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Categories: Documentaries

  1. Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

    A look at the history of still-life painting, from Xenia murals to Picasso's cubism.

    麻豆社 Four

  2. Out of the Darkness - The Triumph of Nelson Mandela

    Allan Little tells the life story of Nelson Mandela, from prisoner to president.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  3. Making Mandela

    Laurie Taylor tells the story of how Nelson Mandela became a moral icon in Britain.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  4. Nelson Mandela: The Homecoming

    David Dimbleby introduces coverage of Nelson Mandela's final journey back to Qunu.

    麻豆社 Two

  5. Secrets of the Sales

    Cherry Healey goes behind the scenes to find out how the sales work from the inside.

    麻豆社 One

  6. Radio Heaney

    A compilation of some of Seamus Heaney's notable contributions to radio.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Transylvanian Blues: The Story of Muzsikas

    Simon Broughton tells the story of Hungarian folk musicians Muzsikas.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  8. The Truth About Immigration

    Nick Robinson examines the anxieties and the arguments surrounding immigration.

    麻豆社 Two

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    Right of Way: Cycling and the City

    Dr Kevin Fong evaluates the realities of travelling by bike on UK roads.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Heroin

    Professor Andrew Hussey explores whether heroin use creates a particular aesthetic style.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  11. The Hidden World of Britain's Immigrants

    Fergal Keane finds out what life is really like for illegal immigrants in Britain.

    麻豆社 Two

  12. Icebound: The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told

    How a team of men and dogs relayed an antitoxin across 674 miles of Alaskan wilderness.

    麻豆社 Four

  13. Underage and Over the Limit

    Film following the youth workers reaching out to help underage drinkers in the North East.

    麻豆社 Three

  14. Declared Interests: The Business of Politics

    Is a transparent declaration of politicians' outside interests enough to uphold democracy?

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  15. Who Killed Classical Music?

    Gabriel Prokofiev asks whether 20th-century classical composers killed off their audience.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    One Day in Winter

    One day in winter, December 21, the shortest day of the year.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  17. Beauty and the Brain

    Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores what neuroscience knows about art.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  18. Trollope

    Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the remarkable life of Anthony Trollope.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  19. Germany's New Children

    Will immigration from southern Europe help Germany's chronic labour shortage.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  20. TB: Return of the Plague

    Film about victims of multi drug resistant mutations of tuberculosis in Swaziland.

    麻豆社 Four

  21. Knight Club

    Film following novice British knights at the Battle of the Nations 2013.

    麻豆社 Three

  22. Robbie Shepherd - I'll Be Looking for You

    Documentary celebrating the life and career of broadcaster Robbie Shepherd.

    麻豆社 One Scotland

  23. The Rudest Man in Britain

    The rudest man in Britain explores the legacy of former broadcasting star Gilbert Harding.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  24.

    Houses of Horror

    Matthew Sweet explores the creative rivalry between the two great British horror studios.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Does Scandinavia Want Scotland?

    Could an independent Scotland align itself with the Nordic Pact? Allan Little investigates

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Mapping the Void

    Dr Kat Arney meets a new generation of virtual cartographers, making maps to save lives.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  27. The Search for Alfred the Great

    Neil Oliver joins a team investigating the final resting place of Alfred the Great.

    麻豆社 Two

  28. The Road to Sochi

    Robin Lustig investigates the controversies surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  29. Frozen in Mawson's Footsteps

    Andrew Luck-Baker reflects on Antarctica, being trapped in ice for 10 days and the rescue.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  30. Growing Up Down's

    A group of young actors with Down's syndrome create a touring production of Hamlet.

    麻豆社 Three

  31. Sunday Afternoon at Home With Tim Key

    Comedian, poet and timewaster Tim Key takes a look at the influence of boredom on comedy.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  32. Mad About the Boy

    Jude Rogers and Ruth Barnes look at the empowering flipside of pop fandom.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  33. Battered Britain: Storms, Tides and Floods

    After weeks of devastating weather across the UK, a report on the scale of the damage.

    麻豆社 One

  34. Sound City

    Dave Grohl uncovers stories about the legendary Los Angeles studio, Sound City.

    麻豆社 Four

  35. Remembering the Holocaust: Defiant Requiem

    How a choir of Jewish prisoners defiantly performed Verdi's Requiem in front of the Nazis.

    麻豆社 Four

  36. Grand Slam '84

    A look at one of Scotland's most remarkable sporting achievements on the rugby field.

    麻豆社 Two Scotland

  37. The Fabulous Alexander Brothers

    The story of one of Scotland's most successful variety entertainment acts.

    麻豆社 One Scotland

  38. Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

    Dick Strawbridge charts Belfast's journey from humble sandbank to industrial powerhouse.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

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    Sheffield - City of Snowless Skiers

    David Goldblatt discovers how one snowless Yorkshire city turned out Olympic skiers

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  40. The Black Liberace

    Record producer Joe Boyd profiles New Orleans pianist James Booker aka The Black Liberace.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  41. 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan

    Author Lynne Truss celebrates the life of Dora Bryan with some archive treasures.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  42. Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World

    Jago Cooper uses scientific and archaeological evidence to examine Easter Island's demise.

    麻豆社 Four

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    How to Teach Maths

    Alex Bellos looks at the science behind learning maths and if school lessons reflect this.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  44. Sharon: Israel's Iron Man

    An obituary of the Israeli military and political leader, Ariel Sharon.

    麻豆社 Two

  45. Caring for Carers: The Concert

    Dementia campaigner Tommy Whitelaw is on a mission to celebrate Scotland's carers.

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  46. These Four Walls

    Five stories of aspiration set against a background of poverty and austerity.

    麻豆社 Four

  47. The Zoo Next Door

    Jasmine Harman and a team of animal welfare experts visit homes overrun by pets.

    麻豆社 One

  48. Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics

    Historian Dan Snow looks back at 90 years of the Winter Olympics.

    麻豆社 Two

  49. The School that Rocks

    Documentary which follows students at Britain's Academy of Contemporary Music.

    麻豆社 Three

  50. Strangers in a Strange Land - How Afghanistan Changed our Lives

    Julia Paul talks to local soldiers, nurses and churchmen about the future of Afghanistan.

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

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