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  1. Ivy Benson: Original Girl Power

    Melanie Chisholm celebrates the lasting musical legacy of British band leader Ivy Benson.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Soldiers of the Empire

    Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian soldiers who served the Empire in WWI.

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Paul is Dead

    In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

    Documentary telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age.

    BBC Four

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    The Devolutionaries: Powering Up England's Cities

    Steph McGovern explores proposals to devolve more powers to England's cities.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Century of Hope

    Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Care, Work, Sleep, Repeat

    Dave Howard finds out what it is like to be a young adult carer.

    BBC Radio 4

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    How to Dig a Grave

    Hand-digging a grave is a dying art. Cathy FitzGerald takes lessons.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Human Universe

    Prof Brian Cox explores the most precious, most wonderful thing in the universe, us.

    BBC Four

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  10. In Praise of Limestone

    Ian McMillan searches for the limestone landscape that inspired the poet WH Auden.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. An Eye for Pattern: The Letters of Dorothy Hodgkin

    A portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin, the only female British scientist to win a Nobel Prize.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  12. 21st Century Mythologies

    Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era, as Roland Barthes did 60 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. The Year of the Drone

    Will Robson assesses the controversial use of drones by Britain's armed forces.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve explores the influence three rivers have on the countries they flow through.

    BBC Two

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  15. Seven Round a Cauldron

    Peter White meets some of the youngsters who played a key role in the 2012 Olympics.

    BBC Radio 4

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    One Day In... Leeds West Indian Carnival

    Dancers, designers, police and parade-goers experience the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Inside the Ebola Lock-Down

    Tim Mansel on Sierra Leone's 5.8m asked to stay home for 72 hours in a bid to stem Ebola.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Open or Wrapped...?

    Alison Clarkson follows eight people on a fish and chip shop course in Leeds.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  19. Germany: Memories of a Nation

    Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Hamlet Undressed

    A look behind the scenes at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre's Hamlet with Maxine Peake.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Voices of the Air

    Documentary telling the story of the BBC Singers from its beginnings in the 1920s.

    BBC Radio 3

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    In Search of the Ideal Music Venue

    Acoustics expert Trevor Cox goes in search of the best venues for different types of music

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Last Day

    Documentary series exploring people's last days at work.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Same-Sex Parents

    Mary Smeeth talks to same-sex parents about the challenges of raising their children.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Patients Doing It for Themselves

    Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment.

    BBC Radio 4

  26.

    Yesterday's Papers: The End of the Music Press

    David Hepworth talks to fellow writers and bloggers about the decline of the music press

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash

    The story of how three British artists responded to the cataclysm of World War One.

    BBC Four

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  28. Power in the Blood: The Life of Ian Paisley

    William Crawley looks at the life of former Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

    Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.

    BBC Two

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  30. The Wood Pushers

    A close encounter with the street chess players of Washington Square park, New York.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Andy Warhol: Time Regained

    Lenny Henry unveils the mysterious contents of Andy Warhol's Time Capsules.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. FutureProofing

    Series examining the big ideas that are set to transform the way society functions

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Urine Trouble: What's in Our Water

    What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body? Andrea Sella finds out.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    High St Fashion: Weaving New Threads

    Sarah Butler asks, can the Bangladesh garment industry become ethical and profitable?

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Build and Be Damned

    The Victorians built grand ambitious railways, sewers and tunnels. Should we do the same?

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    Casa Negra: The Real Casablanca

    Andrew Hussey on the cultural renaissance affecting Morocco's largest city.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Mother of the Sea

    Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Glenshane

    Marie-Louise Muir explores the landscape, history and people of the Glenshane Pass.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  39.

    Tupac Shakur, Hip Hop Immortal.....

    Poet and playwright Al Letson recalls the life of Tupac Shakur.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40.

    The Life Sub-Aquatic

    Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Our School

    Documentary series following students as they go from primary to secondary school.

    CBBC

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  42. The Secret Life of Books

    Classic books are reconsidered by returning to the writers' original manuscripts.

    BBC Four

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  43. Painful Medicine

    Sally Marlow investigates the hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Poet Librettists

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores why so many poets choose to become opera librettists.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Mum and Dad and Mum

    Rebecca Morelle examines how children could be born with DNA from three people.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Digitising Stalin

    For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed?

    BBC Radio 4

  47.

    A Theatre For Everyman

    As Liverpool's Everyman Theatre prepares to re-open, we hear from those who worked there.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Penguin Post Office

    The adventures of a film crew who travel to Antarctica to film a colony of Gentoo penguins

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. The Lessons of Ray Honeyford

    Aasmah Mir on the outspoken head teacher who caused a national controversy.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Map That Made Manhattan

    Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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