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  1. 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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  2. Decontaminating Halabja

    John Simpson returns to Kurdistan, 25 years after a devastating chemical weapons attack.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Our Language in Your Hands

    Linguist Mark Turin explores the fate of the world's endangered languages

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  4. The Age of Reason

    How has the world has changed for women? Inspiring women in their 70s and 80s look back

    BBC World Service

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  5. Football's Home Fans

    Comic and broadcaster Ian Stone on the revolution in the way we run children's football.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Beat Hotel

    How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Goddess of English

    Zareer Masani on why Indians worship English as a goddess who can free them from poverty.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Care to Be a Nurse?

    Christina Patterson explores why nursing sometimes goes wrong and what can put it right.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The State of Welfare

    What now for the welfare state, 70 years after the Beveridge report?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Open Sesame: Science in the Desert

    David Shukman travels to Jordan to find out if science can bring peace in the Middle East.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Letters from Germany

    Leading German figures write about the country they know and the way it is perceived

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Walking on Planet C (2012)

    Musician Nile Rodgers walks the streets of New York, after a cancer diagnosis.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Hardeep's Sunday Lunch

    Hardeep Singh Kohli travels the UK cooking Sunday lunch for people with remarkable stories

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Poor Reporting

    Nick Fraser asks what it takes to get the rich world interested in the poor world.

    BBC Radio 4

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    What Does Ed Miliband Really Think?

    Steve Richards talks to Ed Miliband, his friends and critics about his political ideas.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. On the French Fringe

    Kirsty Lang and Lucy Ash present cultural snapshots off the beaten track in France

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Alice's Restaurant

    Ian McMillan discovers how Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant became a Thanksgiving anthem.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

    Sir David Attenborough looks at the changes in natural history during his 60-year career.

    BBC Two

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  19. Malala's Diary

    The blog of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai voiced by British girls her age.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. From Worcester with Love

    Peter White finds out what the blind boarding school he attended is like today

    BBC Radio 4

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  21. Tim Key and Gogol's Overcoat

    Comedian Tim Key spins his own surreal tale of one of Russia's greatest short stories.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. In Pursuit of the Ridiculous

    Matthew Oates presents a series about naturalists and their pursuits

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  23. Attenborough's Ark

    David Attenborough picks ten animals that he would most like to save from extinction.

    BBC Two

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    What's in a Name?

    Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo explores Europe’s most beautiful, historic and enchanting regions by rail

    BBC Two

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  26. In Alistair Cooke's Footsteps

    Alvin Hall revisits the insights and observations of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America

    BBC Radio 4

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  27. The Gaza Surf Club

    A portrait of life in Gaza through the eyes of a group of young Palestinian surfers.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Climategate Revisited

    Chris Vallance explores the long-term results of the hacking of climate scientists' emails

    BBC Radio 4

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    A Scottish Hotel in the Holy Land

    Why is the Church of Scotland funding a luxury boutique hotel in the Holy Land?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Land Of The Rising Sums

    Alex Bellos visits Japan to discover why Asian cultures seem so much better at maths.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Big B at 70

    A look at the life and work of Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest star in Bollywood

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Harbour

    Series following the men and woman who keep Aberdeen Harbour running 24/7.

    BBC One Scotland

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  33. Foreign Bodies

    Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. Earworms

    6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Hallucination: Through the Doors of Perception

    Geoff Watts explores the cultural and scientific story of hallucination.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Guthan Binn Nam Bonn

    Na guthan seinn ro bhinn a choisinn buinn òir aig Mòdan Nàiseanta.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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  37. Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Miranda Sawyer looks at one of music's most distinctive artists Siouxsie and the Banshees.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Flower Fields

    Michael Bird explores Cornwall's beautiful, tiny flower fields.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    One Man's War

    Katie Derham delves into the fascinating world of musical life during the Second World War

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40.

    Was Dracula Irish?

    Irish novelist Patrick McCabe explores the Irish influences on Bram Stoker's Dracula.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. China: As History Is My Witness

    Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Happy Days - The Children of the Stones

    Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. The Voices of...

    Musicians talk about their life and work.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Putin, the Patriarch and Pussy Riot

    After Pussy Riot, Lucy Ash explores the power of the Orthodox Church in Putin's Russia.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Tehrangeles

    A journey into the triumphs and struggles of the Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The Reluctant Lama

    The Spanish toddler who was chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Gay on the Inside

    Stephen Fry investigates the reality of being gay in prison.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Nigellissima

    Nigella Lawson shows how easy it is to bring the spirit of Italy into the kitchen.

    BBC Two

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  49. Luck Be a Lady Tonight

    Journalist Marverine Cole looks at the increase in female gambling in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Deborah Bull's Dance Nation

    Dancer, writer and broadcaster Deborah Bull presents a social history of dance in the UK

    BBC Radio 4

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