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  1. Fifty Years Around the Clock

    The story of the first rock 'n' roll song to reach number 1. Featuring Sir Cliff Richard.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Hallelujah! The Story of Handel's Messiah

    Composer Howard Goodall marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death.

    BBC Two

  3. The Hull Truck Story

    The story of the Hull Truck Theatre company and its move to new premises.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Baghdad of the Mind

    An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. The Lyrics of Bob Dylan

    Music critic Laura Barton attempts to decode the lyrics of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

    BBC Radio 2

  6. Street Circus

    Midge Ure travels to Cape Town to visit Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Belonging Story

    Documentary about Welsh drama Belonging, featuring interviews with the cast and writers.

    BBC One Wales

  8. The Narnia Code

    CS Lewis expert Dr Michael Ward explains the hidden meaning behind the Narnia Chronicles.

    BBC One

  9. Calling Time on the Binge Drinkers

    French businessman PY Gerbeau examines our cultural obsession with drinking to excess.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Ossian

    The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. When Real Women Wore Minis and Real Men Drove Them

    Francesco da Mosto celebrates the original Italian Job movie, made in 1969.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. The Women of Rainer Maria Rilke

    The influence of significant women on the life and work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Calendar Girls: 10 Years On

    The inside story of the original WI Calendar Girls, from the first shoot to the last.

    BBC One

  14. Best: Made in Belfast

    A behind-the-scenes look at the production of BBC drama Best: His Mother's Son.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  15. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's Line of Enquiry

    Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne answer questions from the Radio 2 audience, led by Kate Thornton.

    BBC Radio 2

  16. Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers!

    We all know the phrase, but who was he? Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Peter Green: Man of the World

    After battling mental illness, ex-Fleetwood Mac frontman Peter Green recorded again.

    BBC Four

  18. The Manuscript Hunter

    Profile of Thomas Staley, who has bought the archives of UK writers for a Texas university

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Two Pints: The Love Triangle

    As the nation decides Gaz's love life, a look at the love triangle of Gaz, Janet and Donna

    BBC Three

  20. Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?

    How blues music travelled from southern USA to the heart of British pop and rock culture.

    BBC Four

  21. Libraries and Labyrinths: Borges and Me

    Peter White visits Argentina to hear about the work of blind fabulist Jorge Luis Borges.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Club Ealain Ghlaschu

    Sùil air an togalach air Sràid Bhath ann an cuideachd buill a' chlub.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  23. Happy Birthday Tommy Walker

    Nick Maes revisits and celebrates The Who's influential rock-opera, Tommy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - The Art of Backing Vocals

    Nick Barraclough celebrates the unsung singers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Flight of the Conchords: On Air

    Behind the scenes look at the cult comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians.

    BBC Four

  26.

    World Heritage: Curse or Blessing?

    Emily Maitlis asks if the UN's heritage police is a force for good or ill.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Monty Python in Aberystwyth

    Michael Palin and Terry Jones celebrate the lifting of the town's ban on The Life of Brian

    BBC One Wales

  28. A Very Theatrical Revolution

    Dominic Dromgoole goes in search of Shakespeare's indoor playhouse, Blackfriars Theatre.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29.

    The Deighton File

    Novelist Len Deighton talks to Patrick Humphries about his life and writing career.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Mr Haydn's London Experience

    Matthew King looks at composer Joseph Haydn's visits to London between 1791 and 1795.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    Film about James Brown's gig in Boston the night after Martin Luther King's assassination.

    BBC Four

  32. Poetry Please: Thirty Years of the People's Poetry

    A behind the scenes look at the world's longest running poetry request programme.

    BBC Four

  33. Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

    A look at one of the most peculiar offices in the establishment, that of Poet Laureate.

    BBC Four

  34. The Lost World of Arthur Conan Doyle

    Louise Welsh investigates how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle become an apostle of Spiritualism.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  35. Carol Ann Duffy: Secular Prayers

    Compilation of works by Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's first ever woman Poet Laureate.

    BBC Four

  36. The Great Contemporary Art Bubble Update

    Updated documentary investigating the worldwide contemporary art market.

    BBC Four

  37. Off by Heart

    Twelve primary school children reach the final of a national poetry recitation competition

    BBC Two

  38. Why Poetry Matters

    Griff Rhys Jones explores how verse has the power to enlighten, entertain and stimulate.

    BBC Two

  39. Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story with Johnnie Walker

    Singer-songwriter James Taylor talks to Johnnie Walker about his remarkable life.

    BBC Radio 2

  40. Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man

    Tour guide Dr Brigitte Timmermann uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. California Dreamin': The Mamas and the Papas

    Documentary about 1960s Californian pop group the Mamas and the Papas.

    BBC Four

  42. Scum

    Critic Mark Kermode examines the history of and controversy surrounding the 1979 film Scum

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Simon Schama's John Donne

    Simon Schama celebrates the life and work of love poet John Donne.

    BBC Two

  44. Armando Iannucci in Milton's Heaven and Hell

    Armando Iannucci journeys through Milton's life and his great poem Paradise Lost.

    BBC Two

  45. The Body of Art

    Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Pigion yr Urdd

    Hywel yn cyflwyno uchafbwyntiau'r wythnos o Eisteddfod yr Urdd. Eisteddfod highlights.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  47. I Know Where I'm Going!: 50 Years On

    Programme made for the fiftieth anniversary of classic movie I Know Where I'm Going!

    BBC Two

  48. Meet the British

    A look at the government-made films created in order to sell an ideal Britain overseas.

    BBC Four

  49. Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records

    The story of Island Records, the Jamaican-founded record label built by Chris Blackwell.

    BBC Four

  50. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Simon Armitage goes on the trail of one of the jewels in the crown of British poetry.

    BBC Four

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