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The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy
Biography of the bluesman Big Bill Broonzy, who would inspire a generation of musicians.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Buries Planes
Artist Roger Hiorns is on a mission to bury aircraft around the world.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Can't Stop Hiccupping
Film following 25-year-old Christopher Sands search for a cure for permanent hiccups.
BBC One
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The Man Who Could Fly
Eddie Irvine tells the story of Harry Ferguson, the first man in Ireland to fly a plane.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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The Man Who Crossed Hitler
Germany 1931. Rising political star Adolf Hitler is a witness in Berlin's criminal court.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Cycled the Americas
Series following Mark Beaumont's epic quest to cycle the Americas.
BBC One
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The Man Who Cycled the Americas - Mark's Diary
Series following Mark Beaumont's cycling trip around the Americas
BBC Radio Scotland
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The Man Who Cycled the World
The story of Mark Beaumont's solo attempt to smash the record for cycling around the world
BBC One
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The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood
The inside story of a waiter turned movie mogul and the scandal that rocked Hollywood.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Discovered Egypt
Documentary about Flinders Petrie, the pioneer who transformed field archaeology in Egypt.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Drew the Line
How and why did Cyril Radcliffe draw the line of partition between India and Pakistan?
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Fantasy in which an alien visits Earth in search of water for his dying planet.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Rob Walker investigates the mystery of a man found dead on a west London street.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Filmed the Somme
The story of a British man who filmed the opening stages of WWI's bloodiest battle.
BBC News Channel
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The Man Who Filmed the Somme
Robert Hall tells the story of Geoffrey Malins a cameraman from the First World War.
BBC News
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The Man Who Forged America
The story of the master counterfeiter whose greed turned to murder.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Fought the Planners: The Story of Ian Nairn
Profile of critic Ian Nairn, who attacked the destruction of Britain by post-war planners.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer
The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer (Omnibus)
How the motion picture was invented by the mysterious man behind it.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
In 1914, the mathematical claims of a Hindu clerk in Madras take him to Cambridge.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Dr and Mrs McKenna's holiday is interrupted when a passing acquaintance dies.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Knows: Omnibus
Fleet Street, 1968. An actress determines to uncover a gossip columnist's source.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Lives With A Magpie
Last year Charlie rescued a baby magpie. Now it's taken over his life.
BBC Three
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The Man who Loved Sherlock Holmes
Investigation into the death of Richard Lancelyn Green, a Sherlock Holmes expert.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Made Eric and Ernie
A tribute to entertainment impresario Sir Bill Cotton, who died in 2008.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Made France Old
Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee investigate Prosper Merimee, author and conservationist
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Made France Old
Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee investigate Prosper Merimee, author and conservationist
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Made Mock Turtle Soup
The life of the first Victorian celebrity chef, Alexis Poyet. With Michel Roux.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Made Scotland
James Naughtie thinks now is a timely moment for a reappraisal of Sir Walter Scott.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees - Omnibus
Robert Penn decides to fell a great ash, to find out how many uses there are for one tree.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Never Was
A British intelligence officer plans an elaborate hoax on the Nazis. With Clifton Webb.
BBC Two
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The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
A shepherd sows seeds of hope for mankind in Jean Giono's inspiring tale set in Europe.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono (Omnibus)
In France, between the World Wars, a shepherd sows the seeds of hope for mankind.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Recorded America: Jac Holzman's Elektra Records
Documentary about 1960s record label Elektra Records, run by suave visionary Jac Holzman.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Saves Life Stories
What happens when a habit for collecting other people's diaries gets out of hand?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Saw Too Much
The story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, a concentration camp survivor.
BBC One
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The Man Who Sculpted Hares: Barry Flanagan, A Life
Film about the late Barry Flanagan, one of the world's foremost figurative sculptors.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women
Documentary about the influential 20th-century fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Shot the 60s
Iconic 1960s photographer Brian Duffy talks about his life and work for the first time.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Shot the Great War
The story behind what has been described as the photographic discovery of the century.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun
The story of photographer Harry Burton, who documented the Tutankhamun excavation.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Sold Peerages
Shaun Ley tells the tale of Maundy Gregory, who sold peerages on behalf of Lloyd George.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Squeezes Muscles: Searching for Purple Aki
Across Merseyside, a name has been whispered by kids for decades - "Purple Aki".
BBC Three
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The Man Who Told the Truth
Uncovering the real story behind Charles Thomson, one of the Founding Fathers of the USA.
