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The Butterfly Effect
Amanda Roocroft explores the impact of Madame Butterfly in performance and popular culture
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Open Air
Series of audio interventions by artists, to mark the launch of the Open arts initiative
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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What if Africa was the New Hub of Global Science?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service hosts an international science festival from the heart of Africa.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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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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The Forgotten Black Cowboys
Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Lenin in Letchworth
Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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What Do Artists Do All Day?
Portraits of leading artists, with insights into their working lives and creative process
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Arthur Cravan Memorial Society
Arthur Smith pieces together an unreliable portrait of Arthur Cravan, the Dada James Dean.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Out of the Ordinary
Documentary series uncovering stories from the left field. Presented by Jolyon Jenkins
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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Feel the Chant: The Brit Funk Story
David Grant revisits a unique era in British music with the Jazz-funk explosion.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Rhymes of Passion
Laura Barton tells the true story behind By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Baroque in Britain
Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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How Iraq Changed the World
Writer and broadcaster John Kampfner looks at the global consequences of war in Iraq.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Human Zoo
Exploring the foibles, quirks and behaviour of that most fascinating of species - us
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Who's the Pest?
Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Sound Painting
Tim Marlow explores the kinds of sounds and music that influence an artist's art and work.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?
I am a genius. Gertrude Stein. A genius. A genius. I. Gertrude Stein. Am I a genius?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mad Houses
Ken Arnold explores how three European countries variously tell the history of madness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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After Saddam
Hugh Sykes finds out how life in Iraq has changed over the past decade
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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An Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Meaning of Liff at 30
John Lloyd celebrates 30 years of The Meaning of Liff with Matt Lucas and Helen Fielding.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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This Eurosceptic Isle
James Landale examines how Euroscepticism has become increasingly powerful in UK politics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Battle for the Airwaves
Nick Robinson presents a series on the relationship between broadcasters and politicians
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Crossing the Bay
Poet Paul Farley takes a walk across the dangerous sands of Morecambe Bay.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Murder on the Victorian Railway
Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Marseille 2013
Philip Sweeney on music, crime and culture in Marseille, 2013 European City of Culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Listeners
Series about people whose professional lives revolve around listening.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Sound and the Fury in Concert
Performances recorded for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music
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Remembering James Bulger
Winifred Robinson returns to the Bulger family, 20 years after the murder of their son.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Grahame Dangerfield: Back to the Serengeti
Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The World Cup for Writers
Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bridging the Gulf
Razia Iqbal visits the women architects of the Gulf - a story of success in the desert.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Art of Sequencing
Guy Garvey on the challenge of turning a collection of songs into a single piece of art.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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In Search of the British Dream
Mukul Devichand seeks to see Britain through the eyes of those who have recently arrived
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Technicolour
Tracey Logan explores the world of colour, from biology to fashion
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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What If...
A series of programmes about what the world of the future might be like.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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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 Movies
Talking Movies' weekly report in which Tom Brook and his team explore the world of cinema.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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David Attenborough - The Early Years
David Attenborough recalls key moments from his early career. (2013)
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The Most Troubled Families in Britain
Radio 4 has been granted access to track work with some of the UK most troubled families.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Quarter Life Crisis
Katharine Whitehorn, 84, tackles the twentysomethings facing tough life choices.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex
Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Pop-Up Economics
Tim Harford tells an audience stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
Jeremy Black examines an extraordinary time in British history, the Industrial Revolution.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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A Menace to Society
Lifelong fan Danny Wallace celebrates the Beano comic in its 75th anniversary year.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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