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  1. Thelma & Michael: Love In The Cutting Room

    Cinema's great love story - UK director Michael Powell and US editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Píobairí Ard Mhacha - The Armagh Pipers

    Documentary series telling the story of the Armagh Pipers Club.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  3. Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes

    Andrew Marr explores detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels.

    BBC Four

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  4. Green Cities from Bricks and Mortar

    Historian Dan Cruickshank asks if new garden cities are the answer to our housing crisis.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Darren Campbell's Get Inspired

    Darren Campbell examines what inspires, motivates and encourages people in sport

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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  6. 21 Shades of Noir: Lee Child on John D MacDonald

    The Jack Reacher author Lee Child investigates the unusual life of author John D Macdonald

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Gunning For Education

    Ian Peddie studies new Texan laws allowing concealed handguns into classrooms.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Objects of Desire

    Matthew Sweet explores how the things people accumulate reflect who they are.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The Case for Doing Nothing

    Stephen Barber calls on politicians to resist the urge to act and instead do nothing.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. The Intimate Art of Tattoo

    Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores the exponential rise in tattooing across the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. Body Count Rising

    Doon Mackichan asks if we need a moratorium on glossy TV dramas with female victims.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Danube Ain't Blue, It's Green

    Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Too Many Helping Hands

    Peter White asks if blind children who go to mainstream schools get too much support.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Britain's Black Past

    Gretchen Gerzina explores the lives of black people in Britain during a time of slavery.

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories

    Poet Lemn Sissay looks at foster children and children in care in popular culture.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. A Casual Clearance

    Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    What Does Theresa Really Think?

    Nick Robinson examines Theresa May's political beliefs and underlying philosophy.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Curvalicious

    What is wrong with being black and curvy? Bridgitte Tetteh investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Pony Tales

    What is the appeal of ponies and pony books to girls - and some post-menopausal women?

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Ambulance

    Documentary series taking a detailed look at ambulance services.

    BBC One

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  21. UNESCO: 70 Years of Peacekeeping

    Charlotte Higgins explores the work of the UN's peacekeeping agency.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. The Envy of the World

    Humphrey Carpenter charts the history of the Third Programme and Radio 3

    BBC Radio 3

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  23. Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

    An irreverent trip into the world of influential avant-garde art movement Dada.

    BBC Four

  24. Conviction

    Investigating the case of convicted murderers who claim to be innocent.

    BBC Two

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  25. Sunni-Shia: Islam Divided

    Two-part series explaining the Sunni-Shia divide past and present.

    BBC Radio 4

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  26. Still Loving Thy Neighbour?

    Mark Hodkinson revisits the sitcom Love Thy Neighbour, forty years after it was last shown

    BBC Radio 4

  27. A History of the Infinite

    Adrian Moore journeys through philosophical thought on infinity over thousands of years.

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love

    Tulip Mazumdar finds young people in Japan rejecting intimacy and a population in decline.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The King of Dreams

    Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Call of the Pipes

    An inside story of two pipe bands, Thiepval Memorial and McDonald Memorial.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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    Up Close And Personal

    Clarke Peters follows the croon and practitioners of the art including Rudy Vallee.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    James Wong's Alternative Country Garden

    Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. The Double War

    Alvin Hall explores an LP of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. The Waterside Ape

    Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins.

    BBC Radio 4

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  35. The Anatomy of Rest

    Claudia Hammond finds out what rest means in the modern world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  36. Graffiti: Paint and Protest

    Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Oliver Burkeman Is Busy

    Oliver Burkeman explores why people feel so busy today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. The Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums

    Five Muslim mums come together to discuss the hate messages their children are exposed to.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Online Identity Crisis

    Anjana Ahuja believes we should take control of our online identity before it is too late.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Muhammadan Bean: The Secret History of Islam and Coffee

    Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the longstanding relationship between Islam and coffee.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Standing Up to the Sharing Economy

    Mary Ann Sieghart on how hotel, music and car companies are fighting off the competition.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Antony Gormley: Missing Continents at the British Museum

    The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Eastern Europeans in Brexitland

    Gary Younge explores what Brexit means for Eastern Europeans living in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Maddie's Do You Know?

    Learn new things with Maddie as she explores the world and discovers how stuff works.

    CBeebies

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  45. In Search of Eden

    Neuroscientist and Eden-seeker Paul Howard-Jones investigates the downside of knowledge.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Funny Money

    Former Lehman Brothers banker Henry Dodds explores our relationship with money.

    BBC Radio 4

  47.

    Great Fire 350

    Behind the scenes of London's Burning, a spectacle marking 350 years since the Great Fire.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Journey Through English

    The changing accents on the UK's longest rail journey, the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sushi Marriages

    How do Sunni-Shia couples handle the deepening gulf between their two sects of Islam?

    BBC Radio 4

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    A River of Steel

    An immersive river journey through the city of Sheffield and its industrial past.

    BBC Radio 4

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