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  1. MPs’ Expenses: The Legacy of a Scandal

    Professor Matthew Flinders examines the legacy of the MPs' expenses scandal ten years on.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Can My Eleven Year Old Fix My Life?

    Can 11-year-old Arthur bring some positive thinking into his dad’s life?

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Encounters with Victoria

    Lucy Worsley explores Queen Victoria's reign through significant encounters.

    BBC Radio 4

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  4. The Press, the Police, the Politicians and Their Public

    Simon Jack pursues the unfinished scrutiny of press ethics launched by the Leveson inquiry

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Forensics: The Real CSI

    Multiple cameras follow serious crime investigations in real time.

    BBC Two

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  6. We Do Do God

    Woolf Institute director Ed Kessler explores the rise of religious fervour in the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Great Science Publishing Scandal

    Matthew Cobb asks who owns research. Scientists, publishers or the public?

    BBC Radio 4

  8. The Five Faces of Leonardo

    Leonardo da Vinci's virtuosity is re-examined through the eyes of contemporary experts..

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. Surviving McCarthy

    Science writer Ehsan Masood has been searching for survivors from the McCarthy era.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Call Yourself an Impartial Journalist?

    Jonathan Coffey asks what impartiality now means for broadcasters in a polarised society.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Art and Science of Blending

    Is blending an art or a science? Barry Smith asks why some blends work and others don't.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. The Fast and the Curious

    Tom Heap's confessions of a petrol-headed environmentalist.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Sam Henry

    Documentary telling the unique story of Coleraine man Sam Henry.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  14. Songs From the Edgelands

    Singer Gwenno champions the vitality of music written and sung in minoritised languages.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Earth from Space

    Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective.

    BBC One

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  16. The Populist Curtain

    Political scientist Yascha Mounk travels the route of the Iron Curtain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. Patient Undone

    Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Mná Spóirt: Croí is Anam

    Documentary examining the trials and triumphs of women in Irish sport.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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  19. Ian Sansom Is Waiting

    Ian Sansom offers a delayed deliberation on waiting in music, literature and art.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Peach Fuzz

    Mona Chalabi asks why female facial hair still seems to be a source of such shame.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Goliath: How Monopolies Came to Be

    Will Hutton considers the ironies and tensions central to modern monopolies.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre

    Historian Zareer Masani examines the details and lasting impact of the Amritsar Massacre.

    BBC Radio 4

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    City of Refuge

    The tough choices facing the 100,000 Syrian refugees in Tripoli in Lebanon.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. England Unwrapped

    Surprising stories from across the country.

    BBC Local Radio

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  25. Jack the Ripper - The Case Reopened

    Documentary which casts new light on the Jack the Ripper case.

    BBC One

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    Can Hip Hop Save Ballet?

    Why are there so few black dancers in classical ballet? Eric Underwood investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Murder of Jill Dando

    The full story of one of Britain’s most high-profile killings.

    BBC One

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    Will AI Kill Development?

    Will artificial intelligence lead to a more unequal world?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Making Art with Frances Morris: Sophie Calle

    Frances Morris travels to Paris to meet mischievous French artist Sophie Calle.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Monster Downstairs

    Life for the child of an alcoholic can be lonely. Camilla Tominey hears their stories.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Going to Town

    Anand Menon explores the role of towns in our national psyche and politics.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. The Puppet Master

    Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the man who made the post-truth world: Vladislav Surkov.

    BBC Radio 4

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  33. The University Time Bomb

    Branwen Jeffreys on how the fallout from a fiscal illusion will impact universities.

    BBC Radio 4

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  34. The Walk: Across the Water

    Cole Moreton walks through Calais and Dover finding out about life beyond Brexit headlines

    BBC Radio 4

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  35. The Turtle Dove Pilgrimage

    A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The Brexit Prime Minister

    Steve Richards looks at the underlying forces affecting Britain and Brexit.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Pembroke Dock: Brexit's Frontline

    A portrait of west Wales town Pembroke Dock as Brexit gets closer.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Macpherson: What Happened Next

    20 years on from the publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, how much has changed?

    BBC Radio 4

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    Remorse: A Sorry Story

    Vikram Dodd investigates the role remorse plays in criminal sentencing.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Singing the Stones

    Locals guide listeners to 50,000-year-old rock carvings that form songlines, in Australia

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Deported

    The stories of three people who have been removed or deported from the UK to Nigeria.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Am I Too Old to Drive?

    Julia Langdon explores the issues around the regulation of elderly drivers.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Country vs the City

    Political correspondent Chris Mason mulls over the divide between city and country life.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Street Cry Goodbyes

    A celebration in music and sound of the disappearing cries of street vendors.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. From Sensuality to Puritanism: How Muslim Cultures turned Grey

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the increasingly austere nature of Muslim culture and art.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. #OurBoysAsWell

    Does talk of 'toxic masculinity' mean we are now seeing boys as potential perpetrators?

    BBC Radio 4

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    I Can't Be Racist

    Psychologist Dr Keon West explores racial bias and the trend in anti-bias training.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sink or Skim

    Two obsessed stone skimmers show us what it takes to be the world's best.

    BBC Scotland

  49. The Secret History of a School

    Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Breaking the Class Ceiling

    Sathnam Sanghera asks if classism should be illegal.

    BBC Radio 4

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