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  1. The Mating Game

    David Attenborough reveals spectacular scenes of courting and companionship.

    BBC One

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  2. A Geochemical History of Life on Earth

    Justin Rowlatt tells the story of how our planet was made

    BBC World Service

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  3. Hidden Girls

    A look at the hidden world of girls in gangs.

    BBC Three

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    2 Tone: The Sound of Coventry

    The story of 2 Tone, which exploded from Coventry in 1979 with a musical message of unity.

    BBC One West Midlands

  5. The Dreams We Live Inside

    Engineer and author Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. The Hidden History of the Window

    Rachel Hurdley looks through the window to discover our inner and outer worlds.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Who We Are

    Documentaries about how we shape our lives through love, pain, war and hope

    BBC World Service

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  8. History on the Edge

    Anita Anand uncovers an extraordinary untold refugee story from 1940.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Poison

    Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, believes the world is out to poison him.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Landscapes of the Mind

    Landscape architect James Corner on Covid, urban green space and mental health.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Last Mountain

    The fateful story of climber Tom Ballard who perished on Nanga Parbat in 2019.

    BBC Two

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    When Nirvana Came to Britain

    A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK, 30 years on from Nevermind.

    BBC Two

  13. Electric Ride UK

    Peter Curran travels from Land's End to John O'Groats in an electric car.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Power to Which People?

    What does it take to run an effective local political campaign?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Imperilled Adventures of the Adventure Playground

    Josie Long celebrates the joy and power to change lives offered by adventure playgrounds.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Séamus Ó Grianna: Saol Corrach

    Exploring the life of one of the most important Ulster Irish writers of the 20th century.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  17. A Wish for Afghanistan

    Lyse Doucet on the experiences of a nation during 20 years of war

    BBC World Service

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  18. Helen Lewis: Great Wives

    Helen Lewis meets the life partners of history's most famous geniuses.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. China's Magic Weapon

    Governments around the world are uncovering secret operations to expand China's influence.

    BBC Two

  20. When Ruby Wax Met...

    Ruby Wax walks us through her famous interviews from the 90s, never repeated until now.

    BBC Two

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  21. Planet Bach

    Every minute of every day, a musician is playing Bach’s music somewhere in the world.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Citizens of Somewhere

    John Harris talks to people around the UK about their lives and how they see the future.

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. The Fake Paralympians

    The cheats who won gold and left a devastating legacy for learning disability sport

    BBC World Service

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  24. Kurupting the Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story

    How People Just Do Nothing went from online comedy hit to upcoming Hollywood film.

    BBC Three

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    Daisy Maskell: Insomnia and Me

    Daisy Maskell tackles her insomnia, meeting experts and young sufferers who can’t sleep.

    BBC Three

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    The DNA of History

    How is DNA science transforming the study of ancient history, and where might it take us?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Breaking Through

    How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Bad Business

    Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Unspeakable

    Alice Musabende, who survived the genocide of the Tutsis, faces telling her boys about it.

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Speak Up

    Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public women speak a lot less.

    BBC Radio 4

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    MTV - A British Invention?

    Adam Buxton uncovers the influence of British music videos at the dawn of MTV.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Black Hill, Bleak Summer

    A farming community recalls the UK's worst ever foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares

    The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the early 1970s.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Hybrid

    Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom.

    BBC Radio 4

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  35. Reflections on Hi-Vis

    Safety essential, petty authority, fashion? Steph McGovern on the many ways to see hi-vis.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. This Union

    A collection of programmes from each of the four nations exploring the future of the UK

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. King Louis the First of Britain

    How the late Louis Armstrong conquered Britain with his music and personality.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Unreal: The VFX Revolution

    Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. My Cat, The Judge

    But is she? Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. And Suzi Ruffell, her owner.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Bad Influencer: The Great Insta Con

    The shocking story of social media wellness star Belle Gibson.

    BBC Three

  41.

    Cultural Exchange: Bristol

    Neil Maggs and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley go in search of the Bristol beyond the headlines.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Lost for Words

    David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Kindness Experiment

    Can we turn bad vibes into good vibes? A feel-good series about the kindness of strangers

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story

    Elon Musk wants to shape our future. How did science fiction shape him?

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Written in Scotland

    Kirsty Wark looks at the relationship that Scotland's writers have with Scotland itself.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Detoxifying the Classics

    Katherine Harloe explores the appropriation of ancient Greece and Rome by hate groups.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Blue: Pain and Pleasure

    Laura Marling celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's LP, Blue.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Blind Astronomer

    Kate Molleson tells the story of Wanda Diaz-Merced and her pioneering work with sound.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Return to the Homeless Hotel

    What's happened to rough sleepers a year after they were given emergency accommodation?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Our Souls So Knit

    Caroline Bird uncovers poet Michael Field, AKA Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.

    BBC Radio 4

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