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  1. Sea City - Band School

    Royal Marines School of Music pupils battle for a career in the Royal Marines Band Service

    BBC One

  2. Children Saved from the Nazis: The Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

    The powerful story of one man's heroism in the face of Nazi brutality.

    BBC One

  3. Sea City - The Humber Estuary

    The teams keeping the treacherous waters of the Humber open for shipping.

    BBC One

  4. Sea City - Changing Tyne

    A look at how is life changing on the River Tyne.

    BBC One

  5. Welsh or English? Lucy Owen's Big School Dilemma

    Lucy Owen tackles the dilemma of where her son should have his secondary school education.

    BBC One Wales

  6. Britain's Brainiest School

    A look behind the doors of the Cardiff Sixth Form College.

    BBC One Wales

  7. Search for A*

    Wynne Evans, Behnaz Akhgar and Omar Hamdi attempt to get A* grades in real GCSE exams.

    BBC One Wales

  8.

    Editing Life

    Matthew Cobb explores the excitement and concerns about the new genome editing technology.

    BBC Radio 4

  9.

    Unnatural Selection

    Adam Hart reveals how humanity is altering the evolutionary paths of other creatures.

    BBC Radio 4

  10.

    Reaction Time

    Stories about love straight from the smartphones of Radio 4 listeners.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Virtual Reality Virgin

    Tyger Drew-Honey explores how high-spec virtual reality headsets could change how we live.

    BBC Three

  12. Camila's Kids Company: The Inside Story

    This film records the dramatic implosion of one of Britain's best-known charities.

    BBC One

  13. Grime Scene Queens

    Following Marie Fagan and her all-girl extreme cleaning team.

    BBC One Scotland

  14. The Docklands Bomb: Executing Peace

    Looking at the events that resulted in the Docklands bombing twenty years ago.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  15.

    Batman and Ethan

    Ethan, a 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician, learns echolocation.

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    Unhappy Child, Unhealthy Adult

    How traumatic experiences in childhood contribute to poor health and shorter lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    Choose Life

    Twenty years after Trainspotting's release, the real-life addicts who inspired the actors.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Facelifts and Fillers

    Following the patients and doctors at one of Scotland's busiest cosmetic medicine clinics.

    BBC Scotland

  19. Linda Smith: A Modern Radio Star

    Andy Hamilton presents a tribute to comedian Linda Smith.

    BBC Radio 4

  20.

    Ireland's Treasures Uncovered

    The story of the iconic Irish artefacts that have helped shape and create modern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  21.

    Musical Variations: The Life of Angela Morley

    The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

    Stephen Fry follows up on his 2006 series about manic depression.

    BBC One

  23. My Baby, Psychosis and Me

    Documentary following two mums for whom childbirth triggers postpartum psychosis.

    BBC One

  24.

    Simon Schama: The Obliterators

    Simon Schama offers some context for the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq.

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    An Eton Experience

    Each year disadvantaged pupils get the opportunity to enter the hallowed corridors of Eton

    BBC Radio 4

  26.

    Glad to Be Grey

    Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey".

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. A Border of Life and Death

    Following 62-year-old Annie Mulholland's campaign for fairer cancer care in Wales.

    BBC One Wales

  28. In It to Wynne It

    Wynne Evans joins the Swansea Synchro team to learn a special Bollywood-inspired routine.

    BBC One Wales

  29.

    The Pope's Letters

    Extracts from letters charting a friendship between Pope John Paul II and a married woman.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    Ghosts of the Tsunami

    Five years after Japan's tsunami, some survivors report seeing the ghosts of the dead.

    BBC Radio 4

  31.

    Brexit: What Happens to Scotland?

    What impact would Brexit have on Scotland's politics and economy? Sarah Smith investigates

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Dunblane: Our Story

    Commemorating the Dunblane shooting, one of the worst firearms atrocities in the UK.

    BBC One Scotland

  33.

    Sport and Fitness: Running in Circles

    As the Olympics approach, Peter White considers the confusion over sport and fitness.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Outsourced Radio

    Outsourced Radio - broadcasting in a new financial age! Now you make radio content for us.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Britain's Secret Slavery Business

    Darragh MacIntyre exposes the reality of modern-day slavery and exploitation in Britain.

    BBC Two

  36. Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis

    Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover how migrants are coping during winter in Europe.

    BBC One

  37. The Boy with No Hands

    Documentary following Alan Gifford, who is looking to receive a £30,000 bionic hand.

    BBC One Wales

  38. Boris: The London Years

    Jo Coburn takes a behind-the-scenes look at Boris Johnson's eight years as mayor of London

    BBC One

  39. Lord Byron and the Hebrew Melodies

    The little-known story of how the poem She Walks in Beauty was set to Jewish music.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    The Horns of a Dilemma

    Will the sale of harvested rhino horn help to stop poaching?

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Dance Your Life Away

    Contemporary community dance in Oxford, from the cradle to the grave

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    The Returnees

    How should Britain manage its returning foreign fighters?

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Good Friday Meditation

    Canon Mark Oakley reflects on Good Friday in the 400th year since Shakespeare's death.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Life inside 'Islamic State'

    Mike Thomson reports on an extraordinary series of diaries on life inside 'Islamic State'.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. 'It'll Be Fine!' - The Story of Yorkshire Rows

    The story of a phenomenal team of rowers formed of four working mothers from Yorkshire.

    BBC News

  46. Swansea Sparkle: A Transgender Story

    Following three people from the transgender community in the lead-up to Swansea Sparkle.

    BBC One Wales

  47. Hayley: Call Centre's Tanning Addict

    Hayley Pearce examines the rise in extreme tanning.

    BBC One Wales

  48. Rescue 193

    Behind the scenes with Cornwall's 771 Naval Air Squadron.

    BBC One

  49.

    1916: A Letter from Ireland

    Fintan O'Toole looks at letters written at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  50.

    How to Turn Your Life Around

    Succeeding against the odds. What does it take to turn your life around?

    BBC Radio 4

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