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  1. Lamacq's 6 Music Family Tree

    The 6 Music DJ family share their personal highlights on the station's 10th birthday.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  2. Frost on Interviews

    Sir David Frost looks back over nearly 60 years of the television interview.

    BBC Four

  3. Lecture - The Role of Public Opinion in the 21st Century

    Peter Kellner delivers a lecture on the role of public opinion in the 21st century.

    BBC Parliament

  4. Oscar Nemon Lecture

    Lady Aurelia Young gives a lecture on the life of her father, the sculptor Oscar Nemon.

    BBC Parliament

  5. Drama in the Bay

    A look at how Cardiff Bay and its communities have changed over the last two centuries.

    BBC Two

  6. The Hidden Art of Islam

    Rageh Omaar examines figurative Islamic art and the controversy surrounding it.

    BBC Four

  7. There is Business Like Show Business

    Will Young explores the hidden world of industrial musicals

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. It's the Way He Told Them - A Tribute to Frank Carson

    A host of famous faces pay tribute to the late, great Frank Carson.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  9.

    Claiming Schubert

    From literature to politics, we hear how Schubert has been claimed by different movements.

    BBC Radio 3

  10. Writing Madness

    Vivienne Parry takes her diagnoses of literary heroines into the early 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Dickens in Parliament

    Carolyn Quinn discovers how Dickens was inspired by his time as a Westminster journalist.

    BBC Parliament

  12. Breaking the Wall

    A partially sighted student with severe hearing loss writes a piece for full orchestra.

    BBC Two

  13. Just a Minute's Indian Adventure

    Nicholas Parsons looks at how Just a Minute inspired players in Indian colleges

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Art Disrupted: Damien Hirst and Co

    Damien Hirst and others reflect on the forces that produced a brash, bold group of artists

    BBC Radio 4

  15.

    The Mystery of the Holy Thorn

    Who cut down Glastonbury's 'holy thorn' tree? And why did it matter to so many people?

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Word for Word

    Paul Allen examines the use of verbatim eyewitness accounts and legal evidence in theatre.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Angelic Voices: The Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral

    The story of choristers at Salisbury Cathedral from 900 years ago to the present day.

    BBC Four

  18. Trystan ac Esyllt

    30 mlynedd ers cynhyrchiad Trystan ac Esyllt. A reunion for the cast of Trystan ac Esyllt.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  19.

    In Search of Originality

    Ian Peacock sets out to achieve the seemingly impossible, to be original.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Jack London's People of the Abyss

    Dan Cruickshank retraces Jack London's 1902 footsteps that he made among the East End poor

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Who's Angry Now?

    John Harris investigates the current state of contemporary British protest music.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Never Miss An Angle - The Real Walt Disney

    Brian Sibley examines the differences between Walt Disney's private and public personas.

    BBC Radio 2

  23. Hairpieces for Horses and Clogs for Dogs

    Domestic dogs and leisure horses have never had it so good but why do we spend like we do?

    BBC Radio 4

  24. A Different Drum

    Alan Dein meets Zimbabwean musician and political refugee Wilson Magwere.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  25. Alton Towers: A Journey into Puginland

    Martin Ellis explores the rise, fall and rebirth of Pugin's Gothic masterpiece.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Balalaika Born Again

    The new expanding sound world of Russian virtuoso balalaika player, Alexey Arhipovskiy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. My Name Is Not 'Hey Baby'

    Yasmeen Khan reports on new initiatives to counter sexual harassment and assault.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. BBC Newsline Special: A Journey to Remember

    An update to Mike McKimm's 2005 report on his trip to the Titanic's resting place.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  29. A Kiss Is .... Never Just a Kiss

    Rowan Pelling investigates the magic of the kiss in all its delightful glory.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30.

    Folk Song, Art Song

    Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31.

    One in a Million

    One million books given away for free - how did it affect those involved?

    BBC Radio 4

  32. The Matinee - The Creation of a Theatrical Institution

    Ned Sherrin investigates the lore and history of matinees in theatres.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Shakespeare: Thereby Hangs A Tale

    Sir Simon Russell Beale with a selection of shows about and inspired by The Bard.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Ampers-Fan

    Alistair Sooke traces the history of the ampersand, the character representing 'and'.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. A Foreigner Everywhere

    Paul Farley explores the American poet Elizabeth Bishop's extraordinary years in Brazil.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Life and Death on the Frontline

    John Simpson on reporting from danger zones and the cost of getting the story home.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Move Over Wodehouse

    Mukti Jain Campion reports on the changing reading habits of India's growing middle class.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Macbeth, the Movie Star... and Me

    David Harewood attemps to turn a group of inner city teens into Shakespearean actors.

    BBC One

  39. Tales of Television Centre

    Documentary recalling the heyday of one of Britain's most iconic buildings, BBC TV Centre.

    BBC Four

  40. The Person from Porlock

    Paul Farley seeks out the famous visitor who interrupted Coleridge's writing of Kubla Khan

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Asian Weddings: Something Gold, Nothing Borrowed, Everything New

    Yasmeen Khan explores the bling-filled world of the British Asian wedding.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. How Sweet the Sound: The Amazing Grace Story

    Candi Staton presents the story of one of the world's most recorded songs and its composer

    BBC Radio 2

  43.

    The First LP in Ireland

    The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    The Library Returns

    Jonathan Glancey explores how libraries in Europe and the USA are being reinvented.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Poetry, Texas

    Danish poet Pejk Malinovski stumbles upon a small town in Texas called Poetry.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. The Leveson Inquiry

    Recorded coverage from the Leveson Inquiry, from Tuesday 24 April.

    BBC Parliament

  47. From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success

    What is it about subtitled Danish TV dramas that make them such compulsive viewing?

    BBC News Channel

  48. Perry Como: The Singing Barber

    Jimmy Young tells the story of one of the most laid-back singers of the 20th Century.

    BBC Radio 2

  49. Engelbert Humperdinck: What's in a Name?

    Bill Kenwright talks to Engelbert Humperdinck in the run-up to his Eurovision appearance.

    BBC Radio 2

  50. What's Inside the Singing Kettle?

    Edi Stark asks: what's inside the Singing Kettle?

    BBC Radio Scotland

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