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  1. Birmingham 2022 Festival

    Films from the celebration of creativity and culture around the Commonwealth Games.

    BBC Arts

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  2. The Arts Interviews

    Leading members of the arts community in frank and revealing discussions with Amol Rajan.

    BBC News Channel

  3. The Arts Interviews

    Leading members of the arts community in frank and revealing discussions.

    BBC News Channel

  4. Rhythms of India

    A musical journey around India.

    BBC News

  5. Torn

    Gus Casely-Hayford unpicks the hidden histories behind what we wear.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels

    Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Treasure of Kabul

    Dan Cruickshank goes to Afghanistan to explore the wonders of a once-great civilisation.

    BBC Four

  8. The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison

    Edwardian folk song, the Fens and the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Poppy Miller reads.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Being Jackie Wilson

    The extraordinary tale of Jackie Wilson and his impersonator, Bobby Brooks.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Little Flat: The Music Our Ears Overlook

    Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Lios nan Dàn

    Taghadh bàrdachd.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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    A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

    Benjamin Zephaniah revisits his home town, Birmingham, on a mission to compose a new poem.

    BBC One

  13. Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976

    An archive performance of Nina Simone playing at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival.

    BBC Two

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    My Space: The Blackpool Tower

    Enter this iconic building to hear stories from those whose lives have been changed here.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Words First

    Short, animated poems, specially commissioned to bring the work of poets to the screen.

    BBC Four

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  16. Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC

    Dance Away the evening for this dive into both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.

    BBC Two

  17. Icon

    Celebrity culture through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor.

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Once Upon a Time

    Can children’s books help us face death and grief?

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Wales: Music Nation with Huw Stephens

    Huw Stephens reveals the fascinating history of Welsh music.

    BBC Two Wales

  20. Ukraine’s Musical Freedom Fighters with Clive Myrie

    Can musicians form an orchestra in ten weeks in a fight for their cultural identity?

    BBC Two

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    Contains Strong Language Live from Birmingham

    Selections of poetry from the Contains Strong Language festival in Birmingham

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves

    The first-hand stories of Europe’s most daring art heists.

    BBC Two

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    Imagiste

    Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Diomysus: More Than Monogamy

    Documentary featuring interviews from the UK polyamory community - in puppet form!

    BBC Three

  25. Screengrabbed Too: BBC Introducing Arts

    Huw Stephens presents a selection of short films from emerging UK artists and film-makers.

    BBC Four

  26. Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

    The rebellious art students who took on the old guard and changed the art world forever.

    BBC Two

  27. Ukraine's Musical Freedom Fighters

    Clive Myrie tells the extraordinary story of the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.

    BBC News

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    Peter Greenaway - Painting with Film

    An immersive 80th birthday encounter with film-maker and artist Peter Greenaway.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Her Majesty's Art

    In a special programme Radio 2 looks back at the Queen's art collection.

    BBC Radio 2

  30. The American Clarinet

    How Americans took a European instrument and made it their own.

    BBC Radio 3

  31. Then or Now

    Will Tuckett explores ideas of home and belonging.

    BBC Four

  32. The Waiting Game

    Choreographer Mthuthuzeli November contemplates the purpose of life.

    BBC Four

  33. Green Space, Dark Skies: Wales

    Sian Eleri visits Anglesey, becoming a ‘lumenator’ for a unique event on Parys Mountain.

    BBC One Wales

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    Letters to a Young Woman Poet

    Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Raiders of the Lost Archive

    Keith Wickham hunts for lost BBC radio shows and finds some true classics.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Children of the Caribbean Revolution with Lindsay Johns

    Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean with a celebratory tale of resistance.

    BBC Four

  37. Virgil Abloh: How to Be Both

    Film exploring the life of the legendary designer Virgil Abloh.

    BBC Three

  38. TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'

    Exploring the hidden personal story of TS Eliot's The Waste Land.

    BBC Two

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    Xanadu

    Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Norwegian Hancock

    Paul Merton explores Galton and Simpson’s unexpected Scandinavian success.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Imagined Worlds

    Booker chair Neil MacGregor reflects on fiction writers' responses to our turbulent times.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Four Quartets, Starring Ralph Fiennes

    Ralph Fiennes’s performance of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, directed by Sophie Fiennes.

    BBC Four

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    Reading the Air

    Writer Chris Yates looks to the skies in search of the wintering hen harrier.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Book Week

    Celebrating the joy of reading across Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  45. How the BBC Began

    The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years.

    BBC Two

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  46. Simon Schama's History of Now

    Simon Schama reflects on a life in culture - and its enduring power in shaping our world.

    BBC Two

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  47. In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    Alan Yentob talks to Bob Geldof and Stephen Fry about their extraordinary lives.

    BBC Four

  48. Una Marson: Our Lost Caribbean Voice

    The story of Una Marson, the first black producer and broadcaster at the BBC.

    BBC Two

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    John Burnside: From the Other Side

    How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hold On Tight: The Women of The Waste Land

    Journalist Jude Rogers explores the fascinating women in TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land.

    BBC Radio 4

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