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  1. The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius

    Film about a teenage boy trying to balance his maths genius with his social awkwardness.

    BBC Three

  2. Songs of America 1969

    Programme featuring footage of Simon and Garfunkel on stage, in the studio and on tour.

    BBC Four

  3. Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

    Rick Stein pays homage to the dishes that go hand in hand with Mississippi Delta blues.

    BBC Four

  4. American Nomads

    Richard Grant travels the deserts and mountains in search of the modern American nomads.

    BBC Four

  5. Guns, Roses and Poetry Readings

    Bill Herbert and Zoe Skoulding explore different international poetry festivals.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Brotherton Archive and Me

    Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.

    BBC Radio 4

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    From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting

    Robert Elms charts the history, ideology and culture of squatting.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Countertenor

    Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Mastering the Art of the Kimono

    Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Mixed up in the Middle East

    A mixed Arab-Muslim and Jewish young woman journeys from Britain to Israel.

    BBC Three

  11. Airline: The Story of Pan Am

    Honor Blackman narrates the story of how Pan Am airways conquered the skies.

    BBC Two

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    Spooklights

    Chemist Andrea Sella investigates things that go flash in the dark.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

    How the American social, economic and political landscape has defined the road movie.

    BBC Four

  14. Coldest Classroom on Earth

    Four youngsters with behavioural problems embark on an expedition to the North Pole.

    BBC News Channel

  15. John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the legacy of John Steinbeck.

    BBC Four

  16. Hilda Doolittle

    Diana Collecott on wartime poet Hilda Doolittle with readings by Sara Kestelman.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. The Band Behind Bars

    Craig Charles follows a project which aims to rehabilitate prison inmates through music.

    BBC Radio 2

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    Prisoners' Women

    Women talk about how they cope with life on the outside when men go to prison.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened

    A tribute to Jimmy Savile, the DJ who hosted Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It.

    BBC One

  20.

    The Alias Men

    Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed.

    BBC Radio 4

  21.

    Buying Defence

    Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Mel's Iron Age Holiday

    Mel Giedroyc takes a British family back 2,000 years to live in a Danish Iron Age village.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

    A film examining Victorian financiers including Samuel Gurney and Natty Rothschild.

    BBC Two

  24. St Ives and Me

    Anna Chen makes a personal journey into the culture and community of the Cornish town.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Escape from the Deep

    Louis de Bernieres uncovers one of the greatest submarine escape stories of WWII.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World

    Investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition Summertime.

    BBC Four

  27. The Hudson's Bay Boys

    A journey through the arctic landscape with the Scots who worked for the Hudson's Bay Co.

    BBC Two Scotland

  28. The School of Scottish Studies

    Documentary about Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies, created in 1951.

    BBC Two Scotland

  29. America in Pictures: The Story of Life Magazine

    How Life magazine's legendary photographers shot the big moments in American history.

    BBC Four

  30. America on a Plate: The Story of the Diner

    Stephen Smith re-envisions the story of 20th-century American culture through the diner.

    BBC Four

  31. God's Composer

    Documentary exploring the world of Spanish Renaissance composer, Tomas Luis de Victoria.

    BBC Four

  32. Band of Vagabonds - The Birth of the SAS

    On the 16th of November 1941 the SAS carried out its first secret operation.

    BBC News Channel

  33. The Poetry of Aran

    Daljit Nagra visits the Aran Islands to explore their rich imaginative and poetic life.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. An African Asian Affair

    Vishva Samani explores the post-expulsion relationship between British Asians and Ugandans

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Behind the Scenes at Transport Scotland

    Radio Scotland reveals just what it takes to keep the roads and railways moving.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  36. Dishonour and Depression

    Yasmeen Khan investigates the high rate of depression among South Asian women in Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Last Jews of Iraq

    Alan Yentob investigates a 2,600-year-old community in Iraq, now almost disappeared.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Backstage Tales

    Midge Ure goes backstage into the bizarre world of musicians on tour.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Hemingway in Havana

    Susan Marling investigates the debt Ernest Hemingway owed to Cuba, his home for 21 years.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. They Shoot Horses Don't They?

    Andy Davies tells the story of dance marathons and their influence on modern reality TV.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  41. Love on the Transplant List

    A woman waits for a lifesaving lung transplant while trying to plan for her wedding.

    BBC Three

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    Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future

    Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Baka: People of the Rainforest

    Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

    BBC Two

  44. Gilbert on Gilbert

    Comedy producer Jimmy Gilbert and Colin Gilbert look back on 50 years of comedy hits.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  45. Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg's $100 Billion Gamble

    Emily Maitlis looks at the prospects for Mark Zuckerberg's social network phenomenon.

    BBC Two

  46. Jerusalem on a Plate

    Yotam Ottolenghi discovers the hidden treasures of Jerusalem's diverse food culture.

    BBC Four

  47. Shane

    Golwg nôl ar yrfa ryngwladol Shane Williams. The international career of Shane Williams.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  48. Scrapheap Orchestra

    The UK's top instrument makers transform junk and broken furniture into an orchestra.

    BBC Four

  49. Come Bell Ringing with Charles Hazlewood

    Charles Hazlewood devises and performs a unique musical experiment using church bells.

    BBC Four

  50. Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom

    How a company in Dartford manufacturing Vox amplifiers came to define the sound of the 60s

    BBC One

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