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When Hollywood Met Halifax
How Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene before she died.
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Erich Honecker's Rock and Roll Years
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
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Fallout: The Legacy of Chernobyl
Nick Ross investigates the health impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
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Tales From the Digital Archive
Christine Finn explores how authors' archive is kept, now they write on screens not paper.
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The Swedish Invasion
Comedian Danny Robins explores the global Swedish cultural explosion conquering the world.
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James and the Giant Eagle
James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.
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The Ladies' Man of Opera
The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.
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Ghost Music
Archaeologist Christine Finn taps her foot to ancient sounds not heard for millennia.
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The Light Switch Project
What happens when you switch on a light? Toby Jones discovers it is a question without end
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Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick
Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
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The Chemist of Life and Death
How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too.
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Into the Music Library
An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
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Voodoo Wasps and Zombie Worms
Could infection by parasites be at the root of human behaviour and even mental illness?
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The RSC at 50
James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company as it celebrates its 50th birthday
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The Communist Cosmos
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
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The Biggest Radio on Earth
Dr Lucie Green reports on plans for a radio telescope the size of a continent.
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Is Surgery Scientific?
Surgery is a craft and historically has not been subject to scientific scrutiny until now.
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The Search for Growth
Stephanie Flanders sets out on the search for growth in Britain's economy
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Fingerprints on Trial
Claudia Hammond asks how much we can trust fingerprint evidence.
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In Doubt We Trust
Mark Vernon examines how desire for certainty has affected people's ability to doubt
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Liberty, Fraternity, Anarchy - Le Punk Francais
Andrew Hussey explores how France played a pivotal role in the explosion of 1970s punk.
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The Smell of Money
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
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Genius Unrecognised
Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five inventions that define our world today
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The Foghorn: A Celebration
Peter Curran celebrates the powerful role of the humble foghorn.
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The Chaplin Archive
Exploring the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings
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Not Just Funny Animal Voices
The life of Johnny Morris, told by his friend and former co-presenter Terry Nutkins.
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Scientists of the Subprime
Ehsan Masood examines how science could help prevent future banking crises.
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Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games
Paul Bennun explores the world of music composed for video games.
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In Denial - Climate on the Couch
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the psychology of climate change - why aren't we more worried?
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A History of Ancient Britain
Neil Oliver's epic story of how Britain and its people came to be
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Europe: Driving on the Right
Chris Bowlby looks at how the far right is influencing mainstream European politics
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The Music That Melted
Under a full moon and the Northern Lights, Richard Coles hears the Ice Music of Norway.
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In Pursuit of Happiness
Claudia Hammond looks at the government's plan to measure the nation's happiness.
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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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Hey Mr Salinger
Joanna Smith Rakoff explores JD Salinger's relationship with fans who wrote him letters
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The Honest Musician's Fear of Accidental Plagiarism
What happens when a songwriter accidentally copies someone else's song?
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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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The Teetotaller's Guide to Boozing
Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the life of a teetotaller in the UK.
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Ancient Worlds
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation.
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Rosa And Leos
The story of how the music critic Rosa Newmarch brought Janacek's music to Britain.
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Dam Busters Declassified
Martin Shaw retraces the 1943 raid which used bouncing bombs to destroy German dams.
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Big Game, Little Game
Mark Stephen charts a job swap between gamekeepers from the Kalahari and the Angus Glens
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The Brown Years
Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister
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The Nose School
A behind-the-scenes look at the ancient and secretive art of perfume-making.
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