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  1. Africa United in Manchester

    Documentary about the 5th Pan African Congress, held in Manchester 75 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos

    The ideas making Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth and Amazon 2020's business success.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Shooting the Darkness

    The defining photographs of the Troubles and the impact on those who captured them.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  4. Apocalypse How

    Three-part series looking at existential threats to humanity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Tracey Dobbs: Images That Last a Lifetime

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

    BBC Radio 4

  6. A Promised Land by Barack Obama

    Barack Obama reads from the gripping first volume of his presidential memoirs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. The Happiness Half Hour

    Hack your happiness: simple strategies proven by science.

    BBC Radio Bristol

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  8. Living with the Dragon

    Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. My Albion

    Zakia Sewell explores the songs, stories and symbols of British identity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. The Raising of Coventry

    Telling the story of the bombing of Coventry 80 years ago on November 14th, 1940.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. How to Vaccinate the World

    Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. The Climate Question

    Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

    BBC World Service

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  13. Assume Nothing

    The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  14. 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

  15. Britain in Ten Operas

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

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Epiphanies

    The inspiring moments that start an artistic journey

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Berlin 1945

    Journey back in time to Berlin's most fateful year.

    BBC Four

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  18. Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat

    Nigella shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen.

    BBC Two

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  19. East Meets West

    The UK has a north and south divide but how about east and west? Chris Mason investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Cornwall with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the county emerges from lockdown.

    BBC Two

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  21. Yfory Newydd

    Gwyddonwyr ifanc Cymru'n sôn am eu gwaith, yr heriau a'u gobeithion am yfory gwell.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  22. US Election 2024: America decides

    In-depth reporting, analysis and breaking news from the US presidential election

    BBC World Service

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  23. Is This Coercive Control?

    A group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes coercive control.

    BBC Three

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    The Most Successful Assassination in History

    The night Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down - changing the Middle East forever.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Dark Land: Hunting the Killers

    Reinvestigating some of Wales's most shocking unsolved murders.

    BBC One Wales

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  26. Race and the American Vote

    Monica Campbell explores how race and identity are shaping the American election.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Year the Music Stopped

    Arlo Parks reflects on a year without live music with artists including Yannis from Foals.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Back to Uni

    Anoushka follows new students coping with starting at her university as Covid cases rise.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Morning Live

    Conversation, advice and tips to make your day that little bit easier.

    BBC One

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  30. The YUNGBLUD Podcast

    Yungblud talks to friends and fans about the big stuff going on in their lives.

    BBC Sounds

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  31. The Wedding Detectives

    The Wedding Detectives uncover the often dramatic stories behind lost wedding photographs.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. 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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  33. A History of Ghosts

    Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Reading the Water

    Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing at a Wiltshire lake in midsummer.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Being British East Asian: Sex, Beauty & Bodies

    Elaine Chong reveals how many British East Asians feel between cultures of West and East.

    BBC Three

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  36. Under the Cloud

    It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Doon the Watta

    Nicholas Parsons revisits the Clyde where he was an apprentice in the 1940s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38.

    The Straight Man

    Nicholas Parsons presents a potted history of the 'straight man' in comedy double-acts.

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    Nicholas Parsons: A Man of Many Parts

    Paul Jackson celebrates the many showbiz lives of the irrepressible Nicholas Parsons.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. The New Deal - A Story For Our Times

    Marybeth Hamilton explores how America responded to the Great Depression with The New Deal

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. Black Star Line: The Story of Marcus Garvey

    A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    The Touch Test: The Results

    Claudia Hammond reveals the results of the world’s largest study of attitudes to touch.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Surviving Unemployment

    Three newly jobless young people learn from survivors of the 1980s unemployment crisis.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Anatomy of Touch

    How important is touch to us? Claudia Hammond reveals the BBC Touch Test results.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

    Alex Jennings reads this vivid new biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Long Covid

    Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Back to School

    Radio 4 goes Back to School to explore the new world of socially distanced education.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Pysgod i Bawb

    Yr actorion Julian Lewis Jones a Ryland Teifi sy'n ein tywys ar daith bysgota ar hyd ar...

    S4C

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  49. One Zoo Three

    Following three young brothers who happen to own their own zoo.

    CBBC

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  50. Inside Culture

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

    BBC Two

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