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  1. Grunwick Changed Me

    Maya Amin-Smith explores the legacy of the Grunwick dispute, four decades after it began.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. A Sea Shanty for Charles Causley

    Film-maker and writer Jane Darke puts out to sea with the Cornish poet Charles Causley.

    BBC Radio 4

  3.

    In the Criminologist's Chair

    David Wilson talks to former bank robber Noel 'Razor' Smith about his life in crime.

    BBC Radio 4

  4.

    Personalised Medicine: Dose by Design

    Vivienne Parry asks if the NHS can deliver the benefits of genomic medicine for all.

    BBC Radio 4

  5.

    Looping Swans

    Tutus, tanks and Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake's strange pas de deux with the fate of Russia.

    BBC Radio 4

  6.

    Mind Reading

    Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds..

    BBC Radio 4

  7. I Was There

    Fans of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix recall seeing them live in Belfast in the 60s.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  8.

    Hersey's Hiroshima

    Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.

    BBC Radio 4

  9.

    The Truth about Children Who Lie

    Psychotherapist Philippa Perry investigates when and why children lie.

    BBC Radio 4

  10.

    How We Voted Brexit

    Remainers and Brexiteers reveal the thinking that shaped their EU referendum campaigns.

    BBC Radio 4

  11.

    Alvin Hall Goes Back to School

    Financial guru Alvin Hall returns to his Florida hometown.

    BBC Radio 4

  12.

    What Point Prison? The Debate

    Stephen Sackur chairs a debate in Nottingham about the role of prison in the 21st century.

    BBC Radio 4

  13.

    The Inflamed Mind

    Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?

    BBC Radio 4

  14.

    L'origine de L'Origine du monde

    Viv Groskop explores Gustave Courbet's notorious and explicit painting.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. The Legendary Angela Lansbury

    Multi-award winning actress Angela Lansbury in conversation with Emma Thompson.

    BBC Radio 2

  16.

    Brexit: The Leavocrats

    Gus O'Donnell reports on how the civil service is working to make Brexit happen.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    A River of Steel

    An immersive river journey through the city of Sheffield and its industrial past.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Cities from the Ashes

    350 years after the Great Fire, Nicholas Kenyon explores the challenges for London today.

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    Sushi Marriages

    How do Sunni-Shia couples handle the deepening gulf between their two sects of Islam?

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Can Britain Have a Payrise?

    100 workers face each other in a studio to work out whether Britain can have a pay rise.

    BBC Two

  21. Being Mavis Nicholson: TV's Greatest Interviewer

    How Mavis Nicholson became Britain's first female chat show host.

    BBC One Wales

  22.

    A Journey Through English

    The changing accents on the UK's longest rail journey, the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance.

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Great Fire 350

    Behind the scenes of London's Burning, a spectacle marking 350 years since the Great Fire.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    Funny Money

    Former Lehman Brothers banker Henry Dodds explores our relationship with money.

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    Antony Gormley: Missing Continents at the British Museum

    The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view

    BBC Radio 4

  26.

    Standing Up to the Sharing Economy

    Mary Ann Sieghart on how hotel, music and car companies are fighting off the competition.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Scotland at the Games

    A review of Scotland's most successful Olympic Games ever on foreign soil.

    BBC One Scotland

  28. Tank Men

    Rob Bell tells the story of the First World War tank men.

    BBC One

  29. Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

    Paul McGann narrates the story of how Massive Attack's debut album, Blue Lines, was made.

    BBC One

  30. The Making of a Master

    Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.

    BBC One

  31. Being Jamie Baulch: The Search for My Birth Dad

    Olympic sprinter Jamie Baulch sets out to find his biological father.

    BBC One Wales

  32.

    The Muhammadan Bean: The Secret History of Islam and Coffee

    Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the longstanding relationship between Islam and coffee.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. The Severn Bridge at 50: A High Wire Act

    Celebrating the 50th birthday of the Severn Bridge.

    BBC One Wales

  34.

    The Online Identity Crisis

    Anjana Ahuja believes we should take control of our online identity before it is too late.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    The Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums

    Five Muslim mums come together to discuss the hate messages their children are exposed to.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    Graffiti: Paint and Protest

    Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?

    BBC Radio 4

  37. A Very British Deterrent

    The remarkable events that secured Britain's first submarine-launched nuclear missiles.

    BBC Two

  38. Vote

    Following five hopeful candidates during the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  39.

    Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love

    Tulip Mazumdar finds young people in Japan rejecting intimacy and a population in decline.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    Still Loving Thy Neighbour?

    Mark Hodkinson revisits the sitcom Love Thy Neighbour, forty years after it was last shown

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    The King of Dreams

    Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Scotland's Blackpool Romance

    Jenny Eclair heads to Blackpool to ask why Scottish holidaymakers keep coming back.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  43. Capability Brown

    The latest technology brings Capability Brown's garden to life.

    BBC One

  44. Future Tense - The Story of H.G. Wells

    How did a sleepy corner of the country inspire some fantastic science fiction ideas?

    BBC One

  45. Reggie Yates: Touchdown USA

    Reggie Yates presents a look at America as seen through the eyes of the NFL.

    BBC One

  46. Enigma de Blaghd

    Documentary profiling Ernest Blythe, an Irish politician and journalist.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  47.

    UNESCO: 70 Years of Peacekeeping

    Charlotte Higgins explores the work of the UN's peacekeeping agency.

    BBC Radio 4

  48.

    Reporting Terror: A Dangerous Game

    Journalists debate terrorism in the news. Does the media need a new approach?

    BBC Radio 4

  49.

    Curvalicious

    What is wrong with being black and curvy? Bridgitte Tetteh investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  50.

    A Casual Clearance

    Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.

    BBC Radio 4

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