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  1. Rock n Roll Island: Where Legends Were Born

    A celebration of the R&B musical history of Eel Pie Island in the 1960s.

    BBC Four

  2. Halal If You Hear Me

    Poetry anthology celebrating Muslim women, queer, trans, and gender non-conforming voices.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

    Mark Gatiss explores the life of Aubrey Beardsley, whose work still shocks today.

    BBC Four

  4. The Real Michael Jackson

    Jacques Peretti uncovers a fuller picture of the complex character of Michael Jackson.

    BBC Two

  5. The New Lyrical Ballads

    New lyrical ballads by four leading poets to mark 250 years since Wordsworth's birth.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Breaking Our Silence

    Salma El-Wardany explores the link between poetry and revolution - political and personal.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Yellow Is Forbidden

    Diminutive and daring Guo Pei dresses China’s new elite but dreams of conquering Paris.

    BBC Four

  8. Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    Ian McKellen and Michael Wood conjure up the life, times and words of Chinese poet Du Fu.

    BBC Four

  9. Titian – Behind Closed Doors

    A look at Titian's greatest masterpieces, currently in quarantine at the National Gallery.

    BBC Two

  10. Bronzeville Beat

    Bronzeville Beat

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Everywoman

    Novelist Sarah Hall goes in search of the literary Everywoman.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Culture in Quarantine

    Bringing arts and culture into your home

    BBC Arts

  13.

    Unchained

    Poet Brenda Birungi shares personal accounts of criminal justice that's failing women.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Inside Games

    Taking you to the heart of video gaming.

    BBC Arts

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  15. The Joy of Painting

    Series in which Bob Ross paints beautiful scenes inspired by nature in just 30 minutes.

    BBC Four

  16. Wise Children

    Angela Carter’s delightfully dark final novel, captured for the stage by Emma Rice.

    BBC Four

  17.

    Miles Jupp Is Literally Unputdownable

    Miles Jupp investigates how to write an unputdownable story.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. When Scotland Rock and Ruled

    Jackie Bird looks back at Scotland's most prolific decade musically, the 1980s.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  19. The Price of Everything

    Documentary that explores the place of art and artistic passion in the consumer age.

    BBC Four

  20. Museums in Quarantine

    Series that explores national museum collections at a time of enforced closure.

    BBC Four

  21. The Shadows at Sixty

    The story of The Shadows as they celebrate their sixtieth anniversary.

    BBC Four

  22. Get Animated! BBC Introducing Arts

    Enter the exciting, strange and beautiful world of animated short films with Ali Plumb.

    BBC Four

  23. Becoming Matisse

    Matisse’s great-granddaughter Sophie Matisse tell the tumultuous story of his early life.

    BBC Two

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    National Dance Company Wales - Morning Class

    An hour-long company class featuring music and movement from dancers' homes.

    BBC Arts

  25. The Arts Hour

    BBC World Service Audio

  26. Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare

    A series of plays from the RSC, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Royal Opera House

    BBC Four

  27. David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema

    Film critic David Stratton tells the fascinating story of Australian cinema.

    BBC Four

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    Lee Miller: A Life on the Front Line

    Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter.

    BBC Two

  29. Dame Vera Lynn: We’ll Meet Again

    Dame Vera Lynn: We’ll Meet Again

    BBC One

  30. Dame Vera Lynn: We’ll Meet Again

    A tribute to Dame Vera Lynn, featuring testimony from veterans whose lives she touched.

    BBC One

  31. Shelf Isolation

    Damian Barr finds out what to read, watch and listen to during lockdown.

    BBC Scotland

  32. Shuntaro Tanikawa: A Poet's Japan

    A rare encounter with Japan's greatest living poet.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Kermode and Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service

    Kermode and Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture.

    BBC Four

  34. Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo Album

    Lucy Worsley looks at how photography helped reinvent the British monarchy.

    BBC Four

  35. Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

    The story of one of the 20th century’s most prodigiously talented but volatile actors.

    BBC Two

  36. Billy and Us

    Documentary exploring the impact Billy Connolly had on Scotland's cultural landscape.

    BBC Scotland

  37. Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

    Draw along with BBC Four's Life Drawing Live! as Pose Cam stays on the models.

    BBC Four

  38. BBC Lockdown Orchestra: You Got the Love

    The BBC's orchestras and singers, and members of the public, perform You Got the Love.

    BBC Four

  39. Life Drawing Live!

    Watch live and draw along at home as amateur artists aim to capture a series of poses.

    BBC Two

  40. Eisteddfod T

    Ifan Jones Evans a Ffion Emyr yn cyflwyno uchafbwyntiau Eisteddfod T 2021.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  41. Unprecedented

    Stories of love, triumph and uncertainty during the time of coronavirus.

    BBC Four

  42. Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young

    A performance capture of Revisor from dance-theatre makers Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young

    BBC Four

  43. Dance on Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    Carlos Acosta introduces dance films using b-boying to ballet to tell unique stories.

    BBC Four

  44. BalletBoyz

    Performances by the BalletBoyz dance company.

    BBC Four

  45. Men at the Barre - Inside the Royal Ballet

    Richard Macer investigates what it is like to be an elite male dancer at the Royal Ballet.

    BBC Four

  46. Dracula by Northern Ballet

    The legendary vampire lives on in this ballet adaptation of Bram Stoker’s gothic romance.

    BBC Four

  47. Kenya's Dance Discovery

    Professional dancer Joel Kioko returns to his home city, Nairobi.

    BBC News

  48. Elaine Paige Presents The Tony Awards 2020!

    Elaine Paige presents highlights of the 2020 Tony Awards.

    BBC Radio 2

  49. Art of Persia

    Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed reveals the remarkable story of Iran.

    BBC Four

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  50. Tragedy: Opera North’s Production Of La Traviata

    Lynne Marsh turns her camera backstage as a fascinating parallel narrative unfolds.

    BBC Music

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