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  1. A Mother's Mind

    The stories of young women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Trust Me, I’m a Scientist

    Richard Dawkins on a worrying disconnect between scientists and society.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Collecting the Troubles at the Ulster Museum

    Behind the scenes with a new generation of curators, Art, and startling exhibits.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Wolves Are Coming Back

    Rebecca Pates explores the rise of the right-wing in eastern Germany.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Blackface on Campus

    Student journalist Megan Schellong investigates racist incidents at American universities.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

    Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day

    BBC Four

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  7. Manhattan-chester

    Manchester's skyline is transforming - but what lies behind a radical change?

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Dwelling

    Marie Louise Muir sets out to explore what 'Dwelling' means to different people.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea

    Songwriter Emmy the Great rediscovers the craft of the playground clapping game.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Driven: The Billy Monger Story

    Following 18-year-old Billy as he returns to racing after the amputation of his legs.

    BBC Three

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    ‘71: The Vote To Go In

    Ben Wright looks back at the dramatic 1971 Commons vote that led to the UK joining the EEC

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Thought Cages

    Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. How to Be a Muslim Woman

    Sayeeda Warsi explores how to be a Muslim woman in 21st-century Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Lights Out

    Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen.

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. University Unchallenged

    Do universities have enough diversity of political opinion? Matthew Flinders investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. How to Spend £800 Billion

    Martha Kearney and Andrew Dilnot explore government spending.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Armistice 1918

    Five historians challenge the conventional narrative about the end of World War One

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Dynasties

    Extraordinary animals fight for their families against the odds.

    BBC One

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  19. Un-forgetting Julius Eastman

    Vocalist Elaine Mitchener remembers New York composer-performer Julius Eastman.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Addicted to Sex

    Delve into the secretive world of porn and sex addiction.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Tale of Belief and the Courts

    Joshua Rozenberg investigates the Christian Legal Centre.

    BBC Radio 4

  22.

    Guy Garvey: Recording Dad

    Guy Garvey spent a decade recording his dad’s stories and now he wants you to do the same.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ghosts in the Machine

    Exploring the people who hear spooks in random sound - and the world of auditory illusion.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    The Democrats Dilemma: Now What

    Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today.

    BBC Radio 4

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    In Search of El Dorado

    Jerry Brotton looks at Sir Walter Raleigh's quest for gold

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The Death of the Postwar Settlement

    Bridget Kendall asks why the international order built after 1945 is now in deep trouble.

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. Trump's Evangelicals

    Are President Trump's relations with Evangelicals reshaping American politics?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Class Act

    Lenny Henry on how to get more young working-class and BAME actors into the industry.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?

    Why is everyone so angry nowadays, and what is it doing to the world?

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Right Click: The New Online Culture Wars

    Gavin Haynes explores the rebirth of classical liberalism online.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

    How art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.

    BBC Two

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  32. Living with the Empire

    MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Ar Theallach an Dóchais

    Exploring some of the new challenges facing six young citizens in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  34. Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean.

    BBC Two

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  35. Family Footsteps

    A family learn what life was like for their ancestors at the turn of the 19th century

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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  36. Besieged

    The heartbreaking stories of Syrians living and dying in besieged cities.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Gyles Brandreth’s Poetry By Heart

    Gyles Brandreth extols the virtues of of learning poetry by heart.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle

    How instant noodles went global with the help of students, travellers and prisoners.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Insecure Overachievers

    How personal insecurity is used to drive exceptional performance in elite City workplaces.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Data Stream Day

    Radio 4 becomes art in a unique blending of creativity and technology.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Tommy Burns

    Ten years on from his death at 51 years old, Tommy Burns’s family look back on his life.

    BBC ALBA

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    Cassandras of the Crash

    Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a debate between four economists who predicted the 2008 crisis

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Ballad of the Blade

    The story of knife crime, told in verse by the weapon itself.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Sound Odyssey

    Gemma Cairney takes British artists for musical collaborations in different countries.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal

    Intimate series profiling Princess Margaret.

    BBC Two

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  46. Politics Supreme

    James Naughtie examines the crucial politics of the US Supreme Court

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Sound Lines

    Verity Sharp connects musical stories along latitudinal lines around the globe.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. Living for the City

    Musicians take the listener on a personal tour of a city they love.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. The New Age of Capitalism

    David Grossman tells ten stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Ancient Invisible Cities

    Michael Scott uses the latest technology and virtual reality to reveal historical secrets.

    BBC Two

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