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  1. My Yiddisher Mother Tongue

    David Schneider goes on a personal journey through Yiddish culture and language.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. La Chanson de Serge: The Serge Gainsbourg Story

    Malcolm McLaren visits the people and places central to Serge Gainsbourg's life story.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  3. Barbra Streisand: The Way I Am

    Paul Gambaccini talks to award-winning singer, actress and director Barbra Streisand.

    BBC Radio 2

  4. Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The BBC Lawyer's Cut

    The story of Monty Python from its humble beginnings to groundbreaking TV institution.

    BBC Two

  5. Gormley on Epstein

    An examination of the turbulent but pioneering career of the sculptor, Jacob Epstein.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. A Cymbal Tale

    Writer, comedian and rock drummer Andrew McGibbon explores the history of the cymbal.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Number 1 Ladies' Opera House

    No1 Ladies' Detective Agency creator Alexander McCall Smith's opera project in Botswana.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. 1929: Crash, Bang, Wallop

    Kirsty Wark explores the cultural impact of the 1929 financial crash and Great Depression.

    BBC Radio 2

  9. Na Buinn Òir 1

    The Gold Medal competition live from the Royal National Mod in Oban.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  10. Na Buinn Òir 2

    The first and final rounds of the traditional singing contest at the Royal National Mod.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  11. Texting Andy Warhol

    Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? Bidisha looks at text in art.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. An American Eye on Butetown

    American film-maker Dee Rees chooses Butetown, Cardiff as the setting for her new film.

    BBC Two Wales

  13. Liza Tarbuck In the Lounge With Andy Williams

    Liza Tarbuck talks to singer Andy Williams about his life in music.

    BBC Radio 2

  14. Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

    How a radical generation of 1960s and 70s musicians created a new German musical identity.

    BBC Four

  15. Butetown's Jukebox Juniors

    Nine talented members of a young dance crew face the biggest challenge of their lives.

    BBC Two

  16. Science vs The Stradivarius

    Can science master the Stradivarius? Professor Trevor Cox investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Diwali: Hindu Health Check

    Jessica Frazier investigates the ancient eastern medicine, Ayurveda.

    BBC One

  18. The Real Cabaret

    Alan Cumming discovers the stories and people behind the movie Cabaret.

    BBC Four

  19. Baroque and Roll: Townshend on Purcell

    Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer Henry Purcell.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. My Supermodel Baby

    Three sets of parents think their babies can become baby supermodels. Who will make it?

    BBC One

  21. To the Brink of Barra

    Jen Hadfield takes Jane Moncrieff on a poetic pilgrimage around her island home.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  22. High Flight

    Sean Street traces the trajectory of John Magee's poem High Flight.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. The Digitisation of a Radio Station

    Peter Reed discovers how the BBC's mammoth tape archive arrives on Radio 7.

    BBC Radio 7

  24. Ghosts in the Machine

    Documentary chronicling the supernatural on British TV, revisiting controversial shows.

    BBC Four

  25. Corridor of Sound

    Cerys Matthews takes a tour through the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.

    BBC Radio 2

  26. Where Do You Want Me (A Comic in Continental Crisis)

    Johnny Vegas explores the possibility of a future career on the Costa Blanca.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Jute to Drama: Dundee Rep's Double Birthday

    Edi Stark goes behind the scenes to talk to people at Scotland's only repertory company.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  28. Francis Bacon in His Own Words

    Collection of BBC archive on artist Francis Bacon, including an unseen 1965 interview.

    BBC Four

  29. Britain's Other Music Hall: The Story of the Blackface Minstrels

    Musician Tony Etoria explores the strange world of blackface minstrelsy.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. How David Hasselhoff Brought Down The Wall

    Richard Herring irreverently intertwines the fall of communism with the rise of The Hoff.

    BBC Radio 2

  31. The Mother Church of Country Music: The Ryman Auditorium

    Bob Harris takes a tour round the building known as 'the mother church of Country music'.

    BBC Radio 2

  32. Friday Night Is Mercer Night: Pardon My Southern Accent

    Clarke Peters explores Johnny Mercer's Savannah roots and how they influenced his songs.

    BBC Radio 2

  33. Friday Night Is Mercer Night: Manilow and Mercer

    Manilow presents his own personal view of lyricist and songwriter Johnny Mercer.

    BBC Radio 2

  34. The Story of Silence

    Rev Lionel Fanthorpe explores silence in remembrance, religion, philosophy, music and art.

    BBC Radio Wales

  35. The Inner World of Music

    Composer Matthew King discovers the extraordinary abilities of musical savants.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Journeys to Glory: The Spandau Ballet Story

    Jonathan Ross tells the story of one of the biggest UK bands of the 80s.

    BBC Radio 2

  37. Oulipo

    Ben Schott investigates Oulipo, the French experimental literary group.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Yr Wyl Gerdd Dant

    Wyl Gerdd Dant Casnewydd a'r Cylch 2009. The 2009 Cerdd Dant festival.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  39. Pigion yr Wyl Gerdd Dant

    Golwg nôl ar uchafbwyntiau'r Gwyl Gerdd Dant. Coverage of the Cerdd Dant Festival.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  40. Payola, the Pluggers and The Father of Rock and Roll

    Nick Barraclough tells the story of Alan Freed and the Payola Scandal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. The Real Merlin and Arthur

    Stars of the hit series Merlin explore Wales's connections to the legend of King Arthur.

    BBC Two Wales

  42. Sorley MacLean

    The life and work of Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean.

    BBC ALBA

  43. Where Is Modern Art Now?

    Art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the current state of British art.

    BBC Four

  44. Fallout from the Shore

    Libby Purves on how the film On the Beach brought dystopia to Hollywood.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Nightingale of the Nile

    Justin Adams explores the life of 20th-century Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. It Was A Dark and Stormy Night

    Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Spies Who Knew Too Much

    Mark Stephen explores the Highlands lodge that inspired the village in TV's The Prisoner.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  48. Eisteddfod Ffermwyr Ifanc

    Geraint Lloyd and Nia Lloyd Jones o'r Eisteddfod Ffermwyr Ifanc. YFC Eisteddfod coverage.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  49. What Is Beauty?

    Matthew Collings asks whether beauty is a matter of taste or a more universal concept.

    BBC Two

  50. The Art on Your Wall with Sue Perkins

    Sue Perkins explores the changing tastes in domestic art in post-war Britain.

    BBC Two

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