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  1. Asian Network Motivation

    High energy and mood boosting Bollywood, Bhangra, dance and pop to get you motivated!

    BBC Asian Network

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  2. A Documentary: By ChatGPT

    What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

    Paul Whitehouse travels across the country to explore why waterways are in decline.

    BBC Two

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  4. Homesick Planet

    What do astronauts like Tim Peake think about in space? Answer: home.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Murder in the Pacific

    The story of the fatal bombing of Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985.

    BBC Two

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  6. The Mormons Are Coming

    Three young Mormons start a life-changing experience as missionaries in Lancashire.

    BBC Two

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    My Cousin, Regime Changer

    Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.

    BBC Radio 4

  8.

    Life on the Edge of Oil

    A prospective new oil field has big implications for Shetland, finds reporter Jen Stout.

    BBC Radio 4

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    CIOTÓG

    Southpaw boxer Seán McComb sets out on his search for a professional title.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  10. Andrew Tate

    Matt Shea enters the world of Andrew Tate and talks to women who allege he abused them.

    BBC Three

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  11. Shocking

    'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ukrainians in Britain: Where Next?

    Ukrainian teacher Olga asks where next for refugees a year on from the outbreak of war.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Parole

    An eye-opening look at Britain's parole boards.

    BBC Two

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  14. Woke: The Journey of a Word

    Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.

    BBC Radio 4

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  15. Séamus Mac Murchaidh

    The story of notorious south Armagh outlaw Séamus Mac Murphy.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  16. Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs

    Liz Bonnin joins a team of palaeontologists as they investigate a dinosaur graveyard.

    BBC Two

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  17. How Wars End

    James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    BBC Radio 4

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    How Ukraine Made Us Care

    Ash Bhardwaj explores Ukraine's information war in Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Scotland's Greatest Escape

    The hunt for the best getaways in Scotland.

    BBC Scotland

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  20. The Boring Talks

    James Ward introduces another curious talk.

    BBC Sounds

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  21. Tagged

    Young people try to adapt to their new lives on an electronic tag.

    BBC Three

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  22. Inside Our Minds

    Chris Packham helps autistic people connect with their friends and family in a new way.

    BBC Two

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  23. I Feel Therefore I Am

    New factual series for BBC Radio 4

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. The Agency: Unfiltered

    Get behind the filter at Scotland’s biggest influencer agency.

    BBC Scotland

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  25. The Privatisation of British Gas

    Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Life Support

    Two health workers swap notes on the realities of working in health and social care today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. Stori'r Iaith

    Amryw wynebau adnabyddus sy'n mynd ar daith bersonol i ddarganfod mwy am hanes yr iaith...

    S4C

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  28. The Shamima Begum Story

    An investigation into the story of Shamima Begum, who left London to join Islamic State.

    BBC Two

  29. Food Fest Scotland

    Edith Bowman and Colin Murray explore Scotland's best food festivals.

    BBC One Scotland

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  30. Taiwan: Hyper-democracy

    Can Taiwan's hyper-democracy provide lessons for the world's older democracies?

    BBC Radio 4

  31. فن للحياة

    برنامج جديد من بي بي سي نيوز عربي يستكشف أعمالا فنية تعكس الواقع بشكل غير متوقع!

    تلفزيون بي بي سي عربي

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  32. China's Accidental Activists

    The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Charlotte in Sunderland

    Reality series following entrepreneur and TV personality Charlotte Crosby.

    BBC Three

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  34. The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

    NEW: A pregnant woman seeks help. But nothing is as it seems. Also: Love, Janessa

    BBC World Service

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  35. Restoration Rescue

    Architect Patrick Bradley meets people converting the buildings of our past into homes.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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  36. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

    What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.

    BBC

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  37. Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

    This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.

    BBC Radio Wales

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  38. Putin vs the West

    The inside story of how the west has struggled to deal with Putin.

    BBC Two

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  39. Dead Competitive

    Comedian Kerry Godliman takes a journey into the world of dog shows.

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Learning From the Great Tide

    Justin Rowlatt asks what lessons can still be learned from the North Sea flood of 1953.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Lost Photographs of Mary Alice Young

    Exploring the fascinating photographic collection of a family and community.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  42. Opening Lines

    John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. Why Coups Fail

    Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    How the Holocaust Began

    Using new evidence, historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust.

    BBC Two

  45.

    The Boat Smugglers

    Sue Mitchell investigates the dangerous organisations behind the the deadly migrant trade.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

    Robson shares ideas on how to make the most of the weekends by getting into the outdoors.

    BBC Two

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  47. Buried

    Dead animals left outside a village school lead two reporters into a criminal underworld.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. Is Psychiatry Working?

    What do we know about the treatments for mental health disorders currently on offer?

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. India: The Modi Question

    Investigating tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and the country’s Muslim minority.

    BBC Two

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  50. Inside Pages

    A tour of overlooked towns that rarely make the national news but make plenty of their own

    BBC Radio 4

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