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Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?
David Harewood investigates the reasons behind health inequality in modern Britain.
BBC One
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Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?
Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK’s political institutions?
BBC Radio 4
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Why Is the 1812 So Popular?
Tchaikovsky himself said his overture had 'no artistic merit', so why is it so popular?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Is There So Much Turbulence in British Politics?
BBC News takes a look at the global reaction to Keir Starmer's resignation
BBC News
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Why is Xi Jinping in North Korea?
China's president Xi Jinping has held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
BBC News
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Why Men Pay for Sex
What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it
BBC Radio 4
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Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus)
Funny, frank and feisty adaptation of Gill Sims’ best-selling novel.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
Gill Sims' comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)
Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Why Music? Question Time
Tom Service is joined by Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball answer listeners' questions.
BBC Radio 3
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Why Music? Round-Up
Tom Service and Sarah Walker round up Why Music? with Victoria Williamson and Philip Ball.
BBC Radio 3
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Why Plastic?
Explores the causes, consequences and possible solutions to plastic pollution.
BBC News
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Why Poetry Matters
Griff Rhys Jones explores how verse has the power to enlighten, entertain and stimulate.
BBC Two
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Why Poverty?
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century
BBC Four
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Why Poverty?
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
BBC News
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Why Reading Matters
How modern neuroscience has revealed that reading unlocks remarkable powers in people.
BBC Four
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Why Russia Spies
Russian agents remain against the West. Peter Hennessy investigates why.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Should This Happen To Me?
A series of discussions with people dealing with crisis
BBC World Service
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC News
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC News
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC Persian TV
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
BBC Russian TV
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
Jeremy Black examines an extraordinary time in British history, the Industrial Revolution.
BBC Two
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here - Learning Zone
A compilation of films for schools from Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here.
BBC Two
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Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
BBC Radio 4
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Why the World's Superpowers are Racing to Control the Arctic
Five reasons why the Arctic is one of the world’s most contested regions
BBC News
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Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down)
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Tuchel Is Perfect Fit For England
Thomas Hitzlsperger explains Thomas Tuchel's tactical style.
BBC Sport
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Why US-Israel Strikes on Iran Are Targeting Drones
The Security Brief looks at why Iran is using drones to cause chaos in the Middle East
BBC News
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Why War? The Einstein-Freud Letters
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Why Why?
Comedian Phill Jupitus searches for the answers to questions posed by songs.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Women Read Fiction
Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers.
BBC Radio 4
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Why Women Read Fiction (Omnibus)
Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Wibbly Pig
Preschool animation featuring Wibbly Pig and his favourite toys, Pigley, Flop and Dimple
CBeebies
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The Wicked Pickett: The Life and Times of Wilson Pickett
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who and a Wilson Pickett fan, profiles the soul star.
BBC Radio 6 Music
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Wicked, Witty and Wise
Comedian Nuala McKeever shares her favourite comic poetry and songs.
BBC Radio Ulster
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The Wicker Man
Terrifying audio adaptation of the cult 1973 film. With Brian Blessed.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Wicker Man
A puritan police officer arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl.
BBC Four
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Attacked 24 Hours Before Found Dead
Ann Widdecombe was attacked 24 hours before she was found dead, police believe
BBC News
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Widdecombe Suspect Due to Appear in Court
Joshua Kerry, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, is set to appear in court today
BBC News
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Wide Awake at Bedtime
Stewart Henderson joins children at sleepover events around the UK
BBC Radio 4
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Wide Open Spaces
Comedy. Two slackers find themselves in the middle of rural Ireland building a theme park.
BBC Two Scotland
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Wide Sargasso Sea
A Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman fall in love, only to be torn apart by rumours.
BBC Four
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Widespread Evacuations After Tsunami Warning
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has sparked tsunami warnings for the US and Japan
BBC News
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The Widow's Tale
Six widows from different backgrounds talk about the deaths of their husbands.
BBC One
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Widowers' Tales
The moving, inspiring stories of four men who found a new identity late in life.
BBC Radio 4
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Wiegman 'Very Happy' With England Squad
Lauren James selected despite not playing since April - Kearns & Parris miss out
BBC News
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Wiegman 'Very Happy' With England Squad
Chelsea's Lauren James is picked for next month's Euros, despite not playing since April
BBC News
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Wiegman Speaks Ahead Of Euro 2025
England women's football team Head Coach Sarina Wiegman speaks ahead of Euros warm-up
BBC News
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The Wife
After her husband wins a Nobel Prize, Joan Castleman reflects on her life with him.
BBC Two
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Wifedom - Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
Anna Funder's genre-bending biography of Eileen, George Orwell's forgotten first wife.
BBC Radio 4
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Wigan Residents Bring Back Golden Gladiator Statue
Statue previously banned by local council reinstated after campaign by Wigan residents
BBC News
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Wigan's Woodstock
The story of the Bickershaw Festival, when the Grateful Dead came to a village near Wigan.
BBC Radio Manchester
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Wigmore Hall: Igor Levit
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, pianist Igor Levit plays works by Schubert and Liszt.
BBC Radio 3
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Wigtown at 25
Wigtown Book Festival is 25. We look at the impact the festival has had on the town.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Wiki Hii
Kipindi cha yaliyojiri wiki nzima kinachokujia kila Jumamosi saa kumi na mbili asubuhi Afrika Mashariki
BBC Swahili Radio
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Wiki Wars
Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.
BBC Radio 4
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Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower
Two-part series looking at American diplomacy and the leaked US embassy cables
BBC Two
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The Wikipedia Story
Clive Anderson explores the value of Wikipedia as a source of human knowledge.
BBC Radio 4
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Wil ac Aeron
Cyfres yn dilyn y ffermwyr ifanc Wil Hendreseifion ac Aeron Pughe ar daith. Following f...
S4C
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Wil Betws A'i Fyd
Portread o 2001 o William Hughes, Y Betws, Cemaes, Ynys Môn sy'n ymddiddori mewn hen be...
S4C
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Wil Cwac Cwac
Cartwn sy'n adrodd stori'r hwyaden Wil Cwac Cwac a'i ffrindiau. Animated adventures of ...
S4C
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Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
Comic storyteller Wil Hodgson recounts a life lived as an outsider in his home town.
BBC Radio 4
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Depressed Wilbur moves in with his brother and begins to fall for his new girlfriend.
BBC Two
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Wild about Harry
Drama. A philandering TV chef is about to be divorced an accident leaves him with amnesia.
BBC One
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Wild about Pandas
Following giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang's resettlement in Edinburgh Zoo.
BBC One Scotland
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Wild About Wiltshire
BBC Radio Wiltshire celebrates the county's great outdoors.
BBC Radio Wiltshire
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Wild About Your Garden
Nick Knowles attempts to give urban spaces across Britain a reverse makeover.
BBC One
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