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'Down With Skool': The Art of Molesworth
Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.
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10 Days That Toppled Thatcher
James Landale examines why Margaret Thatcher was ousted from power 25 years ago.
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16 5 66
The story of how two of the greatest albums of all time were released on the same day.
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1913: The Year Before
Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War
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1914: Day by Day
Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.
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1916: A Letter from Ireland
Fintan O'Toole looks at letters written at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.
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2010: Space Odyssey to Europa
Astronomer Paul Murdin asks if Jupiter's moon, Europa, might sustain biological life.
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2012: The End of Time
As the Mayan prophecy of doom approaches, enjoy this light-hearted guide to the apocalypse
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2015 Hashtags of the Year
Series looking at the impact of the hashtags that got millions talking.
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21 Shades of Noir: Lee Child on John D MacDonald
The Jack Reacher author Lee Child investigates the unusual life of author John D Macdonald
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21st Century Mythologies
Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era, as Roland Barthes did 60 years ago.
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23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life
Inside the digital news outlets that are reinventing journalism for the social media age.
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24 Hours of Sunset
Laura Barton walks the length of Sunset Boulevard in 24 hours, from city to coast.
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360 Arts
Jessica Lack explores public art in the UK through a city's attempt to commission new work
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3D Bioprinting
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
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50 Years of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Brian Sibley tells the story behind Ian Fleming's book, half a century after publication.
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78 Revolutions
Jenny Hammerton, a DJ of 78s, explores why the old discs are still alive and spinning.
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A Baby Asbo
Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.
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A Beginner's Guide to the Blues
Paul Jones presents a series exploring the blues.
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A Bleeding Shame
Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are finally changing.
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A Bombay Symphony
Zareer Masani on the new love for, and controversy over, Western classical music in India.
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations
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A Brief History of TIM
Lynne Truss celebrates the 80th birthday of the Speaking Clock. With Prof Stephen Hawking.
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A British History in Weather
Alexandra Harris explores how the weather has shaped the cultural life of Britain.
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A Casual Clearance
Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.
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A Century of Hope
Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.
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A Child to Sponsor
Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.
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A Coat, a Hat and a Gun
A reappraisal of Raymond Chandler, the Englishman who invented the PI as we know him.
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A Cold War Dance
The Martha Graham Dance Company's US State Department tour of Southeast Asia, 1974.
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A Country Practice
Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.
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A Dancer Dies Twice
A documentary about first deaths and last dances.
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A Dirty Secret
Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.
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A Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy
Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.
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A Family Without a Child
The stories of three women in a touching exploration of what it means to be childless.
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A Freedom Too Far?
Melanie Phillips explores the limits of free speech.
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A Good Man in Rwanda
A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.
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A Gripping Yarn
Jane Garvey's world of knitting - full of rebels, musicians, jailbirds and reality TV.
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A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's coastal wildlife.
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A Guide to Garden Wildlife
Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's common garden wildlife
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A History of Britain in Numbers
Andrew Dilnot investigates the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain
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A History of Ideas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.
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A History of the Brain
Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
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A History of the Infinite
Adrian Moore journeys through philosophical thought on infinity.
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A History of the World Special
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
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A Hundred Years of Mervyn Peake
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
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A Journey Through English
The changing accents on the UK's longest rail journey, the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance.
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A Last Excuse Me Dance
The first reunion in 70 years of writer Shirley Hughes and her 1940s dancing partner.
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A Law Unto Themselves
Helena Kennedy talks to eminent lawyers and judges who stand out from the legal crowd.
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A Love Supreme: 50 Years On
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.