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  1. Arthur Cares

    Five people, with minor problems, seek the advice of 12-year-old Arthur.

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Rian na gCos

    A revealing portrait of Irish language pioneer and advocate Aodán Mac Póilin.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  3. Gareth Gwynn Declares Independence From Wales

    Comedian Gareth Gwynn sets out to convince Brecon to secede from Wales.

    BBC Radio Wales

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  4. The Senses

    Neurologist Guy Leschziner explores the surprisingly strange world of our senses.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Death of a Headmaster

    Examining the legacy of headmaster Philip Lawrence, who was stabbed to death 25 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Faith in Music

    Composer Sir James MacMillan considers the faith lives of composers over the centuries.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. The Power of Three

    A deeply personal documentary series, as triplets face living apart for the first time.

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Generation Covid

    How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Defending Digga D

    Following rapper Digga D as he is released from a 15-month stint in prison.

    BBC Three

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    Poems at Dusk

    Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Africa United in Manchester

    Documentary about the 5th Pan African Congress, held in Manchester 75 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos

    The ideas making Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth and Amazon 2020's business success.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Apocalypse How

    Three-part series looking at existential threats to humanity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Living with the Dragon

    Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. My Albion

    Zakia Sewell explores the songs, stories and symbols of British identity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. The Raising of Coventry

    Telling the story of the bombing of Coventry 80 years ago on November 14th, 1940.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. How to Vaccinate the World

    Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Assume Nothing

    The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  19. Can I Still Read Harry Potter?

    A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Britain in Ten Operas

    Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. Epiphanies

    The inspiring moments that start an artistic journey

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Berlin 1945

    Journey back in time to Berlin's most fateful year.

    BBC Four

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  23. East Meets West

    The UK has a north and south divide but how about east and west? Chris Mason investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Cornwall with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the county emerges from lockdown.

    BBC Two

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  25. Is This Coercive Control?

    A group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes coercive control.

    BBC Three

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    The Most Successful Assassination in History

    The night Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down - changing the Middle East forever.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Dark Land: Hunting the Killers

    Reinvestigating some of Wales's most shocking unsolved murders.

    BBC One Wales

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  28. Race and the American Vote

    Monica Campbell explores how race and identity are shaping the American election.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Year the Music Stopped

    Arlo Parks reflects on a year without live music with artists including Yannis from Foals.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Back to Uni

    Anoushka follows new students coping with starting at her university as Covid cases rise.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. The Wedding Detectives

    The Wedding Detectives uncover the often dramatic stories behind lost wedding photographs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

    Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. A History of Ghosts

    Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Reading the Water

    Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing at a Wiltshire lake in midsummer.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Being British East Asian: Sex, Beauty & Bodies

    Elaine Chong reveals how many British East Asians feel between cultures of West and East.

    BBC Three

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  36. Under the Cloud

    It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Doon the Watta

    Nicholas Parsons revisits the Clyde where he was an apprentice in the 1940s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Straight Man

    Nicholas Parsons presents a potted history of the 'straight man' in comedy double-acts.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Nicholas Parsons: A Man of Many Parts

    Paul Jackson celebrates the many showbiz lives of the irrepressible Nicholas Parsons.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. The New Deal - A Story For Our Times

    Marybeth Hamilton explores how America responded to the Great Depression with The New Deal

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. Black Star Line: The Story of Marcus Garvey

    A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Surviving Unemployment

    Three newly jobless young people learn from survivors of the 1980s unemployment crisis.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Anatomy of Touch

    How important is touch to us? Claudia Hammond reveals the BBC Touch Test results.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Long Covid

    Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Back to School

    Radio 4 goes Back to School to explore the new world of socially distanced education.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. One Zoo Three

    Following three young brothers who happen to own their own zoo.

    CBBC

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  47. Packing Up The Family Home

    Geoff Bird and his siblings clear fifty years’ worth of stuff from their old family home.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Cannadine on Class

    Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock

    Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Two Minutes Past Nine

    25 years on, journalist Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

    BBC Radio 4

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