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  1. Blondie's New York... and the Making of Parallel Lines

    The story of Blondie's album Parallel Lines, which captured the spirit of 70s New York.

    麻豆社 Four

  2. Annie's War: A Welsh Nurse on the Western Front

    Charting the life and career of WWI front line nurse Annie Brewer.

    麻豆社 One Wales

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    The Map That Made Manhattan

    Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    The Lessons of Ray Honeyford

    Aasmah Mir on the outspoken head teacher who caused a national controversy.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    The Poet Librettists

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores why so many poets choose to become opera librettists.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Painful Medicine

    Sally Marlow investigates the hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Mum and Dad and Mum

    Rebecca Morelle examines how children could be born with DNA from three people.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    A Theatre For Everyman

    As Liverpool's Everyman Theatre prepares to re-open, we hear from those who worked there.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Digitising Stalin

    For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed?

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    The Life Sub-Aquatic

    Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Tupac Shakur, Hip Hop Immortal.....

    Poet and playwright Al Letson recalls the life of Tupac Shakur.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Casa Negra: The Real Casablanca

    Andrew Hussey on the cultural renaissance affecting Morocco's largest city.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  13.

    The Mother of the Sea

    Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Build and Be Damned

    The Victorians built grand ambitious railways, sewers and tunnels. Should we do the same?

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  15. The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth

    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great Scottish landmark, the Forth Road Bridge.

    麻豆社 Scotland

  16. World War One At Home

    Stories from around the UK that link the places we live in today with the events of WWI.

    麻豆社 News

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    High St Fashion: Weaving New Threads

    Sarah Butler asks, can the Bangladesh garment industry become ethical and profitable?

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  18. My Lost Son

    A mother's journey to piece together the last days of the son who died at Lockerbie.

    麻豆社 One Scotland

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    Urine Trouble: What's in Our Water

    What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body? Andrea Sella finds out.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  20. Return to Betjemanland

    AN Wilson reveals the life and work of poet and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman.

    麻豆社 Four

  21.

    Andy Warhol: Time Regained

    Lenny Henry unveils the mysterious contents of Andy Warhol's Time Capsules.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  22.

    Glenshane

    Marie-Louise Muir explores the landscape, history and people of the Glenshane Pass.

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

  23. Egypt's Lost Queens

    Professor Joann Fletcher explores life as a woman of power in ancient Egypt.

    麻豆社 Two

  24. Ceasefire

    Documentary exploring the background to the momentous 1994 ceasefires in Northern Ireland.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  25.

    Yesterday's Papers: The End of the Music Press

    David Hepworth talks to fellow writers and bloggers about the decline of the music press

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Patients Doing It for Themselves

    Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  27. So You Think You Can Drive?

    Dom Littlewood and Cherry Healey set out to tackle the nation's bad driving habits.

    麻豆社 One

  28. The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings

    Critic Matthew Collings charts the rise of abstract art over the last 100 years.

    麻豆社 Four

  29. Remembering James Alexander Gordon

    A look back on the career of James Alexander Gordon who sadly passed away this week.

    麻豆社 Radio 5 Live

  30. Constable: A Country Rebel

    How John Constable was painting in a way that was considered groundbreaking at the time.

    麻豆社 Four

  31. Abstract Artists in Their Own Words

    The story of abstract art in Britain through the words of some of its leading lights.

    麻豆社 Four

  32. Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

    Film following Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama during preparations for a retrospective.

    麻豆社 Four

  33. Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    A tribute to actor and director Lord Richard Attenborough, narrated by Alan Rickman.

    麻豆社 One

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    The Wood Pushers

    A close encounter with the street chess players of Washington Square park, New York.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  35. Sea Change

    Jenny Witt explores the effects of rising sea temperatures on popular fish species.

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

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    Same-Sex Parents

    Mary Smeeth talks to same-sex parents about the challenges of raising their children.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  37.

    In Search of the Ideal Music Venue

    Acoustics expert Trevor Cox goes in search of the best venues for different types of music

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Voices of the Air

    Documentary telling the story of the 麻豆社 Singers from its beginnings in the 1920s.

    麻豆社 Radio 3

  39. Tin Town Kids

    Professor Paddy Gray revisits the aluminium prefab homes that sprung up after World War II

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

  40. Gresford - The Miners' Hymn

    Reflecting on the Gresford Colliery disaster and Robert Saint's tribute to those who died.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

  41. Return to Gleision

    Documentary about the Gleision disaster, in which four miners died on 15 September 2011.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

  42. The Business of the Ryder Cup

    Laura Maciver investigates the value of the Ryder Cup to the Scottish economy.

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  43. Never Mind the Cobblers: The Rock 'n' Roll Cobbler

    Gemma Cairney meets rock 'n' roll cobbler Terry de Havilland.

    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

  44. Arthur Frigg and the Railway of Death

    A former POW remembers the experience he endured when forced to build the Burma Railway.

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

  45.

    Hamlet Undressed

    A look behind the scenes at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre's Hamlet with Maxine Peake.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    One Day In... Leeds West Indian Carnival

    Dancers, designers, police and parade-goers experience the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  47. Cat Wars

    Documentary about cats, the most popular companion animals in the western world.

    麻豆社 One

  48. Gwneud E'n Sefyll Lan

    Catrin Mara a'i phrofiad o wneud 'stand up' ar gyfer y ddrama 'Cariad Erin x'.

    麻豆社 Radio Cymru

  49. The John Moores Painting Prize with Alexei Sayle

    Alexei Sayle follows the progress of the 2014 John Moores Painting Prize in Liverpool.

    麻豆社 Four

  50. Keep the Home Fires Burning

    The story of Ivor Novello and the song that made his name.

    麻豆社 Radio 2

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