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...And Please Can I Have A Unicorn And World Peace?
Miles Jupp joins the team of elves at Santa's post office in the Arctic Circle.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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The 'Apostrophiser'
One mans' (sorry, man's) secret battle against sloppy punctuation on Bristol's shop signs.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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The 'arse that Jack Built
Ian McMillan goes in search of one of Britain's strangest linguistic features...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Baby Asbo
Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Bad Business
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Beginner's Guide to India
Mumbai-based comedian Aditi Mittal presents a guide to her home country.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Believer's Guide to Atheism
Michael Symmons Roberts explores the changing faces of atheism in modern Britain.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Big Disease with a Little Name
Charting the early years of the AIDS crisis, as told by the people who lived through it
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Big Night Out
A short series about people of different cultures around the world enjoying a night out.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Bleeding Shame
Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are finally changing.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Bombay Symphony
Zareer Masani on the new love for, and controversy over, Western classical music in India.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Brief History of Infinity
There's no end to man's fascination with infinity
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Brief History of Progress
American satirist Joe Queenan asks what is progress and has it run out?
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Brief History of TIM
Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Bright Yellow Light
Nadim Ednan-Laperouse reflects on his extraordinary religious experience.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A British History in Weather
Alexandra Harris tells how the weather has been reflected in British culture.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Call from Joybubbles
The story of phone phreaking: the teenagers who hacked the US phone system.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels
Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Casual Clearance
Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Cat Called Dom
An animator explores fear and grief while editing a failed film about his mother.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland
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A Cause for Caroling
Jeremy Summerly traces the origins and traditions of the Christmas carol in Britain
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Century of Hope
Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Century of Stories
Christine Lampard hosts a gala concert to mark 100 years of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in Northern Ireland.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland
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A Change of Sex
Groundbreaking series following Julia Grant through her life as a transgender person.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A Child to Sponsor
Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Christmas Carol
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge needs some CBeebies magic to help him share the joy of Christmas!
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A Christmas Carol
Simon Callow's acclaimed one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society hijack a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ production of A Christmas Carol.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens’s classic winter ghost story.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four
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A Church in Crisis
William Crawley explores the decline of the Catholic church's authority in society.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A City Crowned with Green
How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
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A City Dreaming
A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland
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A Coat, a Hat and a Gun
A reappraisal of Raymond Chandler, the Englishman who invented the PI as we know him.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Cold War Dance
The Martha Graham Dance Company's US State Department tour of Southeast Asia, 1974.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Cold Wet Tuesday Night: A Stoke City Podcast
Lucas Yeomans & Potterlytics review every Stoke City game of the 2024/25 season.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Stoke
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A Country Practice
Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Countryside Winter
The ultimate guide to a countryside winter featuring wildlife, food and gardening.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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A Culture of Encounter
Douglas Alexander asks how we can overcome the forces that divide us.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Cure At What Cost?
Tom Chivers considers the moral and ethical dilemmas around our response to coronavirus.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Damsel in Distress
A dance star (Fred Astaire) pursues an aristocratic heiress (Joan Fontaine).
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A Dancer Dies Twice
First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
The inside story of a family dynasty at the heart of one of the world's biggest problems.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A Day in the Life of an Insect
An entertaining glimpse of most populous creatures on the planet
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Day in the Life of Heathrow
A day in the life of the busiest international airport in the world
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Deadly Trade
Even through lockdown boatloads of refugees made the dangerous crossing by boat to the UK.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Degree of Fraud
Ellie Cawthorne investigates the multimillion pound trade in fake essays and dissertations
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Dentist's Life
How one community dentist is navigating the biggest crisis in dentistry in a generation.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Dirty Secret
Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Documentary: By ChatGPT
What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Dyeing Wish
Facing his own mortality, an artist collaborates with a farmer to transform toxic dyes.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy
Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Family of Strangers
How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Family Without a Child
The stories of three women in a touching exploration of what it means to be childless.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Farewell to Arms
An American serving as an ambulance driver during World War I falls in love with a nurse.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A Fishy Phobia
Angela Hartnett investigates why we eat so little of the fish and seafood we catch.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Fresh Start For Africa
A look at the challenges and opportunities facing Africa
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Geochemical History of Life on Earth
Justin Rowlatt tells the story of how our planet was made
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mark Gatiss presents chilling Christmas stories for a cold winter’s night.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Five years ago, a schoolgirl was murdered by her boyfriend. Case closed. Or is it?
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three
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A Good Man in Rwanda
A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Gripping Yarn
Jane Garvey's world of knitting - full of rebels, musicians, jailbirds and reality TV.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's coastal wildlife.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Guide to Disagreeing Better
Why do we hold our opponents in contempt? And what steps should we take to stop?
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Guide to Farmland Birds
How to recognise birds of the British countryside from their appearance, calls and songs
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Guide to Garden Wildlife
Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's common garden wildlife
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A Guide to Mountain and Moorland Birds
Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss offer a guide to Britain's upland birds
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of Ancient Britain
Neil Oliver's epic story of how Britain and its people came to be
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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A History of Britain in Numbers
Andrew Dilnot investigates the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of Delusions
Experimental psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of Hate
Allan Little explores how hatred has been stoked and manipulated throughout history.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of Ideas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of Political Thought
Series looking at political thinkers and sets of political beliefs throughout history
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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A History of the Brain
Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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A History of the Infinite
Adrian Moore journeys through philosophical thought on infinity over thousands of years.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus
The British Museum's Neil MacGregor tells A History of the World in 100 Objects.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A History of the World Special
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ of Our Own
Lynsey Hanley explores Britain's broken housing market through ten homes and their owners.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A House in Bayswater
An early film by Ken Russell about the tenants of a house in Bayswater. (1960)
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A House in History
Sitcom about a family who go back in time for a TV show, which can barely afford it.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4