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  1. Byng Ballads: The Story of Douglas Byng

    Julian Clary plays camp cabaret star, drag artiste and finest of panto dames

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. The New Global Economics

    Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, examines the global financial situation

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society

    Matthew Taylor explores the coming 'Brain Culture'

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Pipe Dreamers

    Two-part documentary about pipe bands competing for the world title.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  6. The Family Has Been Informed: Letters from the Heart

    As the two minutes silence approaches, one family's story brings insight to Remembrance.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  7. The Last Explorers

    Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration

    BBC One Scotland

  8. My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark

    Colin Clark's memoir of his fleeting friendship with Marilyn Monroe

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin

    Claire Tomalin's acclaimed biography of Britain's great novelist. Read by Penelope Wilton.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. An Orb @ 100

    Sùil air gnìomhachas a' Chlò Hearaich agus an Orb a' comharrachadh ceud bliadhna.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  11. Your Desert Island Discs

    Kirsty Young presents tracks that listeners have chosen to take to a desert island

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. How New Is the New Philanthropy?

    Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. Tales from the Arab Spring

    Jeremy Bowen hears first-hand accounts of the revolution which started in Tunisia

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Glasgow City FC

    Scotland's most successful women's football team

    BBC ALBA

  15. The Bishop and the Prisoner

    The bishop of Liverpool talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the penal system

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. The People Fixers

    Susan Calman explores why we increasingly look to others to fix our lives.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  17. Dear Professor Hawking

    BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to scientist Professor Stephen Hawking

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. The Grammar School: A Secret History

    Personal stories and rare archive reveal the history of the British grammar school system.

    BBC Four

  19. David Cameron's Big Idea

    Steve Richards explores David Cameron's vision for the state and society

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. The Career Crashers

    Series following the journey of the four recruits from Up for Hire in more detail

    BBC Three

  21. How Sex Works

    Exploring the physiological, neurological and psychological effects of sex

    BBC Three

  22. Mu Chuairt Uibhist a Tuath

    Prògram a' leantainn turas timcheall Uibhist a Tuath.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  23. Among the Managers

    Robert Peston lifts the lid on the multi-million pound football management industry

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. To Strive and Seek

    Sara Wheeler studies the men on Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova polar expedition

    BBC Radio 4

  25. What's the Benefit?

    Tom Heap aims to get behind the tabloid headlines on the UK's unemployed

    BBC Radio 4

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  26. Europe's Choice

    Allan Little looks at key moments and issues that brought the EU to the current crisis

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. The World Against Apartheid: Have You Heard from Johannesburg?

    Series of documentaries covering the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system

    BBC Four

  28. Putin, Russia and the West

    How Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.

    BBC Two

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  29. Late 'n' Live Guide to Comedy

    The success of the notorious late night comedy club.

    BBC One Scotland

  30. What Are the Police For?

    Mark Easton asks what the UK public wants from its police force

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Protecting Our Children

    Follows Bristol's child protection teams over the course of a year

    BBC Two

  32. The Diamond Queen

    Andrew Marr presents three films looking at the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II

    BBC One

  33. Doctor - Tell Me the Truth

    James Reason explores how patient safety can be improved by doctors admitting mistakes

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Britain's Heritage Heroes

    Series celebrating the people dedicated to maintaining Britain's rich history.

    BBC Two

  35. Tales of the Unexplained

    Clare English goes on a personal exploration into the unexplained.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  36. Catholics

    Series about what it means to be a Catholic in Britain today

    BBC Four

  37. The Tube

    A look behind the scenes of the London underground as it undergoes its biggest overhaul.

    BBC Two

  38. Building the Big Society

    Giles Edwards follows the work of people implementing the government's flagship policy

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. The Global Reach

    Katie Derham presents real-life stories from people around the globe

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Return of the South China Tiger

    Sue Armstrong reports on a daring plan to save the South China tiger from extinction

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Making the Story of Wales

    Behind the scenes of the Story of Wales

    BBC Two

  42. Tilleadh Dhachaigh - gu Iochdair Thròndairnis

    Ailean Caimbeul air chuairt a sgìre Thròndairnis san Eilean Sgitheanach..

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  43. North and South: Across the Great Divide

    Ian Marchant takes a trip along the line dividing the North of England from the South

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  44. Venice 24/7

    Series which follows Venice's emergency and public services

    BBC Four

  45. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

    Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power.

    BBC Four

  46. Swansea: Living on the Streets

    Hard-hitting series on homelessness, featuring extraordinary, compelling personal stories.

    BBC One Wales

  47. High School

    A year in the life of one of Europe's biggest schools, Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow

    BBC One Scotland

  48. Riots and Revolutions: My Arab Journey

    Nel Hedayat meets the young rebels of the Arab spring and sees a new wave of violence

    BBC Three

  49. Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved

    Investigative reporter Tom Mangold journeys inside the Bermuda Triangle

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Caileagan an Iasgaich

    Three women take on the 'men's work' of crewing North Sea trawlers

    BBC ALBA

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