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Arnold of the Five Towns
Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Travelling the Spaceways: The Cult of Sun Ra
Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Howard's Way
Football-daft Peter White follows referee Howard Webb as he works with troubled teenagers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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There's A Guy Works Down Our Local Swears He's Elvis
Ian McMillan delves into the world of Elvis impersonators.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Scotland Meet Murray Lachlan Young
Poet Murray Lachlan Young goes in search of his Scottishness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Idrissa Camara
From west Africa to south Wales: a portrait of dancer and choreographer Idrissa Camara.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Steve the Sweep
Steve Carver looks to the learn the secrets of the chimney sweeping trade.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Living with Lockerbie
Glenn Campbell marks the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland
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The Brave New World
CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day. What events shaped the two authors?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Brown Camp
Katie Grant visits a summer camp aimed at mixed-race families.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Tibet Remembered
A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
Rich Morton gathers comedians' tales of their all-time nightmare stand-up shows.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Gambaccini Years
Paul Gambaccini looks back on his 40 years as a broadcaster in Britain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Playing Ping Pong with Henry Miller
From banned writer to ping pong fanatic, Henry Miller rediscovered afresh in Big Sur, USA
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Unsent Letters of Erik Satie
Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Reflections with Peter Hennessy
Historian Peter Hennessy asks senior politicians to reflect on their lives and times.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Derek Tangye - The Cornish Gardener
John McCarthy explores the fascinating life of British author Derek Tangye.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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What Thatcher Did Next
Elinor Goodman explores Margaret Thatcher's life after she ceased to be prime minister.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The People's Thatcher
Andrew Neil offers a portrait of Margaret Thatcher via the voices of those she governed.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Margaret Thatcher: Potency and Paradox
Peter Riddell explores the background to the many extraordinary moments of her premiership
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Not by the Playbook
Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Big Boss Interview
In-depth interviews with the UK’s most high profile CEOs and entrepreneurs.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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In Pursuit of Spring
Presenter Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of the writer Edward Thomas
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hunt/Lauda
Vicki Butler-Henderson recalls James Hunt's epic on-track battle with Niki Lauda in 1976.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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I Dressed Ziggy Stardust
Samira Ahmed meets British Asian women who, like her, were inspired by David Bowie.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Artworks
Imaginative documentaries about culture and the arts from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Real George Orwell
A journey exploring the man Eric Blair and the writer George Orwell
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Talking Pictures
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Train Hopping in the USA
Jumping on freight trains in America, adventure or desperation? Peter Bowes explores.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Actors' Gang
'Shawshank Redemption' star Tim Robbins leads acting classes in LA's Norco Prison.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Age of Reason
How has the world has changed for women? Inspiring women in their 70s and 80s look back
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Hardeep's Sunday Lunch
Hardeep Singh Kohli travels the UK cooking Sunday lunch for people with remarkable stories
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Richard Burton Diaries
Documentary about the private diaries Richard Burton wrote at the height of his fame.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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Jamie Owen's Wales
Jamie Owen explores the people and places of our historic nation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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The Big B at 70
A look at the life and work of Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest star in Bollywood
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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China: As History Is My Witness
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tehrangeles
A journey into the triumphs and struggles of the Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Reluctant Lama
The Spanish toddler who was chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Island
Sheppey, landscape of cars, caravans and morose marshland - the place they call The Island
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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7/7: One Day in London
The testimony of over 50 people directly affected by the 7/7 London bombings.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Tony Hancock
Comedy actor Tony Hancock epitomised the little man's struggle against the world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Staff No Fee: The Other Life of Brian
Barry Johnston explores the early career of the legendary commentator Brian Johnston.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The New Elizabethans
James Naughtie profiles 60 public figures nominated to mark the diamond jubilee
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma
Documentary exploring the contradictions of Frederick Delius's colourful life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Perfumed Mountaineer
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher: photographer and perfumer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Conjuring Halie
Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wireless Nights
Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4