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  1. Hearts and Minds

    Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events and conflicts

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. The Hidden Henry

    Five academics present portraits of unknown, intimate and surprising aspects of Henry VIII

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  3. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - The Art of Backing Vocals

    Nick Barraclough celebrates the unsung singers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    World Heritage: Curse or Blessing?

    Emily Maitlis asks if the UN's heritage police is a force for good or ill.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Foes Reunited

    Why are youths in Northern Ireland using social networking sites to spread sectarianism?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Landfill Designers

    Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sacred Election: Lessons from the Biggest Democracy in the World

    Dr Mukulika Banerjee learns about the processes involved in an Indian general election.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Anuta - An Island Governed By Love

    Anuta, a South Pacific Island where life has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    A Baby Asbo

    Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. The Incredible Human Journey

    Dr Alice Roberts tells the story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world.

    BBC Two

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  11. Talking Cricket

    A look at Norfolk's cricketing scene throughout the summer.

    BBC Radio Norfolk

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  12. The New Galileos

    Andrew Luck-Baker meets today's telescope builders and astronomers

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  13. The Balancing Bluebottle

    Story of the film pioneer making natural history films in his back garden.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Wonder Cure?

    Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Picturing Britain

    Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?

    How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    Budget Call

    Vincent Duggleby answers listeners' calls on how the Budget will affect them.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Twin Sisters, Two Faiths

    Identical twin sisters talk about their different choices to follow Islam and Christianity

    BBC Radio 4

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    Remembrance of Smells Past

    Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Horrible Histories

    Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.

    CBBC

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  21. Ludwig Koch and the Music of Nature

    Sean Street tells the story of Ludwig Koch, the David Attenborough of his day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Blair's Faith Foundation

    Can Tony Blair's Faith Foundation succeed in promoting religion as a force for progress?

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Inside The Child Prisons

    Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of violent and damaged youngsters

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Power Failure? The Story of the Battery

    Mark Miodownik explores the prospect of a new generation of highly poweful batteries.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

    Julia Bradbury walks across northern England from the west to the east coast.

    BBC Four

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  26. The New Scramble for Africa

    Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  28. The Report

    Original insights into major news stories and topical investigations

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. My Teenage Diary

    Rufus Hound invites a guest to read extracts from their teenage diaries

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Debating Animals

    Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related animal species

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Wasting Away in the Outback

    The Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Medicalisation of Normality

    Are we are turning normal human behaviour into medical conditions?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Island of Secrets

    Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk, Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Type A Meet Type B!

    What makes people early or late risers?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Criminal Mind

    Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?

    Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ursula Le Guin at 80

    Writer China Mieville talks to American science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Supersize Surgeries

    Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sound Architecture: The Spaces That Speak

    Science broadcaster Professor Trevor Cox explores the science of aural architecture.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Oceans: What Lies Beneath

    Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the planet's oceans

    BBC Radio 4

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  41. Chi-Chi: Panda Ambassador

    Naturalist and journalist Henry Nicholls traces the story of Chi-Chi the panda.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Whose Health Is It Anyway?

    Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Percy Edwards Showdown

    David Attenborough hosts a documentary game-show about the bird impersonator.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Prime Ministers

    Nick Robinson explores the history of Britain's prime ministers

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane

    Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright Sarah Kane.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Islam and Science

    Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. Britain's Atlantis

    The most recent knowledge of what the land around Britain was like before the Ice Age.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Online Damage: Porn in the 21st Century

    Penny Marshall examines the effects of the rapid expansion of online porn on UK society.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. A View Through a Lens

    Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison on human experience and the beauty of nature

    BBC Radio 4

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