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  1. The Leveson Inquiry

    Recorded coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics.

    BBC Parliament

  2. The Leveson Inquiry

    Recorded coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics.

    BBC Parliament

  3. Miles Jupp in a Locked Room

    Miles Jupp investigates the appeal of mind-bending crime novels set in locked rooms.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. It's My Story: White Chief Humphrey

    Michael Palin introduces Humphrey Barclay, who has become an African chief.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  5. Peace, Love and Soul - Soul Train

    Trevor Nelson celebrates the hugely successful American black music TV show, Soul Train.

    BBC Radio 2

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    Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma

    Documentary exploring the contradictions of Frederick Delius's colourful life.

    BBC Four

  7. The Leveson Inquiry

    Recorded coverage from the Leveson Inquiry with evidence from Rupert Murdoch.

    BBC Parliament

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    It's Fun, But Is It Theatre?

    Punchdrunk, YouMeBumBumTrain, and other immersive theatre companies under the microscope.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The French East End

    Lucy Ash explores London's new French community, as it spreads beyond South Kensington.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Smile

    Kate Williams explores the history and development of the modern winning smile

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Leveson Inquiry - Rebekah Brooks

    Rebekah Brooks's appearance before the Leveson Inquiry, from Friday 11 May.

    BBC Parliament

  12. We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts

    The story of punk band the Adverts and the continuing music career of frontman TV Smith.

    BBC Four

  13. Pina Bausch - Dance for Your Life

    Deborah Bull reveals her long-held fascination for Pina Bausch's Tanztheater company.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. A Picture of London

    A film evoking the city as seen by painters, photographers, film-makers and writers.

    BBC Two

  15. Cannes 2012

    Tom Brook looks back at some of the highlights of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

    BBC News

  16. Rolf Paints... The Diamond Jubilee

    Sixty inspirational artists try to capture sixty years of royal history on canvas.

    BBC One

  17. Slippered Pantaloons

    If all the world's a stage, how do actors face old age dramas? Simon Fanshawe investigates

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Golden Jubilee Address 2002

    Her Majesty the Queen marks the occasion of her golden jubilee, on 30 April 2002.

    BBC Parliament

  19. Lambeth Palace Address 2012

    Her Majesty the Queen addresses an audience in Lambeth Palace, from 15 February 2012.

    BBC Parliament

  20. Diamond Jubilee Address 2012

    Her Majesty the Queen marks the occasion of her diamond jubilee, from 20 March 2012.

    BBC Parliament

  21. Edited Haylights

    Phil Rickman looks back over the literary highlights at the 2012 Hay Literary Festival.

    BBC Radio Wales

  22. Robin Gibb: Me and My Songs, a Tribute

    The late Robin Gibb speaks to the BBC in an interview from January 2011.

    BBC Two

  23. Blowing My Own Trumpet - The Kenny Ball Story

    Kenny Ball talks candidly to Claire Teal about his life and career spanning over 50 years.

    BBC Radio 2

  24. A Punk Tale of Two Cities

    Both New York and London have claimed the punk movement as their own, but who is right?

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  25. David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust

    How David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history.

    BBC Four

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    Stuart: A Face Backwards

    Mark Burman strips away the layers of Stuart Freeborn's remarkable life in movie make-up.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Leveson Inquiry - Tony Blair

    Tony Blair's evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, from Monday 28 May.

    BBC Parliament

  28. The Uncanny

    How has the uncanny shaped fiction, film, architecture and art?

    BBC Radio 4

  29. You Must Take the A Train

    Author Adam Gopnik rides New York's longest subway train which is famous for its song.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Frock and the Church

    Women bishops? Will the Church of England approve them and can it cope with the fallout?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Voice of God

    Richard Coles on the various ways that the voice of God is depicted, and what this reveals

    BBC Radio 4

  32. An Estate Car and a PA: Willie Campbell

    A documentary about Willie Campbell from 90's band Astrid.

    BBC Two

  33. Rolling With the Stones

    Jerry Hall examines how the Rolling Stones earned their live reputation.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

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    In His Element

    Sir Ken Robinson, creativity guru, is in Derry-Londonderry, the first UK City of Culture.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Hobson-Jobson: A Very English Enterprise

    Poet Daljit Nagra revels in the legendary dictionary of colonial India.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. A Musical Map of East London

    Paloma Faith takes a musical tour of Olympic boroughs Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.

    BBC Radio 2

  37. Poems from the Pennines

    Poet Simon Armitage takes listeners on a journey to the Stanza Stones.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Madam Mao's Golden Oldies

    Anna Chen explores the history of the famous Chinese model operas.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ulster's Forgotten Darling

    Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Irish Rappers Revealed

    How Ireland's economic recession has caused a boom in the genre of Irish rap.

    BBC Three

  41. The New Group

    Ian Sansom on the contemporary poetry scene emerging in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Ùr-fhàs

    Obair-ealain Aonghais Mhic a' Phì, aig a robh gibht airson a bhith a' fighe le feur.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  43. Twenty Minutes

    Paul Farley on how Goethe's West-Eastern Divan poems were fuelled by a love affair.

    BBC Radio 3

  44. 1948 Olympics - London's Austerity Games

    Barry Davies presents the story of the last time the Olympic Games came to London.

    BBC Radio 2

  45. Poetry 2012 - the Power of the Poem

    Offering a window into each Olympic nation through poetry and its readers.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Challenging Kane

    Matthew Sweet asks if Citizen Kane should again be voted the greatest film ever.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. A Long, Long Time Ago: The Don McLean Story

    Paul Gambaccini looks at the life and career of 'American Pie' writer Don McLean.

    BBC Radio 2

  48. Tolkien in Love

    Novelist Helen Cross uncovers the story of the young JRR Tolkien and his forbidden love.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Yn y Fro

    Hywel Gwynfryn yn mynd a ni ar daith o gwmpas Bro'r Eisteddfod.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  50. The Hobbit, the Musical

    The story of the first stage production of The Hobbit, at New College School in 1967.

    BBC Radio 4

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