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  1. The Class Ceiling

    Polly Toynbee explores how possible it is to move up through British society

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

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  2. What's Eating The Museum?

    The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.

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    The Kill Factor

    Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.

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  4. Cat Women of the Moon

    Sarah Hall explores the popular sci-fi motif of an all-women society surviving without men

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  5. God in China

    Tim Gardam investigates faith in modern China

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  6. Generation E

    Lucy Ash sees how young Europeans are facing up to a time of economic and political crisis

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  7. Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square

    Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986

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  8. The Peace Corps Writers

    Bridget Kendall evaluates America's 'missionaries of democracy' in the Peace Corps.

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    The British Caste Conundrum

    Paul Sinha finds some British Asians believe caste discrimination is alive and well in UK.

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    Ibiza: Britain's Balearic Soul

    Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife

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    Treating Tumours: Old Drug, New Tricks

    An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.

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    Hemingway Days

    Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.

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    Return to Vukovar

    Martin Bell returns 20 years on to the Siege of Vukovar in Croatia.

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    How to Write a Personal Statement

    A personal statement is crucial for university. What should it say, asks Imogen Stubbs?

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    Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets

    Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.

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    The Path of Least Resistance

    As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds.

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  17. The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life

    Dr Mark Porter on whether adult health is determined by the first thousand days of life

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  18. Slums 101

    Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums.

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  19. In Our Own Image - Evolving Humanity

    Adam Rutherford asks how talking, travelling and technology affect human genetic evolution

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  20. Secret Britain

    Series examining the role of state secrecy in Britain

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  21. Taking Tea with Tyrants

    Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes.

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    Mr Suzuki's Bach Passion

    Overthrowing centuries of musical tradition - and prejudice: the Japanese Bach revolution.

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  23. Interrail Tales

    Miranda Sawyer on the impact of cheap European train travel on generations of Britons

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  24. The Art of Water Music

    Midge Ure investigates water's role as a constantly flowing source of musical inspiration.

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    The Sex Test

    Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.

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    Giving the Critic Back His Voice

    Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.

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    The Barbershop

    Stephen Smith reports from inside the High Street 'freemasonry' of the barber's.

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  28. Generations Apart

    Fi Glover presents the series that tracks people from two very different generations

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  29. The I Love You Bridge

    Penny Woolcock investigates who sprayed a marriage proposal on a Sheffield bridge.

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    Ladies of the Links

    Rhona Cameron celebrates the bi-centenary of the earliest known women's golf competition

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    So You Want To Be an Exorcist

    The exorcism business is booming - Jolyon Jenkins asks if and why demonism is on the rise.

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  32. The Tribes of Science

    Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied disciplines of science

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  33. Human Kind

    Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.

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    Science: From Cradle to Grave

    Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.

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    The Ice Cream Van Cometh

    Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.

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    The New Silk Road with Roger Law

    Roger Law visits Yi Wu in China, fast becoming the biggest marketplace in the world.

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    My Empire of Dust

    Wolfgang Stoecker is on a mission to explore the meaning of dust.

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    The Shipwrecked Bears

    Gyles Brandreth probes the mystery of the missing teddy bears - the first ever made.

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    Composer Joseph Horovitz: No Ordinary Joe

    Debbie Wiseman tells the fascinating story of the composer of Captain Noah and Rumpole

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    Waiting for Independence Day

    As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?

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  41. Poorer Than Their Parents

    Financial guru Alvin Hall helps young people plan ahead for an uncertain future

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  42. How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading

    Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'

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    Horsepower

    Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?

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    Erased Memories and Spotless Minds

    Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.

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    Jamie: Drag Queen at 16

    Documentary following the story of teenager Jamie Campbell, who wants to be a drag queen.

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  46. Making Tracks

    Paul Morley visits some of the key studios in which classic albums were recorded.

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  47. The Power of Om

    Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.

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  48. The Hunt for Bin Laden

    Gordon Corera tells the story of the search for the world's most wanted terrorist

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  49. Late Nights at the Blue Boar

    Pete Paphides visits the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar Services.

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    The Art Bunker

    Bob Dickinson visits a festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.

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