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  1. Climbing Great Buildings

    Dr Jonathan Foyle scales Britain's most iconic structures to reveal their secrets.

    BBC Two

  2. Out of Tune

    Robert Sandall discovers the differences in musical tuning around the world

    BBC Radio 7

  3. The Classroom Experiment

    Education theory and practice get tested when Professor Wiliam takes over one Year 8 class

    BBC Two

  4. Run up to the Ryder Cup

    Follows the preparations for the 2010 Ryder Cup in South Wales

    BBC Radio 4

  5. High Life

    A look at the life of Divis Tower in Belfast

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  6. Rebels

    Cyfres ar rai o gymeriadau lliwgar Cymru. A series on some of Wales' colourful characters.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  7. A Life Without Work

    Richard Bilton follows up a one hundred year old investigation into unemployment

    BBC Two

  8. Making Scotland's Landscape

    Professor Iain Stewart reveals how centuries of human activity have changed Scotland's landscape.

    BBC One Scotland

  9. The Big Silence

    Abbot Christopher Jamison tries to teach five people the value of silent meditation

    BBC Two

  10. Choirboys

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  11. Freak Like Me

    Series which uncovers Britain's weird and wonderful habits and obsessions

    BBC Three

  12. Giles and Sue Live the Good Life

    Giles Coren and Sue Perkins find out what it takes to live the self-sufficient dream

    BBC Two

  13. Wall in the Mind

    Lynsey Hanley explores the barriers to social mobility

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Teensville

    Documentary series

    BBC Switch

  15. House on the Hill

    Series going behind the scenes to reveal the real life stories inside Stormont

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  16. Laochra Loch Lao

    Documentary following the story Belfast's Irish speaking Gaelic football team

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  17. Films of Scotland

    Greg Hemphill takes a look at some of the over one hundred films made to sell Scotland

    BBC One Scotland

  18. Jules Hudson - Dig 1940

    Jules Hudson goes on a journey of discovery into Britain's darkest and 'finest hour'.

    BBC Two

  19. Mu Chuairt Uibhist a Tuath

    Isa MacKillop begins her exploration of Lochmaddy, North Uist at the pier.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  20. The Bus Pass Road Trips

    Dominic Arkwright meets senior citizens who have used their bus passes to take to the road

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Five Guys Named Mohammed

    Five men called Mohammed reflect on their lives

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Victoria Derbyshire Interviews

    Victoria Derbyshire Interviews

    BBC News

  23. A Woman's World

    Series about men with jobs in traditionally female workplaces

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Where England Meets Wales

    Hardeep Singh Kohli journeys down the border between England and Wales

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Quitting Crime

    Documentary charting the progress of ex-prisoners helping today's inmates to reform.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  26. Lords a Living

    Ruth McDonald takes members of the House of Lords to the titular land of their peerages

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Europeans on the Edge

    Lucy Ash profiles Europeans whose lives reflect the crisis in the European economy

    BBC Radio 4

  28. The Completists

    Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Life at 24 Frames a Second

    David Thomson takes a personal journey through how cinema has changed us

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. Blues to the Bone: The Life of Etta James

    Candi Staton presents the story of the great RnB singer.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  31. Wheels Coming off at the Rotary?

    Allan Beswick investigates how The Rotary Club will cope as its membership declines

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Cannabis: What's the Harm?

    Ex-EastEnders star James Alexandrou on a quest to find out the truth about cannabis

    BBC Three

  33. Music in the Dark Years

    How Paris's musical scene flourished during the 'dark years' of Nazi Occupation

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Thar an Aiseig

    Series profiling the people who use and the people who run Scotland's ferries

    BBC ALBA

  35. The Secret History of Social Networking

    Rory Cellan-Jones traces its roots

    BBC Radio 4

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  36. A Farmer's Life For Me

    Couples with a dream of leaving the rat-race compete to run their very own farm in Suffolk

    BBC Two

  37. Europe: Driving on the Right

    Chris Bowlby looks at how the far right is influencing mainstream European politics

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. On Your Bike

    Martin Ellis presents a history of the bicycle

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. The Queen at 80

    Documentary examining the events which formed and influence the Queen's character

    BBC One

  40. The Chinese Are Coming

    Investigating what the world will be like if China becomes the world's economic superpower

    BBC Two

  41. Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams

    Nicholas Boulton reads Christopher Stevens' portrait of the legendary comedian

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Na Comainn Cheilteach

    A look at the Celtic Societies of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  43. Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream

    Autobiography by a Tory grandee. Read by Oliver Ford Davies

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Against the Grain

    Five people defy their culture and tradition to stand up for a belief or to follow a dream

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Community That Saved the Farm

    The remarkable story of how a community set out to buy and rescue a farm

    BBC Radio Wales

  46. Cyfrifiad

    Golwg ar y Gymru Gymraeg ar drothwy cyfrifiad. Wales on the threshold of a census.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  47. Genius Unrecognised

    Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five inventions that define our world today

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. The Chaplin Archive

    Exploring the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  49. Story of Ireland

    Fergal Keane presents a landmark series charting the history of Ireland and her people.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  50. When Teenage Meets Old Age

    Four young people volunteer to work as carers in a retirement village

    BBC Two

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