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  1. JFK: The Vinyl Reaction

    How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.

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  2. Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes

    Bettany Hughes follows the Egnatian Way and explores how it helped to shape Europe.

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  3. Return to Larkinland

    Writer and critic AN Wilson revisits the life and work of poet Philip Larkin.

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  4. A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance in our country.

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  5. Space: The Vinyl Frontier

    A spoken word concept album linking space and music.

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  6. Decoding the Masterworks

    Dr Janina Ramirez presents a series that examines three masterworks in minute detail

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  7. Genius of the Ancient World

    Bettany Hughes seeks out the stories behind three giants of ancient philosophy.

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  8. Will Gompertz Gets Creative

    Will Gompertz presents a series on creativity

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  9. Minimal Impact

    The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.

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  10. The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

    Alan Yentob marks the centenary of TS Eliot's poem, with a reading by Jeremy Irons.

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  11. Treasures of Ancient Greece

    Series in which Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.

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  12. Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown

    Hannah Gadsby presents a series of comedy lectures about four masterpieces.

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  13. The Business of Film with Mark Kermode

    Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry.

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  14. A Timewatch Guide

    Series looking at how the 蜜芽传媒 has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.

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  15. The Secret Life of Books

    Classic books are reconsidered by returning to the writers' original manuscripts.

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  16. The Poet Librettists

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores why so many poets choose to become opera librettists.

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    A Theatre For Everyman

    As Liverpool's Everyman Theatre prepares to re-open, we hear from those who worked there.

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  18. Lucy Mangan's Literary Solutions to the Economy

    Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

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  19. Playing the Skyline

    Musicians look at how the land meets the air and imagine it as music.

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  20. Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story

    Profile of soul singer Roberta Flack, who charted an atypical path to fame in the 1970s.

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    Burrell's Bequest

    Alvin Hall explores the controversial decision allowing the Burrell Collection to tour.

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  22. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.

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  23. Frankly Speaking

    Probing interviews with some of the arts and entertainment world's most notable figures.

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  24. Scotland Meet Murray Lachlan Young

    Poet Murray Lachlan Young goes in search of his Scottishness.

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    BB King: The Life of Riley

    How an orphaned young man came to carry the title of king of the blues.

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  26. Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    Alastair Sooke looks at masterpieces of Ancient Egypt through the eyes of an art lover.

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  27. The Living Mountain

    Robert Macfarlane undertakes an immersive poetic pilgrimage to the Cairngorms.

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  28. A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    The history of our curious relationship with murder is explored by Lucy Worsley.

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  29. The Fairy-Tale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank

    Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

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    Derek Tangye - The Cornish Gardener

    John McCarthy explores the fascinating life of British author Derek Tangye.

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    When Washington Came to Brum

    How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.

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  32. Archaeology: A Secret History

    Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.

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  33. The Arts Hour

    The best global arts coverage from across the 蜜芽传媒.

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  34. The Butterfly Effect

    Amanda Roocroft explores the impact of Madame Butterfly in performance and popular culture

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  35. What Do Artists Do All Day?

    Portraits of leading artists, with insights into their working lives and creative process

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  36. The Sound and the Fury in Concert

    Performances recorded for 蜜芽传媒 Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music

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  37. The Riviera: A History in Pictures

    Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have painted on the Cote d'Azur

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  38. Talking Pictures

    A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen.

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  39. The Human Jukebox

    Peter Curran on earworms; why we sing to ourselves, and why sometimes we can't stop it

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    Old Photographs Fever - The Search for China's Pictured Past

    Historical photographs are rare in China, but now the pictured past is being reclaimed.

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    Changing My Voice

    Christopher Gabbitas explores the effects on singers of changing the pitch of their voice.

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    What the Scandinavians Know About Children's Literature

    Mariella Frostrup looks at Scandinavian children's literature.

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  43. Sounds of the 20th Century: The 90s

    Fearne Cotton looks back at the Sounds of the 1990s.

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  44. The Countertenor

    Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.

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    Change of Art

    Artist Andrew Shoben explores a controversial idea to 'rotate or retire' public artworks

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    Colouring Light: Brian Clarke - An Artist Apart

    Profile of painter Brian Clarke, one of the world's greatest stained glass artists.

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  47. Eisteddfod

    Coverage of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, one of Europe's largest cultural festivals.

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  48. Fake or Fortune?

    Journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould investigate mysteries behind paintings.

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  49. Billy Connolly and Aly Bain: Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig

    Anecdotes, tributes and readings for the late poet Norman MacCaig.

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    The Keskidee

    Alan Dein uncovers the history of the Keskidee, the first black arts centre in Britain.

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