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  1. Blind Man Roams the Globe

    Peter White explores the experience of travel from a blind person's perspective

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Ashes to Ashes

    Are ash trees coping with the spread of ash dieback in Britain? Adam Hart investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Secret Life of JS Bach

    Rev Richard Coles returns to his childhood musical hero, with some unexpected twists.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    The history of our curious relationship with murder is explored by Lucy Worsley.

    BBC Four

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  5. OBJs Guide to the Middle East

    Owen Bennett Jones has a sideways look at confusions and contradictions of the Middle East

    BBC Radio 4

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    Tibet Remembered

    A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Shine Like Tokyo - Northern Soul Goes East!

    DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. NHS: Changing Culture

    Lesley Curwen investigates cultural failings in the NHS

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. Costing the NHS

    Can we maintain the NHS much as we know it or do we need to envisage really big changes?

    BBC Radio 4

  10. The Ideas That Make Us

    Bettany Hughes reveals the history of civilisation's most influential ideas.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. What Syria Means for Britain

    John Kampfner examines the potential consequences of Britain not intervening in Syria.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Mortal Work of Art

    Mary Anne Hobbs explores the fusion of fine art and tattoos.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Our Libraries: The Next Chapter

    Michael Rosen investigates the story of the library

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. British Conservatism: The Grand Tour

    Anne McElvoy on the challenges that have spurred British conservative thinkers into action

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. The Italian Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton presents the story of the biggest mass POW breakout in history

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Deep Down Inside

    Geoff Watts finds out how deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Finding a Way: The Future of Navigation

    Quentin Cooper looks at the weaknesses in GPS and the future of navigation.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The I.T. Girls

    Martha Lane Fox tells the story of the early women pioneers of British computing.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Monogamy and the Rules of Love

    Does true love have to be monogamous? We hear three very modern love stories.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Bragg on the Braggs

    Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.

    BBC Radio 4

  21.

    Night Hospital

    Jackie Ashley investigates the standard of hospital care at nights and at weekends.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of Fife

    School kids in Fife are learning Latin for the first time. Natalie Haynes investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Seven Ages of Science

    A history of science in Britain from the Restoration to the present day

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Science, Right or Left

    Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.

    BBC Radio 4

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    In Search of Nic Jones

    Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Homeworker

    Lucy Mangan explores the future for homeworking. Who wins - employer or employee?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Feeding the World: America's New Deal

    David Loyn investigates why US food aid policy isn't working, and how it could be reformed

    BBC Radio 4

  28. How You Pay for the City

    David Grossman investigates the ways that savers, investors and consumers pay for the City

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. Teacher Versus Tutor

    No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. But is it worth the money?

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Techno Odyssey

    Poet Paul Farley reimagines technology we rely on but take for granted

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Turkey: the New Ottomans

    Allan Little charts the re-emergence of Turkey as a powerful global force

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Letting out the Light

    Master gemstone cutters reveal how they let the light out of stones, and what this means.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. The Bishop and the Bankers

    James Jones explores the moral dimensions of the economic crisis

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. The Search for the Perfect Office

    As more of us work in open-plan spaces, Claudia Hammond goes in search of the ideal office

    BBC Radio 4

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    Absinthe Makes the Art Grow Fonder

    Michele Roberts on absinthe, the drink that fuelled bohemia, and its influence on art.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The Story of the Talmud

    Naftali Brawer delves into the ancient texts of the Talmud

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Postcode Profiling: Winners and Losers

    Aasmah Mir looks at how postcode profiling affects our lives

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Privacy Under Pressure

    Steve Hewlett presents a new series about how technology is reshaping notions of privacy

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. One Billion Digitally Identified Indians

    Mukti Jain Campion examines the world's most ambitious national identity scheme.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Blonde Women of India

    Exploring the lives of white women married to local Indian men who have made India home.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Egypt's Challenge

    Shaimaa Khalil travels across Egypt, hearing the voices of her fellow countrymen.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Fairy-Tale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank

    Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

    BBC Four

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    Shot in Belfast

    Peter Curran on Northern Ireland's burgeoning film industry.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Damascus Diary

    Lina Sinjab presents a personal account of how the Syrian war has changed her home city.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Parkinson's Law Revisited

    Matthew Sweet re-examines Parkinson's Law. Does work expand to fill the time allocated?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Dangerous Visionaries

    Playwright Michael Symmons Robert explores the dystopic imagination.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Oblique Strategies

    Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Shared Planet

    Series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Ebony: Black on White on Black

    Gary Younge tells the story of Ebony, the magazine that redefined African-American life.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. 1913: The Year Before

    Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War

    BBC Radio 4

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