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The War Widows of Afghanistan
Zarghuna Kargar hears the stories of British and Afghan women widowed by the 13-year war.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Karaoke As Art?
Is karaoke now an art form? Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon to find out.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who's British Now?
Fewer and fewer of us say we are 'British'. Ritula Shah asks, 'Who's British now?'.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Doing It the Milton Keynes Way
Deborah Meaden uncovers the business secrets of booming Milton Keynes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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World Agony
Irma Kurtz talks to five different agony aunts from around the world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Playing the Skyline
Musicians look at how the land meets the air and imagine it as music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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AL Kennedy: Holding Hands
Join AL Kennedy for something uniquely intimate and comforting that begins in childhood.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
The story of ten records from the 1930s to the present that have been banned by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Leadership Gap
John Tusa explores the state of leadership in large UK organisations today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Gone to Earth
Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Devil's Rope
Ian Marchant drives across the midwest to learn how barbed wire privatised America.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who Does John Hegley Think He Is?
John Hegley thinks he might be descended from French composer Rameau. Could it be true?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Walking Round in Circles
Northern Ireland writer Nick Laird returns home to consider the culture of marching.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Hotel Suite
Paul Farley explores and exploits the creative possibilities offered by hotel stop-overs.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Cold Water California
How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Grace of Jeff Buckley
The story of a momentous day during Jeff Buckley's first solo tour of the UK in March 1994
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Last Wish of a Prince
Hardeep Singh Kohli finds out if Maharaja Duleep Singh's remains should go back to India.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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My Family’s Fight For Civil Rights
Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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O Say Can You See?
Erica Wagner explores America's relationship with its national anthem, an ode to its flag.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Animal Architecture
Tom Dyckhoff explores the way we design and build for animals.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Town Is The Menu
Simon Preston visits a UK town to create a new signature dish inspired by the locality.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Y Rhyfel Mawr
Tweli Griffiths yn edrych ar hanes y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918 fesul blwyddyn.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Charting the Border
The writer Garrett Carr reveals his unusual map of the Irish border.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Royal Activist
Elinor Goodman asks if Prince Charles's campaigning will bring a new style of monarchy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The War That Changed the World
The effect of World War One from a global perspective
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The New Viking Invasion
Why is there such an increasing demand for Danish sperm donors? Kate Brian investigates.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mark Morris: The Wild Card of Dance
An exclusive insight into world of the brilliant and original choreographer Mark Morris.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Linard's Travels
An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Bella Hardy Goes ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year 2014 goes back to her roots, Edale in Derbyshire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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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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Controlling Our Borders
Winifred Robinson investigates changes to border controls in the wake of election results.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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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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Generation Right
Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Marginalia
Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page in his exploration of marginalia.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Pole to Pole
Half a million Poles have settled here in the last decade. Are they becoming British?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
Profile of soul singer Roberta Flack, who charted an atypical path to fame in the 1970s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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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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The Unmaking of the English Working Class
Historian Jon Lawrence of Cambridge University asks what has happened to the working class
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Science of D-Day
Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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D-Day: A Family Affair
Paddy O'Connell meets D-Day veterans and asks 'what is remembrance?'.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Burrell's Bequest
Alvin Hall explores the controversial decision allowing the Burrell Collection to tour.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Britain at Sea
Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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A Good Man in Rwanda
A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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For All the TV in China
Paul Jackson reports on TV in China, and the British producers hoping to succeed there.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Fit for Purpose
Anne McElvoy and John Harris host a series of debates on institutions under pressure.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Primary Colours
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen presents a history of colour
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra