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  1. Tudur Owen - Where on Earth is Anglesey?

    Stand-up Tudur Owen puts Anglesey on the map.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. The Man Who Destroyed Everything

    Documentary about artist Michael Landy's Break Down.

    BBC Four

  3. Creating a Scene: BBC Introducing Arts

    Actor Chizzy Akudolu hosts a dramatic selection of films on themes from dating to UFOs.

    BBC Four

  4. Inside Museums: Scottish National Gallery

    Lachlan Goudie relates paintings at the Scottish National Gallery to our lives today.

    BBC News

  5. Shock Waves

    Five artists chronicle how they have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. The Price of Song

    John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. The Story of Welsh Art

    Broadcaster Huw Stephens discovers the many treasures of Welsh art.

    BBC Two Wales

  8. Future Art

    James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    Janina Ramirez presents an intriguing collection of short films by new female film-makers.

    BBC Four

  10. Hanging The Leaves with Tears: A Celebration of Rain

    New Arts Feature from BBC Radio 4.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Inventions in Sound

    The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Ode to Bed

    Rachel Long talks to poets at night about the ways beds run through the poetic imagination

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Ways to Weather the Storm

    Poet Clare Shaw explores how artists in Calderdale respond to extreme flooding.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. My Father and Me

    Nick Broomfield takes a personal look at his relationship with his father Maurice.

    BBC Two

  15. Ex-S: Return of the Rhinestone Ploughboy

    Following Sydney Devine as he returns to the road after a five-year absence.

    BBC Scotland

  16.

    The Day the Muzak Died

    Part love letter, part obituary to the music of Muzak Corporation.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    Daughters of the Snow

    Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Eye of the Storm

    One of Scotland’s finest landscape artists, eyesight failing, attempts one last painting.

    BBC Scotland

  19. Big Book Weekend

    Highlights and full sessions with authors at the weekend book festival.

    BBC Arts

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  20. Recall of the Rock

    The poet Helen Mort imagines what mountains might remember of the women who climb them.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Peter Brook

    Glenda Jackson's exclusive interview with world famous theatre director Peter Brook.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. In Ten Pictures

    A series of extraordinary lives, each unlocked by a just a handful of images.

    BBC Two

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  23. Poetry & I

    Poet Jay Bernard explores the power and potency of the letter I.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. Masterworks

    Series exploring orchestral works of the 20th century.

    BBC Two

  25. Words First

    Films showcasing the best emerging spoken word talent in the UK.

    BBC Arts

  26. Dance Nation Compilation

    To be advised.

    BBC Arts

  27. On Form

    Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again.

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

    How and why black artists, from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Grace Jones, use the sci-fi genre.

    BBC Four

  29. Great British Photography Challenge

    The search is on for an exciting new name in British photography.

    BBC Four

  30. Arena: African Apocalypse

    Femi Nylander travels to West Africa to discover the impact of century-old atrocities.

    BBC Two

  31. Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain

    The story of the 1962 rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction in WWII.

    BBC Four

  32. The Turn of the Screw

    Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw, a chilling ghost story set in a country house.

    BBC Four

  33. A’ Chùil

    We meet Choirstaidh in her studio to find out more about arts and crafts.

    BBC ALBA

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  34. Our Souls So Knit

    Caroline Bird uncovers poet Michael Field, AKA Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Wales: The Big Kick-off

    Gabby and Nathan are joined by guests in anticipation of Wales's first game in Euro 2020.

    BBC One Wales

  36. Sarah Kendall: Talking Story

    Sarah Kendall talks to fellow storytellers about what 'story' means to them

    BBC Radio 4

  37. A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?

    A powerful and moving poetic examination of the pandemic with people from across Britain.

    BBC Two

  38. Kirsty Wark Meets Artist Bridget Riley

    Celebrated artist Bridget Riley talks to Kirsty Wark.

    BBC News

  39. Trooping the Colour: The Queen's Birthday Parade

    Military parade to mark Her Majesty The Queen's 69th birthday parade as sovereign.

    BBC One

  40. Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain

    Docudrama that reveals the private man behind the public figure of artist JMW Turner.

    BBC One

  41. The Story of the Royal Collection

    Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of the Royal Collection.

    BBC News

  42. Epiphanies

    The inspiring moments that start an artistic journey

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. BBC Introducing Arts

    A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

    BBC Radio 6 Music

  44. Manchester International Festival 2021: Postcards From Now

    Distinct perspectives on the pandemic by leading international artists of every stripe.

    BBC Arts

  45. Eisteddfod AmGen 2021

    Dathlu'r gorau o ddiwylliant a cherddoriaeth Cymru yn Eisteddfod AmGen 2021.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  46. Blind Ambition

    Myopic TV director Jamie O’Leary and blind comedian Jamie MacDonald meet blind artists.

    BBC Two

  47. Billie Eilish: Up Close

    Clara Amfo meets the global music phenomenon Billie Eilish for an exclusive interview.

    BBC One

  48. Isostasy

    A Welsh short film reflecting on the impact of climate change, voiced by Cerys Matthews.

    BBC Two Wales

  49. In Search of Sir Walter Scott

    Author Damian Barr goes in search of the legacy of novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott.

    BBC Scotland

  50. Edinburgh Unlocked

    Comedian Mark Nelson and his star team bring you the best of the Edinburgh Fringe.

    BBC Scotland

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