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  1. Ray Gravell: A Wonderful Life

    The story of Ray Gravell, one of Wales' most-loved and colourful personalities.

    BBC Two Wales

  2. Last Days of Tower

    Documentary about the closing of the single remaining deep coal mine in Wales.

    BBC One Wales

  3. Behind Closed Doors

    The current affairs series investigates plans to further criminalise prostitutes.

    BBC One Wales

  4. The Great British Sunday

    Sean Lock looks at what Sundays meant to him - from hangovers to stately homes.

    BBC Four

  5. A Year in Sex City

    Documentary following volunteers in Thailand tackling the country's rampant sex tourism.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  6. The Strange Parallel World Of Christian Pop

    Paul Bayley tells the story of a neglected musical genre.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Lady Bountiful and the Bluecoat Boys

    Two men attempt to discover more about the woman who bankrolled their secondary education.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. I Want You Back: The Story of the Jackson Five

    Trevor Nelson looks back at the rise and fall of Motown's last great act.

    BBC Radio 2

  9. Aspects of Love

    Jerry Hall explores the mythology, philosophy and physiology of love.

    BBC Radio 2

  10. Ghosts of the Cornish Alps

    Chris Young says farewell to a Cornish china clay pit forced to close for economic reasons

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Missionary Position

    Profile of Britain's first Christian sex shop ran by Welsh couple Stan and Stella Hegarty.

    BBC One Wales

  12. Munich Remembered: Harry Gregg's Story

    Harry Gregg reflects on the impact of the Munich air disaster.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  13. The Dead Sea Scrolls

    Rageh Omaar tells the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, uncovering the truth behind the myth.

    BBC Two

  14. The Jet Stream and Us

    Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream has grown.

    BBC Four

  15. Caledonia Dreamin'

    Documentary revealing the hidden history of Scottish pop music.

    BBC Four

  16. ToeRag Studios

    Pete Mitchell discovers the story of ToeRag Studios which has pre 1960s equipment.

    BBC Radio 2

  17. The King of Light Music

    Alasdair Molloy on the composer of the Desert Island Discs theme, Eric Coates.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Three Men in a Float

    Ian Vince, Dan Kieran and Prasanth Visweswaran's journey in a second-hand milk float.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. A Race Apart

    Sarfraz Manzoor talks to US students who have opted for a racially segregated education.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. John McDouall Stuart: The Scot Who Opened Up Australia

    Documentary celebrating Australia's greatest inland explorer.

    BBC Two

  21. Rob Brydon's Identity Crisis

    Rob Brydon explores Welsh identity and creates a stand-up routine of Welsh-based material.

    BBC Four

  22. Please Look After This Bear

    Michael Morpurgo celebrates the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear in 2008.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Uncovering Pakistan: Jinnah

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores the life of the man who called for a separate Muslim homeland.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Portillo on Thatcher: The Lady's Not for Spurning

    Michael Portillo assesses the legacy and influence of Margaret Thatcher on the Tories.

    BBC Four

  25. 1968: Rivers of Blood: The Real Source

    Rob Shepherd recalls Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech of 1968.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Bridging the Morphine Gap

    Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Gordon Smith: From Player to Power

    Documentary following Gordon Smith as he seeks to impose his vision on Scottish football.

    BBC One

  28. In Search of Tristan

    Twm Morys explores the legend of Tristan and Isolde, one of the most enduring love stories

    BBC Radio 4

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    William Burroughs: Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted

    Laurie Anderson profiles one of the most original writers and thinkers of the 20th century

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Austria: A Convenient Victim

    Charles Wheeler explores how many Austrians have faced up to their past Nazi links.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Cross Examination

    Ken MacDonald investigates the art and science of cross-examination.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  32. Transsexual in Iran

    Film telling the story of transsexual Iranians.

    BBC Two

  33.

    The Lost World of Tibet

    Dan Cruickshank presents a documentary revealing the story of the Dalai Lama.

    BBC Four

  34. Wasted Nation

    Hard-hitting documentary about the knife culture in Scotland.

    BBC One Scotland

  35. Bad Nature

    Jo Brand discovers what wildlife presenters really think of the animals they talk about.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Surviving Suicide

    Sensitive documentary about those whose lives have been affected by suicide.

    BBC One

  37. Selling the Sixties

    How the advertising men and women of Madison Avenue came to prominence in the early 1960s.

    BBC Four

  38. Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges

    How Detroit housed a 1960s musical revolution that encapsulated a nation in upheaval.

    BBC Four

  39. The Muse of Rose Street

    The story of Stella Cartwright, the muse who bewitched a generation of Scottish poets.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Access to Justice

    Ken MacDonald visits Scotland’s first and only Law Clinic.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  41. Fat City Challenge

    Bradford has some of the worst rates for obesity in England. Mussy Abbasi reports.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. A Blunt Instrument

    Michael Rosen remembers Wilfred Scawen Blunt, atheist, libertine, adventurer and poet.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Egg and I: Betty MacDonald Had a Farm

    Lynne Truss celebrates the centenary of comic genius Betty MacDonald.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Gordon Brown Speech

    Labour leader Gordon Brown's speech to his party's spring conference in Birmingham.

    BBC Parliament

  45. Sex in the City Shanghai Style

    Shenshen, a modern young Shanghai woman, explores the new China.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Hovis Has Left the Building

    Mark Radcliffe celebrates the unique and much-loved Bolton poet and comedian Hovis Presley

    BBC Radio 4

  47. What's So Funny About Northern Ireland?

    Satirist Newton Emerson gives his view on Northern Irish humour past and present.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  48. The Primary

    In racially tense Handsworth, there is one primary school that is a model of integration.

    BBC Two

  49. Selling Power: Admen and No 10

    How Britain's advertising companies promoted that most unattractive product - politicians.

    BBC Four

  50. Auntie's War on Smut

    Journey through a history of censorship by the BBC from 1948 to the late 1960s.

    BBC Four

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