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Walking With Headphones: How the Walkman Conquered the World
Steve Punt meets people who simply wouldn't leave home without their personal stereo.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Scientists Advise, Ministers Decide
Former government chief scientist, Lord May, looks at the role of politics in science.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Iraq Online
Defence Correspondent Paul Wood investigates the phenomenon of war blogging.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Open Source
Paul Bennun finds out how Free and Open Source software is making its impact felt.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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World's Busiest Railway 2015
Exploring the world's busiest railway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep
Documentary revealing the science behind why so many people find it difficult to nod off.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Landfill Designers
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business
Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source' computer software.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight
Michael Mosley investigates the latest scientific breakthroughs in slimming.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Catch a Falling Star
Leo Enright tells the story of the last meteorite of the millennium which fell on Ireland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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James May at the Edge of Space
James May takes a rare and privileged flight 70,000 feet above Earth in a U2 spy plane.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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James May on the Moon
James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Space Dogs
Documentary which tells the secret history of dog cosmonautics in the Soviet Union.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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For All Mankind
1989 documentary relating the story of the 24 men who travelled to the moon with NASA.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Horizon: 40 Years on the Moon
Brian Cox uses the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive to examine the story of man's relationship with the moon.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Man on the Moon
The story of the US space programme, including the space race and the first moon landing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Chips With Everything
Sue Nelson investigates the humble source of the silicon chip.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Can't Connect, Won't Connect
Chris Bowlby finds out about the 'refuseniks' to the so-called 'digital revolution'.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Naming of Genes
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Upgrade Me
Simon Armitage explores the obsession with upgrading to the latest technological gadgetry.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Life and Death of a Mobile Phone
Examining the ways in which the mobile phone has made itself indispensable to modern life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Micro Men
The battle between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry for the 1980s home computer market.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Podfather
The story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's digital world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Science vs The Stradivarius
Can science master the Stradivarius? Professor Trevor Cox investigates.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Dragons' Lab
Trevor Cox goes behind the scenes at a multi-million pound science funding event.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Spielberg of Gaming
How David Jones helped create an industry and become the Spielberg of Gaming.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Watching the Watchdog
Examining a new internet watchdog to protect children from dangers in the digital world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Big Bang: What Happened Next
Geoff Watts finds out what the last year has held for the Large Hadron Collider.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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GCHQ: Cracking the Code
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ security correspondent Gordon Corera goes inside Britain's secret listening station.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Biometrics: An Identity Crisis
Gerry Northam investigates the science and debate around the use of biometrics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Art of Re-mastering
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the digital re-mastering of music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Hammond Meets Moss
Richard Hammond and Stirling Moss talk about their life-changing car accidents.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Death-Ray in Your Pocket: 50 Years of Lasers
Hermione Cockburn takes a lively look at the creation of the laser, 50 years old this year
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Web 2010 with Helen and Olly
Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann present the best of the web.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live
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Women on the Web
Edi Stark investigates how social networking sites have transformed the lives of women.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Between Life and Death
Provocative documentary following the doctors who can now interrupt the death process.
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Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle
Author Rob Penn charts the history of one of mankind's greatest inventions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Scientists Go To Hollywood
Adam Rutherford talks to the scientists who've left the lab for Hollywood.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Gizmo Games
Chris Ledgard looks at how sports science has redefined Olympic success for Team GB.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Explosions: How We Shook the World
Engineer Jem Stansfield investigates the science of explosions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Landscape With Canals and Machines: The Legacy of LTC Rolt
Hermione Cockburn on the writer LTC Rolt, who helped us to value our industrial landscape.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Roy Noble's First Click
Roy Noble looks at how people around Wales are using computers to indulge their passions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Wales
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The Joy of Stats
Documentary exploring the history of statistics and how they can help society today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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My Father, the Bomb and Me
Lisa Jardine tells the story of her famous father, scientist Jacob Bronowski.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Ivory Tower
Are close ties to industry distorting priorities of scientific research in universities?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
A history of science TV in the UK, from The Sky At Night to Doctor Who.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Search for Life: The Drake Equation
Film about the equation used to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilisations.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four