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  1. The Secret Tax Life of Robert Burns

    Keara Murphy explores the state of poet Robert Burns's finances.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  2. Burns, My Dad and Me

    Documentary about singer Bill McCue's love of Robert Burns and McCue's daughter's views.

    BBC Scotland

  3. David Bowie: Sound and Vision

    A special programme on the life and music of David Bowie, presented by Jeremy Vine.

    BBC One

  4. Costa Book Awards

    Live coverage of the 2016 Costa Book awards, presented by Nick Higham.

    BBC News

  5.

    Jarvis on McCullers

    Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6.

    Herman Melville's Sea Change

    Moby-Dick was made in England. Paul Farley tells a story of fast fish and loose fish.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7.

    JD Salinger: Made in England

    How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Tributes to Terry Wogan

    Tributes to Terry Wogan, who has died aged 77. Presented by Jonathan Overend.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  9. Oscars Preview

    Nominees join Colin Paterson for 5 live's Oscars special, live in Beverly Hills.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  10.

    Black, White and Beethoven

    Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11.

    Laverne in the Willows

    Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Spotlight

    Judi Dench discusses her role as Avril in Peter Tinniswood's radio drama, which follows.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. In It to Wynne It

    Wynne Evans joins the Swansea Synchro team to learn a special Bollywood-inspired routine.

    BBC One Wales

  14.

    Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms And That’s All

    Tim Key gives his surreal and startling take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Real Henry James (Omnibus)

    The great 19th Century writer is revealed through his letters and memoirs.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16.

    The Actor's Gang on the Outside

    Tim Robbins hears from former inmates who he tried to rehabilitate before release.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Lord Byron and the Hebrew Melodies

    The little-known story of how the poem She Walks in Beauty was set to Jewish music.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    The Women Who Wrote Rock

    Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. The Horses

    Kenneth Steven explores Edwin Muir's poetic search for the lost Eden of his childhood.

    BBC Radio 4

  20.

    'Down With Skool': The Art of Molesworth

    Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21.

    Finding Harpo's Voice

    Cellist Steven Isserlis explores the silence of his screen idol, Harpo Marx.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. The Women Who Staged the Rising

    Marie-Louise Muir examines the role of theatre in the 1916 Easter Rising.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  23. Remembering Geordie

    Sean Coyle pays tribute to the late Geordie Tuft.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  24. Llythyrau: Dewi Wyn Williams

    Casgliad o lythyrau gwreiddiol ar ffurf monologau wedi'u sgwennu gan Dewi Wyn Williams.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  25. MICHAEL JACKSON's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

    Documentary following the star's career from the early years until his first solo album.

    BBC Four

  26. Connie Fisher on Make-Up

    Connie Fisher looks at why countless women wear make-up.

    BBC One Wales

  27. The Quiet in the Land

    Glenn Gould's documentary about the Mennonite community at Red River, Manitoba.

    BBC Radio 3

  28. Murmur

    Julia Blackburn reads her poem about the death of her husband and flocks of starlings.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    A Dancer Dies Twice

    First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. The Poetic Spark

    AL Kennedy asks what insights can be found in the poetry of Muriel Spark.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  31. Much Ado About Comedy

    Matt Lucas explores Shakespeare's comedies and how they have influenced modern-day humour.

    BBC Radio 2

  32. Beethoven for a Later Age: Omnibus

    Life with the Tackas Quartet - and tackling Beethoven. Edward Dusinberre's recollections.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33.

    An Excellent Dumb Discourse: Shakespeare in Silence

    Professor Judith Buchanan shares her love and knowledge of Shakespeare in early films.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. At the Existentialist Café: Omnibus

    Paris, 1933: Three French philosophers spark a movement - Existentialism.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Shakespeare's Welsh Connections

    Poet Gwyneth Lewis travels around Wales exploring Shakespeare's Welsh connections.

    BBC Radio Wales

  36. The Sounds of Shakespeare

    Tom Service on the chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music it has created.

    BBC Radio 3

  37. Shakespeare and Me

    Reflections and readings to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

    BBC Radio Wales

  38. Sounds of Shakespeare

    News from the weekend's events in Stratford-upon-Avon, with Suzy Klein and guests.

    BBC Radio 3

  39.

    Shakespeare's Bookshelf

    Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare.

    BBC Radio 3

  40. Do Not Erase - A Little Respect for Erasure

    Ana Matronic assesses the often underrated contribution to British pop culture of Erasure.

    BBC Radio 2

  41. Best of British Laughs - Morecambe and Wise

    Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise reminisce with Barry Took.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42.

    Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces

    The Pistols' played their first and last gig in Yorkshire - what influence did punk have?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. My Analogue Romance

    John Rutledge investigates the history, nostalgia and apparent revival of the cassette.

    BBC Radio Wales

  44. The BBC Radio Wales Patrick Hannan Lecture

    John McGrath on the subject Here, Now, Together - Re-imagining Wales through Culture.

    BBC Radio Wales

  45.

    While My Guitar Gently Bleeps

    Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner reveals the story behind Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

    BBC Two

  47. Adelia Prado: Voice of Brazil

    An immersive portrait of the Brazilian poet, who was only discovered when she was 40.

    BBC Radio 4

  48.

    Viz: An Unfeasibly Large Success

    Profane rubbish or bold rebellion? How did Viz become an acclaimed, best-selling magazine?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. The Slow Machine

    Documentary poem on canal life by Jo Bell, boat dweller and former canal laureate.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Men at Lunch - Dealbh sna Speuran

    Men at Lunch is the untold story of New York's greatest picture.

    BBC ALBA

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