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Rupert Bear and Me
Mark Radcliffe explores the continued success and appeal of the little white bear.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Up To Scratch
Kit Hesketh Harvey visits the Nailympics to understand the growing mania for manicures.
BBC Radio 4
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Change of Art
Artist Andrew Shoben explores a controversial idea to 'rotate or retire' public artworks
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Colouring Light: Brian Clarke - An Artist Apart
Profile of painter Brian Clarke, one of the world's greatest stained glass artists.
BBC Four
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The Invention Of...
Misha Glenny investigates the histories and the people that make nations what they are.
BBC Radio 4
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The Underwater Gendarme
Horatio Clare joins the Paris River Police, the Brigade Fluviale, on patrol on the Seine
BBC Radio 4
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Younge on Obama - Performance Notes on a Presidency
Gary Younge examines Barack Obama's presidency
BBC Radio 4
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After the Flood
The writer Kevin Crossley-Holland meets fellow East Anglians affected by coastal erosion.
BBC Radio 4
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The Thing About Hank
Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Phil Manzanera and Cliff Richard explore 'The Thing About Hank'
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Curb your Judaism
David Schneider looks back at the history of British Jewish comedy.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Post Hackgate: Journalism at the Crossroads
John Lloyd of the FT on the future of journalism after the phone hacking scandal.
BBC Radio 4
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Lord Gnome Aged 49 and Three Quarters
As Private Eye nears 50, Michael Crick traces its ups and downs and assesses its impact.
BBC Radio 4
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Who found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The World in His Ear
Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man with Many Names
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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A Student Voice
John Waite follows those student protesters most likely to be affected by funding changes.
BBC Radio 4
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From Birmingham to Beijing: The Lure of a Chinese Career
The stories of graduates finding work internships far afield in China.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Home from Home
Hardeep Singh Kohli meets British Indians who have left the UK for a new life in India
BBC Radio 4
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Repainting Giverny
Irma Kurtz travels to Monet's Giverny garden to hear how losing his sight changed his work
BBC Radio 4
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Capitalism on Trial
Michael Portillo weighs up the costs and benefits of global capitalism
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Robots that Care
Jon Stewart charts the increasing interaction between humans and robots
BBC Radio 4
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Drone Wars
How the pilotless drone aircraft is controversially transforming air warfare.
BBC Radio 4
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The 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New World
Story behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design.
BBC Two
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Picking Round Apples
Steve Carver lives the life of a seasonal apple picker on a farm in Herefordshire.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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How to Build a Dinosaur
Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put dinosaur skeletons back together.
BBC Four
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The Paper Round
Public figures revisit their paper round route and reveal how it influenced their lives
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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After I Was Gorgeous
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Call of the Arab Spring
Zubeida Malik meets young British Arabs who took part in the Arab uprisings.
BBC Radio 4
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Ayckbourn in Action
An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Planet Dinosaur
The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth.
BBC One
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The Price of Power
Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions.
BBC Radio 4
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Reader's Digest: Trouble in Pleasantville
John Waite asks why one of the world's most successful publishers has hit hard times.
BBC Radio 4
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Hearing the Past
Jim Al-Khalili explores what the past would have sounded like to our ancestors.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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British Muslims - In the Shadow of 9/11
Navid Akhtar explores the British Muslim experience in the ten years since the 9/11 attack
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The Class Ceiling
Polly Toynbee explores how possible it is to move up through British society
BBC Radio 4
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What's Eating The Museum?
The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.
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The Kill Factor
Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.
BBC Radio 4
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Cat Women of the Moon
Sarah Hall explores the popular sci-fi motif of an all-women society surviving without men
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Generation E
Lucy Ash sees how young Europeans are facing up to a time of economic and political crisis
BBC Radio 4
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Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square
Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986
BBC Radio 4
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The Peace Corps Writers
Bridget Kendall evaluates America's 'missionaries of democracy' in the Peace Corps.
BBC Radio 4
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The British Caste Conundrum
Paul Sinha finds some British Asians believe caste discrimination is alive and well in UK.
BBC Radio 4
