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David Bowie: Verbatim (2016)
Bowie’s extraordinary life and unparalleled career told in his own words.

Utopias
Michael Symmons Roberts examines the book behind one of our most influential ideas: Utopia

The Stranger in the Mirror
Does the history of our ideas about autism reveal more about ourselves than about autism?

Jay Rayner Pigs Out
Jay Rayner, self-confessed greedy pig, gets serious about porkers.

The Selling of Sinatra
Jazz singer Kurt Elling doffs his trilby as he explores the life of Frank Sinatra.

When Britain Had the Right Stuff
Richard Hollingham uncovers the forgotten history of Britons in space.

Racial Equality Enshrined
Ritula Shah explores Britain's first Race Relations Act, fifty years on.

Lives in a Landscape
Alan Dein tells the story of ten years of Radio 4's observational documentary series.

A Sympathetic Eye
Simon Farquhar examines how Man Alive reflected changing TV and social values in the 1960s

07/11/2015
Fifty years after abolition, John Tusa reviews the history of the death penalty debate.