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  1. Poetry & I

    Poet Jay Bernard explores the power and potency of the letter I.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Peter Brook

    Glenda Jackson's exclusive interview with world famous theatre director Peter Brook.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Recall of the Rock

    The poet Helen Mort imagines what mountains might remember of the women who climb them.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. In Ten Pictures

    A series of extraordinary lives, each unlocked by a just a handful of images.

    BBC Two

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  5. The Day the Muzak Died

    Part love letter, part obituary to the music of Muzak Corporation.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Daughters of the Snow

    Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Inventions in Sound

    The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Future Art

    James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The Price of Song

    John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Shock Waves

    Five artists chronicle how they have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. The Lost Sounds Orchestra

    Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Sheridan's Showstoppers

    Sheridan Smith's musicals podcast in which she's joined by a guest in every episode.

    BBC Radio 2

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  13. Sci-Fi Blindness

    Peter White explores science fiction's enduring fascination with blindness.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Plague On All Our Houses

    How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.

    BBC Radio 4

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    When Will Theatre Come Black?

    As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Poems at Dusk

    Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Tracey Dobbs: Images That Last a Lifetime

    Tracey Dobbs is a Welsh photographer creating children's images that last a lifetime

    BBC Radio 4

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    Can I Still Read Harry Potter?

    A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Britain in Ten Operas

    Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Epiphanies

    The inspiring moments that start an artistic journey

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

    Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Inside Culture

    A look at the latest culture and media through the eyes of creators and audiences.

    BBC Two

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  23. Miles Jupp Is Literally Unputdownable

    Miles Jupp investigates how to write an unputdownable story.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Beacons: Short Films from Wales

    Short films produced through Ffilm Cymru and BFI Network's Beacons scheme.

    BBC Two Wales

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  25. Life, Death and the Foghorn

    Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a eulogy for the disappearance of the foghorn.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Simon Schama: The Great Gallery Tours

    Simon Schama conducts a virtual tour of fourworld-class galleries.

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. Art of Persia

    Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed reveals the remarkable story of Iran.

    BBC Four

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  28. The Everywoman

    Novelist Sarah Hall goes in search of the literary Everywoman.

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. Lee Miller: A Life on the Front Line

    Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter.

    BBC Two

  30.

    Unchained

    Poet Brenda Birungi shares personal accounts of criminal justice that's failing women.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Out of Soweto: BCUC

    Sound African band BCUC's journey from their rehearsal space in Soweto to Glastonbury

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Eighteen

    Exploring the lives, dreams and creative worlds of six 18- to 21-year-old global artists.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    The story of a truly singular talent, unpacking the myth of the man behind the horn.

    BBC Two

  34. Night Vision

    A new after hours series re-imagining a long night of the soul that left its mark.

    BBC Radio 4

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  35. Lift Going Up

    Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Inside Cinema

    Short films taking you to the heart of the movies.

    BBC Arts

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  37. Curating the Future

    V&A Director Tristram Hunt explores the new challenges facing the world's oldest museums.

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Dolly Parton: Here I Am

    A fascinating documentary charting the extraordinary life and music of Dolly Parton.

    BBC Two

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    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Adrian Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  40.

    Hear For Life

    Behind the scenes of the latest Open Call project from Artangel and Radio 4.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The Big Scottish Book Club

    Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

    BBC Scotland

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  42. China's Greatest Treasures

    BBC art historian Alastair Sooke travels through China to explore its greatest treasures.

    BBC News

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  43. Schama on Blake

    Simon Schama with his view of William Blake, the visionary printmaker, poet and painter.

    BBC Radio 4

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    September 1, 1939

    The creation and unexpected afterlife of WH Auden's poem September 1, 1939.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. A Singer's Guide to Britain

    Roderick Williams gets on the road to tell the stories of Britain through our songs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Manchester International Festival

    Coverage from the BBC of the Manchester International Festival

    BBC

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  47. The Dying of the Ice

    How indigenous artists in Arctic regions are interpreting the loss of ancient Arctic ice.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. New Generation Thinkers

    Short feature from one of the 2019 BBC New Generation Thinkers.

    BBC Radio 3

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  49. New Weird Britain

    John Doran seeks out a new wave of radical music being made in the margins of Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Can Hip Hop Save Ballet?

    Why are there so few black dancers in classical ballet? Eric Underwood investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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