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  1. The Last Wish of a Prince

    Hardeep Singh Kohli finds out if Maharaja Duleep Singh's remains should go back to India.

    BBC Radio 4

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    O Say Can You See?

    Erica Wagner explores America's relationship with its national anthem, an ode to its flag.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Animal Architecture

    Tom Dyckhoff explores the way we design and build for animals.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Town Is The Menu

    Simon Preston visits a UK town to create a new signature dish inspired by the locality.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Charting the Border

    The writer Garrett Carr reveals his unusual map of the Irish border.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Royal Activist

    Elinor Goodman asks if Prince Charles's campaigning will bring a new style of monarchy.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Mallorca and Middle-Aged Men in Lycra

    Middle-Aged Men in Lycra flock to Mallorca each year for it's perfect cycling conditions

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. 1914: Day by Day

    Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The New Viking Invasion

    Why is there such an increasing demand for Danish sperm donors? Kate Brian investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Linard's Travels

    An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Bella Hardy Goes Home

    Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year 2014 goes back to her roots, Edale in Derbyshire.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Controlling Our Borders

    Winifred Robinson investigates changes to border controls in the wake of election results.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Travelling the Spaceways: The Cult of Sun Ra

    Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Generation Right

    Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation.

    BBC Radio 4

  15.

    Marginalia

    Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page in his exploration of marginalia.

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    Pole to Pole

    Half a million Poles have settled here in the last decade. Are they becoming British?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Jock Stein

    The story of Jock Stein, Scotland's greatest ever football manager.

    BBC ALBA

  18.

    The Unmaking of the English Working Class

    Historian Jon Lawrence of Cambridge University asks what has happened to the working class

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    D-Day: A Family Affair

    Paddy O'Connell meets D-Day veterans and asks 'what is remembrance?'.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Britain at Sea

    Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  21. A Good Man in Rwanda

    A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

  22.

    For All the TV in China

    Paul Jackson reports on TV in China, and the British producers hoping to succeed there.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Fit for Purpose

    Anne McElvoy and John Harris host a series of debates on institutions under pressure.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Primary Colours

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen presents a history of colour

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  25. Rooms with a View

    Tom Dyckhoff discovers that few things show our social status as clearly as windows.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Is Journalism Healthy?

    Can an NHS ethics code for medics, managers and public relations staff ever work?

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    Educating Ulster

    Andrea Catherwood examines the movement for integrated schools in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Melencolia

    Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Little Chechnya on the Steppes

    The story of Kazakhstan's Chechens: exiled by Stalin, sustained by faith and memory.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    The Bronze Age Man of Jodrell Bank

    His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31.

    Disabled and Broody: My Impossible Choice

    Julie Fernandez considers whether to have children at risk of inheriting her disability.

    BBC Radio 4

  32.

    Personality Politics

    Timandra Harkness discovers links between political choices and how our brains function.

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Singing with the Nightingales

    Sam Lee marks the 100th anniversary of cellist Beatrice Harrison's duet with a nightingale

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Disabled and Behind Bars

    Nikki Fox investigates the treatment of disabled people in British prisons.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Cyprus: Divided Memory, United Future?

    Maria Margaronis explores the divided history of Cyprus, as a new settlement awaits.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

    How will the workforce of the future be changed by advanced technologies?

    BBC Radio 4

  37.

    The Fisher Poets Gathering

    In the port of Astoria, Oregon, Katrina Porteous reports on the Fisher Poets Gathering.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    With Humble Duty Reports...

    How a government whip told the Queen what really went on in the House of Commons.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.

    BBC Four

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  40. Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different

    Adam Rutherford charts the rise, fall and rise of the genetics of intelligence

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. A Gripping Yarn

    Jane Garvey's world of knitting - full of rebels, musicians, jailbirds and reality TV.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42.

    Teachers vs Government: Seventy Years of Education Policy

    Assessing 70 years of conflict and consensus since secondary education became free to all.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    The Crime Conundrum

    An examination of the causes of the dramatic fall in crime over the last 20 years.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Bombay Jazz

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45.

    Caribbean Domino Club

    Benjamin Zephaniah uncovers the passion, mind games and intrigue of competitive dominoes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46.

    Tacita Dean: Save This Language

    Artist Tacita Dean travels to UNESCO on a mission to save photochemical film.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47.

    How Do Children Learn History?

    With a new history curriculum coming, Adam Smith explores how pupils learn about the past.

    BBC Radio 4

  48.

    Blind Date with Don Camillo

    Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Rubbish: The Great Waste Crisis

    Chris Mullin investigates what really happens to our rubbish.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Thatcher's Mad Monk or True Prophet?

    Keith Joseph's impact as the trailblazer for Thatcherism is assessed by James Landale.

    BBC Radio 4

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