BBC Two Northern Ireland
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The Man Who Took on a Mansion
One man’s quest to transform one of the most majestic and historic mansions in north Wales
BBC One Wales
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The Man Who Used HIV As a Weapon
The shocking accounts of five men who were abused by Daryll Rowe.
BBC Three
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The Man Who Walked Across the World
Documentary following in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah.
BBC Four
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The Man Who Wanted to 'Cure' Smoking
John Waite looks at the work of the anti-smoking guru Allen Carr who died ten years ago.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man Who Wanted to Fly
Bobby Coote has always wanted to fly. Even if it's the last thing he does.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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The Man Who Was Bojangles
Kwame Kwei-Armah unravels the myths behind tap dancer Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
Gabriel Syme, part of a secret Scotland Yard division, goes undercover to battle anarchy
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man Who Went Looking for Freedom
A family returns to Romania to look at the Securitate files documenting their every move.
BBC News
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The Man Who Witnessed 219 Executions
A chilling portrait of the inner workings of the death penalty in America.
BBC Three
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The Man Who Would Be King
Colourful epic in which two British soldiers become godlike rulers in colonial India.
BBC Four
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The Man with Many Names
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man with the Golden Arm
A professional card dealer and heroin addict tries to kick his habit.
BBC Two
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The Man with the Golden Gavel
Film about the auctioneer they call the Mick Jagger of the saleroom, Baron Simon de Pury.
BBC Four
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The Man with the Iron Heart
Two Czech Resistance fighters plan to assassinate the mastermind of the Holocaust.
BBC Two
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The Man with the Red Beard by Edgar Wallace
Notorious vigilante, The Ringer, sets out to exact revenge.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Man without a Face
Drama. A former teacher, disfigured in an accident, is befriended by a young boy.
BBC One
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The Man without a Past
Drama about a nameless man who arrives in Helsinki and develops amnesia.
BBC Two
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The Manchester Arena Inquiry: Security under the Spotlight
Judith Moritz reports on the security failings that enabled the Manchester Arena bombing.
BBC News Channel
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The Manchester Ballads
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Manchester Writers
How have writers in 1930s Manchester shaped our views of the north?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Manchurian Candidate
A decorated war hero returns home but his platoon are troubled with recurring nightmares.
BBC Two
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The Mandates
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
BBC Radio 4
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The Mangione Trial
Accused of murder, Luigi Mangione went viral. We ask why and bring you major news updates
BBC World Service
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The Manor Reborn
A team of historians and experts reinterpret 500-year-old Avebury Manor in Wiltshire.
BBC One
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The Manuscript Hunter
Profile of Thomas Staley, who has bought the archives of UK writers for a Texas university
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Many Faces Of...
Actors look back at their career, with testimony from friends and colleagues.
BBC Two
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts
The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022.
BBC Radio 4
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The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen
Amanda Vickery looks at how and why Jane Austen has won over generations of readers.
BBC Two
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The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
Kirsty Wark celebrates the life and work of Scottish writer Dame Muriel Spark.
BBC Two Scotland
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The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty
Christian Brighty stars in a Regency era audience sitcom.
BBC Radio 4
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The Maoris of New Zealand
The Maori cultural renaissance and drive to reclaim their land and fishing rights
BBC World Service
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The Map That Made Manhattan
Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Marble Arch Caves: An Underground Journey in County Fermanagh
Belfast's Rathmore Grammar School choir takes a musical tour of the Marble Arch Caves.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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The Marchioness: A Survivor's Story
Jonathan Phang, at the centre of the Marchioness disaster in 1989, addresses his guilt.
BBC One
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The Mario Lanza Story
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa profiles the stormy life of singer Mario Lanza
BBC Radio 2
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The Mark and the Void
Paul Murray's madcap novel of institutional folly. Read by Peter Serafinowicz.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Mark Patterson Show
News, views, issues and culture from across the north west of Northern Ireland.
BBC Radio Foyle
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The Mark Patterson Show live from Stendhal Festival
Join Mark and guests live from Karma Valley
BBC Live Streams
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The Mark Steel Lecture
Lectures and sketches by the comedian, arguing the significance of historical figures
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Mark Steel Lectures
Mark Steel presents witty arguments for the importance of a historical figure.
BBC Four
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The Mark Steel Revolution
Mark Steel presents six lectures on the theme of revolution.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Mark Steel Solution
Mark uses his unique logic to propose solutions to society's problems
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Market: A Tale of Trade
A Turkish small time black marketeer attempts to enter the cell phone business.
BBC Four
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The Marriage - 25 Years On
A look at the marriage of Karen and Marc Adams-Jones who featured in a 1984 documentary.
BBC One Wales