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  1. Sundance Special

    Tom Brook goes to the Sundance Film Festival and talks to Robert Redford.

    BBC News Channel

  2. 4 Better 4 Worse: The Anatomy of a String Quartet

    The British Lindsay Quartet attend the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland.

    BBC Four

  3. The Real Mr Pooter

    Documentary about George Grossmith, author of classic comic novel The Diary of a Nobody.

    BBC Four

  4. Who Was Bessie Head?

    Hugh Quarshie talks to those who knew one of Africa's most brilliant writers: Bessie Head

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. In the Director's Chair

    Film-maker Alex Cox assesses the life of Citizen Kane creator, Orson Welles.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. A Gothic Cathedral

    Simon Fanshawe's story of Roget's Thesaurus compiled by an eminent Victorian.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. The Dalesman

    Harry Gration explores the story of a magazine dedicated to life in the Yorkshire Dales.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Front Row

    Arts news and reviews.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Bollywood Brass Band

    Soprano saxophone player Joe Cohen gives a guide to a unique Indian brass band

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. The First Pirate

    The story of Captain Plugge's Radio Normandie, the first station to take on the BBC.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. The Snowman

    Some of the myths and history surrounding the figure of the snowman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Opening Nights: Oliver

    Based on the Dickens' story, Lionel Bart's musical starring Ron Moody opened in 1960.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. No One Left and No One Came

    Anne Harvey visits the countryside that inspired Edward Thomas's poem 'Adlestrop'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. The Holton Players

    Jim Broadbent revisits his Lincolnshire village roots.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. Ladybird, Ladybird

    The story of Ladybird children's books like the Peter and Jane series – what's the future?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Where Were You When Bambi's Mother Was Shot?

    Ian Christie explores the impact of an animated film classic on young war-torn Britons.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Custodians of the Word

    Who guards literary reputations after a writer dies?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Sunflowers

    Tim Marlow investigates Van Gogh's late passion for sunflowers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Moving Pictures

    Emrys Evans recalls the 1939 evacuation of the National Gallery's entire art collection.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. A Good Read

    Helen Dunmore and Diana Quick discuss books by Jean Rhys and Robert Louis Stevenson.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Tales From The Statue

    The cultural impact of Han Christian Andersen's statue in New York.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Bluebird Over the White Cliffs of Dover

    Ian Hislop discovers the chequered history of this musical mainstay of the British nation.

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    The People's D-Day

    Libby Purves follows the way Britain prepared for the assault on Normandy in June 1944.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Dicing With Dragons

    Before Peter Jackson made it respectable, teenage boys fought imaginary orcs and dragons

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    Following the British Saturday night and the bright Sunday morning that unerringly follows

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The People's Palace

    Crystal Palace put the world under glass. Michael Rosen revisits its glorious past.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Poems for Infant Minds

    Nigel Forde looks at the development of children's poetry.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Arch Rivals

    Felicity Finch balances the claims of rival ballet shoe makers

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Cut Price Classics

    Simon Townley recalls the vinyl revolution of the 1950s and 60s.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Losing The Children

    Michael Rosen explores the meaning behind one of Germany's greatest fairy tales.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Tiny Tim

    The story of eccentric American falsetto singer and ukulele player, Tiny Tim.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. John Mortimer in Conversation

    The late Sir John Mortimer, in conversation with Mark Lawson.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Revelations

    Thomas DeFrantz explores Alvin Ailey's dance masterpiece, Revelations.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Lady Curzon and a Pineapple

    Ian Peacock celebrates the pineapple.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Peter and the Wolf

    Pianist and entertainer Rainer Hersch assesses the classic children's musical.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Soul Self Satisfaction: The Story Of Northern Soul

    How Northern Soul developed in 60s Britain from a love of Black American music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. The Obit Writers

    Meets the people whose challenge is to encapsulate an entire lifetime in just a few words.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Then-Now

    A unique 'radio poem' composed from recordings of a single minute from a single day.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Life in the Boondocks

    Gary Younge meets the outspoken cartoonist and author of the provocative comic strip.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Playing the Salesman

    Christopher Bigsby talks to actors and directors on portraying Willy Loman. From 2006.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. The Iceman

    Ruth Evans follows two Kenyan snow sculptors as they try to reach the Winter Olympics.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. The Life of the Secret Gardener

    Children's writer Anne Fine investigates the complex life of Frances Hodgson Burnett.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Land of My Fathers

    Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins and others reveal the history of the Welsh national anthem.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The King of the Swingers

    The late Humphrey Lyttelton profiles singer and trumpeter Louis Prima.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Travels with the Hat Box

    Broadcaster and former member Huw Williams tells the story of the Brynmawr Folk Dancers.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Laurel and Hardy on Tour

    The impact of the Hollywood comedy duo’s European tours from 1932 to 1954.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Shake It, Baby

    Libby Purves meets leading figures in the UK's neo-burlesque revolution.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Wildlife Illustrated

    Brian Leith explores the role of the wildlife illustrator in the past and the present.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Good Timing

    Nina Perry demonstrates and celebrates the secrets of good timing.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Fat Lads Don't Dance

    Lilia Kopylova explores the average British male's total lack of interest in dancing.

    BBC Radio 4

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