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Who Does John Hegley Think He Is?
John Hegley thinks he might be descended from French composer Rameau. Could it be true?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Who Goes First?
Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Is Kamala Harris?
Who is Kamala Harris and how did she rise to the top of the US Democratic Party?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Who Killed Elsie Frost?
Elsie Frost was murdered on 9 October 1965. She was 14. The murderer hasn't been caught.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Killed Emma?
A missing woman. A brutal murder. And a confrontation with a prime suspect.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Needs Politicians Anyway?
Chris Page looks at how Northern Ireland is coping without a government
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Needs Scientists?
Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Runs Labour?
A look back at Labour's civil war in the 1980s and whether there is currently a re-run.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds?
£26m in jewellery and cash. A painstaking police investigation. A missing mastermind?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Three
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Who Was Michael X?
The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you’ve never heard of
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Who Was Rosalind?
Susan Hitch looks at the boys who played Shakespeare's female characters.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Who Was St Nicholas?
How an early Christian bishop was claimed for everything from Christmas to pawnbrokers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Who We Are
Documentaries about how we shape our lives through love, pain, war and hope
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Who Will Call Me Beloved?
Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who You Don't See
An insight on what it’s like to work with some of the biggest names in pop culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Who'd Be A Museum Director Today?
Our panel debate the many challenges facing museum curators in the 2020s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Live Streams
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Who's British Now?
Fewer and fewer of us say we are 'British'. Ritula Shah asks, 'Who's British now?'.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?
How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who's the Pest?
Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Who’s Got Greg? Peter Bleksley Investigates
A Radio 1 DJ has disappeared in fishy circumstances. Can Peter Bleksley set Greg free?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1
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Whodunnits
Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Become a Doctor?
Kevin Fong looks at how the role of junior doctors has changed over the past 50 years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Can't Our Children Talk?
Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Coups Fail
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why do Americans distrust Washington?
How Ronald Reagan has overcome American distrust of central government
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Why Do We Do That?
Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the origins of everyday human habits and behaviour.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Why Factor
Series that explores the hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Why Factor
The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Why I Changed My Mind
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?
Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK’s political institutions?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Men Pay for Sex
What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Should This Happen To Me?
A series of discussions with people dealing with crisis
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian TV
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Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down)
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why War? The Einstein-Freud Letters
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why Why Why?
Comedian Phill Jupitus searches for the answers to questions posed by songs.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wiki Wars
Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wil ac Aeron
Cyfres yn dilyn y ffermwyr ifanc Wil Hendreseifion ac Aeron Pughe ar daith. Following f...
S4C
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Wild
Series of wildlife and nature documentaries with access to never-before-seen footage.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Wild Arabia: The Natural History of the Middle East
Tessa McGregor explores the natural history of the Middle East
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wild Bond
Celebrate 60 years of Bond movies with a cast of characters from the animal kingdom.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Wild Inside
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside animals from the big wild world
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wild Men
Comedy about a man going through a midlife crisis who decides to live in the wilderness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Wild West Sweeny
Western movie fan Sweeny discovers the US. Sweeny ‘s na Stà itean, dùthaich filmean an iar.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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A Wild Year
A unique insight into the nature of three iconic regions of the British countryside.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels through some of the most remote landscapes on Earth.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Wildfire
Bushfires have been burning worldwide – a report from South Australia
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Wildlife
Fourteen-year-old Joe Brinson moves with his mother and father to a small town in Montana.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life
Matthew Sweet on the life and work of the sensationally modern figure - Wilkie Collins.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will AI Kill Development?
Will artificial intelligence lead to a more unequal world?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Bird Flu Steal Christmas?
Charlotte Smith investigates the outbreak, vaccines, and if bird flu will steal Christmas.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Cameron Change Britain?
Janan Ganesh asks if the Conservatives, now free from coalition, will transform Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Emily be allowed to keep her baby?
We follow the story of a mother, working with social workers to keep her new baby.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Self Takes the Waters
Will Self ponders the origins of our insatiable thirst for bottled waters.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Self's Great British Bus Journey
Will Self makes a 1,000-mile tour of the UK, by bus and coach, exploring British identity
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management
Comedian Will Smith seeks help and advice on coping with middle age
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Tracey McLeod recalls the girl groups of the 1960s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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William Burroughs: Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted
Laurie Anderson profiles one of the most original writers and thinkers of the 20th century
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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William of Orange
The story of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the rise of William III and Queen Mary
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The Wilsons Save the World
Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wiltshire local election debate - follow live
Watch a debate with candidates from the main parties for the elections in Wiltshire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Live Streams
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Wimbledon
The triumphs, upsets and fightbacks from the world’s greatest tennis tournament.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sport
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Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad.
School Radio
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Windrush
Conflict, controversy and culture - the story of a generation that rebuilt Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Windrush: A Family Divided
Robert and Jennifer Beckford argue the pros and cons of Windrush 75 years on.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Windrush: Portraits of a Generation
A film about a remarkable Windrush portrait project spearheaded by the King.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Wine Detectives
Susie Barrie follows the experts employed to tell fine wines from fakes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Wing and a Prayer
Battle of Britain fighter pilots recall the summer of 1940. Presented by Misha Glenny.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Winning the Peace
Paddy Ashdown investigates how the international community helps rebuild a nation
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Winslow ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r's Odyssey
Michael Smith investigates the American artist's visit to Cullercoats in Northumberland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Winter Olympic Mile
Walk a mile with Aimee Fuller + some of the world's finest athletes ahead of Beijing 2022
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live
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Winterwatch
Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Wired Love
Wired Love, published in 1879, is a story of long-distance love over the telegraph wire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wireless Nights
Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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