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Where Are You Going?
Illuminating responses to a simple question from around the world
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Where Did All the Comrades Go?
How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Where is Jack Ma?
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands
Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands - Mollie King dives into girlband history.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 1
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Where Once Were Farms
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Where To Be A Woman
Where can women live their best lives? Searching the globe for the best wellbeing ideas
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Where to, Mate?
Comedy from Manchester, where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the north west.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Whicker's World
Journalist Alan Whicker reports on interesting social stories from across the globe.
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While My Guitar Gently Bleeps
Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Whipped
Ben Wright looks at whether a political crisis will force the Whips to change their ways.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Whiskey Talkin'
Exploring the fascinating story of Irish whiskey, once a major industry in Ulster.
Âé¶¹Éç Two Northern Ireland
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Whisky Galore No More?
Is the Scotch whisky industry on the rocks? Kirsty Wark investigates.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Whisky Galore!
Classic Ealing comedy about a scotch-laden ship that runs aground off the Hebridean coast.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Whisky Galore!
In 1943, disaster strikes on a remote Hebridean island when they run out of whisky.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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The Whistling Woman
Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth
Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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White Mischief
How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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White Sings Robeson
Willard White takes a musical journey through the life of Paul Robeson.
Âé¶¹Éç Four
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White Van Man
The misadventures of two handymen on the road and the extraordinary people they meet.
Âé¶¹Éç Three
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Whitney at the Âé¶¹Éç
A celebration of Whitney Houston that looks back at her best performances at the Âé¶¹Éç.
Âé¶¹Éç Four
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Whitney Houston: Live in South Africa 1994
Whitney Houston's 1994 concert in Durban, following the end of apartheid.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Who Are the '22?
David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Are You Again?
Mary Ann Sieghart isn't being rude - she just can't identify people by their faces.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Who Are You in Winnie-the-Pooh?
Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce celebrates Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th anniversary.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Cares?
Three people talk about the impact of suddenly becoming the primary carer for a relative.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio Scotland
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.
Âé¶¹Éç One
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Lost connections and histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees.
Âé¶¹Éç Sounds
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Who Do You Think You Are? USA
Lost connections and unknown histories are revealed as US stars trace their family trees.
Âé¶¹Éç One
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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?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Who Goes First?
Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Killed Elsie Frost?
Elsie Frost was murdered on 9 October 1965. She was 14. The murderer hasn't been caught.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Killed Emma?
A missing woman. A brutal murder. And a confrontation with a prime suspect.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio Scotland
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Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Needs Politicians Anyway?
Chris Page looks at how Northern Ireland is coping without a government
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Needs Scientists?
Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Runs Labour?
A look back at Labour's civil war in the 1980s and whether there is currently a re-run.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds?
£26m in jewellery and cash. A painstaking police investigation. A missing mastermind?
Âé¶¹Éç Three
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Who Was Michael X?
The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you’ve never heard of
Âé¶¹Éç Sounds
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Who Was St Nicholas?
How an early Christian bishop was claimed for everything from Christmas to pawnbrokers
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Who We Are
Documentaries about how we shape our lives through love, pain, war and hope
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Who Will Call Me Beloved?
Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who'd Be A Museum Director Today?
Our panel debate the many challenges facing museum curators in the 2020s.
Âé¶¹Éç Live Streams
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Who's British Now?
Fewer and fewer of us say we are 'British'. Ritula Shah asks, 'Who's British now?'.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who's My Half-Brother? Where's My Half-Sister?
How children conceived through a sperm donor can make contact with their half-siblings.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Who's the Pest?
Entomologist Erica McAlister takes listeners on an adventure in insect world
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Who’s Got Greg? Peter Bleksley Investigates
A Radio 1 DJ has disappeared in fishy circumstances. Can Peter Bleksley set Greg free?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 1
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Whodunnits
Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on Âé¶¹Éç Sounds.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Whole 10 Yards
Âé¶¹Éç Sport's weekly NFL programme focusing on big stories from around the league.
Âé¶¹Éç Sport
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Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Become a Doctor?
Kevin Fong looks at how the role of junior doctors has changed over the past 50 years.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Can't Our Children Talk?
Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Coups Fail
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why do Americans distrust Washington?
How Ronald Reagan has overcome American distrust of central government
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Why Do We Do That?
Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the origins of everyday human habits and behaviour.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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The Why Factor
The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Why I Changed My Mind
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Is Elon Musk Trolling Britain?
Why is the richest man in the world attacking the UK’s political institutions?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Men Pay for Sex
What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Should This Happen To Me?
A series of discussions with people dealing with crisis
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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Why Stories
Thought provoking documentaries produced by international filmmakers from across the globe
Âé¶¹Éç Russian TV
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Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down)
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why War? The Einstein-Freud Letters
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Why Why Why?
Comedian Phill Jupitus searches for the answers to questions posed by songs.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wiki Wars
Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wild
Series of wildlife and nature documentaries with access to never-before-seen footage.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Wild Arabia: The Natural History of the Middle East
Tessa McGregor explores the natural history of the Middle East
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wild Bond
Celebrate 60 years of Bond movies with a cast of characters from the animal kingdom.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wild Cameramen at Work
The amazing careers of five of the world's best nature cameramen, who call Scotland home.
Âé¶¹Éç Scotland
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Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me
Gordon Buchanan heads to the Rocky Mountains in search of wild horses.
Âé¶¹Éç Scotland
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Wild Inside
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside animals from the big wild world
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wild London
Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of his hometown – London.
Âé¶¹Éç One
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A Wild Year
A unique insight into the nature of three iconic regions of the British countryside.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels through some of the most remote landscapes on Earth.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Wildfire
Bushfires have been burning worldwide – a report from South Australia
Âé¶¹Éç World Service
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The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life
Matthew Sweet on the life and work of the sensationally modern figure - Wilkie Collins.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Will Bird Flu Steal Christmas?
Charlotte Smith investigates the outbreak, vaccines, and if bird flu will steal Christmas.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Will Cameron Change Britain?
Janan Ganesh asks if the Conservatives, now free from coalition, will transform Britain.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Will Emily be allowed to keep her baby?
We follow the story of a mother, working with social workers to keep her new baby.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4