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  1. James Arthur: Out of Our Minds

    Singer-songwriter James Arthur explores the roots of his fragile mental health.

    BBC Three

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    The Soldier's Tale

    A vibrant and bold new take on Stravinsky’s dark musical masterpiece from the Hallé.

    BBC Four

  3. The Crisis Files

    Dr Kieran Connell explores the harrowing journeys made by asylum seekers.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  4. The Secret Genius of Modern Life

    Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world.

    BBC Two

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  5. Ukraine: War and Words

    An exploration of how the war in Ukraine is affecting the production of writing and books.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Shadow Pope

    Edward Stourton explores the tensions caused by the presence of two popes in the Vatican.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Drenagh Estate: Deep Roots

    Conolly McCausland restores 70 acres of gardens on his family’s Drenagh estate.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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  8. Understand

    Unravelling the complexities of the stories and subjects that really matter right now.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. The Name’s DeSantis

    James Naughtie profiles the Florida governor who just might be aiming for The White House.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Santa Claus: The Serial Killer

    Mobeen Azhar investigates the story behind the murders of eight men in Toronto, Canada.

    BBC Three

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  11. Different with Nicky Campbell

    Weird, wonderful, shocking, brave. Nicky Campbell explores what it means to be different.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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  12. On the Front Line

    Real-life stories from those who see major news events happen right before their eyes.

    BBC News

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  13. 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

  14.

    A Walk on the Supply Side

    Duncan Weldon explores the past, present and uncertain future of supply-side economics.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. The Travelling Auctioneers

    Antiques experts and master crafters help families turn unwanted items into winning lots.

    BBC One

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  16. The Threat to American Democracy

    Owen Bennett-Jones explores the threats facing America's electoral system.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. John Burnside: From the Other Side

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

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Why Do We Do That?

    Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the origins of everyday human habits and behaviour.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Music To Scream To - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks

    Neil Brand explores Hammer's modernist soundtracks, and explains how scary music works.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Louis Theroux Interviews

    Louis Theroux interviews some of the most iconic names in the world of entertainment.

    BBC Two

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  21. What Happened to Ricky Reel?

    Can a mother reignite an investigation into her son's death, 25 years after it happened?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Treasury Under Siege

    How Whitehall's most powerful department found itself at the heart of a political storm.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Flight of the Ospreys

    Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic autumn flight to West Africa.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Uncaged

    Uncaged

    BBC Radio 4

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  25. How to Raise a Trillion

    How can the UK government can raise enough money to weather the current economic crisis?

    BBC Radio 4

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  26. Reading the Air

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

    BBC Radio 4

  27. How the BBC Began

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

    BBC Two

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  28. Deepfake Porn: Could You Be Next?

    Film exploring the rise of deepfake porn, a new form of image-based sexual abuse.

    BBC Three

  29.

    The Norwegian Hancock

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

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Witch Farm

    The true story behind 'Britain's most haunted house'. A brand new paranormal cold case.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. The Hunt for the World's End Killers

    The story of one of Scotland’s most notorious double murders.

    BBC One Scotland

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  32. Wild Bond

    Celebrate 60 years of Bond movies with a cast of characters from the animal kingdom.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. An Diabhal Inti

    Exploring why many people were targeted during the witch hunts that swept across Europe.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  34. Nol i'r Gwersyll

    Cyfres lle mae Gwersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog wedi'i drawsnewid, gan groesawu gwersyllwyr...

    S4C

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  35. Xanadu

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

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Fallout: Living in the Shadow of the Bomb

    An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Raiders of the Lost Archive

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

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The Elon Musk Show

    Uncovering the story of how Elon Musk became the richest man who has ever lived.

    BBC Two

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  39. Knives at the School Gate

    How does a Huddersfield community cope when a teenager is stabbed to death?

    BBC Radio 4

  40. The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

    Sam Knight's bestseller about the true reported premonitions of disasters in the 1960s.

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. Colouring in Britain

    Uncovering the incredible lives and stories of Britons of colour, past and present.

    BBC Sounds

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  42. Litir Ghrá ón Dara Cogadh Domhanda

    How a Belfast doctor survived the WWII Japanese POW camps and came home to his sweetheart.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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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

  44.

    Live in Kyiv: Comedy from a War Zone

    Ukrainian comedian Anton Tymoshenko explains what he's learned about comedy through war.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Stories from Ukraine

    Short stories taken from the anthology 'Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories'

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Back Seat Drivers

    Historian Steven Fielding explores the political role of ex-prime ministers, then and now.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Boy in the Woods

    Winifred Robinson investigates the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. Eye Investigations

    High impact investigations and documentaries from the BBC World Service.

    BBC News

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  49. Peter Greenaway - Painting with Film

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Other Black Door

    How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.

    BBC Radio 4

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