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  1. Inside the Aid Industry

    Edward Stourton reports on the impact and effectiveness of international aid

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The Listening Project

    BBC Radio captures the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today

    BBC Radio Ulster

  3. Funny Business

    Revealing how top comedians can make a fortune from a wide range of comedy corporate gigs.

    BBC Two

  4. Pop-Up Economics

    Tim Harford tells an audience stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex

    Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. The Alien Balladeer

    Murray Lachlan Young creates, in ballad form, a series of comments on modern-day life

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Pierrot Hero: The Story of Clifford Essex

    Tony Lidington tells the story of the founder of a troupe of English Pierrot entertainers

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Look, Stranger

    An opportunity to view programmes from the BBC TV series Look, Stranger from the 1970s.

    BBC ALBA

  9. Here On a One Way Ticket

    Jennifer Tracey talks to people who have chosen to make a new life in Scotland.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  10. Technicolour

    Tracey Logan explores the world of colour, from biology to fashion

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  11. In Search of the British Dream

    Mukul Devichand seeks to see Britain through the eyes of those who have recently arrived

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Grahame Dangerfield: Back to the Serengeti

    Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track

    Documentary series revealing the inner workings of Britain's railways.

    BBC Two

  14. Departure Diaries

    Following some of the thousands of people emigrating abroad in search of new lives

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  15. In Defence of Bureaucracy

    Gus O'Donnell argues that bureaucracy is an essential part of a functioning democracy

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Who's the Pest?

    Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  17. Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places

    Series exploring Britain's glorious sacred sites

    BBC Four

  18. Baroque in Britain

    Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. After Saddam

    Hugh Sykes finds out how life in Iraq has changed over the past decade

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion

    Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing

    BBC Four

  21. Sgoil nan Cuileanan/Puppy School

    Sgoil nan Cuileanan - where obedient dogs rule!

    BBC ALBA

  22. An Independent People

    William Crawley tells the dramatic story of Ulster's Presbyterians

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  23. BBC News: The Editors

    The BBC's on-air editors answer the big questions about what's happening in the world.

    BBC One

  24. The Prison Restaurant

    Louise Elliott follows the progress of the inmates of Prescoed Prison

    BBC Radio Wales

  25. Turas Huiceara/A Hooker's Journey

    Three Connemara sailors make a journey on a Galway Hooker in search of their ancestors

    BBC ALBA

  26. BS5

    A trio of stories marking five years of the Bristol Short Story Prize

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Found

    Stories of family reunions after separation by tragedy, family circumstances or conflict

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Making News

    Steve Richards presents a three-part series examining the news

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea

    Comedy legend Victoria Wood travels the globe to explore Britain's love affair with tea.

    BBC One

  30. Journeys Down My Street

    Immigrants to Britain share their stories from the heart of their communities

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Remembering Humph'

    Remembering jazz musician and broadcaster, Humphrey Lyttelton

    BBC Radio 2

  32. How to Run Europe

    Anne McElvoy explores the history of governing Europe across three eras

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. The Big Ditch - How the Panama Canal Changed the World

    Jonny Dymond explores how digging a canal through the isthmus at Panama changed the world.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Crime Scene Rescue

    Rav Wilding and his team undertake the ultimate support for victims of burglaries.

    BBC One

  35. The Entrepreneurs

    Documentary following a group of Scots trying to create their own businesses.

    BBC Two Scotland

  36. Thames Crossings

    Piers Plowright visits points along the Thames where his life intersected with the river

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Richard Wagner - Power, Sex and Revolution

    Paul Mason takes a fresh look at the man whose music has always gripped him

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Swansea Market

    Series following the traders of Swansea Market over a period of three months

    BBC One Wales

  39. Swansea: Back on the Streets

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

    BBC One Wales

  40. Wales and Everest

    Documentary exploring the link between Wales and the highest mountain in the world.

    BBC Radio Wales

  41. In a Prince's Footsteps - Omnibus

    John McCarthy revisits sites of the Prince of Wales's photographic tour of 1862

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story

    Profile of Giorgio Moroder, the producer behind Donna Summer

    BBC Radio 2

  43. Signing Up at 16

    Penny Marshall presents a series that follows 16-year-olds through a year of army training

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Science of Music

    Prof Robert Winston looks at music with a scientist's eye

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Auction Hero

    Andrew Lamberty buys and sells items and donates the profits to a range of good causes

    BBC Two

  46. Mother Tongue Interference

    Five short autobiographies in two languages

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. Pentrefi Coll

    Taith nôl mewn hanes i glywed unwaith eto am rai o bentrefi coll Cymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  48. The New North

    Martin Goodman visits iconic new cultural buildings in search of a 'New North' of England

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Living with Poverty

    Hard-hitting documentaries offering insights into the nature and extent of poverty today.

    BBC One

  50. The Iraq War

    The big players from Washington, London and Baghdad tell the inside story of the war.

    BBC Two

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