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Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Behind the velvet rope at Britain's most beautiful and historic homes.
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Fanny: The Right to Rock
The untold story of one of the earliest all-female rock bands.
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A Living Leg-End
Meet Lavinia Co-op - transatlantic icon of the radical drag scene.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Hear My Voice
Composer Hannah Conway explains how loss of voice needn't silence people and personality.
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Where Once Were Farms
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
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The Girls in the Pictures: Joan Eardley and the Samson Children
Audrey Gillan meets the 'Samson girls' of Joan Eardley's famous paintings.
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Bambi: The True Story
Christopher Frayling visits Vienna to uncover Bambi's forgotten roots as a brutal parable.
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Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America
David Harewood explores how African American artists now dominate global popular culture.
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Becoming Frida Kahlo
A look into Frida Kahlo's world, an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity.
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Rewriting Aeschylus
Can playwright David Greig recreate a lost ancient Greek play?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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The Lost Photographs of Mary Alice Young
Exploring the fascinating photographic collection of a family and community.
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Opening Lines
John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
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Warsan Shire on a Nation of Poets
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire investigates and showcases Somalia's rich poetic life.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Cameron Mackintosh presents a joyously staged celebration of the late composer's talents.
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Michael Symmons Roberts on the enduring appeal of Robert Frost’s masterpiece, a century on
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments
Documentary that follows the enthusiasts battling to save Britain's pipe organs.
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Edward Thomas and the Song of the Path
Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn with Edward Thomas's Poems and Songs for the Open Air.
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Simon Schama's History of Now
Simon Schama reflects on a life in culture - and its enduring power in shaping our world.
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Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Lucy Worsley discovers the origins of Agatha Christie's macabre magic.
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House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window
A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies.
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The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs
How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Four
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The Soldier's Tale
A vibrant and bold new take on Stravinsky’s dark musical masterpiece from the Hallé.
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Hold On Tight: The Women of The Waste Land
Journalist Jude Rogers explores the fascinating women in TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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John Burnside: From the Other Side
How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Music To Scream To - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks
Neil Brand explores Hammer's modernist soundtracks, and explains how scary music works.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Reading the Air
Writer Chris Yates looks to the skies in search of the wintering hen harrier.
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How the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Began
The often-hilarious stories of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's first 50 years.
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The Norwegian Hancock
Paul Merton explores Galton and Simpson’s unexpected Scandinavian success.
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Xanadu
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
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Raiders of the Lost Archive
Keith Wickham hunts for lost Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ radio shows and finds some true classics.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Letters to a Young Woman Poet
Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Peter Greenaway - Painting with Film
An immersive 80th birthday encounter with film-maker and artist Peter Greenaway.
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Imagiste
Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell
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Contains Strong Language Live from Birmingham
Selections of poetry from the Contains Strong Language festival in Birmingham
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Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves
The first-hand stories of Europe’s most daring art heists.
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My Space: The Blackpool Tower
Enter this iconic building to hear stories from those whose lives have been changed here.
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Words First
Short, animated poems, specially commissioned to bring the work of poets to the screen.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Four
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Being Jackie Wilson
The extraordinary tale of Jackie Wilson and his impersonator, Bobby Brooks.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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A Little Flat: The Music Our Ears Overlook
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Recalculating Art
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Larkin Revisited
Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Percy Shelley, Reformer and Radical
Benjamin Zephaniah brings us his personal take on Shelley's work.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Remembers...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.
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The Blue Woman
How a new opera is addressing the psychological aftermath of sexual violence.
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