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  1. Back from the Brink

    The amazing work of conservationists fighting to save wildlife across Europe.

    BBC Scotland

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  2. Art and Resistance in Taiwan

    A journey into the Taipei underground art scene.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Magic Consultants

    Adam Shaw peeks behind the curtain of the management consultancy industry.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Rental Health

    An in-depth look at rented housing in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. The MI5 Spy and the IRA: Operation Chiffon

    How a former MI5 officer put his life on the line to encourage the IRA to make peace.

    BBC Two

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    Inside Taiwan: Standing Up to China

    How Taiwan's government and young people fight what they say is Chinese disinformation.

    BBC Two

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    All the Names You've Ever Called Me

    Poetic documentary of a coercive relationship, pieced together from real-life experiences.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Poison in the Womb

    Kerry Hudson explores the effects of a drug activists are calling the 'silent thalidomide'

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Gold: The Inside Story

    The true story of Britain's biggest bullion heist, told by the police who were there.

    BBC One

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    Desperate Calls

    In Desperate Calls, Matthew tracks how his gambling addiction really took hold.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Battle for Liberal Democracy

    Series examining the complex international contest between democracy and its enemies.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism

    Christine uncovers a hidden world of autistic women who, like her, have been ignored.

    BBC One

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    The Great Inflation

    How has the experience of hyperinflation in Germany in 1923 shaped the past 100 years?

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Troubled Water

    How clean is the water we drink? This series follows the UK water cycle from coast to tap.

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On

    "Essential listening..." Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Breaking Mississippi

    The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in the 1960s.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Obscene: The Dublin Scandal

    Wild rumour and conspiracy sweeps 1980s Ireland when two killings shock the nation.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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  18. Wild Isles

    David Attenborough reveals the spectacular and important British wildlife on our doorstep.

    BBC One

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  19. Playing with Fire

    Barnie Choudhury investigates the politics of division being imported into the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Scams & Scandals

    The stories of some of the UK's biggest scams and scandals.

    BBC News

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  21. Becoming Frida Kahlo

    A look into Frida Kahlo's world, an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity.

    BBC Two

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  22. In Our Midst

    How can someone die alone at home and no-one notice? Journalist Selma Chalabi finds out.

    BBC Radio Wales

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    Rewriting Aeschylus

    Can playwright David Greig recreate a lost ancient Greek play?

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Talk Disability

    1 in 4 people avoid conversations with disabled people. To change this, we need to talk.

    BBC One Wales

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  25. Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop

    Mobeen Azhar explores the suffocating reality of being a J-pop idol.

    BBC Two

  26. Teulu, Dad a Fi

    Wayne a Connagh Howard sy'n archwilio hanes eu teulu ar draws Cymru, Iwerddon, a Jamaic...

    S4C

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  27. Rethinking Music

    What does the crisis in music education today mean for musical life in the UK?

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. A Documentary: By ChatGPT

    What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Asian Network Motivation

    High energy and mood boosting Bollywood, Bhangra, dance and pop to get you motivated!

    BBC Asian Network

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  30. Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

    Paul Whitehouse travels across the country to explore why waterways are in decline.

    BBC Two

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  31. Homesick Planet

    What do astronauts like Tim Peake think about in space? Answer: home.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Murder in the Pacific

    The story of the fatal bombing of Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985.

    BBC Two

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  33. The Mormons Are Coming

    Three young Mormons start a life-changing experience as missionaries in Lancashire.

    BBC Two

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    My Cousin, Regime Changer

    Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Life on the Edge of Oil

    A prospective new oil field has big implications for Shetland, finds reporter Jen Stout.

    BBC Radio 4

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    CIOTÓG

    Southpaw boxer Seán McComb sets out on his search for a professional title.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  37. Andrew Tate

    Matt Shea enters the world of Andrew Tate and talks to women who allege he abused them.

    BBC Three

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  38. Shocking

    'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ukrainians in Britain: Where Next?

    Ukrainian teacher Olga asks where next for refugees a year on from the outbreak of war.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Parole

    An eye-opening look at Britain's parole boards.

    BBC Two

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  41. Woke: The Journey of a Word

    Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Séamus Mac Murchaidh

    The story of notorious south Armagh outlaw Séamus Mac Murphy.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  43. Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs

    Liz Bonnin joins a team of palaeontologists as they investigate a dinosaur graveyard.

    BBC Two

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  44. How Wars End

    James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    BBC Radio 4

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    How Ukraine Made Us Care

    Ash Bhardwaj explores Ukraine's information war in Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. The Boring Talks

    James Ward introduces another curious talk.

    BBC Sounds

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  47. Tagged

    Young people try to adapt to their new lives on an electronic tag.

    BBC Three

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  48. Inside Our Minds

    Chris Packham helps autistic people connect with their friends and family in a new way.

    BBC Two

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  49. I Feel Therefore I Am

    New factual series for BBC Radio 4

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. The Agency: Unfiltered

    Get behind the filter at Scotland’s biggest influencer agency.

    BBC Scotland

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