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  1. The Matter of the North

    Melvyn Bragg explores the pivotal role of England's north in the shaping of modern Britain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  2. L'origine de L'Origine du monde

    Viv Groskop explores Gustave Courbet's notorious and explicit painting.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Inflamed Mind

    Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Alvin Hall Goes Back to School

    Financial guru Alvin Hall returns to his Florida hometown.

    BBC Radio 4

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    How We Voted Brexit

    Remainers and Brexiteers reveal the thinking that shaped their EU referendum campaigns.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Truth about Children Who Lie

    Psychotherapist Philippa Perry investigates when and why children lie.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sweet Mother KD

    Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hersey's Hiroshima

    Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Rethinking Clink

    What is prison for? Former home secretary Jacqui Smith examines 250 years of prison reform

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Unforgettable

    Playback technology enables guests to have a real-time conversation with someone now dead.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. Looping Swans

    Tutus, tanks and Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake's strange pas de deux with the fate of Russia.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Mind Reading

    Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds..

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Why Become a Doctor?

    Kevin Fong looks at how the role of junior doctors has changed over the past 50 years.

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  14. Personalised Medicine: Dose by Design

    Vivienne Parry asks if the NHS can deliver the benefits of genomic medicine for all.

    BBC Radio 4

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    In the Criminologist's Chair

    David Wilson talks to former bank robber Noel 'Razor' Smith about his life in crime.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Songs for the Dead

    Marie-Louise Muir explores the lost tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Grunwick Changed Me

    Maya Amin-Smith explores the legacy of the Grunwick dispute, four decades after it began.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. The River

    Five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. The Whale Menopause

    Animal wisdom, mothers and sons. What do killer whales tell us about the human menopause?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Could the Birmingham Six Happen Again?

    What did the Birmingham Six case alter - could such miscarriages of justice happen today?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Everybody Hates Me

    James Walton asks what it is like to do a job that guarantees loathing from the public.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Frightened of Each Other's Shadows

    Nihal Arthanayake presents a portrait of contemporary Britain in an epoch of terror.

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Swapping Psalms for Pop Songs

    Mark Vernon explores the phenomenon of the Sunday Assembly.

    BBC Radio 4

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    As The Curtain Falls

    Marie-Louise Muir explores 25 years of Signature Theatre company with founder Jim Houghton

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Stalking under Scrutiny

    A look at the support provided for victims of stalking and ways to stop stalkers.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

    Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.

    BBC Four

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    Malawi's Big Charity Secret

    Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi's biggest charities - DAPP.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Curse of Open Plan

    Sound expert Julian Treasure explores how open plan design affects us.

    BBC Radio 4

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    After the Riots

    Film-maker Isis Thompson considers the impact of the 2011 riots five years on.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Our Man in Greeneland

    Five BBC correspondents follow the footsteps of Graham Greene.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Your Money and Your Life

    Louise Cooper considers the financial and emotional dimensions of life's big decisions.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Down the Generations

    Kat Arney reports on how what happened to your grandparents may affect your own health.

    BBC Radio 4

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    An Obsessive Type: The Tale of the Doves Typeface

    Can a long lost design classic be rediscovered at the bottom of the Thames?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Caravans in Space

    Richard Hollingham meets scientists and engineers planning human colonies in space.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Battle for the US Constitution

    Adam Smith on the Civil War law that is now the battleground for America's hottest issues.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    The Inevitable

    Writer Patrick McGuinness asks what really is the inevitable. And must we accept it?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Clap Clap: A Brief History of Applause

    Simon Callow explores one of the earliest forms of human interaction.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    Power of the Whips: The Silent Enforcers

    Giles Dilnot uncovers what the most mysterious figures in parliament really do.

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    We Need to Talk about Stillbirth

    Bereaved mum Emma Beck asks why nine babies are stillborn every day in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    How Low Can Rates Go?

    Martin Wolf examines how the search to revive growth is testing the norms of economics.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    John's Songs - A Day with a Music Hall Master

    The story of 85-year-old singer John Foreman, hidden gem of the British folk scene.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Breaking Bard

    Fiona Lindsay listens in on actors and directors as they work on dramatic productions.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  43. Saving Lives at Sea

    Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

    BBC Two

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  44. The Corbyn Story

    Steve Richards examines the dramatic story of Jeremy Corbyn.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Black Flight and the New Suburbia

    Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Viz: An Unfeasibly Large Success

    Profane rubbish or bold rebellion? How did Viz become an acclaimed, best-selling magazine?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Farewell Doctor Finlay

    Dr Margaret McCartney and leading medical historians tell the story of general practice.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  48. Roald Dahl: A Gremlin in the Works

    Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe tells the story of one of the greatest movies never made.

    BBC Radio 4

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    You May Now Turn Over Your Papers

    Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Forces of Nature with Brian Cox

    Professor Brian Cox reveals how Earth's beauty is created by just a handful of forces.

    BBC One

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