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  1. A Baby Asbo

    Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The Incredible Human Journey

    Dr Alice Roberts tells the story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world.

    BBC Two

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  3. South Pacific

    Documentary series looking at the remote South Pacific islands.

    BBC Two

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  4. The New Galileos

    Andrew Luck-Baker meets today's telescope builders and astronomers

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. The Balancing Bluebottle

    Story of the film pioneer making natural history films in his back garden.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Wonder Cure?

    Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Picturing Britain

    Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers

    BBC Radio 4

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  8. Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?

    How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Budget Call

    Vincent Duggleby answers listeners' calls on how the Budget will affect them.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Twin Sisters, Two Faiths

    Identical twin sisters talk about their different choices to follow Islam and Christianity

    BBC Radio 4

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    Remembrance of Smells Past

    Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Horrible Histories

    Historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.

    CBBC

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  13. Ludwig Koch and the Music of Nature

    Sean Street tells the story of Ludwig Koch, the David Attenborough of his day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Blair's Faith Foundation

    Can Tony Blair's Faith Foundation succeed in promoting religion as a force for progress?

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Inside The Child Prisons

    Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of violent and damaged youngsters

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Power Failure? The Story of the Battery

    Mark Miodownik explores the prospect of a new generation of highly poweful batteries.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

    Julia Bradbury walks across northern England from the west to the east coast.

    BBC Four

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  18. The New Scramble for Africa

    Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  20. The Report

    Original insights into major news stories and topical investigations

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. My Teenage Diary

    Rufus Hound invites a guest to read extracts from their teenage diaries

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Debating Animals

    Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related animal species

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. Wasting Away in the Outback

    The Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    The Medicalisation of Normality

    Are we are turning normal human behaviour into medical conditions?

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    The Island of Secrets

    Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk, Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit

    BBC Radio 4

  26.

    Type A Meet Type B!

    What makes people early or late risers?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Criminal Mind

    Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?

    Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Ursula Le Guin at 80

    Writer China Mieville talks to American science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    Supersize Surgeries

    Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sound Architecture: The Spaces That Speak

    Science broadcaster Professor Trevor Cox explores the science of aural architecture.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Oceans: What Lies Beneath

    Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the planet's oceans

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. Chi-Chi: Panda Ambassador

    Naturalist and journalist Henry Nicholls traces the story of Chi-Chi the panda.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Whose Health Is It Anyway?

    Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Percy Edwards Showdown

    David Attenborough hosts a documentary game-show about the bird impersonator.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Turas a Bhradain

    An odyssey through Scotland's fishing rivers

    BBC ALBA

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  37. The Prime Ministers

    Nick Robinson explores the history of Britain's prime ministers

    BBC Radio 4

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  38. Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane

    Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright Sarah Kane.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Islam and Science

    Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Britain's Atlantis

    The most recent knowledge of what the land around Britain was like before the Ice Age.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    Winnie the Who?

    Michael Rosen hunts the bear of little brain who conquered Soviet Russia.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Online Damage: Porn in the 21st Century

    Penny Marshall examines the effects of the rapid expansion of online porn on UK society.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. A View Through a Lens

    Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison on human experience and the beauty of nature

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. State of Mind

    Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to today

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Obama: Professor President

    Kwame Anthony Appiah investigates president-elect Obama's academic career.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Facal Oirbh

    Gaelic terminology, proverbs and idioms, as well as Highland customs and beliefs.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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  48. Brand Cuba

    Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Doctor Who: Top 5 Christmas Moments

    A look back at the best moments from the Doctor's festive adventures.

    BBC One

  50. Pick of the Year

    Yearly round-up of the best BBC programmes, selected by radio personalities

    BBC Radio 4

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