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  1. The Wales Window of Alabama

    What links Wales to one of the darkest moments in the American civil rights movement?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Fingerprints on Trial

    Claudia Hammond asks how much we can trust fingerprint evidence.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Calibrated Conundrums

    From spaghettification to uncertainty, Lynne Truss unpicks puzzling scientific language.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Emerald Noir: The Rise of Irish Crime Fiction

    Val McDermid charts the rise of crime fiction on both sides of the Irish border.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. On the Bench

    Jenny Cuffe examines the role of local magistrates and the proposed court closures.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. The Burning of Bombay Street

    Lawrence Pitkethly revisits Bombay Street more than 40 years after the riots there.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  7. Grand Prix: The Killer Years

    Exploring the incredible lack of safety in Grand Prix racing in the 1960s and early 70s.

    BBC Four

  8. O, Fortuna!

    A portrait of the composer of Carmina Burana, Carl Orff.

    BBC Four

  9. The Kindness of Strangers

    A portrait of the composer, conductor, jazz pianist and Oscar-winner Andre Previn.

    BBC Four

  10. The Men Who Stole Christmas - Lapland New Forest

    Investigation into how two brothers set up a failed Christmas theme park in Dorset.

    BBC One

  11. Paul Sinha's Quiz Culture

    The UK's 22nd best quizzer, an international contest, and why trivia is serious business.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. The Way Out: The Disabled Avant-Garde

    Can art give the disability movement its own revolution? Aaron Williamson investigates.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. The Company of Poets

    Susannah Clapp, Salman Rushdie and Andrew Motion discover the poetry of Angela Carter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Parents Under Pressure

    Sophie Raworth looks at the upbringing of children in the UK and the ways to improve it.

    BBC Two

  15. 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life

    Film looking at babies born four months early on a Birmingham neonatal unit.

    BBC Two

  16. The Big Debate: Education

    Isabel Fraser, politicians and invited guests consider issues facing Scottish education.

    BBC One Scotland

  17. Wales and the Five Other Nations: The Story So Far

    Chris Corcoran presents a sideways look at this year's Six Nations rugby championship.

    BBC One Wales

  18. The End of the World? A Horizon Guide to Armageddon

    Dallas Campbell asks if science will save us when Armageddon arrives.

    BBC Four

  19. Mr Tesco: The Legacy of Terry Leahy

    Departing Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy on his rise from council estate to global business.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Clydebank Blitz

    Documentary about the intense and devastating wartime bombing of Clydebank.

    BBC One Scotland

  21. Mother Teresa 123 Springhill Avenue

    How the Catholic Church forced Mother Teresa to leave her west Belfast home in the 1970s.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  22. Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You

    Iain Sinclair, Peter Finch and Alan Brownjohn discuss sound and visual poet Bob Cobbing.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. What's in a Meme?

    Dr Susan Blackmore examines internet memes - from film parodies to kittens.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. House Beautiful

    Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the impact of the Aesthetic movement on the British home

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover

    Bluebirds? Over Dover? Ian Hislop delves into the chequered history of the wartime anthem.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World

    Melvyn Bragg marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

    BBC Two

  27. Leaving Amish Paradise

    Documentary following two Amish families as they abandon their traditional lifestyle.

    BBC Two

  28. Jasvinder's Story: Shame Travels

    Best-selling author Jasvinder Sanghera risks all to find her sister.

    BBC One

  29. Libya: The Gaddafi Years

    Humphrey Hawksley looks back on Colonel Gaddafi's years of power in Libya.

    BBC News

  30. The Big Debate: Living Longer

    Isabel Fraser, politicians and a studio audience consider the consequences of ageing.

    BBC One Scotland

  31. Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children - Update

    Film catching up with the children of the original documentary one year on.

    BBC Two

  32. Faire

    A documentary from Ireland looking at the history and social function of wakes.

    BBC ALBA

  33. Sisters of the Lodge

    Cameras capture the private rituals and ceremonies of the Loyal Orange Lodges of Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  34. Opera's Fallen Women

    How composers have used female characters to explore society's attitudes to women.

    BBC Four

  35. Sgeulachd Howard Wilson - Cop Turned Killer

    The story of a Glasgow police officer who shot three former colleagues in 1969.

    BBC ALBA

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    Is Surgery Scientific?

    Surgery is a craft and historically has not been subject to scientific scrutiny until now.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Man Versus God

    Seema Anand unravels Iqbal's epic poem Shikwa, Man's heartrending complaint to God.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Mothers and Sons

    For Mother's Day, an exploration of the special bond between mother and son.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Biggest Radio on Earth

    Dr Lucie Green reports on plans for a radio telescope the size of a continent.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Attila The Hen

    The truth about the life of the urban chicken is revealed by Natalie Haynes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. The Original Playboy

    Former Loaded editor James Brown examines Hugh Hefner and his Playboy magazine.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Artiness of Naughtiness

    Toby Amies discovers how tricksters have turned the poking of fun into an art form.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. This is Britain with Andrew Marr

    Andrew Marr looks at life in Britain at the time of the 2011 Census.

    BBC Two

  44. Sex and the Sitcom

    Documentary exploring how sex has been portrayed in British sitcoms over the years.

    BBC Four

  45. Formula One's 60th Anniversary: Plus Ça Change

    Eighteen F1 world champions, including Jackie Stewart and Michael Schumacher, reminisce.

    BBC Four

  46. Promises, Promises: The Olympic Legacy

    Jon Sopel investigates if the legacy of the Games can really be delivered.

    BBC One

  47. Shankill Butchers

    Uncovering the Shankill Butcher's reign of terror during the Troubles.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  48. Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues

    A look back at the career of Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  49. A House Divided: The Poetry of the American Civil War

    150 years after the first shot was fired, how poetry reflected the American Civil War.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. The Protection Game

    Yasmeen Khan investigates the UK's close-protection and bodyguard industry.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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