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  1. Painting The Loneliness

    An exploration of Edward Hopper's famous painting of a lonely bar in night-time New York.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Mayhem at the Ritz

    In the 60s, cinemas opened their doors to the latest music sensations. With Andrew Collins

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. What Makes a Great Tenor?

    Rolando Villazon takes us inside the world of the sexiest and riskiest of operatic voices.

    BBC Four

  4. A Legend Before Slumdog

    Navid Akhtar examines the career of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire composer AR Rahman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Chopsticks at Dawn

    Anna Chen exorcises the irritating Chinese musical cliches that haunted her childhood.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. The Carabinieri Art Squad

    Alex Butterworth meets the police team protecting Italy's priceless culture.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Edited Haylights

    Phil Rickman looks back over the literary highlights of the 2010 Hay Literary Festival.

    BBC Radio Wales

  8. EMI: Facing the Music

    Music icon EMI has been battling huge debts. The Telegraph's Damian Reece investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Hello, Good Evening and Welcome: The David Frost Story

    Actor Michael Sheen looks back at the legendary career of Sir David Frost.

    BBC Radio 2

  10. Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful

    Documentary taking viewers on tour and exploring the creative tensions that drive Bon Jovi

    BBC Two

  11. Talking Books

    Bestselling and critically acclaimed authors talk to Razia Iqbal about their work.

    BBC News

  12. Tag Me Amadeus

    Sue Perkins has her soul rendered in sound, as she explores the art of 'sonic branding'.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Open Mic Night: No Electrickery Required

    A collection of open-hearted tales from a mic-less open mic night at The Catweazle Club.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Ain't Gonna Play Sun City

    Steven Van Zandt looks back at the role music played in the anti-apartheid movement.

    BBC Radio 2

  15. Sing When You're Winning

    Ian McMillan explores the rich history and variety of terrace chants in British football.

    BBC Radio 2

  16. Frost on Satire

    David Frost looks into the power of political satire with the help of classic TV moments.

    BBC Four

  17. The Paris Bouquinistes

    Kirsty Lang heads to Paris to tell the story of the riverside booksellers, les bouqinistes

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Lady Plays the Blues

    Cerys Matthews investigates why so few women play the blues.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Back Home: Wilson, the World Cup, and the 1970 General Election

    How Labour snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as England lost the World Cup Crown.

    BBC Radio 2

  20. 'The Black CNN': When Hip Hop Took Control

    As Public Enemy's Fight the Power turns 21, Jazzie B explores the political side of rap.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Old Hack, New Tricks

    Journalism has changed - who'll land the best story: the young tyro or the old hack?

    BBC Radio Scotland

  22. Glastonbury Poetry Diaries

    Five performance poets keep poetry diaries as they arrive for the Glastonbury Festival.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. A Doggerel Bard

    The comic poet Elvis McGonagall explores the world of satirical verse.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. A Strange, Enchanted Boy

    Eden Ahbez is known for just one song, but it was a song that became world famous.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Carnegie Classics

    Anne Fine examines the Carnegie Medal, the prestigious children's literature prize.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. What Makes a Great Soprano?

    Dame Kiri Te Kanawa explores the physical and artistic demands of being a soprano.

    BBC Two

  27. Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability

    A look at the way disability has been portrayed on TV over the last 50 years.

    BBC Two

  28. Grayson Perry on Creativity and Imagination

    Artist Grayson Perry goes on a quest to discover what it means to be creative.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Men about the House

    A look at five decades of the father in British sitcoms.

    BBC Four

  30. The Doll's House

    A peek inside the miniature world of the doll's house which enchants children and adults.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Singing for Life

    Documentary telling the story of three black opera singers from the Cape Town townships.

    BBC Four

  32. Jazz in the Open Air

    The story of jazz outdoors - from the streets of New Orleans to a flyover in Birmingham.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. To Kill a Mockingbird at 50

    Andrew Smith visits Alabama to see how life there has changed in half a century.

    BBC Four

  34. Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird

    Dougray Scott celebrates Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning story To Kill a Mockingbird.

    BBC Radio 2

  35. Dick Barton: A Very Special Agent

    Alexander Armstrong examines the impact and popularity of special agent Dick Barton.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. My Politician is Funnier Than Yours

    Comedian Ava Vidal asks if devolution has changed the way we laugh at our politicians.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Kevin and Sadie

    Marie-Louise Muir talks to author Joan Lingard about her two most famous novels.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  38. Composing New York

    Tarik O'Regan offers a portrait of New York, siren city for composers from the Old World.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Beyond the Bothy

    Soap actress Joyce Falconer attempts to grasp the obscure art of bothy ballad singing.

    BBC Two Scotland

  40. Rich Hall's 'The Dirty South'

    Rich Hall sifts truth from fiction in Hollywood's version of the USA's southern states.

    BBC Four

  41. Do Pirates Rule the Air Waves?

    Former pirate radio DJ Trevor Nelson investigates illegal broadcasting in the UK today.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself

    Documentary about one of the true originals of American country music, Merle Haggard.

    BBC Four

  43. Eisteddfod '58

    Edrych yn ôl ar Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1958, Glyn Ebwy. The 1958 Eisteddfod at Ebbw Vale.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  44. Magic People and Places

    John Sugar explores the history of magic and the impact the internet has on magic.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Being Here: The Peter Sellers Story

    30 years after his death, Alexander Armstrong profiles the legendary Peter Sellers.

    BBC Radio 2

  46. Bro'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2010 - Blaenau Gwent a Blaenau'r Cymoedd

    Hywel Gwynfryn yn ein tywys o amgylch bro'r Eisteddfod. A tour of the 2010 Eisteddfod area

    BBC Radio Cymru

  47. All Round Bob Monkhouse

    Barry Cryer celebrates the life of Bob Monkhouse.

    BBC Radio 2

  48. The Games That Time Forgot

    Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines those that did not.

    BBC Four

  49. Bana-Bhàrd air Dìochuimhn'

    Na h-òrain aig Mairearad Ghriogarach à Siorrachd Pheairt, le Catriona Mhoireach.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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    Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

    Art historian Dr Nina Ramirez reveals the codes and messages hidden in Anglo-Saxon art.

    BBC Four

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