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Hitting the Buffers
Gareth Mitchell looks at our need for speed in different areas of modern life
BBC Radio 4
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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe's Lament
Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Bond Correspondence
Lucy Fleming embarks upon a quest to discover more about her mysterious uncle Ian.
BBC Radio 4
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On Screen
The people and stories from global film and television. With Kirsty Lang.
BBC World Service
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I Don't Know What to Say
Nick Clarke's widow Barbara Want investigates how we as a society deal with bereavement.
BBC Radio 4
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World Business Report
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC
BBC World Service
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Assignment
Investigations and journeys into the heart of global events from BBC correspondents
BBC World Service
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The Ticket
Your ticket to the world's arts and entertainment scene with Mark Coles.
BBC World Service
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The Interview Archive
The world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures interviewed by the BBC
BBC World Service
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Outlook
True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives
BBC World Service
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Musical Migrants
Portraits of people who relocated to other lands, influenced by music
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Birth Of Israel
Examining the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949. Made in 2008.
BBC Two
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Punt PI
Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that amuse and beguile
BBC Radio 4
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The Rook and Me
Mark Cocker indulges his obsession as he follows a colony of rooks over a year
BBC Radio 4
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The Miracle Berry
Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage.
BBC Radio 4
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How to Build a Cathedral
Documentary discovering how our medieval forebears built the wonders of their world.
BBC Four
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The Chemistry of Addiction
Dr Graham Easton explores how the brain deals with drugs and who might become an addict
BBC Radio 4
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This Are 2-Tone
Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Africalab
Hugh Levinson asks whether science and technology can end under-development in Africa
BBC Radio 4
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Who Needs Scientists?
Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.
BBC Radio 4
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The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists
Dr Ben Goldacre explores our past and present fascination with nutrition and lifestyle
BBC Radio 4
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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies
BBC Radio 5 Live
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William Burroughs: Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted
Laurie Anderson profiles one of the most original writers and thinkers of the 20th century
BBC Radio 4
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Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Former chancellor Ken Clarke profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century
BBC Radio 4
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What's the Point of...?
Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought-provoking look at some great British institutions
BBC Radio 4
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Bridging the Morphine Gap
Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.
BBC Radio 4
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Secret Science
Vivienne Parry meets the scientists whose work remains unknown to the general public
BBC Radio 4
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World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations
Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet
BBC Radio 4
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Tropic of Capricorn
Simon Reeve presents a travel documentary as he journeys along the Tropic of Capricorn.
BBC Two
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And the Academy Award Goes To...
Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind winning films
BBC Radio 4