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  1. The Night Shift

    Sarah Montague investigates the risks involved in working the nightshift.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The New Economy: Does Sharing Mean Caring?

    Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy, as espoused by chancellor George Osbourne

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Time Noodles

    Chie Kobayashi reports on Rakugo, Japan's ancient art of laughter.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Past Imperfect

    How false memories can be artificially generated and used to change future behaviour.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Bletchley Girls

    Who were the women who worked at Bletchley? What did they do? What became of them?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Should Extremism Be a Crime?

    Examining government plans to tackle the activities of non-violent extremists.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Great Songbook

    Cerys Matthews explores the songbooks of countries other than America

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Brits Abroad

    Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the other side of EU immigration

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. In the Moment

    Comedian Stewart Lee introduces his great passion - musical, free improvisation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    David Olusoga explores Britain's dark past - how it was built on the profits of slavery.

    BBC Two

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  11. The Problem of Pain - A Slow Motion Catastrophe

    Dr Sarah Goldingay explores groundbreaking research into relieving chronic pain.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Hang Drum Phenomenon

    Evelyn Glennie explores the extraordinary story of a new percussion instrument - The Hang.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Nature of Paedophilia

    Matthew Hill explores the science behind the psychiatric disorder paedophilia.

    BBC Radio 4

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    One Health: The Vet Will See You Now

    Graham Easton compares the veterinary patient journey to the NHS. Can lessons be learnt?

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Will Gompertz Gets Creative

    Will Gompertz presents a series on creativity

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. CSI Whale

    Philip Hoare attends the necropsy of a porpoise and thinks about going inside a whale.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    Is the European Dream Over?

    Bridget Kendall and guests look beyond the crisis in Greece to assess the future of Europe

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    People Talking

    Exploring the poetic sound world of postwar radio documentary pioneer Denis Mitchell.

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    New Wave at Westminster

    Martha Kearney follows the experiences and explores the hopes of new MPs at Westminster.

    BBC Radio 4

  20.

    Self-Service Nation

    Ian Marchant explores the rise of self-service. Who benefits - consumers or big business?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Archie Shepp's Message from Paris

    Saxophonist Archie Shepp on life as a black American in Paris.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Fighting to Stay the Same

    Andy Martin asks what influence loyalists retain on the politics of Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. What Is a Story?

    Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary fiction

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Battleships: The Ashes Voyages

    Star England and Australian cricketers remember travelling by ship to play Ashes Tests.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Looking For Charlie Williams

    Ian McMillan sets out on a quest to find out about the footballer turned TV comedy star.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Crisis in the Curry Kitchen

    Hardeep Singh Kohli investigates the lack of chefs threatening Britain's curry industry.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Amerasians: Children of the Dust

    The story of the children fathered by American servicemen during the Vietnam War.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Kampala Dream House

    In a children's home in Kampala every child is given a musical chance for a future.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Beat Women

    Laura Barton travels to New York to meet the women writers of the Beat Generation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. Me, My Selfie and I: Aimee Fuller's Generation Game

    Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller explores the selfie phenomenon

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  31. Lost Children of the Holocaust

    Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war BBC radio appeals

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Cutting Up the Cut-Up

    Ken Hollings examines the artistic device to create new meaning from existing recordings.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Doctor's Dementia

    A doctor's perspective on dementia - from the inside.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Fast and Furioso

    Rainer Hersch explores the dazzling technique of today’s musical virtuosos.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35.

    Sugar Daddy, Sugar Baby

    Young British women students dating rich older men via websites. Who is exploiting who?

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    From the Cockpit to the Operating Theatre

    Why lessons learned from aviation psychology are starting to save lives in hospitals.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

    Surgeon Gabriel Weston explores the history and development of forensic science.

    BBC Four

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  38. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

    BBC Radio 4

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  39. My Big Fat Documentary

    Is the world ready for Scottee's personal brand of fat activism? You be the judge.

    BBC Radio 4

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    My Life on Paper

    Jane Godber explores the UCAS personal statement - how close to the truth is it?

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Minimal Impact

    The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. The Light

    Author Bernard Hare recalls a terrifying childhood experience which changed his life.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    Ayo Gorkhali: The Gurkhas Are Coming!

    Military historian Hew Strachan on 200 years of Gurkha service to the British Crown.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    I Am Nobody's Prime Minister

    Poet Dean Atta became uninterested in politics. Did the recent election change his mind?

    BBC Radio 4

  45. China's Football Revolution

    Clive Anderson visits China to find out why success at the sport has eluded the country.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Notes From a Northern Irish Childhood

    Marie-Louise Muir revisits youth orchestras set up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Shadow of the Sun King

    Professor Julian Swann marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV of France.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

    Alan Yentob marks the centenary of TS Eliot's poem, with a reading by Jeremy Irons.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Another Time, Another Place

    Sara Parker visits Antony Gormley's installation on Crosby beach on its tenth anniversary.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Folk Aduaidh

    The untold history of folk music in Ulster.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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