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How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Horsepower
Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Erased Memories and Spotless Minds
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
BBC Radio 4
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Making Tracks
Paul Morley visits some of the key studios in which classic albums were recorded.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Lunatic Line
Ayisha Yahya tells the story of the 600-mile railway line from the Kenyan coast to Uganda
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Hidden History
Series of fascinating journeys of exploration through Ulster's byways and historic sites
BBC Radio Ulster
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The Hunt for Bin Laden
Gordon Corera tells the story of the search for the world's most wanted terrorist
BBC Radio 4
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come
How common is simultaneous discovery in science and is it a case of convergent evolution?
BBC Radio 4
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Late Nights at the Blue Boar
Pete Paphides visits the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar Services.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Art Bunker
Bob Dickinson visits a festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Soft Power Hard News
How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence
BBC Radio 4
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Happy Birthday, Neptune
In the solar system's outer darkness, planet Neptune has its first 'official' birthday.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Blind Man's Bete Noire
Peter White explores some of the things that annoy him about blindness
BBC Radio 4
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The Mousetrap and Me
Louise Elliot meets Terry O'Neill whose case inspired Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
BBC Radio Wales
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A Hundred Years of Mervyn Peake
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
BBC Radio 4
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Leader Conference
Andrew Rawnsley chairs a live discussion about the top stories of the moment
BBC Radio 4
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The Bird Fancyer's Delight
Sarah Angliss uncovers the fascinating story of how we tried to teach the birds to sing.
BBC Radio 4
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Tim Key's Suspended Sentence
Poet and comedian Tim Key sleuths out what makes a great literary opening line.
BBC Radio 4
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Does Happiness Write White?
Why do writers find happiness such a difficult emotion to capture on the page?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Politics of Dancing: How Disco Changed the World
Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of the disco movement, beginning in New York.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Dali Christ
The Dali Christ is Scotland's favourite painting. Louise Welsh finds out why.
BBC Radio 4
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Green Ears
Professor Trevor Cox explores the world of sonic design applied to our outdoor spaces
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Free Wales Harmony: When Pop Went Welsh
Manchester DJ and record collector Andy Votel explores Welsh language pop music.
BBC Radio 4
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Dr Seuss and the Butter Battles
The surprising political legacy of the much-loved children's author, Dr Seuss.
BBC Radio 4
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Fake or Fortune?
Journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould investigate mysteries behind paintings.
BBC One
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Royal Racers and Fascinators
Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the royal connections linking Ascot racecourse with fashion.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The No.219 Sodcast Project
Ian McMillan fights the cause of the sodcasters, perpetrators of tinny mobile phone music
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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James Joyce - Blind Date With Bloomsday
A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Your Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young presents tracks that listeners have chosen to take to a desert island
BBC Radio 4
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A Child to Sponsor
Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.
BBC Radio 4
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The Twilight World of Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.
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Our War
The war in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the young soldiers on the frontline.
BBC Three
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The Rattigan Versions
Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan from people who had a close connection to him
BBC Radio 4
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Virtually Famous
Ellie Gibson presents a documentary about computer games and indie games designers.
BBC Radio 4
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Fela Kuti Comes Home
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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In for the Kill
Mike Phillips investigates the coming of age of black British crime fiction.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Egypt's Lost Cities
A team heads to Egypt in an attempt to uncover lost cities beneath the sands.
BBC One
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FIFA: Football, Power and Politics
David Goldblatt tells the turbulent story of FIFA, international football's governing body
BBC Radio 4
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Doing It In The Street
Martin Reeve follows the fortunes of street theatre in Britain over 40 years.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Going on the Gallopers
A portrait of the life, popular art and remarkable engineering of Carters Steam Fair.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Blowing in the Wind: Dylan's Spiritual Journey
An exploration of the spiritual side of the music of Bob Dylan.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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ADHD and Me
Following the diagnosis of a family member, comedian Rory Bremner explores ADHD.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Jukes - Bad Blood or Bad Science
Steve Jones asks if people can be 'born bad"'- as was said of the infamous Jukes family.
BBC Radio 4
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A303: Highway to the Sun
Tom Fort whisks us through the landscape around the A303 road and 5,000 years of history.
BBC Four
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The Luddite Lament
The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
