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  1. Afterlives

    Two people come together to examine how their pasts have changed but not overwhelmed them.

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Inside Monaco: Playground of the Rich

    An exclusive insight into the tiny country with extraordinary wealth.

    BBC Two

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  3. A Big Disease with a Little Name

    Charting the early years of the AIDS crisis, as told by the people who lived through it

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Operation Ouch! Do Try This at Home

    Dr Chris and Dr Xand bring their lab into Xand’s kitchen.

    CBBC

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  5. Weans’ World

    A child's eye view of growing up in the East End of Glasgow.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Knight Fights Giant Snail

    Dr Alixe Bovey presents a surreal journey through the world of medieval marginalia.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Everywoman

    Novelist Sarah Hall goes in search of the literary Everywoman.

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Meanwhile...

    Covid-19 has dominated the media for months. Meanwhile, other stories are developing.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The Great Post Office Trial

    The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Butch

    Joelle Taylor celebrates 'being butch' and asks whether it's an identity with a future.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Global Ventilator Race

    Engineers and inventors worldwide are rushing to build new ventilators. Are they any good?

    BBC Radio 4

  12. The Irish Houses – Scéal Phobal Bhóthar Seoighe

    Documentary telling the story of the founding of Belfast’s urban Gaeltacht.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  13. The Migrant Medics

    Is it fair for the rich world to cherry-pick the best doctors from poorer countries?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Happy Little Trees

    An exploration of young people's mental health and their attraction to TV artist Bob Ross.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Nudes4Sale

    Ellie Flynn investigates people making money from selling their nude photos and videos.

    BBC Three

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    Bellfield's Year

    One year with a primary school in a poor part of Birmingham as it battles to stay solvent

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    The Price of Life

    Anita Anand meets the people putting a price on life. How do they justify their decisions?

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Lee Miller: A Life on the Front Line

    Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter.

    BBC Two

  19. Primates

    The definitive celebration of the animals you thought you knew.

    BBC One

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  20. Iran’s Long Game

    Iran is now calling the shots in Iraq. How did the clerics outmanoeuvre the US?

    BBC Radio 4

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    How to Cure Viral Misinformation

    The story of one misleading post - and how we can all stop the spread of bad information.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. The Learning Revolution

    The Learning Revolution

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. Girl Reading

    Zoë Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Rebuilding Notre-Dame

    A look inside the restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris following the 2019 fire.

    BBC Two

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  25. Snakes & Ladders

    Conversations about money in modern Britain. With Cathy FitzGerald.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Blind Mind's Eye

    Sue Armstrong hears the personal experience of people with aphantasia - no mind's eye.

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    China and the Virus

    Has the Covid-19 epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Art of Raising a Child

    Can you make creativity a life skill? Where might such a skill take a child in later life?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Left Out of Power

    Steve Richards examines the challenges for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.

    BBC Radio 4

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    My Final Wish

    Sushma Puri reveals why many British Hindus want their ashes scattered in the Ganges.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Return to the Calais Jungle

    Hossein Ahmadi, an Iranian refugee, returns to the Calais Jungle that was once his home.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Ingenious

    Find out what you're made of, one gene at a time, with Dr Kat Arney.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  33. Hidden Children of the Church

    The secret lives of Catholic priests' children.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Sharing the Baby

    Shared Parental Leave has a 3% take-up in the UK. Fi Glover asks why it is so low.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    The City That Sings

    Singing together is bringing hope to a struggling South African community.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    Fighting Talk: How Language Can Make Us Better

    What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Blue Planet Revisited

    Nature documentary.

    BBC One

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  38. The Ugly Truth

    Is there such a thing as a beauty bias?

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    The Science of Dad

    Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    Universal Basic Income: Alaska Style

    Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    The Hidden History of the Mantelpiece

    Rachel Hurdley explores the story of the mantelpiece and how it reveals our secret selves.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    The Cathedral Thinkers

    Ian Sansom meets the people daring to dream beyond their own lifespans.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    The Battle for English

    Lexicographer Susie Dent investigates the future of English as a global lingua franca.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Lang Hame

    Dan Gordon visits some of Ulster’s thousands of graveyards.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  45. Faith on the Move

    A journey with the chaplains who support travellers on Britain’s rail network.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Out of Soweto: BCUC

    Sound African band BCUC's journey from their rehearsal space in Soweto to Glastonbury

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Eighteen

    Exploring the lives, dreams and creative worlds of six 18- to 21-year-old global artists.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. And the Good News Is You’re Jewish

    When journalist Katie Glass lost her father she began a search for her Jewish identity.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Wales: A Twentieth Century Tragedy?

    Simon Jenkins presents a challenging personal view of the economics of contemporary Wales.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Girl Taken

    A grieving mother, a real life search for the truth and a race to find a little girl taken

    BBC Radio 4

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