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  1. Nature's Boldest Thieves

    Lucy Cooke investigates seagulls, foxes, squirrels and badgers stealing our food.

    麻豆社 One

  2. The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King

    Dr Ben Robinson retraces the dramatic last days of King John.

    麻豆社 One

  3. David Starkey's Magna Carta

    A look at the origins of Magna Carta, a document underpinning British liberties since 1215

    麻豆社 Two

  4. MH17 Unanswered

    In July 2014 the world was stunned when a plane was shot down above eastern Ukraine.

    麻豆社 News

  5. The Children of the Holocaust

    Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in animation and interviews.

    麻豆社 Four

  6. The Truth about Cancer

    A film revealing the impact of cancer on its sufferers and their families.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

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    Good News Is No News

    Charlie Beckett explores whether news is bad for us and how it could be done differently.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Erasing Enoch: The Tory Quest for the Minority Vote

    Can the Conservatives increase their share of the minority vote? Hugh Muir investigates.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Finding Your Voice

    Helen Keen explores selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    A Love Supreme: 50 Years On

    Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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    Entitlement to Care

    Bradford GP Dr Alastair Bavington explores how we deal with the health needs of immigrants

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    An Image of Sound

    Photographer Andrew Heptinstall's quest to represent sound within a photograph.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  13.

    A World Beyond Alice

    David Almond argues that more European children's books should be translated into English

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  14. Balla Berlin - an slighe gu saorsa/The Berlin Wall - Escape to Freedom

    The story of the Berlin Wall.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  15. Helen MacInnes, Queen of Spies

    William Boyd uncovers the extraordinary career of bestselling spy writer Helen MacInnes.

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  16. Regina: The First Woman Rabbi

    Film about Regina Jonas, who became the first officially ordained female rabbi in 1935.

    麻豆社 Four

  17. Genesis: Three Sides Live

    Genesis filmed in November 1981 on the Abacab tour in North America.

    麻豆社 Four

  18. The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

    Documentary to mark the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

    麻豆社 Two

  19. Abortion: Ireland's Guilty Secret?

    Alys Harte investigates the abortion issue and how it divides the young people of Ireland.

    麻豆社 Three

  20. Sundance 2015

    Tom Brook looks back at the Sundance Film Festival.

    麻豆社 News

  21. Wave World

    From destruction to entertainment - impressive use of waves in every day physics.

    麻豆社 Two

  22. Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

    Michael Wood tells the story of Mary Arden, an ordinary woman in a time of revolution.

    麻豆社 Four

  23. The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King

    Dr Ben Robinson retraces the dramatic last days of King John.

    麻豆社 Four

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    The Placebo Problem

    Geoff Watts explores the phenomenon of the nocebo effect and its implications for medicine

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  25. An Idiot's Guide to Politics

    Jolyon Rubinstein finds out why many young adults seem to be so disengaged from politics.

    麻豆社 Three

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    A Country Practice

    Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  27. Teenage Tommies - Learning Zone

    A moving five-story tribute to Britain's heroic boy soldiers of World War I.

    麻豆社 Two

  28. Daniil Trifonov: Piano Sensation

    Portrait of the highly praised pianist and composer Daniil Trifonov.

    麻豆社 Four

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    Malcolm X and the 'American Nightmare'

    Four voices consider the legacy of Malcolm X in post-Ferguson America.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    Pushing Up the Daisies

    As she approaches her 80th year, Penelope Simpson decides to paint her own coffin.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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    The Whistling Woman

    Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  32.

    Ebola Junction

    As the new Ebola treatment centre opens, Dr John Wright and his team record what happens.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  33. The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

    How the youthful exuberance of The Dave Clark Five helped them capture the USA.

    麻豆社 Two

  34. Blondie: Parallel Lines

    The story of the album that sold 16 million copies and captured the spirit of the 1970s.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  35. Super Cute Animals

    Gordon Buchanan goes to meet the world's cutest animals to reveal their secrets.

    麻豆社 One

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    Julia, Dear Boy... Welcome to Westminster

    Julia Langdon on changes to Parliament over 40 years, with Betty Boothroyd and Ken Clarke.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  37. Twin Sisters: A World Apart

    The true story of twin sisters from China, adopted by two separate sets of parents.

    麻豆社 Four

  38. William McIlvanney: Living With Words

    An intimate and funny portrait of Scottish writer William McIlvanney.

    麻豆社 Two Scotland

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    Jock Purdon, the Miners' Poet

    Billy Bragg tells the story of Jock Purdon and the history of songwriting about mining.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  40. Joy Division

    Joy Division's story through performance footage, photos, period films and audiotapes.

    麻豆社 Four

  41. Picasso: Love, Sex and Art

    The story of the women who inspired Picasso, giving a new insight into him and his work.

    麻豆社 Four

  42. Childbirth: All or Nothing

    Documentary following four pregnant women all making very different choices.

    麻豆社 One

  43. Britain's Supermarket Revolution: What's in It for Us?

    Cherry Healey investigates current supermarket practices and shopping habits.

    麻豆社 Two

  44. Simon Weston's Welsh Guards

    Simon Weston celebrates and commemorates the history of the Welsh Guards.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

  45. Meet the Ukippers

    Documentary following the UKIP party faithful in Thanet, Kent.

    麻豆社 Two

  46. Sax Appeal: Ivy Benson's All Girl Band

    Melanie C celebrates the life and music of British band leader Ivy Benson.

    麻豆社 Radio 2

  47. Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion

    Actor Michael Sheen explores the reasons for political disillusionment in Wales.

    麻豆社 Two Wales

  48. No Place to Call Home

    Documentary exploring the destructive impact that homelessness has on young lives.

    麻豆社 One

  49. Climate Change: A Horizon Guide

    Charting the transformation of a little-known theory into a great scientific undertaking.

    麻豆社 Four

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    Ben Ainslie's Big Gamble

    Can sailor Sir Ben Ainslie lead the first British team to win the America's Cup?

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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