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  1. A Boy in Harris - an-diugh

    Donnie Macsween was the boy in the 60s film, but how has life turned out for him since?

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  2. Imaginary Friends

    Children and adults share their experiences of invented companions.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Rembrandt Today

    Why was the Dutch Master painter so fascinated with self-portraits?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

    Documentary profiling composer Sergei Rachmaninoff with music conducted by Valery Gergiev.

    BBC Four

  5. Sundance Special

    Tom Brook interviews Robert Redford, the founding father of the Sundance Film Festival.

    BBC News Channel

  6. The Art of Breaking Apart

    Stuart Maconie recalls some classic pop albums that chronicle the end of a relationship.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Priest, the Badger and the Little Green Men

    The curious tale of science fiction's most prolific writer, the Rev Lionel Fanthorpe.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games

    Paul Bennun explores the world of music composed for video games.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Force of Nature: The Sculpture of David Nash

    Film about the life and work of one of Britain's most influential living sculptors.

    BBC Four

  10. Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul

    Film telling the story of one of the most influential Jamaican artists, Toots Hibbert.

    BBC Four

  11. Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae

    Documentary chronicling the rocksteady era of Jamaican music, which led to reggae.

    BBC Four

  12. Knutas on Britain

    Pipe organs, spas and hound trailing - reflections on Brits by a Finnish tango-expert.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13.

    The Foghorn: A Celebration

    Peter Curran celebrates the powerful role of the humble foghorn.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Bring On the Clowns

    Can clowns beat depression in a recession? A look at the world of contemporary clowning.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible

    Adam Nicolson tells the unexpected story of how the King James Bible came into being.

    BBC Four

  16. Verdi: The Director's Cut

    Film following leading opera director Graham Vick through six months of rehearsals.

    BBC Two

  17. Kyffin Williams: Reflections in a Gondola

    Welsh artist Sir Kyffin Williams on four seminal turning points in the course of his life.

    BBC Two Wales

  18. Lanyon's Last Flight

    An appreciation of painter Peter Lanyon, who was soaring to fame when his glider crashed.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19.

    Liberty, Fraternity, Anarchy - Le Punk Francais

    Andrew Hussey explores how France played a pivotal role in the explosion of 1970s punk.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Porn Again

    Jacqui Smith investigates pornography. Features explicit language and sexual content.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  21. Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: The Art of Watercolours

    Sheila Hancock explores the history of watercolours, from the Alps and Venice to India.

    BBC One

  22. Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons: Me & Arthur Haynes

    Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons rediscover the genius of comedy great Arthur Haynes.

    BBC Four

  23. Ron Sexsmith: Love Shines

    Portrait of singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith as he strives for a commercial breakthrough.

    BBC Four

  24. The Wales Window of Alabama

    What links Wales to one of the darkest moments in the American civil rights movement?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Calibrated Conundrums

    From spaghettification to uncertainty, Lynne Truss unpicks puzzling scientific language.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Emerald Noir: The Rise of Irish Crime Fiction

    Val McDermid charts the rise of crime fiction on both sides of the Irish border.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Working Lives: Hong Kong

    Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated cities, what is it like there?

    BBC News

  28. O, Fortuna!

    A portrait of the composer of Carmina Burana, Carl Orff.

    BBC Four

  29. The Kindness of Strangers

    A portrait of the composer, conductor, jazz pianist and Oscar-winner Andre Previn.

    BBC Four

  30. The Way Out: The Disabled Avant-Garde

    Can art give the disability movement its own revolution? Aaron Williamson investigates.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Nazi Gold: Publishing The Third Reich

    Why are books about the Third Reich such an ongoing publishing phenomenon in the UK?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Company of Poets

    Susannah Clapp, Salman Rushdie and Andrew Motion discover the poetry of Angela Carter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Parsifal

    Documentary about Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal.

    BBC Four

  34. Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You

    Iain Sinclair, Peter Finch and Alan Brownjohn discuss sound and visual poet Bob Cobbing.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. What's in a Meme?

    Dr Susan Blackmore examines internet memes - from film parodies to kittens.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. House Beautiful

    Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the impact of the Aesthetic movement on the British home

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover

    Bluebirds? Over Dover? Ian Hislop delves into the chequered history of the wartime anthem.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Opera's Fallen Women

    How composers have used female characters to explore society's attitudes to women.

    BBC Four

  39. Man Versus God

    Seema Anand unravels Iqbal's epic poem Shikwa, Man's heartrending complaint to God.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. The Original Playboy

    Former Loaded editor James Brown examines Hugh Hefner and his Playboy magazine.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The Artiness of Naughtiness

    Toby Amies discovers how tricksters have turned the poking of fun into an art form.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Sex and the Sitcom

    Documentary exploring how sex has been portrayed in British sitcoms over the years.

    BBC Four

  43. Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues

    A look back at the career of Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  44. A House Divided: The Poetry of the American Civil War

    150 years after the first shot was fired, how poetry reflected the American Civil War.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Jules Verne's Volcano

    A year after the ash cloud, Chris Watson goes on his own volcanic adventure.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Hancock's Helpers

    Russell Davies explores Tony Hancock's relationships with his sidekicks

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Am Playhouse

    1/1 Cuid de mhuinntir Steòrnabhaigh ag innse sgeulachd seann Playhouse a' bhaile.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  48.

    The Ladies' Man of Opera

    The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. American: The Bill Hicks Story

    Animated documentary about the rollercoaster life of legendary US comedian Bill Hicks.

    BBC Four

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    Tales From the Digital Archive

    Christine Finn explores how authors' archive is kept, now they write on screens not paper.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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