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  1. The Voice of Mickey Mouse

    The story of the Dundonian who for nearly 40 years provided the voice of Mickey Mouse.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  2. Paolo's Year

    Jackie Brambles talks to Paolo Nutini and celebrates his momentous year.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  3. Get the Party Started

    Mal Pope and Alan Thompson relive the highlights of Radio Wales' Dame Shirley Bassey Day.

    BBC Radio Wales

  4. Trump - An Tilleadh

    Billionaire Donald Trump is only one generation away from being a Gaelic speaker.

    BBC ALBA

  5. Orson Welles over Europe

    Simon Callow looks at the career of Orson Welles after he went into self-exile in Europe.

    BBC Four

  6. Who Was Opal?

    The life of writer Opal Whiteley, whose childhood diary became a 1920s bestseller.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Barra: The Disappearing Island An-Diugh

    Contemporary life on Barra compared with how it was seen in 1964.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  8. Elvis in Las Vegas

    How Elvis Presley transformed Las Vegas in the 1970s and how Vegas helped to destroy him.

    BBC Two

  9. The Inventor of Rock and Roll: The Alan Freed Story

    Radio 2 tells the story of American DJ Alan Freed's downfall in the payola scandal.

    BBC Radio 2

  10. Hannah: The Girl Who Said No to a New Heart

    Documentary following 13-year-old Hannah, who turned down a heart transplant.

    BBC One

  11. The Man Who Shot the 60s

    Iconic 1960s photographer Brian Duffy talks about his life and work for the first time.

    BBC Four

  12. Carmen: The Dream and the Destiny

    Documentary which tells the story of Bizet and his most famous opera, Carmen.

    BBC Four

  13. The Man Who Can't Stop Hiccupping

    Film following 25-year-old Christopher Sands search for a cure for permanent hiccups.

    BBC One

  14. Call Sign GI3 GGY

    Jimmy Porter, a radio ham for over 70 years, tells Paul Moore about his passion.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  15. Terezin Dreams

    Sibyl Ruth on the poems by her great aunt written in a Nazi concentration camp.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Overexposed

    Miles Warde presents a powerful account of young photojournalists on the frontline.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Brian Eno: Hits, Classics and Tracks

    Paul Morley talks about some of Brian Eno's hit tracks, including Heroes and Viva La Vida.

    BBC Four

  18. The Real Winnie Mandela

    Documentary which looks at the contradictory and controversial life of Winnie Mandela.

    BBC Four

  19. Henry Moore, My Father

    Mary Moore, daughter of the sculptor Henry Moore, explores his artistic legacy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Alice Sommer Herz at 106: Everything Is a Present

    Documentary about pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Sommer Herz.

    BBC Four

  21. Milton's Music

    How did the poet John Milton's musical father influence the creator of Paradise Lost?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Johnny Cash of Easter Cash

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores Johnny Cash's interest in Scotland after tracing his Fife roots.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. The Spielberg of Gaming

    How David Jones helped create an industry and become the Spielberg of Gaming.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  24. Fort Dunlop

    Brand designer Giles Poyner pays tribute to Birmingham's Fort Dunlop building.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Bill McLaren: Flower of Scotland

    A look back at the glorious career of the BBC's world-renowned rugby commentator.

    BBC One

  26. Paganini's Daemon

    Documentary about legendary Italian virtuoso soloist Niccolo Paganini.

    BBC Four

  27. Smokey at 70

    To mark the 70th birthday of Smokey Robinson, Johnnie Walker talks to the Motown legend.

    BBC Radio 2

  28. Tchaikovsky's Women

    A look at the women who fired Tchaikovsky's musical imagination in the early years.

    BBC Four

  29. Jacko

    Peter Jackson marks 45 years reporting on the Welsh sports scene.

    BBC Radio Wales

  30. Tchaikovsky: Fate

    Exploring Tchaikovsky's fascination with his own fate in his last three symphonies.

    BBC Four

  31. Jacko

    Peter Jackson recalls one of Wales's most remarkable sporting adventures.

    BBC Radio Wales

  32. Franz Peter Schubert: The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow

    Documentary about the composer Franz Schubert, using his own words and music.

    BBC Four

  33. The Man with the Golden Gavel

    Film about the auctioneer they call the Mick Jagger of the saleroom, Baron Simon de Pury.

    BBC Four

  34. The Duchess

    Elizabeth Quigley goes in search of a woman history has forgotten.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  35. Secrets for Sale

    Documentary following the reporters at Real People magazine as they speak to contributors.

    BBC One

  36. My Name Is Muhammad

    Nine people called Muhammad challenge the stereotypes of being a British Muslim.

    BBC One

  37. Seòid a' Ghramafon

    Fred MacAmhlaigh a' beachdachadh air na h-òrain aig Niall MacIlleathain.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  38. Afghanistan: Five Welsh Families

    A look at families struggling to cope thousands of miles from the Afghan battlefields.

    BBC One Wales

  39. Ali: Me, My Family and Muhammad Ali

    Deirdre Pascall remembers the impact of Muhammad Ali on black Britons in the 1970's.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Wild Billy Childish

    John Wilson meets Billy Childish, the most prolific outsider in British art.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Jobless

    Brian Woods goes behind the unemployment statistics to the people they represent.

    BBC One

  42. West End Story: What Nancy, Joseph and Maria Did Next

    Documentary tracking the careers of Jodie Prenger, Lee Mead and Connie Fisher.

    BBC One

  43. Shout Sister Shout

    Ruby Turner tells story of the guitar playing gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

    BBC Radio 2

  44. Michael Foot: Champion of the Left

    Donald MacIntyre presents a special programme on the life and career of Michael Foot.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot

    The political life and career of Michael Foot, former leader of the Labour Party.

    BBC Two

  46. In Hinkley's Shadow

    Chris Ledgard visits Hinkley Point to sample life in the shadow of a nuclear power station

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero

    Nitin Sawhney explores the life of Ravi Shankar.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Delirious Wilderness

    Poet Owen Sheers tells the tragic tale of Britain's lost school of Post-Impressionism.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Henry Moore: Carving a Reputation

    Profile of sculptor Henry Moore from his early life to his wartime experiences.

    BBC Four

  50. Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure

    Film unravelling the mystery of King Edward VII and how his legacy is still relevant.

    BBC Two

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