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Diverse Aspects of Building Bridges
From the rounded Roman stone arch to the modern-day suspension bridge
BBC World Service
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Detecting Redemption
Life, death, violence and redemption are the essential ingredients of crime writing
BBC World Service
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Stones of Tengenenge
How Zimbabwe's Tengenenge sculpture centre began as a survival strategy
BBC World Service
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The American Cowboy
How the cowboy has influenced generations of American musicians and movie makers
BBC World Service
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Herat, Afghanistan
The history and culture of Herat - and a look towards its future
BBC World Service
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Disunited
How has portrayal and participation of African Americans on TV and in film changed?
BBC World Service
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Medicine Woman
How civil war threatens the traditional way of life, including folk healing, in Columbia
BBC World Service
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Endangered 'Click' Languages of the Kalahari
Audio-exploration of the click languages of the Khoisan peoples of the Kalahari Desert
BBC World Service
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The Sugar Makers
Meet the men who were directed by a vision to make sugar from cane juice in Providence
BBC World Service
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Voodoo World
A guide to voodoo, a religion originating from the Caribbean island of Haiti
BBC World Service
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Fespaco Live
A review of the films up for the top prize at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival
BBC World Service
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Building Batman, Sculpting Superman
The story of how the latest versions of these classic characters were updated for cinema.
BBC Radio 1
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George Bernard Shaw
JW Lambert presents a programme exploring the life and work of George Bernard Shaw
BBC World Service
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Babymetal: Wembley to Tokyo
Dev heads to Tokyo to investigate the phenomenal rise of Japanese band Babymetal
BBC Radio 1
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Being Hamlet
Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester discuss this most celebrated and challenging role.
BBC
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The Sprung Floor
Dane Hurst takes a dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Words First Live
Live spoken word and music featuring Kate Tempest, George The Poet and Kojey Radical.
BBC Radio 1
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Steve Earle's Songwriting Bootcamp
The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Doctor Who: A New Dimension
The 2005 revival of Doctor Who, as told by cast interviews and behind the scenes footage.
BBC One
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Burns in the USA
Examining the impact and influence of poet Robert Burns on the USA and its culture.
BBC Scotland
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Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Art Pioneer
Alistair Sooke celebrates the protean genius of artist Robert Rauschenberg.
BBC News
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Songs that Bridge the Wire
Holocaust survivor Ezra Jurman in a recording made for the Third Programme in 1965.
BBC Radio 3
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The Poet and the Echo
Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.
BBC Radio 4
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Can yr Adar - Song of the Birds
Musicians Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock carry us to the Celtic rainforest of mid Wales
BBC Radio 4
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Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen
Arthur Smith takes a light-hearted look at the music of Leonard Cohen.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Desert Island Discs at 75
Desert Island Discs at 75 - a celebration presented by Kirsty Young
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables (Omnibus)
David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is “France’s greatest gift”.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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A-List Ink
Meet the tattoo artists to the stars, taking the ancient art form to new heights of fame.
BBC Radio 1
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Late Returns
Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after borrowing them.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Welcome to Hull - City of Culture 2017
Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont looks at how being City of Culture will transform Hull.
BBC Two
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June Brown: A Walford Legend
Celebrate a 90th birthday and all things Dot Cotton with EastEnders actress June Brown.
BBC One
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A Slick of Red Lippie
Cathy Macdonald explores the history and glamour of red lipstick.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Age of Anger: Omnibus
Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Writing a New Caribbean
Elisha Efua Bartels talks to a new generation of writers coming out of the Caribbean.
BBC Radio 4
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Mark Steel Does Hip Hop
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Oscars Preview
Colin Paterson presents a preview of the 89th Academy Awards, live from Beverley Hills.
BBC Radio 5 Live
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Deaths of the Poets: Omnibus
What is the cost of poetry? Must poets be doomed and melancholic?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Where You're Meant to Be
Aidan Moffat explores Scotland's past by rewriting and touring its oldest songs.
BBC Scotland
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Following the Martian Invasion
Francis Spufford follows the impact of HG Wells's all-conquering Martian tripods.
BBC Radio 4
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Radioactive Art
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Border - Tales from the Edge of Europe: Omnibus
Kapka Kassabova on a hidden corner of Eastern Europe, now a new front line.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Martin Scorsese: True Confessions
Nick James quizzes Martin Scorsese on masculinity, religion, crime and New York.
BBC Two
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Making Two Angry Men
The cast and production of short film 'Two Angry Men' reflect on its making.
BBC Two Northern Ireland
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Eithne - Eadar dà Shaoghal
Irish singer Eithne's Ní Uallacháin's story told by family, friends and fellow musicians.
BBC ALBA
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The Art of Scandinavia
Series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.
BBC News
