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    Art School, Smart School

    Brian Eno, Grayson Perry and others reflect on the state of the art school.

  2. A Girl's Own Story

    Ruby Tandoh shows how young women are finding a powerful new voice via the internet.

  3. The Mersey Militants

    How Militant Tendency dominated Liverpool politics in the 1980s, and its ongoing legacy.

  4. Tears of a Clown

    Robin Ince looks at the enduring cliche of the sad clown.

  5. Cerys Goes Under Milk Wood

    Cerys Matthews unlocks her uncle's rare recordings of Dylan Thomas's friends and family.

  6. Speaking as a Member of the Public

    Danny Wallace's history of the vox pop. Are the opinions of random people of any value?

  7. The Revolution That Nearly Wasn't

    Elinor Goodman explores the general election that brought Harold Wilson to power in 1964.

  8. From Inside: The Guildford Four

    Martin McNamara presents Paul Hill's letters from jail, read by Jonjo O'Neill.

  9. Joan Littlewood and the People's Theatre

    Richard Eyre pays tribute to maverick left-wing theatre director Joan Littlewood.

  10. Four Women Poets Today

    Carol Ann Duffy, Liz Lochhead, Gillian Clarke and Eavan Boland on gender and poetry.

  11. Media and the Middle East

    Why does the Arab-Israeli conflict attract so much media attention? With John Lloyd.

  12. No More Heroes

    Angie Hobbs examines the changing nature of the hero, from the Iliad to the present day.

  13. The Eccentric Entrepreneur

    Dominic Sandbrook explores the life of 1930s radio station magnate Leonard Plugge.

  14. Vietnam and the Presidents

    David Taylor looks at the Vietnam War through the eyes of three presidents.

  15. You Are Feeling Sleepy

    The extraordinary history and science of the use of hypnosis in medicine.

  16. In the Dark Tower - Louis MacNeice at the BBC

    Poet Paul Muldoon recalls a fellow Belfast wordsmith who innovated radio production.

  17. Wars, Lies and Audiotape

    Historian DD Guttenplan explores what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964.

  18. The British on Top of the World

    Climber Stephen Venables recalls Sir Chris Bonington's 1975 expedition to Everest.

  19. How Britain Went to War

    Peter Hennessy examines Britain's secret war planning and preparations before August 1914.

  20. Broadcasting Freedom

    Bonnie Greer explores how black broadcasters put radio at the heart of the race debate.

  21. Boy, Oh Boy, He's Going Down

    Sean Street examines those moments where Radio forgets itself. From 2000.

  22. The Anniversary Anniversary

    Dominic Sandbrook ponders the compelling appeal of anniversaries.

  23. The Stranger in the Mirror

    Does the history of our ideas about autism tell us more about ourselves than about autism?

  24. A History of the N-Word

    Ellah Allfrey looks at the evolution of the N-word.

  25. No Destination

    Satish Kumar walked 8,000 miles for world peace. Join him as he relives this journey.

  26. Imagining the Audience

    In the days before audience research, who did the early BBC think it was talking to?

  27. Sentimental Journey

    Sneer or cheer? Gyles Brandreth surveys the history of sentimentality.

  28. The Benjamin Broadcasts

    Michael Rosen discovers Walter Benjamin's radio works for children. Read by Henry Goodman.

  29. Rebel Rebel

    Jonathan Agnew looks back at the rebel cricket tours to South Africa between 1981-1990.

  30. Pulped Fiction

    What makes a literary reputation last? Who's 'in' and who's on the way 'out'?

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