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  1. Songs of America 1969

    Programme featuring footage of Simon and Garfunkel on stage, in the studio and on tour.

    BBC Four

  2. The Phantom Phenomenon

    Don Black talks to the creative team behind The Phantom of the Opera musical.

    BBC Radio 2

  3. Guns, Roses and Poetry Readings

    Bill Herbert and Zoe Skoulding explore different international poetry festivals.

    BBC Radio 4

  4.

    The Brotherton Archive and Me

    Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.

    BBC Radio 4

  5.

    Mastering the Art of the Kimono

    Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

    How the American social, economic and political landscape has defined the road movie.

    BBC Four

  7. Hilda Doolittle

    Diana Collecott on wartime poet Hilda Doolittle with readings by Sara Kestelman.

    BBC Radio 4

  8.

    The Alias Men

    Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World

    Investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition Summertime.

    BBC Four

  10. The School of Scottish Studies

    Documentary about Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies, created in 1951.

    BBC Two Scotland

  11. The Poetry of Aran

    Daljit Nagra visits the Aran Islands to explore their rich imaginative and poetic life.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Backstage Tales

    Midge Ure goes backstage into the bizarre world of musicians on tour.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Hemingway in Havana

    Susan Marling investigates the debt Ernest Hemingway owed to Cuba, his home for 21 years.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Gilbert on Gilbert

    Comedy producer Jimmy Gilbert and Colin Gilbert look back on 50 years of comedy hits.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  15. TV Greats: Our Favourites from the North

    Tess Daly takes a nostalgic look back at TV classics from the BBC in the North West.

    BBC Two

  16. Scrapheap Orchestra

    The UK's top instrument makers transform junk and broken furniture into an orchestra.

    BBC Four

  17. Come Bell Ringing with Charles Hazlewood

    Charles Hazlewood devises and performs a unique musical experiment using church bells.

    BBC Four

  18.

    The Unsettled Dust: The Strange Stories Of Robert Aickman

    Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19.

    The Bob Graham Round

    Can the beauty of the Lake District and the grit of fell running inspire a composer?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Edinburgh Tattoo Debut

    The first highland dancers from Northern Ireland perform at the Edinburgh Tattoo.

    BBC Two

  21. The White Christmas Story

    Martin Sheen explores the continuing magic of Irving Berlin's best-selling song.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  22. Behind the Fairytale

    Dermot O'Leary presents the story behind the Christmas classic Fairytale of New York.

    BBC Radio 2

  23.

    The Art of Darkness

    Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Elaine Paige on Broadway

    EP's back for three festive specials and the second looks back at the Year On Broadway.

    BBC Radio 2

  25. Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy

    Evan Davis decodes the formula that took Apple from suburban garage to global supremacy.

    BBC Two

  26. Still Ringing After All These Years: A Short History of Bells

    Richard Taylor unravels the history that has made bells such a key British sound.

    BBC Four

  27. Sex and the Single Girl

    Karen Krizanovich revisits the career defining book of Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Dexter and Dodd

    Colin Dexter and Ken Dodd are mutual fans - and they perform together for the first time.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    Goodnight John Boy

    Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families - The Waltons.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30.

    Inside the Academie Francaise

    Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Stopping by Woods

    Kenneth Steven explores Robert Frost's iconic poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. From New York to the New Town: The Story of Lach

    Lach is a New York City folk legend. He's just moved to Edinburgh. We find out why.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  33. The Tale of A Tale of Two Cities

    Frances Fyfield explores the handwritten manuscript of Dickens's great political thriller.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Radio Review of 2011

    A look back at the last 12 months of radio with Jane Garvey and Mike Toolan.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  35. Night on Film: An A-Z of the Dark

    The night comes alive in this unusual mixture of music and archive.

    BBC Four

  36. Na Caimbeulaich

    A profile of two generations of the singing dynasty, the Campbells of Greepe.

    BBC ALBA

  37. Is Mise Michelle McManus

    Michelle McManus travels to the Western Isles on a journey of musical discovery.

    BBC ALBA

  38. Drawing Blood

    Rosalyn Ball reports on the art of political cartooning.

    BBC Parliament

  39. Sweet Dreams - Sgeulachd Patsy Cline

    The theatre production of the life story of country singing sensation Patsy Cline.

    BBC ALBA

  40. Pappano's Essential Tosca

    Antonio Pappano takes an in-depth look at Puccini's Tosca.

    BBC Two

  41. Shrek: Once upon a Time

    A celebratory look at how an ogre with a Scottish accent changed the face of animation.

    BBC Three

  42. Mrs Dickens's Family Christmas

    Sue Perkins exposes the lesser-known reality of the Dickens family Christmas.

    BBC Two

  43. Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?

    Martha Kearney investigates a possible lost portrait of Jane Austen.

    BBC Two

  44. Blwyddyn i'w Chofio

    Uchafbwyntiau'r flwyddyn a aeth heibio. Highlights of the year's programmes.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  45. The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen

    Amanda Vickery looks at how and why Jane Austen has won over generations of readers.

    BBC Two

  46. Cheers!

    John Sergeant invites his guests to a musical celebration of the ancient art of toasting.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Iseabail/Ishbel MacAskill

    Cuimhneachan air Iseabail NicAsgail. A tribute to Ishbel MacAskill.

    BBC ALBA

  48. Dickens Wallah

    Why Dickens's timeless story of love, greed and hypocrisy works in an Indian setting.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Dolina

    A celebration of Dolina MacLennan; singer, actor, writer and Gaelic activist.

    BBC ALBA

  50. Dha Gordon a-mhain/Just for Gordon

    The life, music and tragic loss of Scottish piper Gordon Duncan.

    BBC ALBA

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