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Attenborough's Wonder of Song
David Attenborough chooses seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Past Forward: A Century of Sound
Greg Jenner dives deep into the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive to explore what it says about who we are now.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Gaisgich sna Glinn
How the Highlands made the ideal military training ground during World War II.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Walter: A Life in Football
A tribute to one of the most successful managers in Scottish football, Walter Smith.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland
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Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Sir David Attenborough uncovers an Ice Age mammoth mystery on the outskirts of Swindon.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Call to Kabul
Anita Anand tracks an unfolding story of three brothers being hunted by the Taliban.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Hidden History of the Staircase
Rachel Hurdley climbs the staircase to discover a story of steps, status and segregation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mr Fletcher, the Poet
1986 documentary about mining community life by acclaimed radio producer Piers Plowright.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Family of Strangers
How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Setting Sail
An exploration of death from 1985 by Piers Plowright and Malcolm Clarke.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Look At What You Could Have Won
A reappraisal of the 80s TV quiz Bullseye, asking what we've lost and what we've become.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Yorkshire's Cricket Test
Kamran Abbasi considers the roots of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's problems with racism.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Leaving the Family ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Geoff Bird charts the sadness and excitement of children growing up and flying the nest.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Great Pyramids of Albania
The story of an extraordinary mass fraud that gripped Albania in the 1990s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Lotte Berk Technique
Nadine Shah embarks on a personal journey into the controversial fitness phenomenon Barre.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Hackers
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Line in the Water
Aboard the Belfast-Birkenhead ferry Neil McCarthy looks for the border down the Irish Sea
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Under the Influence
Exploring the rise of behavioural science at the heart of our politics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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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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Screenshot
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode guide us through the expanding universe of the moving image
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Reith Lectures.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Male Order
Aleks Krotoski investigates sperm donors and the unofficial online fertility market.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Loosening the Old School Tie
Ben Wright asks whether a privileged education is under threat.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
The story of Freddie Mercury’s final years and the tribute concert staged in his memory.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Stolen Honour
Jonathan Beale asks whether medals for bravery encourage recklessness within the military.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Breakup
Ophelia Byrne finds out what really happened when the Irish border was finalised in 1925.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Explanation
Claire Graham and guests explain the important, long-running stories that are in the news
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Bridget Riley - Painting the Line
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Lakes with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District and the county of Cumbria.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Nadiya's Fast Flavours
Nadiya Hussain inspires us to bring fun back to everyday meals with her delicious recipes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Dostoevsky and the Russian Soul
Rowan Williams considers what Dostoevsky’s life and work can tell us about Russia today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Political Time Zones
How might democracies think more deeply about time to tackle the challenges of the future?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist
Mark Kermode explores the extraordinary history of The Exorcist.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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No Ball Games
Three residents mark the centenary of Britain’s biggest council housing estate, Becontree.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Poetry Detective
Vanessa Kisuule explores the stories behind the poems we carry with us through life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Universe
Professor Brian Cox reveals epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Pride or Prejudice: How we Read Now
Professor Abigail Williams explores changing views of the novel.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hacking Capitalism
Leo Johnson asks how capitalism could be made to it fulfil its promises of a better life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Summer of Fire and Flood
The stories of three places which have been at the sharp end of extreme weather events.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Expert Witness
True crime series revealing how some of the UK’s most serious cases were solved.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The 80s - Music’s Greatest Decade?
Dylan Jones argues that the 1980s was the greatest decade in the history of pop.
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Life at 50°C
Exploring one of the most deadly results of the climate crisis: extreme heat.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Four Hours at the Capitol
An immersive, character-led journey into the January storming of the US Capitol.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Nuremberg Legacy
Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4