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  1. Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Jobfished

    Catrin Nye investigates the glamorous company that faked its own existence.

    BBC Three

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    Frontline

    Ophelia Byrne asks why more Catholics aren’t joining the police in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. The Shadow of Algiers

    Stories from France's troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Jobfished

    Catrin Nye investigates the glamorous company that faked its own existence.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Political Animals

    Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the 'dominant male' stereotype.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. Illuminated

    BBC Radio 4's home for creative documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds.

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Chinese on Campus

    Ben Chu looks at the experience of Chinese students in the UK

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Nazanin

    How an old debt with Iran may have ended up costing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe her freedom.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. A Recipe for Love

    Sophie Ward makes a scientifically-accredited love potion. Don't try this at home.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Louis Theroux's Forbidden America

    Louis Theroux returns to the USA to explore the most controversial corners of America.

    BBC Two

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  12. Split Up in Care: Life without Siblings

    Reporter Ashley John-Baptiste explores the separation of siblings by the UK care system.

    BBC Three

  13. The Backlog

    The Economist's health policy editor, Natasha Loder, explores solutions to the NHS backlog

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Headwaters

    A 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Instagram Effect

    How Instagram became the dominant force it is today, told by those on the inside.

    BBC Three

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    Rapman: Back of the Bus

    Rapman takes a tour around London with Micheal Ward, Stephen, Kadeem, Junior and Karla.

    BBC Three

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    One Ring to Bind Them

    Pro-wrestler Matt Powell explores the history and resurgence of wrestling in the Midlands.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. TechXplore

    BBC tech reporter Paul Carter hunts down cutting-edge tech across the globe.

    BBC News

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  19. Terrorism and the Mind

    Raffaello Pantucci explores the role of mental health in the actions of violent extremists

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust

    Following seven leading artists as they paint seven survivors of the Holocaust.

    BBC Two

  21. Taxi Drivers

    Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Tudur Owen: United Nations of Anglesey

    Another true tale from much loved Anglesey comic Tudur Owen.

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. The Nilsen Files

    Revisiting the case of Dennis Nilsen, convicted in 1983 for the murders of six young men.

    BBC Two

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  24. 1922: The Birth of Now

    Matthew Sweet investigates objects and events from 1922, the crucial year for modernism.

    BBC Radio 4

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  25. The Narrow Sea, The Farther Shore with Phil Cunningham

    Composer Phil Cunningham creates a new musical composition inspired by the Narrow Sea.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  26. Women Building Peace

    Women trying to bring peace to communities talk to global influencers

    BBC World Service

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  27. Dark Land: The Hunt for Wales' Worst Serial Killer

    The hunt for Peter Moore, the 'man in black' who was Wales’ worst serial killer.

    BBC One Wales

  28. Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

    Strictly star Kelvin Fletcher has bought a farm, but can he make it pay?

    BBC One

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  29. The Chronicles of Strangford

    Series charting a year on Strangford Lough, the largest sea inlet in the UK.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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  30. Night Watch

    Stories of everyday street harassment from women across Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends

    Oti Mabuse explores the extraordinary people who have changed the course of dance.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Room 5

    When a diagnosis changes everything.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Couples Therapy

    Couples Therapy unlocks a hidden world: other people’s relationships.

    BBC Two

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  34. Life on the Bay

    Following the fortunes of the holiday park run by three generations of a Fife family.

    BBC Scotland

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  35. The Green Planet

    A five-part series presented by Sir David Attenborough looking at the lives of plants.

    BBC One

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  36. Fungi: The New Frontier

    Tim Hayward falls down a rabbit hole and into the vast and largely hidden world of fungi.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Andy Warhol's America

    He was an artist and a cultural icon - and his work is a history of 20th-century America.

    BBC Two

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  38. Pakistan's Long Game

    Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Ar An Sliabh

    A portrait of life in Ireland's mountain communities.

    BBC

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  40. Attenborough's Wonder of Song

    David Attenborough chooses seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature.

    BBC One

  41. Past Forward: A Century of Sound

    Greg Jenner dives deep into the BBC archive to explore what it says about who we are now.

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Walter: A Life in Football

    A tribute to one of the most successful managers in Scottish football, Walter Smith.

    BBC One Scotland

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    Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard

    Sir David Attenborough uncovers an Ice Age mammoth mystery on the outskirts of Swindon.

    BBC One

  44. Call to Kabul

    Anita Anand tracks an unfolding story of three brothers being hunted by the Taliban.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. The Hidden History of the Staircase

    Rachel Hurdley climbs the staircase to discover a story of steps, status and segregation.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Mr Fletcher, the Poet

    1986 documentary about mining community life by acclaimed radio producer Piers Plowright.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Family of Strangers

    How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Consumed by Desire

    Radio 4 documentary series.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Setting Sail

    An exploration of death from 1985 by Piers Plowright and Malcolm Clarke.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Look At What You Could Have Won

    A reappraisal of the 80s TV quiz Bullseye, asking what we've lost and what we've become.

    BBC Radio 4

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