defining The Decade
Edward Stourton tries to make sense of the past decade
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File on 4
Award-winning current affairs documentary series
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Harry Worth: The Man in the Window
Glenn Mitchell celebrates the life and work of entertainer Harry Worth.
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Lives in a Landscape
Documentary series telling original stories about real lives in Britain today
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Mind Your Slanguage
Benjamin Zephaniah examines why Jamaican patois is the slang of choice for UK teenagers.
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Music from Beyond the Veil
Prof Paul Robertson examines the claims and counter-claims for musical mediumship.
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O Lucky Man!
Documentary investigating the life and work of film director Lindsay Anderson.
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Open the Vaults
Razia Iqbal examines the tradition of banks as patrons of art.
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Policing Britain
Andy Hayman examines the challenges facing policing in Britain today
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Political Roots
Series of illustrated talks by Richard Reeves
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Protected by Faith
John Waite investigates the work of the Vatican Secret Archives laboratory.
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Sable Island: A Dune Adrift
Sean Street explores Sable Island, an Atlantic sand dune which is crucial to the world.
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Shelved
How the politics of the late 1970s affected the most popular TV series' of the time.
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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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The House That Jazz Built
Paul Merton celebrates 50 years of Ronnie Scott's jazz club.
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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 New Art of Diplomacy
James Naughtie asks if British diplomacy is still fit for purpose
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The Silent Killer
Justin Webb finds out about type 1 diabetes, following the diagnosis on his son Sam.
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The Watchdog and the Feral Beast
Sir Christopher Meyer, ex-chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, examines the press
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Things We Forgot to Remember
Series examining overlooked but noteworthy historical events, with Michael Portillo
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What Scientists Believe
Stephen Webster investigates the links between scientists' personal beliefs and their work

