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  1. The Real MacColl

    John Cooper Clarke looks back at the life of broadcaster and folk singer, Ewan MacColl.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Dùn Dèagh nan Gàidheal

    A' comharrachadh dà cheud bliadhna o chaidh Comann Gàidhealach Dhùn Dèagh a stèidheachadh.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  3. Poetry Puh-lease

    Kevin Eldon takes a look at the close links and crossovers between comedy and poetry.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Glasgow Games

    Colin Paterson returns to Glasgow, six months after the city hosted the Commonwealth Games

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  5.

    A Love Supreme: 50 Years On

    Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

    Documentary to mark the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

    BBC Two

  7. Sundance 2015

    Tom Brook looks back at the Sundance Film Festival.

    BBC News

  8. Lynne Truss: Pick of the Archive

    Lynne Truss introduces her favourite radio programmes from the BBC archive.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Oscars Preview

    Sally Hawkins tells 5 live that her Oscar vote went to Boyhood.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  10.

    The Whistling Woman

    Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling

    BBC Radio 4

  11. William McIlvanney: Living With Words

    An intimate and funny portrait of Scottish writer William McIlvanney.

    BBC Two Scotland

  12. The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham

    A look at the complex life and popular work of the writer Somerset Maugham.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13.

    Man with the Mohican

    David Morrissey explores the life Roger Hill, theatre director, DJ and transvestite artist

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. My Chinese New Year

    Actress Jing Lusi explores her cultural heritage and the meaning of Chinese New Year.

    BBC One

  15. Sex, Lies and Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story

    Documentary about the problem page's enduring appeal, presented by Philippa Perry.

    BBC Four

  16. Being James Galway

    An intimate and revealing portrait of flautist Sir James Galway.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  17.

    Gershwin's Horns

    Rainer Hersch explores unusual instruments used by composers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. A Story I Am In

    Hannah Lowe looks at the poetry of James Berry, who came to the UK from Jamaica in 1948.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Landmark Poetics

    Lemn Sissay explores the increasing amount of poetry in Britain's outdoors.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Inside the Music: From Score to Encore

    An exploration of the world of orchestral music making, from score to encore.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Visions of the Valleys

    Kim Howells celebrates 250 years of art in the Welsh valleys.

    BBC One Wales

  22. Blast of the Century

    Poet John Cooper Clarke looks at Vorticism, a radical but short-lived British art movement

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide

    Comedian Robin Ince takes us on a tour of a world beneath the earth's crust.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. The (Half) Life of Strontium

    A poetic meditation on the element uniting Nagasaki, Argyll and a mutant bounty hunter.

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    The Buchan Tradition

    Nick Rankin explores the literary legacy of the writer John Buchan.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The Story of Alice

    Lewis Carroll begins to tell three girls a fairy tale about a little girl called Alice.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. We Real Cool: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks

    A portrait of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, narrated by her daughter Nora Brooks Blakely.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Shipping Songs

    Folk singer Lisa Knapp explores the inspirational power of the Shipping Forecast.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Poet and the Murderer

    A gripping true story of poetry, murder and the art of forgery.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Hayley and the Hoff

    Documentary following David Hasselhoff and his Welsh girlfriend Hayley Roberts.

    BBC One Wales

  31.

    The Audio Describers

    Matthew Sweet meets the people who create a whole new cinematic world.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. Walt Whitman's War

    What happened when the great 19th-century poet met the American Civil War?

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Composer of Tomorrow

    Scottish composer James MacMillan gives a masterclass to young composers.

    BBC Radio 3

  34. Peter Brook, Theatrical Revolutionary

    Theatre and film director Peter Brook discusses his career highlights and legacy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. National Gallery: A Film by Frederick Wiseman

    This film goes behind the scenes at the National Gallery, revealing how it works.

    BBC Four

  36. Sappho: Love & Life on Lesbos with Margaret Mountford

    Margaret Mountford goes in search of the truth behind the legend of Sappho.

    BBC Four

  37.

    The Lost Art of the TV Theme

    Comedian and musician Richard Morton recalls the heyday of the classic TV theme.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Antony Sher - Year of the Fat Knight

    Recounting the year when actor Antony Sher performed Shakespeare's Falstaff.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Peter Moore - The Weather Experiment

    Peter Moore's account of the quest to understand the atmosphere. Omnibus.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Gold Fever Omnibus

    How Steve Boggan flew to San Francisco to join a 21st-century gold rush.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41.

    Notes From a Northern Irish Childhood

    Marie-Louise Muir revisits youth orchestras set up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Màiri Ann - an neach-ciùil

    "Bhrosnaich is mhisnich i sinn." Tha Màiri NicAonghais a' cuimhneachadh air Màiri Ann.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  43. Channel Shore - Omnibus

    Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's End in search of maritime tales.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Cannes 2015

    A look back at some of the highlights of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

    BBC News

  45. Making It Big

    Huw Stephens follows two local acts in the build-up to the Radio 1 Big Weekend.

    BBC One

  46. Somalia - Defeating Al Shabab?

    Andrew Harding returns to Mogadishu nearly four years after Al Shabab was forced out.

    BBC News

  47. Llyfr y Flwyddyn

    Ymunwch efo Nia Roberts am holl gyffro'r seremoni gwobrwyo, yn fyw o Galeri, Caernarfon.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  48.

    The Beat Women

    Laura Barton travels to New York to meet the women writers of the Beat Generation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Film Star

    Alexander Walker discovers why Humphrey Bogart is a classic movie hero.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Keeping an Eye Open Omnibus

    Writer Julian Barnes reflects on his early encounters with art in Paris.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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