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  1. They Shoot Horses Don't They?: The History of the Dance Marathon

    Andy Davies looks at the history of the dance marathon.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  2. Too Darn Soulful: Northern Soul

    Pete Waterman examines Northern Soul and introduces the uninitiated to the genre.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  3. Behind the Velvet Rope: Studio 54 Uncovered

    Boy George looks back on Studio 54, arguably the most decadent disco in history.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  4. A Journey to Remember

    The most recent discoveries about the Titanic story, with Mike McKimm's footage from 2005.

    BBC News Channel

  5. Ray Reardon at 80

    Ray Reardon reflects on a career that brought him six World titles.

    BBC One Wales

  6. Shakin' Stevens

    Revealing documentary about the life, career and achievements of Shakin' Stevens.

    BBC One Wales

  7. The Qatar Philharmonic

    Razia Iqbal tells the story of the first western symphony orchestra in the Gulf.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Ampers-Fan

    Alistair Sooke traces the history of the ampersand, the character representing 'and'.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. A Foreigner Everywhere

    Paul Farley explores the American poet Elizabeth Bishop's extraordinary years in Brazil.

    BBC Radio 4

  10.

    Conjuring Halie

    Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Life and Death on the Frontline

    John Simpson on reporting from danger zones and the cost of getting the story home.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Move Over Wodehouse

    Mukti Jain Campion reports on the changing reading habits of India's growing middle class.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Macbeth, the Movie Star... and Me

    David Harewood attemps to turn a group of inner city teens into Shakespearean actors.

    BBC One

  14. Dave Brown's New Highway Code

    Comedian Dave Brown, member of the Mighty Boosh, on the development of the Highway Code.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

    Candid portrait of the actor, famous for his role as Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army.

    BBC Two

  16. Liverpool's Titanic Girl

    The true story of the little girl who brought a giant spectacular to Liverpool.

    BBC One

  17. Tales of Television Centre

    Documentary recalling the heyday of one of Britain's most iconic buildings, BBC TV Centre.

    BBC Four

  18. The Person from Porlock

    Paul Farley seeks out the famous visitor who interrupted Coleridge's writing of Kubla Khan

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Asian Weddings: Something Gold, Nothing Borrowed, Everything New

    Yasmeen Khan explores the bling-filled world of the British Asian wedding.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. 100 Years of the Royal Flying Corps

    Peter and Dan Snow on how the Royal Flying Corps went from balloons to long-range bombers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. How Sweet the Sound: The Amazing Grace Story

    Candi Staton presents the story of one of the world's most recorded songs and its composer

    BBC Radio 2

  22.

    Hurricane Rash

    Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    The First LP in Ireland

    The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    The Library Returns

    Jonathan Glancey explores how libraries in Europe and the USA are being reinvented.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Poetry, Texas

    Danish poet Pejk Malinovski stumbles upon a small town in Texas called Poetry.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The Trouble with Moody Teens

    When is typical teen angst something more serious? Miranda Sawyer investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Something Rotten in Mayfield

    Tom Mangold investigates a murder in Kentucky that local police couldn't or wouldn't solve

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Blwyddyn y Swans

    Y clwb cyntaf o Gymru i chwarae yn Uwch Gynghrair Lloegr. Swansea's Premiership year.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  29. Perry Como: The Singing Barber

    Jimmy Young tells the story of one of the most laid-back singers of the 20th Century.

    BBC Radio 2

  30.

    The Perfumed Mountaineer

    Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher: photographer and perfumer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31.

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

    David Aaronovitch investigates 'declinism' - the idea that human society is in decline.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. The Lost Art of Churches

    Paul Bayley discovers forgotten examples of important twentieth century art in churches.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer

    Documentary about the Antikythera Mechanism, an early computer found in a shipwreck.

    BBC Four

  34. Barry Hearn: The People's Promoter

    Sir David Jason narrates a revealing and intimate insight into the life of Barry Hearn.

    BBC Two

  35. Overnight Documentary

    Documentaries and features from the archive.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  36. Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle

    Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan looks at life after sport.

    BBC One

  37. Small Teen Turns Eighteen

    Jazz stays with her aunt in the US while her dad Paul starts a methadone detox program.

    BBC Three

  38. Engelbert Humperdinck: What's in a Name?

    Bill Kenwright talks to Engelbert Humperdinck in the run-up to his Eurovision appearance.

    BBC Radio 2

  39. Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?

    How Britain is still defined by the battle between metaphorical Cavaliers and Roundheads.

    BBC Four

  40. The 16-Year-Old Killer: Cyntoia's Story

    Documentary about Cyntoia Brown, a prostitute convicted of killing a client in 2004.

    BBC Three

  41. My Perfect Wheelchair

    Andrew Slorance's endeavour to produce and sell the perfect wheelchair.

    BBC Two Scotland

  42. What's Inside the Singing Kettle?

    Edi Stark asks: what's inside the Singing Kettle?

    BBC Radio Scotland

  43.

    Camel Country

    Camels remain at the heart of Arabic culture. Tessa McGregor joins an Omani caravan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Miles Jupp in a Locked Room

    Miles Jupp investigates the appeal of mind-bending crime novels set in locked rooms.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45.

    The End of Drug Discovery

    Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. The Lost World of the Seventies

    Michael Cockerell sheds new light on some of the 1970s' most controversial characters.

    BBC Two

  47. The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston

    BBC business editor Robert Peston analyses the state of the monetary union in Europe.

    BBC Two

  48. Mapping Britain's Underworld

    Adam Hart-Davies reports on a major research project to map underground Britain.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Peace, Love and Soul - Soul Train

    Trevor Nelson celebrates the hugely successful American black music TV show, Soul Train.

    BBC Radio 2

  50. Playing with Poverty

    David Williams and Keith Towler investigate child poverty in Wales.

    BBC One Wales

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