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  1. Held Hostage in Syria

    Lyse Doucet talks to a group of former hostages of so-called Islamic State.

    BBC Radio 4

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    All in the Womb

    Traumatic events can change our biology. Can we pass on this altered biology to children?

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Shakespeare and the American Dream

    Robert McCrum journeys across Obama's America in search of Shakespeare.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Are Human Rights Really Universal?

    Helena Kennedy QC explores the philosophical and historical foundations of human rights.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

    The Hairy Bikers unearth years of fascinating history hidden in Britain's boozers.

    BBC Two

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  6. Scenes from Student Life

    Recent graduate Ellie Cawthorne explores 900 years of student life.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. The Business of Music with Matt Everitt

    Matt Everitt explores the decisions that have transformed the record industry.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  8. An Excellent Dumb Discourse: Shakespeare in Silence

    Professor Judith Buchanan shares her love and knowledge of Shakespeare in early films.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Borders, An Odyssey

    Frances Stonor Saunders, with Homer's Odyssey as her guide, explores our bordered lives.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Justice across Borders

    Allan Little on the legacy of the ICTY and its place in transitional justice.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Neglected Sense

    Radio 4 announcer Kathy Clugston is anosmic. She cannot smell - and wants to know why.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Waste of Space

    Harriet Sergeant investigates whether empty commercial buildings could house the homeless.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Free Speech

    Author Timothy Garton Ash examines one of the most hotly debated subjects of our time.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Swansong

    A meditation on loss, with real and imagined stories bound by sound and silence.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Psychedelic Science

    Can psychedelic drugs overcome their notoriety to become accepted for routine medical use?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Panama Papers

    A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. The Deobandis

    Owen Bennett Jones investigates the UK's biggest Islamic group and asks what they believe

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. The Philby Tape

    Notorious Soviet spy Kim Philby as he's never been heard before.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Dancer Dies Twice

    First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Inglorious Isolation: A European's History of Britain

    Continental Europeans give their views of Britain's relationship with their home country.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. A Dirty Secret

    Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.

    BBC Radio 4

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    In Search of Southern Hospitality

    Comedian Rich Hall investigates the true meaning of American southern hospitality.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Deciding a Woman's Right

    Audrey Carville meets two women whose stories highlight Northern Ireland's abortion debate

    BBC Radio 4

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    How to Turn Your Life Around

    Succeeding against the odds. What does it take to turn your life around?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Suck it and See

    Award-winning songwriter Amy Wadge investigates the history and potential of the harmonica

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Goodbye Mosquito

    Could we, and should we, eradicate mosquitoes? Professor Adam Hart investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Finding Harpo's Voice

    Cellist Steven Isserlis explores the silence of his screen idol, Harpo Marx.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ireland: Looking Beyond the Border

    Chris Page examines the state of play between Irish nationalism and unionism.

    BBC Radio 4

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    'Down With Skool': The Art of Molesworth

    Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

    Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's coastal wildlife.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. 1916: A Letter from Ireland

    Fintan O'Toole looks at letters written at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Returnees

    How should Britain manage its returning foreign fighters?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Women Who Wrote Rock

    Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Horns of a Dilemma

    Will the sale of harvested rhino horn help to stop poaching?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sport and Fitness: Running in Circles

    As the Olympics approach, Peter White considers the confusion over sport and fitness.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Dance Your Life Away

    Contemporary community dance in Oxford, from the cradle to the grave

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Easter Rising 1916

    Heather Jones explores the armed struggle that changed Irish and British history forever.

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Setting the Past Free

    Mark Lawson explores the cultural retellings of the story of Rudolf Kastner.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. Art of Scandinavia

    Series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.

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  40. Life inside 'Islamic State'

    Mike Thomson reports on an extraordinary series of diaries on life inside 'Islamic State'.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Syrian Voices

    Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by events in Syria.

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. The Day the Refugees Came

    Michael Palin's story of a group of refugees welcomed to Somerset.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Ghosts of the Tsunami

    Five years after Japan's tsunami, some survivors report seeing the ghosts of the dead.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms And That’s All

    Tim Key gives his surreal and startling take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Turntable Tales

    Colleen Murphy celebrates the development and impact of the record-playing turntable.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  46. Saving Science from the Scientists

    Alok Jha wonders if science is as rigorous as it should

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. Brexit: What Happens to Scotland?

    What impact would Brexit have on Scotland's politics and economy? Sarah Smith investigates

    BBC Radio 4

  48. This Farming Life

    Documentary following the struggles and triumphs of very different farming families.

    BBC Two

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  49. My First

    Follow young children as they discover, learn and experience things for the first time.

    CBeebies

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  50. The Return of the Flying Scotsman

    Following the Flying Scotsman as it returns to the tracks after a ten-year restoration.

    BBC Four

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