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  1. In Doubt We Trust

    Mark Vernon examines how desire for certainty has affected people's ability to doubt

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Working Girls

    Girls with a bad work ethic are teamed with businesswomen who try to whip them into shape

    BBC Three

  3. The Narrowcasters

    Series featuring some of Europe's most unusual minority TV stations with Nigel Cassidy

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Referendum 2011 - The Power Debates

    Betsan Powys is joined by leading campaigners to face an audience of voters

    BBC One Wales

  5. The Search for Growth

    Stephanie Flanders sets out on the search for growth in Britain's economy

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. The Story of Economics

    Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. Cadbury Kraft: A Year On

    Miles Warde reports on one of the biggest corporate takeovers in UK history

    BBC Radio 4

  8. videoGaiden

    Video game review show, made by gamers for gamers

    BBC Two Scotland

  9. Royal Upstairs Downstairs

    Tim Wonnacott and Rosemary Shrager travel in the footsteps of Queen Victoria

    BBC Two

  10. Letters to the Arab World

    Five writers consider the momentous events that are reshaping the Arab world

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Science Betrayed

    Dr Adam Rutherford investigates topical science stories

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. While the Boys Are Away

    Gareth Jones meets soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh and their families

    BBC Radio Wales

  13. The Secret War on Terror

    The inside story of the intelligence war which has been fought against Al Qaeda since 9/11

    BBC Two

  14. Rodney's Farm

    Farmer Rodney Elliott examines the revolutionary changes in farming over the last century.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  15. Referendum 2011 - The Results

    Jamie Owen has the results of the referendum on increasing the Welsh Assembly's powers

    BBC One Wales

  16. Let's Get Quizzical

    Russell Davies's history of radio quizzes and panel games

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Windfarm Wars

    Following what happened when a windfarm developer tried to build a windfarm in Devon.

    BBC Two

  18. Wonderful Ways to Beat the Recession

    Satirist Joe Queenan meet the brains behind the businesses bucking the economic downturn

    BBC Radio 4

  19. The RSC at 50

    James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company as it celebrates its 50th birthday

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  20. Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment

    Goldie seeks out young people with a talent and passion for music

    BBC Two

  21. Who'd be a Social Worker

    Simon Cox follows social workers through their training and into their first jobs

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Red Letter Day

    Series looking at key events in Wales through archive footage

    BBC One Wales

  23. Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson

    Adam Nicolson's story of the popular British garden, started by his grandparents in 1932

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Britain's Next Big Thing

    Buying teams of three high street giants look for the next bestselling product.

    BBC Two

  25. Hadau Aberystwyth

    Iola Wyn yn ymweld ag IBERS - un o adrannau Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Iola Wyn visits IBERS.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  26. Kidult

    Series of international documentaries about children

    BBC Four

  27. Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    Julia Bradbury travels along Britain's network of canals and their towpath trails.

    BBC Four

  28. Bronzeville Lives: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    Portrait of the Chicago city of Bronzville

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Jam Generation Takes Power

    Anne McElvoy meets leading figures from the new generation at the top of British politics

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Wild Week Live

    Etta Halliday is spending the week looking at how nature 'shows off' at this time of year

    BBC Radio Ulster

  31. The Street That Cut Everything

    Nick Robinson persuades one street in Preston to give up all council services for 6 weeks.

    BBC One

  32. Gilbert's Glory

    Ruth Padel explores writer WS Gilbert's work 100 years after his death

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Andrew Marr's Megacities

    Andrew Marr learns how the world's largest cities feed, protect and move their citizens.

    BBC One

  34. The Story of Scottish Men

    Gerry Hassan explores the pressures and expectations on Scottish men.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  35. The Truth about Wildlife

    Chris Packham presents a personal view on what's going wrong with the UK's wildlife

    BBC One

  36. Welsh Millennium Babies

    Documentary charting the lives of a group of children born at the turn of the 21st century

    BBC One Wales

  37. Derek's Dreaming Again

    Series following the exploits of Fermanagh farmer Derek Thornton

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  38. Giogha

    Brothers James and William MacSporran go on a trip around Giogha.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  39. Dannsa/Scotland Is Dancing

    Anne Morrison and Kevin Walker present a series following six dance groups

    BBC ALBA

  40. The Root of All Evil: Christianity and Money

    Giles Fraser explores the story of the Christian church's attitude to money

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Passion in Port Talbot

    How Michael Sheen inspired his hometown to create an ambitious piece of theatre

    BBC One Wales

  42. Taboo be Doo

    Terence Blacker explores politically incorrect music over the last century

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Young at Heart: Celebrating 75 Years of Wales Young Farmers

    Shan Cothi celebrates 75 years of Wales Young Farmers Club

    BBC Radio Wales

  44. Perfume

    Series going inside the multi-billion-dollar business of the global perfume industry

    BBC Four

  45. The Great British Weather

    BBC's live magazine show celebrating and tapping into the nation's obsession with weather.

    BBC One

  46. Suilean Coimheach

    Updates of programmes from the archive

    BBC ALBA

  47. Spirit of Wimbledon

    A series of four films celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Wimbledon tournament.

    BBC Two

  48. The Hunt for Bin Laden

    Gordon Corera tells the story of the search for the world's most wanted terrorist

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Soft Power Hard News

    How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Ninety Year Nation

    Dr. Eamon Phoenix explores how the state of Northern Ireland came into being

    BBC Radio Ulster

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