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  1. New Wave at Westminster

    Martha Kearney follows the experiences and explores the hopes of new MPs at Westminster.

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    Self-Service Nation

    Ian Marchant explores the rise of self-service. Who benefits - consumers or big business?

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    Archie Shepp's Message from Paris

    Saxophonist Archie Shepp on life as a black American in Paris.

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    Fighting to Stay the Same

    Andy Martin asks what influence loyalists retain on the politics of Northern Ireland.

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  5. What Is a Story?

    Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary fiction

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  6. Battleships: The Ashes Voyages

    Star England and Australian cricketers remember travelling by ship to play Ashes Tests.

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    Looking For Charlie Williams

    Ian McMillan sets out on a quest to find out about the footballer turned TV comedy star.

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    Crisis in the Curry Kitchen

    Hardeep Singh Kohli investigates the lack of chefs threatening Britain's curry industry.

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    Amerasians: Children of the Dust

    The story of the children fathered by American servicemen during the Vietnam War.

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    The Kampala Dream House

    In a children's home in Kampala every child is given a musical chance for a future.

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    The Beat Women

    Laura Barton travels to New York to meet the women writers of the Beat Generation.

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  12. Me, My Selfie and I: Aimee Fuller's Generation Game

    Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller explores the selfie phenomenon

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  13. Lost Children of the Holocaust

    Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war 麻豆社 radio appeals

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  14. Cutting Up the Cut-Up

    Ken Hollings examines the artistic device to create new meaning from existing recordings.

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    The Doctor's Dementia

    A doctor's perspective on dementia - from the inside.

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    Fast and Furioso

    Rainer Hersch explores the dazzling technique of today鈥檚 musical virtuosos.

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    Sugar Daddy, Sugar Baby

    Young British women students dating rich older men via websites. Who is exploiting who?

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    From the Cockpit to the Operating Theatre

    Why lessons learned from aviation psychology are starting to save lives in hospitals.

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  19. Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

    Surgeon Gabriel Weston explores the history and development of forensic science.

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  20. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

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  21. My Big Fat Documentary

    Is the world ready for Scottee's personal brand of fat activism? You be the judge.

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    My Life on Paper

    Jane Godber explores the UCAS personal statement - how close to the truth is it?

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  23. Minimal Impact

    The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.

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  24. The Light

    Author Bernard Hare recalls a terrifying childhood experience which changed his life.

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    Ayo Gorkhali: The Gurkhas Are Coming!

    Military historian Hew Strachan on 200 years of Gurkha service to the British Crown.

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    I Am Nobody's Prime Minister

    Poet Dean Atta became uninterested in politics. Did the recent election change his mind?

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  27. China's Football Revolution

    Clive Anderson visits China to find out why success at the sport has eluded the country.

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  28. Notes From a Northern Irish Childhood

    Marie-Louise Muir revisits youth orchestras set up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

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  29. Shadow of the Sun King

    Professor Julian Swann marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV of France.

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  30. The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

    Alan Yentob marks the centenary of TS Eliot's poem, with a reading by Jeremy Irons.

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    Another Time, Another Place

    Sara Parker visits Antony Gormley's installation on Crosby beach on its tenth anniversary.

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    The Dark Side of Buddhism

    Why has a militant, violent strain of Buddhism emerged in Sri Lanka?

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    Drawing the Line: When IVF Doesn't Work

    Charlotte Smith asks, when do you choose to stop trying with IVF?

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    Sarah Lucas at the Venice Biennale

    Alastair Sooke interviews artist Sarah Lucas as she prepares for the Venice Biennale.

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    My Head

    A true story of brain injury, recovery and discovery.

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    Britain's Underground Army

    Three surviving Bevin Boys reflect on the ways the experience changed them forever.

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    The Affordable Housing Crisis

    Lesley Curwen investigates the ways councils negotiate affordable housing with developers.

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  38. In Search of the Black Mozart

    Chi-chi Nwanoku searches for great black composers and performers of the 18th century.

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  39. The Business of Genetic Ancestry

    Adam Rutherford investigates what a DNA test can and cannot tell us about our ancestry.

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    Churchill: When Britain Said No

    Documentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following World War II.

    麻豆社 Two

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    The Ghetto Inglese

    Rome's famous Piazza di Spagna has a secret British history that still reverberates.

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    Young, British and Imam-in-Training

    Samira Ahmed meets the next generation of Britain's imams.

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    A Short History of Ukrainians in Britain

    The stories of British Ukrainians, whose family histories mirror that of their homeland.

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    Hip Hop in the Middle East: Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance

    Music journalist Jackson Allers explores Arab Spring era hip-hop as a catalyst for change.

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    The Origins of War

    Is war a uniquely human act, or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?

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    Can Pay Won't Pay

    Paul Lewis looks at the colourful history of tax avoidance and asks what we can learn.

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  47. Welcome to the Quiet Zone

    Emile Holba explores the National Quiet Zone, 13,000 square miles of radio silence.

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  48. Olympic Run

    Peter White investigates the disappearance of the Cameroon athletes from the 2012 Olympics

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  49. The Detectives

    Following Greater Manchester Police detectives as they try to unravel complex cases.

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  50. Teatime at Peggy's

    The Alice in Wonderland world of the Anglo-Indians, focusing on a remarkable 92-year-old.

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