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  1. After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

    A journey into the science of decay, using a typical kitchen and a garden left to rot.

    BBC Four

  2. Rowing the Arctic

    Mark Beaumont and Jock Wishart head an expedition to row to the 1996 north magnetic pole.

    BBC One Scotland

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    The Ice Cream Van Cometh

    Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Human Kind

    Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Pump Up the Volume

    John Wilson looks at the role of music in professional sport.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Science: From Cradle to Grave

    Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Paddling With Peter Duck

    John McCarthy explores the life of Arthur Ransome through the boats he once owned.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    So You Want To Be an Exorcist

    The exorcism business is booming - Jolyon Jenkins asks if and why demonism is on the rise.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Space Shuttle: The Final Mission

    Kevin Fong is granted access to Nasa in the last month of the space shuttle programme.

    BBC Two

  10. Ruaraidh MacThòmais @ 90

    In celebration of Derick Thomson's 90th birthday, fans choose their favourite poems.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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    Ladies of the Links

    Rhona Cameron celebrates the bi-centenary of the earliest known women's golf competition

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The I Love You Bridge

    Penny Woolcock investigates who sprayed a marriage proposal on a Sheffield bridge.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. Wordsworth's Mysterious Trip to Calais

    A love affair and a secret daughter takes Wordsworth to Calais as John Worthen discovers.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Giving the Critic Back His Voice

    Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.

    BBC Radio 4

  15.

    The Sex Test

    Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    The Barbershop

    Stephen Smith reports from inside the High Street 'freemasonry' of the barber's.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17.

    Mr Suzuki's Bach Passion

    Overthrowing centuries of musical tradition - and prejudice: the Japanese Bach revolution.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    The Art of Water Music

    Midge Ure investigates water's role as a constantly flowing source of musical inspiration.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. My Resignation

    Is the honourable resignation dead? Famous resigners relive the decision to stay or go.

    BBC Four

  20. Grievous Angel: The Gram Parsons Story

    Bob Harris tells the story of the influential country rock star, who passed away in 1973.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  21. Eilean Mhàigh

    A trip to the Isle of May lighthouse and national nature reserve.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  22. Darren Clarke's Open Destiny

    How Darren Clarke secured his first British Open championship at his 20th attempt.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  23. Kidnapped: A Georgian Adventure

    The story of James Annesley, whose fate inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's book Kidnapped.

    BBC Four

  24. A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More's Daughter

    How the ideas that shaped Margaret More's education changed the cultural life of England.

    BBC Four

  25.

    Taking Tea with Tyrants

    Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Caring Too Much

    Julie Fernandez explores the complex relationship between disabled child and parent carer.

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    The Path of Least Resistance

    As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Slums 101

    Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Lion Kings

    Carolyn Hitt tells the story of the victorious 1971 British and Irish Lions team.

    BBC Radio Wales

  30. Me, My Sex and I

    Documentary unlocking the stories of people born neither entirely male nor female.

    BBC One

  31. Chilean Miners: 17 Days Buried Alive

    The Chilean miners trapped underground in 2010 remember the story of the first 17 days.

    BBC Two

  32. The Tredegar Riots

    Felicity Evans recalls one of Britain's worst anti-Semitic riots, in Tredegar in 1911.

    BBC Radio Wales

  33.

    Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets

    Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34.

    Hemingway Days

    Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Surviving Hitler: A Love Story

    The Jewish teenager and the soldier who survived the Nazis and married in post-war Berlin.

    BBC Four

  36. My Father was a Nazi Commandant

    Film telling the story of a woman grappling with the legacy left by her Nazi father.

    BBC Four

  37.

    Return to Vukovar

    Martin Bell returns 20 years on to the Siege of Vukovar in Croatia.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The Pendle Witch Child

    How a girl's testimony sent her relatives and neighbours to the gallows for witchcraft.

    BBC Four

  39. Overnight Documentary

    Documentaries and features from the archive.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  40. The Little Black Fish That Created Big Waves

    A powerful political allegory uncovered in a famous 1968 Iranian children's book.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. An t-Slighe a bu Mhiosa (The Worst Journey in the World)

    Veterans of the WW2 arctic ship convoys make a pilgrimage along the original route.

    BBC ALBA

  42.

    How to Write a Personal Statement

    A personal statement is crucial for university. What should it say, asks Imogen Stubbs?

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Maledictions and Disaffections - Poetry That Doesn't Please

    Matthew Parris delves deep into hate poems, curses and vindictive spells.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts

    Documentary telling the story of the foreign pop song from World War Two to the present.

    BBC Four

  45. Llanelli Riots

    Huw Edwards tells the story of the Llanelli riots that occurred a century ago.

    BBC One Wales

  46. Gymnast

    Following British gymnasts hoping for a place on the 2008 Olympics team.

    BBC Two

  47. My Hoarder Mum and Me

    Jasmine Harman tries to help her mother clear more than 30 years of clutter.

    BBC One

  48. The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest

    The story of George Mallory, who disappeared trying to be the first to conquer Everest.

    BBC Two

  49.

    The Peace Corps Writers

    Bridget Kendall evaluates America's 'missionaries of democracy' in the Peace Corps.

    BBC Radio 4

  50.

    The Kill Factor

    Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.

    BBC Radio 4

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