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Post Hackgate: Journalism at the Crossroads
John Lloyd of the FT on the future of journalism after the phone hacking scandal.
BBC Radio 4
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Lord Gnome Aged 49 and Three Quarters
As Private Eye nears 50, Michael Crick traces its ups and downs and assesses its impact.
BBC Radio 4
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Who found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The World in His Ear
Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
BBC Radio 4
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The Man with Many Names
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Repainting Giverny
Irma Kurtz travels to Monet's Giverny garden to hear how losing his sight changed his work
BBC Radio 4
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The Chalet School
Crime writer Val McDermid on how boarding school novels inspired her to be a writer.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Paper Round
Public figures revisit their paper round route and reveal how it influenced their lives
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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After I Was Gorgeous
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Ayckbourn in Action
An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Reader's Digest: Trouble in Pleasantville
John Waite asks why one of the world's most successful publishers has hit hard times.
BBC Radio 4
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Hearing the Past
Jim Al-Khalili explores what the past would have sounded like to our ancestors.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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New Conversation
Olivia O'Leary follows historian Theodore Zeldin in the quest to reform conversation.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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What's Eating The Museum?
The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Cat Women of the Moon
Sarah Hall explores the popular sci-fi motif of an all-women society surviving without men
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square
Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986
BBC Radio 4
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Ibiza: Britain's Balearic Soul
Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Hemingway Days
Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Taking Tea with Tyrants
Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes.
BBC Radio 4
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Too Many Books
The personal stories and painful decisions we face when getting rid of our old books.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Art of Water Music
Midge Ure investigates water's role as a constantly flowing source of musical inspiration.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Barbershop
Stephen Smith reports from inside the High Street 'freemasonry' of the barber's.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Eisteddfod
Coverage of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, one of Europe's largest cultural festivals.
BBC One Wales
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The Ice Cream Van Cometh
Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The New Silk Road with Roger Law
Roger Law visits Yi Wu in China, fast becoming the biggest marketplace in the world.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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My Empire Of Dust
Wolfgang Stoecker is on a mission to explore the meaning of dust.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Horsepower
Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Art Bunker
Bob Dickinson visits a festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Soft Power Hard News
How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence
BBC Radio 4
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A Hundred Years of Mervyn Peake
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
BBC Radio 4
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Does Happiness Write White?
Why do writers find happiness such a difficult emotion to capture on the page?
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Dali Christ
The Dali Christ is Scotland's favourite painting. Louise Welsh finds out why.
BBC Radio 4
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Dr Seuss and the Butter Battles
The surprising political legacy of the much-loved children's author, Dr Seuss.
BBC Radio 4
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Fake or Fortune?
Journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould investigate mysteries behind paintings.
BBC One
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James Joyce - Blind Date With Bloomsday
A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Rattigan Versions
Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan from people who had a close connection to him
BBC Radio 4
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Fela Kuti Comes Home
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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In for the Kill
Mike Phillips investigates the coming of age of black British crime fiction.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Doing It In The Street
Martin Reeve follows the fortunes of street theatre in Britain over 40 years.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Going on the Gallopers
A portrait of the life, popular art and remarkable engineering of Carters Steam Fair.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Blowing in the Wind: Dylan's Spiritual Journey
An exploration of the spiritual side of the music of Bob Dylan.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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A History of the World Special
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
BBC Radio 4
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The Chinese Nureyev
Li Cunxin, Madame Mao's favourite dancer, tells Darcey Bussell about his amazing journey.
BBC Radio 4
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Australian Rap
Rapping out dreamtime stories: a new outlet for Australian Aboriginal youth
BBC Radio 4 Extra
