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Grahame Dangerfield: Back to the Serengeti
Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden
BBC Radio 4
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The World Cup for Writers
Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.
BBC Radio 4
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Bridging the Gulf
Razia Iqbal visits the women architects of the Gulf - a story of success in the desert.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Art of Sequencing
Guy Garvey on the challenge of turning a collection of songs into a single piece of art.
BBC Radio 4
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In Search of the British Dream
Mukul Devichand seeks to see Britain through the eyes of those who have recently arrived
BBC Radio 4
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What If...
A series of programmes about what the world of the future might be like.
BBC World Service
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The Real George Orwell
A journey exploring the man Eric Blair and the writer George Orwell
BBC Radio 4
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Talking Movies
Talking Movies' weekly report in which Tom Brook and his team explore the world of cinema.
BBC News
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David Attenborough - The Early Years
David Attenborough recalls key moments from his early career. (2013)
BBC
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The Most Troubled Families in Britain
Radio 4 has been granted access to track work with some of the UK most troubled families.
BBC Radio 4
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Quarter Life Crisis
Katharine Whitehorn, 84, tackles the twentysomethings facing tough life choices.
BBC Radio 4
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Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex
Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex
BBC Radio 4
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Pop-Up Economics
Tim Harford tells an audience stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics
BBC Radio 4
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A Menace to Society
Lifelong fan Danny Wallace celebrates the Beano comic in its 75th anniversary year.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Where Did All the Comrades Go?
How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse.
BBC Radio 4
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The Cultural Exchange
Mark Lawson and guests debate what now shapes our cultural choices - critics or clicks?
BBC Radio 4
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The Riviera: A History in Pictures
Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have painted on the Cote d'Azur.
BBC Four
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A Tale of Two Villages
How the iconic Yorkshire pit village of Grimethorpe has adjusted to life after coal.
BBC Radio 4
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Do I Have a Right to Be Forgotten?
Emma Barnett asks what rights we have to our online life and if deleting is desirable.
BBC Radio 4
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A Guide to Mountain and Moorland Birds
Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss offer a guide to Britain's upland birds
BBC Radio 4
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Phelophepa
Laverne Antrobus tells the story of the Phelophepa Health Train in rural South Africa.
BBC Radio 4
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The A to Z of TV Gardening
Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of television gardening.
BBC Two
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Reimagining the City
Writers and musicians offer guides to cities with which we think we are already familiar.
BBC Radio 4
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Forgetting a Revolutionary: Lawrence Durrell at 100
Tim Marlow encourages us not to forget the novelist Lawrence Durrell.
BBC Radio 4
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Northern Ireland: Who Are We Now?
As Derry-Londonderry becomes the UK City of Culture, William Crawley considers identity.
BBC Radio 4
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Roger, the Eagle Has Landed
Mark Radcliffe recalls the influential life of cult DJ and club promoter Roger Eagle.
BBC Radio 4
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The Value of Culture
Melvyn Bragg explores the history of the idea of culture, and its value today.
BBC Radio 4
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And No Birds Sing: Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
Franny Armstrong looks at the explosive impact of Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring.
BBC Radio 4
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Bellydancing and the Blues
Guy Schalom hunts out the spirit of the new Egypt in the musical roots of the bellydance
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Freedom Pass
Terry Waite and Christopher Matthew use their Freedom Passes on the buses of London.
BBC Radio 4
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Train Hopping in the USA
Jumping on freight trains in America, adventure or desperation? Peter Bowes explores.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Europe Moves East
Allan Little looks at the changing dynamic of the European Union, as power heads east.
BBC Radio 4
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2012: The End of Time
As the Mayan prophecy of doom approaches, enjoy this light-hearted guide to the apocalypse
BBC Radio 4
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The Actors' Gang
'Shawshank Redemption' star Tim Robbins leads acting classes in LA's Norco Prison.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes of Christmas
Nigel Slater shares his favourite festive treats that make Christmas a tasty time of year.
BBC One
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Pension Off the Old Lady!
Kamal Ahmed asks how far the Bank of England will need to change under its new governor.
BBC Radio 4
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Analysing the Child Sex Offender
Psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach investigates the mind of the child sex abuser.
BBC Radio 4
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Blackout Ballet
Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet.
BBC Radio 4
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The Physicist's Guide to the Orchestra
Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the history of Rome.
BBC Four
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Decontaminating Halabja
John Simpson returns to Kurdistan, 25 years after a devastating chemical weapons attack.
BBC Radio 4