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  1. Back to the Ice

    Meteorologist Peter Gibbs returns to Antarctica where he spent two years in the 1980s.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Laura Barton's Notes from a Musical Island

    Laura Barton takes a close listen to music found in different landscapes around Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Glad to Be Grey

    Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey".

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Laverne in the Willows

    Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5.

    An Eton Experience

    Each year disadvantaged pupils get the opportunity to enter the hallowed corridors of Eton

    BBC Radio 4

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    Black, White and Beethoven

    Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Arts Exodus

    Deborah Coughlin examines the value of art to communities and cities.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Museum of Lost Objects

    Tracing the histories of antiquities and landmarks that have been destroyed or looted.

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  9. Simon Schama: The Obliterators

    Simon Schama offers some context for the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Six Degrees of Connection

    Julia Hobsbawm investigates the idea that we are all connected by only six links.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11.

    The Art of Adultery

    Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Musical Variations: The Life of Angela Morley

    The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. Cancer Moonshot

    Graham Easton explores the anti-cancer campaign of US vice president Joe Biden

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  14. Choose Life

    Twenty years after Trainspotting's release, the real-life addicts who inspired the actors.

    BBC Radio 4

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    JD Salinger: Made in England

    How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Verdun - The Sacred Wound

    David Reynolds presents a two-part documentary about the battle of Verdun

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. The Pope's Letters

    Extracts from letters charting a friendship between Pope John Paul II and a married woman.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Unhappy Child, Unhealthy Adult

    How traumatic experiences in childhood contribute to poor health and shorter lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. America in Black and White

    Rajini Vaidyanathan examines some of the underlying issues that America has with race.

    BBC Radio 4

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  20. Ireland's Treasures Uncovered

    The story of the iconic Irish artefacts that have helped shape and create modern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  21. Europe: Strangers on My Doorstep

    Series of programmes exploring migration in Europe

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. In Therapy

    Psychotherapist Susie Orbach explores the relationship between therapist and patient.

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. Curious Cases

    Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain tackle listeners' conundrums with the power of science!

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. Batman and Ethan

    Ethan, a 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician, learns echolocation.

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    Mao's Golden Mangoes

    Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26.

    Reaction Time

    Stories about love straight from the smartphones of Radio 4 listeners.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Instrument Makers

    Documentary series meeting the people who make musical instruments.

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Tropicalia - Revolution in Sound

    A revolution in music, politics and attitude - how Tropicalia exploded in Brazil.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29.

    Editing Life

    Matthew Cobb explores the excitement and concerns about the new genome editing technology.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Another Giant Leap

    Series focusing on humanity's future in space.

    BBC Radio 3

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  31. Ar Mo Bhealach Féin

    Three-part series retracing Seosamh Mac Grianna's epic 300-mile hike through Wales in 1934

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  32. Herman Melville's Sea Change

    Moby-Dick was made in England. Paul Farley tells a story of fast fish and loose fish.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Give It a Year

    Documentary series about five single people and what happens to them over a year

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Greece with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve travels across Greece, from the stunning islands to the mountainous north.

    BBC Two

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  35. Jarvis on McCullers

    Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36.

    Mao's Little Red Book Goes West

    David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37.

    Invisible Belfast

    A mysterious note sends a visitor to Belfast on a labyrinthine journey through the city.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38.

    Splitting the Assets

    Examining the emotionally charged court process of financial settlement following divorce.

    BBC Radio 4

  39.

    Living with Water

    Susan Marling discovers what architects can do to make homes more flood resilient.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    Unnatural Selection

    Adam Hart reveals how humanity is altering the evolutionary paths of other creatures.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Gay Bombay

    Zareer Masani returns to Mumbai to measure India's changing attitudes to homosexuality.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    Herland

    Gender and Science Fiction? Writer Geoff Ryman explores future worlds...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43.

    The Good Goering

    The story of Hermann Goering's brother, who claimed he saved people from Nazi persecution.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Gospel Truth

    Financial educator Alvin Hall examines gospel music and commercialisation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  45. Crafty Orchids

    Why are orchids so popular? Jim Endersby offers a new scientific history of their allure.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Trump and the Politics of Paranoia

    The story of how ethnic fear has been used from the republic through to Donald Trump.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. From Savage to Self

    Farrah Jarral explores the history of anthropology

    BBC Radio 4

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  48. Cymoedd Roy Noble

    Roy Noble sy'n crwydro Cymoedd De Cymru gan ddysgu mwy am yr hanes a'r bobl. Roy Noble ...

    S4C

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  49. Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur

    The story of the discovery in Argentina of the largest animal to ever walk the earth.

    BBC One

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    Raising the Dead

    Composer Adam Gorb goes on a journey to listen to the lost music of concentration camps.

    BBC Radio 4

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