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  1. Ian Sansom and The Little People

    Leprechauns, sprites, imps and elves - Ian Sansom is searching for the diminutive other.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Conviction

    Investigating the case of convicted murderers who claim to be innocent.

    BBC Two

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  3. Sunni-Shia: Islam Divided

    Two-part series explaining the Sunni-Shia divide past and present.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. Still Loving Thy Neighbour?

    Mark Hodkinson revisits the sitcom Love Thy Neighbour, forty years after it was last shown

    BBC Radio 4

  5. A History of the Infinite

    Adrian Moore journeys through philosophical thought on infinity over thousands of years.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love

    Tulip Mazumdar finds young people in Japan rejecting intimacy and a population in decline.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The King of Dreams

    Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Call of the Pipes

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

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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    Up Close And Personal

    Clarke Peters follows the croon and practitioners of the art including Rudy Vallee.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    James Wong's Alternative Country Garden

    Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. The Double War

    Alvin Hall explores an LP of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.

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  12. The Waterside Ape

    Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins.

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  13. The Anatomy of Rest

    Claudia Hammond finds out what rest means in the modern world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Graffiti: Paint and Protest

    Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Oliver Burkeman Is Busy

    Oliver Burkeman explores why people feel so busy today.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  16. The Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums

    Five Muslim mums come together to discuss the hate messages their children are exposed to.

    BBC Radio 4

  17.

    The Online Identity Crisis

    Anjana Ahuja believes we should take control of our online identity before it is too late.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    The Muhammadan Bean: The Secret History of Islam and Coffee

    Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the longstanding relationship between Islam and coffee.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Standing Up to the Sharing Economy

    Mary Ann Sieghart on how hotel, music and car companies are fighting off the competition.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Antony Gormley: Missing Continents at the British Museum

    The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Eastern Europeans in Brexitland

    Gary Younge explores what Brexit means for Eastern Europeans living in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. In Search of Eden

    Neuroscientist and Eden-seeker Paul Howard-Jones investigates the downside of knowledge.

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. Funny Money

    Former Lehman Brothers banker Henry Dodds explores our relationship with money.

    BBC Radio 4

  24.

    Great Fire 350

    Behind the scenes of London's Burning, a spectacle marking 350 years since the Great Fire.

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Journey Through English

    The changing accents on the UK's longest rail journey, the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sushi Marriages

    How do Sunni-Shia couples handle the deepening gulf between their two sects of Islam?

    BBC Radio 4

  27.

    A River of Steel

    An immersive river journey through the city of Sheffield and its industrial past.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Yusra: Swim for Your Life

    The courageous journey of refugee Yusra Mardini, from war-torn Syria to the Rio Olympics.

    BBC Radio 4

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  29. Brexit: The Leavocrats

    Gus O'Donnell reports on how the civil service is working to make Brexit happen.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank

    Dan Cruickshank explores some of the most intriguing stories from Ancient Egypt.

    BBC Two

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  31. Cities from the Ashes

    350 years after the Great Fire, Nicholas Kenyon explores the challenges for London today.

    BBC Radio 4

  32.

    Things Called Jazz That Are Not Jazz

    An apple, a car, even a super yacht... Why are so many things called Jazz?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Nature's Great Invaders

    Natural history series telling the stories of Britain's non-native invasive species.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  34. The Matter of the North

    Melvyn Bragg explores the pivotal role of England's north in the shaping of modern Britain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  35. Online Criminals Stole My Confidence

    Simon Read explores the psychological impact on people who fall victim to fraudsters.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear

    Jane Garvey reflects on women and cars with presenter Suzi Perry and driver Susie Wolff.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Earth's Seasonal Secrets

    Documentary series exploring how each of the four seasons transforms the planet.

    BBC One

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  38. L'origine de L'Origine du monde

    Viv Groskop explores Gustave Courbet's notorious and explicit painting.

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    The Inflamed Mind

    Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    What Point Prison? The Debate

    Stephen Sackur chairs a debate in Nottingham about the role of prison in the 21st century.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Alvin Hall Goes Back to School

    Financial guru Alvin Hall returns to his Florida hometown.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    How We Voted Brexit

    Remainers and Brexiteers reveal the thinking that shaped their EU referendum campaigns.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    The Truth about Children Who Lie

    Psychotherapist Philippa Perry investigates when and why children lie.

    BBC Radio 4

  44.

    Sweet Mother KD

    Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Hersey's Hiroshima

    Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Rethinking Clink

    What is prison for? Former home secretary Jacqui Smith examines 250 years of prison reform

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  47. My Muse

    Series in which artists describe the artists that inspire them.

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. Unforgettable

    Playback technology enables guests to have a real-time conversation with someone now dead.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. In Defence of the Mid-Life Crisis

    Time to re-think the mid-life crisis? Stephen Smith explores....

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Looping Swans

    Tutus, tanks and Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake's strange pas de deux with the fate of Russia.

    BBC Radio 4

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