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  1. The Long and the Short of It

    Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  2. The War Widows of Afghanistan

    Zarghuna Kargar hears the stories of British and Afghan women widowed by the 13-year war.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Into the Abyss

    Series taking listeners down to the deepest parts of the ocean.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Karaoke As Art?

    Is karaoke now an art form? Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon to find out.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Who's British Now?

    Fewer and fewer of us say we are 'British'. Ritula Shah asks, 'Who's British now?'.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Doing It the Milton Keynes Way

    Deborah Meaden uncovers the business secrets of booming Milton Keynes.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. World Agony

    Irma Kurtz talks to five different agony aunts from around the world.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  8. Playing the Skyline

    Musicians look at how the land meets the air and imagine it as music.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. AL Kennedy: Holding Hands

    Join AL Kennedy for something uniquely intimate and comforting that begins in childhood.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. The Leadership Gap

    John Tusa explores the state of leadership in large UK organisations today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. Gone to Earth

    Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  12. The Devil's Rope

    Ian Marchant drives across the midwest to learn how barbed wire privatised America.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Who Does John Hegley Think He Is?

    John Hegley thinks he might be descended from French composer Rameau. Could it be true?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Walking Round in Circles

    Northern Ireland writer Nick Laird returns home to consider the culture of marching.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Blow Your Mind

    Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken meet the top experts on the planet

    CBBC

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  16. The Last Wish of a Prince

    Hardeep Singh Kohli finds out if Maharaja Duleep Singh's remains should go back to India.

    BBC Radio 4

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    O Say Can You See?

    Erica Wagner explores America's relationship with its national anthem, an ode to its flag.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Animal Architecture

    Tom Dyckhoff explores the way we design and build for animals.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. The Town Is The Menu

    Simon Preston visits a UK town to create a new signature dish inspired by the locality.

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Charting the Border

    The writer Garrett Carr reveals his unusual map of the Irish border.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Royal Activist

    Elinor Goodman asks if Prince Charles's campaigning will bring a new style of monarchy.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Mallorca and Middle-Aged Men in Lycra

    Middle-Aged Men in Lycra flock to Mallorca each year for it's perfect cycling conditions

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. 1914: Day by Day

    Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. The New Viking Invasion

    Why is there such an increasing demand for Danish sperm donors? Kate Brian investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Linard's Travels

    An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Bella Hardy Goes Home

    Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year 2014 goes back to her roots, Edale in Derbyshire.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Controlling Our Borders

    Winifred Robinson investigates changes to border controls in the wake of election results.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Travelling the Spaceways: The Cult of Sun Ra

    Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Generation Right

    Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Marginalia

    Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page in his exploration of marginalia.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Pole to Pole

    Half a million Poles have settled here in the last decade. Are they becoming British?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Unmaking of the English Working Class

    Historian Jon Lawrence of Cambridge University asks what has happened to the working class

    BBC Radio 4

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    D-Day: A Family Affair

    Paddy O'Connell meets D-Day veterans and asks 'what is remembrance?'.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Britain at Sea

    Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  35. A Good Man in Rwanda

    A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

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    For All the TV in China

    Paul Jackson reports on TV in China, and the British producers hoping to succeed there.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Fit for Purpose

    Anne McElvoy and John Harris host a series of debates on institutions under pressure.

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Primary Colours

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen presents a history of colour

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  39. Rooms with a View

    Tom Dyckhoff discovers that few things show our social status as clearly as windows.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Is Journalism Healthy?

    Can an NHS ethics code for medics, managers and public relations staff ever work?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Educating Ulster

    Andrea Catherwood examines the movement for integrated schools in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Melencolia

    Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Little Chechnya on the Steppes

    The story of Kazakhstan's Chechens: exiled by Stalin, sustained by faith and memory.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Bronze Age Man of Jodrell Bank

    His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45.

    Disabled and Broody: My Impossible Choice

    Julie Fernandez considers whether to have children at risk of inheriting her disability.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Personality Politics

    Timandra Harkness discovers links between political choices and how our brains function.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Singing with the Nightingales

    Sam Lee marks the 100th anniversary of cellist Beatrice Harrison's duet with a nightingale

    BBC Radio 4

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    Disabled and Behind Bars

    Nikki Fox investigates the treatment of disabled people in British prisons.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Cyprus: Divided Memory, United Future?

    Maria Margaronis explores the divided history of Cyprus, as a new settlement awaits.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

    How will the workforce of the future be changed by advanced technologies?

    BBC Radio 4

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