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  1. What Thatcher Did Next

    Elinor Goodman explores Margaret Thatcher's life after she ceased to be prime minister.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Thrilla in Manila

    Ali versus Frazier: John McDonald explores the complex story behind the great 1975 fight.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The People's Thatcher

    Andrew Neil offers a portrait of Margaret Thatcher via the voices of those she governed.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Art agus Tomaí san Eoraip

    Art and Tomaí go in search of Celtic festivals across Europe.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  5. Margaret Thatcher: Potency and Paradox

    Peter Riddell explores the background to the many extraordinary moments of her premiership

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Concrete and the Divine

    Jonathan Glancey finds out about the architects who revolutionised church design.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Journeys Down My Street

    Immigrants to Britain share their stories from the heart of their communities

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Putting the Black Country on the Map

    Adrian Goldberg tries to work out what the Black Country is - and where it is.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Deprofessionals

    Matthew Hill asks what is happening to Britain's public services.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Making News

    Steve Richards presents a three-part series examining the news

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. South Africa Spits Back

    Roger Law, co-creator of Spitting Image, discovers South Africa's satirical puppets.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. My Hero

    Figures from the world of comedy explore the lives and backgrounds of their heroes.

    BBC One

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  13. In Pursuit of Spring

    Presenter Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of the writer Edward Thomas

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time

    Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments.

    BBC One

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    Flashmob Flamenco

    Spain's current economic crisis is seeing the return of flamenco as a form of protest.

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    On the Trail of the American Honeybee

    How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    Inside the Bonus Culture

    Former City analyst Geraint Anderson examines the story behind bankers' bonuses.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hunt/Lauda

    Vicki Butler-Henderson recalls James Hunt's epic on-track battle with Niki Lauda in 1976.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Forgotten Black Cowboys

    Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Lenin in Letchworth

    Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city?

    BBC Radio 4

  21. What Do Artists Do All Day?

    Portraits of leading artists, with insights into their working lives and creative process

    BBC Four

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  22. The Arthur Cravan Memorial Society

    Arthur Smith pieces together an unreliable portrait of Arthur Cravan, the Dada James Dean.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Out of the Ordinary

    Documentary series uncovering stories from the left field. Presented by Jolyon Jenkins

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. I Dressed Ziggy Stardust

    Samira Ahmed meets British Asian women who, like her, were inspired by David Bowie.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Feel the Chant: The Brit Funk Story

    David Grant revisits a unique era in British music with the Jazz-funk explosion.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Rhymes of Passion

    Laura Barton tells the true story behind By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Baroque in Britain

    Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. How Iraq Changed the World

    Writer and broadcaster John Kampfner looks at the global consequences of war in Iraq.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Who's the Pest?

    Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  30. Sound Painting

    Tim Marlow explores the kinds of sounds and music that influence an artist's art and work.

    BBC Radio 4

  31.

    Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?

    I am a genius. Gertrude Stein. A genius. A genius. I. Gertrude Stein. Am I a genius?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Mad Houses

    Ken Arnold explores how three European countries variously tell the history of madness.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. After Saddam

    Hugh Sykes finds out how life in Iraq has changed over the past decade

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. An Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

    The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Meaning of Liff at 30

    John Lloyd celebrates 30 years of The Meaning of Liff with Matt Lucas and Helen Fielding.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36.

    This Eurosceptic Isle

    James Landale examines how Euroscepticism has become increasingly powerful in UK politics.

    BBC Radio 4

  37.

    30 Years of the Bradshaws

    John Henshaw explores the unrelenting success of one of the longest running comedy series.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Battle for the Airwaves

    Nick Robinson presents a series on the relationship between broadcasters and politicians

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. Crossing the Bay

    Poet Paul Farley takes a walk across the dangerous sands of Morecambe Bay.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Murder on the Victorian Railway

    Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.

    BBC Two

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    Marseille 2013

    Philip Sweeney on music, crime and culture in Marseille, 2013 European City of Culture.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. The Listeners

    Series about people whose professional lives revolve around listening.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Remembering James Bulger

    Winifred Robinson returns to the Bulger family, 20 years after the murder of their son.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Grahame Dangerfield: Back to the Serengeti

    Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. The World Cup for Writers

    Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Bridging the Gulf

    Razia Iqbal visits the women architects of the Gulf - a story of success in the desert.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Art of Sequencing

    Guy Garvey on the challenge of turning a collection of songs into a single piece of art.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. In Search of the British Dream

    Mukul Devichand seeks to see Britain through the eyes of those who have recently arrived

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Technicolour

    Tracey Logan explores the world of colour, from biology to fashion

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  50. Wonders of Life

    Professor Brian Cox asks what is life and how did it begin?

    BBC Two

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