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Speak Low, Speak Weill
Ute Lemper explores the political and musical legacy of Mack the Knife composer Kurt Weill
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Wittgenstein's Jet
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
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Faultline Scotland
Aasmah Mir asks if Scottish society has been split in two by the independence referendum.
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Out of Armenia
Writer and historian Charles Emmerson explores Europe's Armenian communities.
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This Farming Life
Geoff Watts explores the science, history and cultural implications of gossip.
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Music to Save Grimethorpe
Ian McMillan celebrates his local brass band and the community it represents.
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Cells and Celluloid: A Science and Cinema Special
Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock explore the relationship between film and science.
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Music on Hold
Isy Suttie embarks on a mission to compose the ultimate on-hold music.
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Pass the Turkey Twizzlers
Lucy Kellaway hosts an argumentative dinner party where all the debates are about food.
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One Day in Winter: Driving ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ for Christmas
The stories of some of the millions of travellers making their way home for Christmas.
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Terror and the Oxygen of Publicity
How terrorists need the oxygen of publicity, and the battle to starve them of it.
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Character Studies with Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith explores the work of writers and their favourite characters.
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Midwives to Be
Sarah Taylor follows a new intake of student midwives at King's College London.
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Six Weeks to Save the World
Dr John Wright records his work in setting up an Ebola centre to serve Moyamba junction.
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At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Abroad
A panel of new Britons discuss what it is like to make a home in a new land.
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What's Funny about Money?
Comedian Colm O'Regan reports from the Kilkenomics festival in Ireland. Davos with laughs.
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Suppose I Lose It
Joan Bakewell asks what she might expect, and how she should prepare, if she had dementia.
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Death of An Orchestra
Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.
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Arrows with Eric Bristow
1979 film following rising darts star Eric Bristow as he travels around pubs and clubs.
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The Invisible Age
Matthew Sweet explores why society is still so reluctant to talk about ageing.
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Beckett in Brooklyn
Lisa Dwan takes a trilogy of Samuel Beckett plays to the Brooklyn Academy of Music
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The Kingdom to Come
Peter Hennessy asks public figures how further devolution might change the UK constitution
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The Lipinski
300 years of a Stradivarius through the hands of geniuses, dictators, refugees and thieves
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Pen Llyn Harri Parri
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Becoming Myself: Gender Identity
Series exploring gender dysphoria. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh.
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Blood, Sage and Grace
Grace Dent explores the life and work of literary luminary Lorna Sage.
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How to Hire a Master
Jolyon Jenkins explores the mysterious world of the headhunter.
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23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life
Inside the digital news outlets that are reinventing journalism for the social media age.
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Afghan Women: Speaking Out, Losing Lives
Lyse Doucet visits Kabul to hear about the lives of Afghan women as the troops depart.
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Frinton Forever
Richard Wilson stars at Frinton Summer Theatre to mark its 75th anniversary of weekly rep.
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Manchester: Alchemical City
Jeanette Winterson presents a personal exploration of Manchester.
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Olive Wars
For Israelis and Palestinians everything is politicised, even the olive harvest.
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The Real Story
Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
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Theatre of the Abused
April de Angelis explores the depiction of sexual violence in feminist theatre.
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Teaching Economics After the Crash
Aditya Chakrabortty reports on the student fight to reform their economics education.
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Republican Rehab
Danny Kruger investigates why some US conservatives want to get people out of jail.
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Catacombs of the Mind
Bruce Lacey, legendary artist, performer and mischief-maker, reflects on his life.
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Hot Gossip!
Geoff Watts explores the science, history and cultural implications of gossip.
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To Rent or Not to Rent
Leah Marks, a Bristol renter who is considering buying, visits Berlin to meet its renters.
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Afghanistan: The Lessons of War
A former British commander in Afghanistan examines what has been achieved by the campaign.
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The Meaning of Mongol
Uuganaa Ramsay searches for the true meaning of the word Mongol.
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Glasgow School of Art: Rising from the Ashes
In May 2014, a major fire ripped through the Glasgow School of Art. How has it recovered?
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London Calling
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
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Holding Back the Sea
David Shukman examines hard choices about flood defence following Britain's worst winter.
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