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  1. The State of Nature

    Explore, wonder and celebrate Wales's wildlife with Lizzie Daly.

    BBC Radio Wales

  2. Strike

    Jonny Owen tracks the impact of the miners' strike on Britain, on South Wales, and on him

    BBC Radio Wales

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  3. SAS: Catching the Criminals

    How police and enforcement teams are using military and SAS tactics to catch criminals.

    BBC One

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  4. American Socialist

    Jill Lepore explores the life of Eugene V. Debs and the legacy of his socialist politics.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Darren Harriott on BBC Radio WM

    Join Darren Harriott on BBC Radio WM.

    BBC Radio WM

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  6. Darren Harriott on BBC CWR

    Join Darren Harriott on BBC CWR.

    BBC CWR

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  7. Mark Rhodes on BBC Radio WM

    Join Mark Rhodes on BBC Radio WM.

    BBC Radio WM

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  8. Mark Rhodes on BBC CWR

    Join Mark Rhodes on BBC CWR.

    BBC CWR

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  9. Friday Night Sport

    A round-up of Devon's sporting week and a look ahead to the weekend's games.

    BBC Radio Devon

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  10. The Zelensky Story

    Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.

    BBC Two

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  11. Bloodlines

    The search for a missing child in the ruins of Islamic State leads to a shocking discovery

    BBC Radio 4

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    Serial Offender: Arnold Schoenberg's Twelve Tone Adventure

    Schoenberg's 12-tone system redefined music. So why are his works rarely performed?

    BBC Radio 4

  13. In My Own Words

    Get up close to artists, writers, actors, comedians and poets.

    BBC One

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  14. America's New Female Right

    Layla Wright meets the American women posting offensive content online.

    BBC Three

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    The Showbiz Revolutionaries

    When acting greats tried to launch a workers’ revolution, starting in Merthyr Tydfil.

    BBC Radio Wales

  16. Matt Chorley

    Matt Chorley with political guests, news, and your views on the issues that matter to you.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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  17. More Wow

    What is awe, and where do we find it?

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Complex

    Series documenting the round-the-clock care of Nora, a non-verbal seven year-old.

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Off-Peak Performance

    Reflections from passengers on the 18:53 London to Manchester. What's causing the delays?

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Broadcast Icons

    Steven Rainey explores the archives to reveal the voices that have shaped broadcasting.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  21. The Grand House - Boom or Blight?

    Tristram Hunt examines the ways grand houses tell their stories and make their money.

    BBC Radio 4

  22.

    Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me

    Dancer Amy Dowden faces the most turbulent year of her life after a cancer diagnosis.

    BBC One

  23. Big Cats 24/7

    A six-month expedition following lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta.

    BBC Two

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  24. Rearming the UK

    Douglas Fraser asks what it will take to get the UK defence sector on a war footing.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Total Sport - Weekend Preview

    Paul Newton and James Phillips look ahead to the weekend's games for our teams.

    BBC Radio Cumbria

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  26. Saving Lives in Cardiff

    Lifting the lid on the heart-rending, hard-headed decisions surgeons must make.

    BBC Two

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  27. A Year in the Life of the Swinging Sixties

    James Peak and Joan Bakewell find incredible archive from 1963. Wait! Is that The Beatles?

    BBC Radio 4

  28. The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince

    The extraordinary story of Mohammed bin Salman's rise and rule.

    BBC Two

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  29. Total Sport - Weekend Review

    Looking back on the big stories from the weekend's games for our local clubs.

    BBC Radio Cumbria

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  30. Grenfell: Building a Disaster

    What a fire in west London that killed 72 people shows about how Britain works and doesn't

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Ukraine - On the Frontline

    Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Port Steòrnabhaigh

    Series following life in Stornoway, the main port in the Hebrides.

    BBC ALBA

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  33. This Land

    An interrupted documentary about copyright law, told through a single song.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    My Tiger Family

    The 50-year story of an Indian tiger clan and its most charismatic and powerful tigresses.

    BBC Two

  35. Phil Mercer

    Join Phil Mercer on BBC Radio Berkshire.

    BBC Radio Berkshire

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  36. Inside the Riots

    Paul Kenyon reports from Liverpool, where protesters clashed with police.

    BBC Radio 4

  37.

    The Drug Death Detectives

    Is a lethal drug killing more people in the UK than official records suggest?

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

    Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to world conflicts.

    BBC Four

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  39. Retracted

    Was the data behind a medical research study really 'too good to be true'?

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    Inside The Wasp Factory

    Simon Pegg explores Iain Banks's controversial novel, 40 years after publication.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Living without our smartphones - the adults' turn

    A group of adults agree to live without their smartphones for a week. How do they get on?

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure

    Miriam Margolyes is on a quest to embrace her true self on Australia's sunny shores.

    BBC Two

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  43. The Tremor

    Surgeons sometimes develop hand tremors. Surgeon Lilli Cooper asks why.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible

    Immersive documentary chronicling Gustave Eiffel's extraordinary feat of engineering.

    BBC Four

  45. Extreme

    A mountain of trouble. 11 climbers died in 2 disastrous days on K2. What really happened?

    BBC

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  46. Status by Carl Honoré

    Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.

    BBC Radio 4

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  47. Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

    Break out the sofa bed - Stacey's coming to stay.

    BBC Three

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  48. Fifty-Fifty Vision

    How has our rapidly changing world altered blind and partially sighted people's lives?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Loving, Living and Dying Together in the Netherlands

    The story of Jan and Els who opted for euthanasia and died together in the Netherlands.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Linford

    Sprinter Linford Christie confronts his past, from Olympic gold to drugs test infamy.

    BBC One

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