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  1. Mirrored

    A chronological journey through life - from childhood to old age - captured in the mirror.

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    The Honky Tonk Nun

    Kate Molleson meets a legend of Ethiopian music, Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou.

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    A Woman Half in Shadow

    Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.

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    Dame Vera Lynn: We鈥檒l Meet Again

    A birthday tribute celebrating the life and work of Dame Vera Lynn.

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    Kevin Bacon's Game of Fame

    Rajesh Mirchandani meets with Kevin Bacon to explore the strange game of fame.

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    Lionel Blue: My Obituary

    In a typically playful turn, Lionel Blue presents his own obituary.

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  7. Black Is the New Black

    Exceptional figures from all walks of life share their thoughts on being black today.

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  8. Our Lives

    Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.

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  9. Thelma & Michael: Love In The Cutting Room

    Cinema's great love story - UK director Michael Powell and US editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

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    21 Shades of Noir: Lee Child on John D MacDonald

    The Jack Reacher author Lee Child investigates the unusual life of author John D Macdonald

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    Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music

    An imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.

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    Sweet Mother KD

    Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.

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    As The Curtain Falls

    Marie-Louise Muir explores 25 years of Signature Theatre company with founder Jim Houghton

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    Fionnlagh

    An affectionate and candid portrait of writer and broadcaster Finlay J MacDonald.

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  15. Saving Lives at Sea

    Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

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  16. Mighty Real - McAlmont Sings Sylvester

    David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.

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    Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey

    Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.

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    Manto: Uncovering Pakistan

    Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Pakistani writer Sa'adat Manto and assesses his legacy.

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    Blue Canvas : The Artist Miles Davis

    A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.

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    Field Notes: The Irishman Who Invented the Nocturne

    Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.

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    The Sprung Floor

    Dane Hurst takes a dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children.

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  22.

    Attenborough at 90

    To celebrate his 90th birthday, David Attenborough shares his life and career highlights.

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  23.

    The Philby Tape

    Notorious Soviet spy Kim Philby as he's never been heard before.

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  24.

    Finding Harpo's Voice

    The cellist Steven Isserlis explores the silence of his screen idol, Harpo Marx.

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    The Perfect Strangers

    Meet 80 year olds Mo and Jo, who recently became honorary Gurkhas.

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    The Day the Refugees Came

    Michael Palin's story of a group of refugees welcomed to Somerset.

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    Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms And That鈥檚 All

    Tim Key gives his surreal and startling take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.

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  28. This Farming Life

    Documentary following the struggles and triumphs of very different farming families.

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  29. The Greatest Ever Faker

    Gareth Gwynn uncovers the fantastical world of a Welsh cultural lodestone, Iolo Morganwg

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    JD Salinger: Made in England

    How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York

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    How to Die: Simon's Choice

    Simon debates whether to end his life after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

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    Jarvis on McCullers

    Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.

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  33.

    Bus Lines

    First bus company run a writing competition for their drivers. Hop on board...

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  34. The Untold

    A series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain.

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  35. An Lot/The Croft

    Documentary following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter.

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  36. Blood, Sex and Money: The Life and Work of Emile Zola

    Glenda Jackson presents a documentary in Paris of France's great writer鈥揈mile Zola.

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    Alice in Teesside

    Lewis Carroll's roots in the North East of England are uncovered by Simon Farnaby.

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  38. The Compass

    With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about society

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  39. Youth of Today

    Three local young people find out what life is like in Shetland for 'the youth of today'.

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  40. The Last Days of WG

    Charlie Connelly searches for the real WG Grace, a cricketer obscured by fame and myth.

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  41. Fiery Inspiration: Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement

    Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the black arts movement.

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  42. Return to Larkinland

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

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    Something Old, Something New

    From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.

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  44. Natural History Heroes

    Scientists select and discuss predecessors who inspired their work and lives.

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  45. Jim McColl at 80

    Marking Jim McColl's 80th birthday, examining the life of the horticultural broadcaster.

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    Ginny in the Hut

    A reflection in sound on the life of Virginia Fiennes, first wife of explorer Sir Ranulph.

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    The Jacqueline Effect

    Can there be too many cellists? How Jacqueline du Pr茅 created a surfeit of cellists!

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    A City Dreaming

    A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.

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    Philip Glass: Taxi Driver

    In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.

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  50. A Walk of One's Own: Virginia Woolf on Foot

    Virginia Woolf's biographer Alexandra Harris takes four walks that inspired her.

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