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  1. Black Star Line: The Story of Marcus Garvey

    A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Touch Test: The Results

    Claudia Hammond reveals the results of the world’s largest study of attitudes to touch.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Surviving Unemployment

    Three newly jobless young people learn from survivors of the 1980s unemployment crisis.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Anatomy of Touch

    How important is touch to us? Claudia Hammond reveals the BBC Touch Test results.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

    Alex Jennings reads this vivid new biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. Long Covid

    Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Pysgod i Bawb

    Yr actorion Julian Lewis Jones a Ryland Teifi sy'n ein tywys ar daith bysgota ar hyd ar...

    S4C

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  8. Back to School

    Radio 4 goes Back to School to explore the new world of socially distanced education.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. One Zoo Three

    Following three young brothers who happen to own their own zoo.

    CBBC

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  10. Inside Culture

    A look at the latest culture and media through the eyes of creators and audiences.

    BBC Two

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  11. Packing Up The Family Home

    Geoff Bird and his siblings clear fifty years’ worth of stuff from their old family home.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Jacob Hawley: On Love

    Jacob Hawley explores issues that matter to young people today.

    BBC Sounds

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  13. Cannadine on Class

    Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card

    BBC Radio 4

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    Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock

    Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Two Minutes Past Nine

    25 years on, journalist Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. The Green Lady in the Toilets

    Emmy the Great seeks musical inspiration from the ghosts of the school toilets.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Blood Lands

    A true story of a murder investigation which takes us to the heart of modern South Africa.

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. Vaccines, Money and Politics

    What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid 19?

    BBC Radio 4

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  19. Extinction: The Facts

    Sir David Attenborough investigates the loss of biodiversity happening around us.

    BBC One

  20. The Austerity Audit

    Paul Johnson offers an in-depth analysis of the UK's decade of austerity.

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. Nadiya Bakes

    Nadiya Hussain shares her love of baking with some of her favourite recipes.

    BBC Two

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  22. Six Men

    Gary Innes explores why 6 young men from his shinty club have taken their own lives.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  23. Miles Jupp Is Literally Unputdownable

    Miles Jupp investigates how to write an unputdownable story.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Broad Spectrum

    Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Beacons: Short Films from Wales

    Short films produced through Ffilm Cymru and BFI Network's Beacons scheme.

    BBC Two Wales

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  26. Pause the Plié

    Tatum Swithenbank explores the meaning of creativity after a life changing diagnosis.

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    Universities in Crisis

    Sam Gyimah investigates if Britain's universities can survive the crisis they now face.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Anatomy of Guilt

    Helena Kennedy QC explores guilt as a legal, psychological and political idea.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    Nsukka Is Burning

    Inua Ellams on how one town became a centre of writing and resistance in Nigeria.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    My City in Lockdown

    Dr Fozia Hayat investigates attitudes to localised lockdowns in Bradford.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. A Short History of Solitude

    The historian of emotions, Thomas Dixon, explores the surprising history of being alone.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)

    A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. The Empty Cases

    Gary Younge looks at how the Black Lives Matter movement may change British museums.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Code-Switching

    Lucrece Grehoua reveals the cost of hiding who we really are in the workplace.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Scotland’s Uncivil War

    Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Laws That Aren't Laws

    Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Rethink

    Rethink looks at the issues of our time and considers how we can approach them differently

    BBC Sounds

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  38. Led by the science

    How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Fighting Together in Korea

    How the Korean War forced the US military to desegregate.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. NB: My Non-Binary Life

    You might have heard the term non-binary. This is how it feels.

    BBC Sounds

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  41. You're Dead to Me

    The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Hosted by Greg Jenner.

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Cuba: Castro vs the World

    The story of how Cuba has challenged the world for 60 years.

    BBC Two

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  43. Taking on Trump

    Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    The Death Row Book Club

    How starting a book club helped Anthony Ray Hinton survive 28 years on death row.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Crisis Of American Democracy

    Ben Wright assesses the health of America's increasingly partisan electoral democracy.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. The Homeless Hotel

    What happened to rough sleepers during the coronavirus lockdown - and what happens next?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Life, Death and the Foghorn

    Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a eulogy for the disappearance of the foghorn.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. How They Made Us Doubt Everything

    Investigating claims there could be asbestos in make-up and the industry's response.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Nazi sa Ghaeltacht

    Kevin Magee investigates the true story behind rumours of a Nazi spy in Donegal in 1937.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  50. Miriam Margolyes - Almost Australian

    Miriam Margolyes embarks on a two-month journey to discover what it is to be Australian.

    BBC Two

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