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  1. The Pennine Way

    Explorer Paul Rose presents a documentary series about Britain's first national trail.

    BBC One

  2. Can Soup Change the World?

    The BBC takes an innovative business idea from Motor City and spreads it around the world.

    BBC News Channel

  3. Arts Technologica

    Series exploring how technology is changing the arts.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Mitch Benn Specials

    Musical satirist Mitch Benn explores the work of various music stars.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Lemn Sissay's Homecoming

    Poet Lemn Sissay explores the nature of home through comedy, poetry and conversation

    BBC Radio 4

  6. The Folk of the Pennines

    Mark Radcliffe walks the Pennine Way to mark its fiftieth anniversary

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. VE Day: First Days of Peace

    Stories from around the regions to mark the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

    BBC One

  8. The Ogilvie Closure - Portrait of a Valley

    Steve Groves returns to Ogilvie Colliery 40 years after its closure

    BBC Radio Wales

  9. China's Football Revolution

    Clive Anderson visits China to find out why success at the sport has eluded the country.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Greatest Gardens

    Diarmuid Gavin and Helen Dillon visit three very different secret hideaways in N Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  11. Welsh Heartland: The Llŷn Peninsula

    Series following the people of Llŷn from the spring to autumn of 2014.

    BBC One Wales

  12. Protecting Our Foster Kids

    Follows Dorset County Council's fostering service over the course of a year.

    BBC Two

  13. Disney's Women

    The story of Walt's leading ladies as told by Brian Sibley and Diane Disney Miller

    BBC Radio 2

  14. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. Don't Tell the Bride

    A couple are given money for the wedding of their dreams - which the groom must organise.

    BBC One

  16. Lost Children of the Holocaust

    Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war BBC radio appeals

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Transplant Tales

    Series revealing the human stories behind the critical shortage of transplant organs,

    BBC One Scotland

  18. Me, My Selfie and I: Aimee Fuller's Generation Game

    Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller explores the selfie phenomenon

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  19. What Is a Story?

    Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary fiction

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Ewropa

    Griff Lynch yn sgwrsio gydag artistiaid sy'n byw mewn gwahanol rannau o Ewrop.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  21. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    David Olusoga explores Britain's dark past - how it was built on the profits of slavery.

    BBC Two

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  22. Who Wants to Be a Nurse?

    Jenny Clayton follows nurses in training to explore key issues and debates in nursing

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Britain at the Bookies

    Documentary examining the winners and losers in Britain's gambling revolution.

    BBC One

  24. The Great Songbook

    Cerys Matthews explores the songbooks of countries other than America

    BBC Radio 4

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  25. Random Radio

    Murray Lachlan Young and guests to explore sounds and ideas in unexpected ways

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Brits Abroad

    Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the other side of EU immigration

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office

    An eye-opening look inside the Post Office - an iconic institution reinventing itself.

    BBC Two

  28. The New Economy: Does Sharing Mean Caring?

    Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy, as espoused by chancellor George Osbourne

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School

    Five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Hampshire school.

    BBC Two

  30. The New Workplace

    Michael Robinson explores the dramatic changes happening in the workplace.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. The Misogyny Book Club

    Jo Fidgen and readers take a fresh look at books that contain misogynistic sentiments

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Stepping Stones

    Piers Plowright revisits sounds from his life that resonate with him still

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Secrets of China

    Billie JD Porter finds out what it's like to grow up in the world's most populous country.

    BBC Three

  34. Fear Beag a' Chridhe Mhòir

    Gaelic programme

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  35. Mending Young Minds

    Young patients and therapists talk about mental health conditions affecting young people.

    BBC Radio 4

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  36. Undercover NI

    Series lifting the lid on Northern Ireland's criminal underbelly

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  37. Oil: A Crude History of Britain

    Documentary series charting the legacy of Britain's oil boom, presented by James Naughtie

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Barking Mad: The Welsh Dog Spa

    Series follows life at Mucky Pups, owner Leanne Couch and the rest of the Couch family

    BBC One Wales

  39. Curry Wars

    Series following the hottest competition in Wales - Welsh Curry House of the Year.

    BBC One Wales

  40. Max's World Cup Warm-Up

    A chance to laugh and sing-a-long with Max Boyce ahead of the Rugby World Cup kick-off.

    BBC One Wales

  41. House of Cars

    Following the staff at Belfast's Charles Hurst dealership, the largest car lot in Europe

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  42. Computing Britain

    Hannah Fry reveals the UK's lead role in developing computer technologies we rely on today

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Sugar, Saris and Green Bananas

    Lainy Malkani uncovers her family's roots on the sugar plantations of British Guiana

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Burying Chernobyl

    The daughter of a former Chernobyl engineer returns to her father's workplace

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Girls Can Code

    Talent show in which five girls unleash the digital guru within themselves.

    BBC Three

  46. All Change at Longleat

    Documentary following one of the country's most extraordinary aristocratic families.

    BBC One

  47. Wheeler on America

    Journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler examines aspects of American society.

    BBC Four

  48. Balaich a' Bhiobaill/Bible Boys

    Following the first year of training for ministry in the Free Church of Scotland.

    BBC ALBA

  49. Gareth Thomas: Run for Your Life

    Gareth Thomas trains a group of ladies from the village of Deri to run a marathon

    BBC One Wales

  50. Two Men and a Mule

    Hugh Thomson and Benedict Allen look for lost cities and traces of Inca civilisation

    BBC Radio 4

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