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  1. Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me

    Tom Jones takes us on a trip through the decade of his childhood and adolescence.

    BBC Two

  2. Elizabeth at 90 - A Family Tribute

    A unique celebration of the Queen's ninety years, featuring personal cine films.

    BBC One

  3. Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?

    The extraordinary musical life of Yehudi Menuhin, the 20th century's greatest violinist.

    BBC Four

  4. Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature

    Dr James Fox meets six artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world.

    BBC Four

  5. Redefining Juliet

    A unique retelling of Romeo and Juliet using actors with disabilities or differences.

    BBC Four

  6. When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album

    Rick Wakeman presents a documentary exploring the history of the concept album.

    BBC Four

  7. EMI: The Inside Story

    Documentary about the record company that brought The Beatles to the world.

    BBC Four

  8. From EastEnders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird

    Documentary celebrating the trail-blazing career of film director Antonia Bird.

    BBC Four

  9. Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain

    Profiles of two iconic buildings threatened with demolition in Liverpool and Cardiff.

    BBC Four

  10. Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism

    Jonathan Meades investigates the architecture of Mussolini's Italy.

    BBC Four

  11. The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End

    Film about an epic quartet comprised of the outlaw country genre's pioneering stars.

    BBC Four

  12. Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons Side by Side: The Interview

    Kirsty Wark talks to two of the biggest stars of the modern art world.

    BBC Four

  13. C'mon Wales: Our Euro 2016 Singalong

    A musical celebration that looks back at how Wales qualified for Euro 2016.

    BBC Two Wales

  14. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    Documentary about Peggy Guggenheim, an heiress who became a central figure in modern art.

    BBC Four

  15. New Tate Modern: Switched On

    A behind-the-scenes look at the revamped Tate Modern.

    BBC Two

  16.

    Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey

    Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.

    BBC Four

  17. B is for Book

    A group of primary schoolchildren learn to read over the course of a year.

    BBC Four

  18. Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country

    Exploring the landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome to write Swallows and Amazons.

    BBC Four

  19. Visions of World War One

    Kim Howells recounts how Welsh artists like Augustus John portrayed WWI.

    BBC One Wales

  20. The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

    The story of Revelations of Divine Love, the first book written in English by a woman.

    BBC Four

  21. The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

    Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction.

    BBC Two

  22. The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach

    Katie Derham visits Rio to explore the story behind Brazil's most famous, enduring song.

    BBC Four

  23. Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

    Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.

    BBC Four

  24. Ymryson y Beirdd

    Y rownd derfynol ym Mhabell Lên Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Sir Fynwy a'r Cyffiniau.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  25. The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear

    What happened on the December night when Vincent van Gogh took a blade to his own ear?

    BBC Two

  26. All Aboard! The Country Bus

    A bus journey in real time through the iconic landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.

    BBC Four

  27. London 1666

    Landmark event to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

    BBC Four

  28. The Hip Hop World News

    Rapper Rodney P shows what the world looks like when seen through the lens of hip-hop.

    BBC Four

  29. Rubble Kings

    How hip-hop helped end the high level of gang violence in New York during the 1960s-70s.

    BBC Four

  30. British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    A look at British sitcom and the social and political context from which the best grew.

    BBC Four

  31.

    The Call of the Pipes

    An inside story of two pipe bands, Thiepval Memorial and McDonald Memorial.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  32. Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art?

    Dr James Fox embarks on an open-minded guide to conceptual art for the perplexed.

    BBC Four

  33. The R&B Feeling

    Documentary about artist Bob Parks, including the tragedy that remade his career.

    BBC Four

  34. Bricks!

    Documentary celebrating Carl Andre's artwork that became a cause celebre in 1976.

    BBC Four

  35. Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

    An irreverent trip into the world of influential avant-garde art movement Dada.

    BBC Four

  36. Screenplay

    A look back on the Shetland Film Festival hosted by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  37. Kew's Forgotten Queen

    Documentary about the Victorian botanical artist Marianne North.

    BBC Four

  38. Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

    Documentary from 1961 about the lifestyle of gypsies in the Camargue.

    BBC Four

  39. National Theatre of Scotland: A Dramatic Decade

    A look back the first ten years of the National Theatre of Scotland.

    BBC Two Scotland

  40. Capability Brown's Unfinished Garden

    Bunny Guinness finds out what Capability Brown might have created for his own garden.

    BBC Four

  41. The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons

    Nicholas Parsons goes in search of the most valuable and famous watch in the world.

    BBC Four

  42. Who Does Shakin' Stevens Think He Is?

    Shakin' Stevens embarks upon a voyage of self-discovery, leading him back to his roots.

    BBC Radio 2

  43. The Story of Skinheads with Don Letts

    Don Letts looks at the very particular and provocative British subculture of skinhead.

    BBC Four

  44. The Voices of Aberfan

    Fifty years after the disaster, Max Boyce returns to Aberfan to meet its choir.

    BBC Radio 2

  45.

    Aberfan: The Green Hollow

    A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. From 2016

    BBC One Wales

  46. Believing in Beauty

    Rev Kate Bottley gets under the skin of society's obsession with beauty.

    BBC Radio 2

  47. Nicky and Wynton: The Making of a Concerto

    Film exploring a musical collaboration between Wynton Marsalis and Nicola Benedetti.

    BBC Four

  48. Off the Wall

    Off the Wall shines a light on the creative process behind the visual arts.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  49. Man Booker Prize 2016

    Live coverage of the Man Booker Prize ceremony, for best fiction book of the year.

    BBC News

  50. Virago: Changing the World One Page at a Time

    Documentary telling the story of women's publishing house, Virago.

    BBC Four

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