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  1. Bulgaria's Abandoned Children Revisited

    An update on the plight of 75 unwanted disabled children in a Bulgarian institution.

    BBC Four

  2. Texting Andy Warhol

    Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? Bidisha looks at text in art.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Podfather

    The story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's digital world.

    BBC Four

  4. Synth Britannia

    How a group of post-punk musicians took the synthesiser to the centre of the pop stage.

    BBC Four

  5. An American Eye on Butetown

    American film-maker Dee Rees chooses Butetown, Cardiff as the setting for her new film.

    BBC Two Wales

  6. Backstage at Proms in the Park

    Programme following a member of the BBC SSO as he prepares for Proms in the Park.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  7. History of Electric Soup

    Billy Kay explores the cultural effect of cheap fortified wine on Scottish society.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  8. Prescott: The North South Divide

    John and Pauline Prescott explore the North-South divide in England today.

    BBC Two

  9. The Marchioness: A Survivor's Story

    Jonathan Phang, at the centre of the Marchioness disaster in 1989, addresses his guilt.

    BBC One

  10. Planning For Pandemic

    Winifred Robinson follows health officials as they plan how to protect us from swine flu.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

    How a radical generation of 1960s and 70s musicians created a new German musical identity.

    BBC Four

  12. Butetown's Jukebox Juniors

    Nine talented members of a young dance crew face the biggest challenge of their lives.

    BBC Two

  13. The B Word: Bullying - Why Me?

    Radio 1 DJ Aled Haydn Jones takes a look at bullying and the ways to fight it.

    BBC Two Wales

  14. Tiger Baywatch

    A look back at how making a soap opera based in Butetown affected the local community.

    BBC Two

  15. Science vs The Stradivarius

    Can science master the Stradivarius? Professor Trevor Cox investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. 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

  17. Diwali: Hindu Health Check

    Jessica Frazier investigates the ancient eastern medicine, Ayurveda.

    BBC One

  18. The Real Cabaret

    Alan Cumming discovers the stories and people behind the movie Cabaret.

    BBC Four

  19. Baroque and Roll: Townshend on Purcell

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

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Being Jewish: Blood or Belief?

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

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Metaphor for Healing

    Dr Phil Hammond explores the use of metaphorical language in health care.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. M1 Magic

    Historian Juliet Gardiner explores the surprising story of 'Motorway One'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Avoiding the Question

    Jon Sopel explores the techniques used by politicians to avoid questions in interviews.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Show Me the Mummy

    For the first time in thousands of years, the face of Egyptian mummy Takabuti is revealed.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    The Entrepreneur's Wound

    Top business people discuss the effect that their traumatic childhood had on them.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Now Wash Your Hands

    The story of Izal Medicated toilet paper, with songs written by presenter Sally Goldsmith.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. High Flight

    Sean Street traces the trajectory of John Magee's poem High Flight.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Repossessions in the Sun

    How Spain's one million-strong British expatriate community are weathering the recession.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Troubled Young Minds

    Documentary narrated by David Tennant showing what living with mental illness is like.

    BBC Two Scotland

  30. M1: The Modernist Marvel

    Poet John Hegley reflects on the M1, Britain's first motorway in 1959. From 2009.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Night Witches

    The story of Russia's three all-female war regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. The Bell Boys

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

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Ghosts in the Machine

    Documentary chronicling the supernatural on British TV, revisiting controversial shows.

    BBC Four

  34. The Day The Wall Fell

    Jeremy Vine marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

    BBC Radio 2

  35. Africa's Walk of Hope

    Olivia Giles, a quadruple amputee, establishes a charity to help amputees in Africa.

    BBC One Scotland

  36. Coltas an t-Satain

    A history of how the devil has been perceived through the ages.

    BBC ALBA

  37. Corridor of Sound

    Cerys Matthews takes a tour through the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.

    BBC Radio 2

  38. The World's Greatest Money Maker: Evan Davis meets Warren Buffett

    Evan Davis finds out about the investment strategy of the richest man in the world.

    BBC Two

  39. Where Do You Want Me (A Comic in Continental Crisis)

    Johnny Vegas explores the possibility of a future career on the Costa Blanca.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. High Flyers: How Britain Took to the Air

    A celebration of the golden age of air travel when Britain ruled the skies.

    BBC Four

  41. Poppies Are Red, Cornflowers Are Blue

    Mark Whitaker tells the stories behind the British and French flowers of remembrance.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Two-Minute Silence

    Clare Jenkins meets people with their own reasons for observing the two-minute silence.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Calling Time on Student Bars

    Ed Byrne finds out if that notorious institution, the student union bar, has had its day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. A Tale of Two Britains

    Documentary showing how Britain in the 1930s was far less bleak than is often portrayed.

    BBC Four

  45. Francis Bacon in His Own Words

    Collection of BBC archive on artist Francis Bacon, including an unseen 1965 interview.

    BBC Four

  46. 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

  47. Britain's Other Music Hall: The Story of the Blackface Minstrels

    Musician Tony Etoria explores the strange world of blackface minstrelsy.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Child of the State

    Poet Lemn Sissay looks for the lost memories of his time in social care as a child.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop

    The story of one of the biggest-selling bands of all time, told in their own words.

    BBC One

  50. Black Widow Granny?

    All of Betty Neumar's five husbands appear to have died in suspicious circumstances.

    BBC One

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