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Saffron Censorship: India's Culture Wars
Zareer Masani asks if censorship and religious fanaticism are threatening India's freedom.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Healthy Visions
Five experts set out their ideas for the future of public health in Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Minecraft: More than a Game
Jolyon Jenkins asks why UK children are hooked on the computer game Minecraft.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Moment That Made Putin
How Vladimir Putin's experience as KGB agent in Germany shaped his career and behaviour.
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The Clocks Go Forward Tonight
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jane Russell and the Springtown Mother
The story of an adoption which became an international scandal in the 1950s
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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My Name Is Isis
Isis Thompson talks to others who share their name with the radical Islamist State group.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Wing and a Prayer
Battle of Britain fighter pilots recall the summer of 1940. Presented by Misha Glenny.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Same Tune, Different Song
Debbie Wiseman delves into the world of the song lyricist
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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California: Paradise Lost
Adam Smith travels through California to discover why being a paradise is so much trouble.
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Snow White and the Seven Signs of Ageing
Cathy FitzGerald tries to rescue the Wicked Queen from the mirror's spell.
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Soundstage
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents a series of audio postcards.
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The 'Gay Cake' Affair
William Crawley tells the story of Northern Ireland's so-called 'Gay Cake' row.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Caribbean with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels around the edge of the Caribbean Sea in a stunning three-part series.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Young Behind Bars
Winifred Robinson investigates government plans to target the education of young prisoners
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Quietest New Year On Earth
Imagine an entire country staying silent for 24 hours - listen to Bali on New Year's Day.
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Sounds Up There
Sound designer Glenn Freemantle, who worked on Gravity, commemorates the first spacewalk.
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In Search of Moderate Muslims
Sarfraz Manzoor asks if moderate Muslims exist and, if not, where did they go?
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Restarting the Antibiotic Pipeline
Roland Pease examines how an increasing number of antibiotics are failing.
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Giving Up Music for Lent
Will Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustic engineering, be able to give up music for Lent?
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When the People Say Not Sure
Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament
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Voices From Our Industrial Past: Women
Emma Griffin examines the lives of working women during the industrial revolution.
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Food in the Frame
Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
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Did Douglas Get It Right?
Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Inconspicuous Consumption
Documentary series that takes a forensic look at how humans consume culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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African Students Abroad
Bola Mosuro follows four African students as they begin courses at British universities.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Martha: An Endling's Tale
A century ago the last passenger pigeon died. What drove billions of birds to extinction?
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Man with the Mohican
David Morrissey explores the life Roger Hill, theatre director, DJ and transvestite artist
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Ben Ainslie's Big Gamble
Can sailor Sir Ben Ainslie lead the first British team to win the America's Cup?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Spy Who Came In from Al-Qaeda
Former al-Qaeda member Aimen Dean talks about his eight years undercover as a British spy.
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Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time
Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.
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Jock Purdon, the Miners' Poet
Billy Bragg tells the story of Jock Purdon and the history of songwriting about mining.
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Promises, Promises: A History of Debt
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
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The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain Attack
Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about his stroke.
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Julia, Dear Boy... Welcome to Westminster
Julia Langdon on changes to Parliament over 40 years, with Betty Boothroyd and Ken Clarke.
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Ebola Junction
As the new Ebola treatment centre opens, Dr John Wright and his team record what happens.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Whistling Woman
Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling
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Pushing Up the Daisies
As she approaches her 80th year, Penelope Simpson decides to paint her own coffin.
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The Business of Film with Mark Kermode
Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry.
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A Country Practice
Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.
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Writing a New South Africa
Thabiso Mohare presents a picture of South Africa's literary and spoken word scene.
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The Placebo Problem
Geoff Watts explores the phenomenon of the nocebo effect and its implications for medicine
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Malcolm X and the 'American Nightmare'
Four voices consider the legacy of Malcolm X in post-Ferguson America.
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Codi Hwyl
Cyfres yn dilyn John Pierce Jones a Dilwyn Morgan yn hwylio. The sailing adventures of ...
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Entitlement to Care
Bradford GP Dr Alastair Bavington explores how we deal with the health needs of immigrants
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Albert Speer
A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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A World Beyond Alice
David Almond argues that more European children's books should be translated into English
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Love Supreme: 50 Years On
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Finding Your Voice
Helen Keen explores selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking.
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Erasing Enoch: The Tory Quest for the Minority Vote
Can the Conservatives increase their share of the minority vote? Hugh Muir investigates.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4