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  1. ... And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree

    A woman receives stacks of gifts from a lavish admirer, who's inspired by the carol.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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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.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. 'Allo 'Allo!

    Wartime sitcom about the French Resistance starring Gorden Kaye and Carmen Silvera

    BBC One

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  4. The 'Apostrophiser'

    One mans' (sorry, man's) secret battle against sloppy punctuation on Bristol's shop signs.

    BBC Radio 4

  5.

    The 'arse that Jack Built

    Ian McMillan goes in search of one of Britain's strangest linguistic features...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6.

    A Baby Asbo

    Winifred Robinson follows misbehaving children and the work being done to help them.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. A Bach Pilgrimage

    The life and works of JS Bach

    BBC World Service

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  8. A Bad Business

    Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?

    BBC Radio 4

  9.

    A Bad Guy with a Gun

    America's relationship with guns - told through archive.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. A Beginner's Guide to India

    Mumbai-based comedian Aditi Mittal presents a guide to her home country.

    BBC Radio 4

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  11. A Believer's Guide to Atheism

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores the changing faces of atheism in modern Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. A Big Disease with a Little Name

    Charting the early years of the AIDS crisis, as told by the people who lived through it

    BBC Radio 4

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  13. A Big Night Out

    A short series about people of different cultures around the world enjoying a night out.

    BBC World Service

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  14. A Bleeding Shame

    Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are finally changing.

    BBC Radio 4

  15.

    A Bombay Symphony

    Zareer Masani on the new love for, and controversy over, Western classical music in India.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. A Brief History of Infinity

    There's no end to man's fascination with infinity

    BBC World Service

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  17. A Brief History of Mathematics

    Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  18. A Brief History of Progress

    American satirist Joe Queenan asks what is progress and has it run out?

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    A Brief History of TIM

    Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20.

    A Bright Yellow Light

    Nadim Ednan-Laperouse reflects on his extraordinary religious experience.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. A British History in Weather

    Alexandra Harris tells how the weather has been reflected in British culture.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. A Call from Joybubbles

    The story of phone phreaking: the teenagers who hacked the US phone system.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. A Call to Art

    Series exploring protest art in Latin America.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels

    Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.

    BBC Radio 4

  25.

    A Casual Clearance

    Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.

    BBC Radio 4

  26.

    A Cat Called Dom

    An animator explores fear and grief while editing a failed film about his mother.

    BBC Scotland

  27. A Cause for Caroling

    Jeremy Summerly traces the origins and traditions of the Christmas carol in Britain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  28. A Century of Hope

    Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    A Century of Stories

    Christine Lampard hosts a gala concert to mark 100 years of the BBC in Northern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  30. A Change of Sex

    Groundbreaking series following Julia Grant through her life as a transgender person.

    BBC Two

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  31. A Child to Sponsor

    Emily Buchanan explores the dilemmas of sponsoring children in developing countries.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. A Christmas Carol

    The classic ghost story by Charles Dickens.

    School Radio

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  33. A Christmas Carol

    Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge needs some CBeebies magic to help him share the joy of Christmas!

    CBeebies

  34.

    A Christmas Carol

    Simon Callow's acclaimed one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel.

    BBC Four

  35. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

    Read by Sean Baker. Produced by Anne Bunting.

    BBC Sounds

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  36. A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

    The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society hijack a BBC production of A Christmas Carol.

    BBC One

  37.

    A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

    Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens’s classic winter ghost story.

    BBC Four

  38.

    A Christmas Meditation with Aleighcia Scott

    Join Aleighcia Scott for an hour of unique Christmas music, thoughts and reflections.

    BBC Radio Wales

  39.

    A Church in Crisis

    William Crawley explores the decline of the Catholic church's authority in society.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    A City Crowned with Green

    How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)

    BBC

  41.

    A City Dreaming

    A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  42.

    A Coat, a Hat and a Gun

    A reappraisal of Raymond Chandler, the Englishman who invented the PI as we know him.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    A Cock and Bull Story

    Tristram Shandy guides viewers through the epic tale of his life.

    BBC Two

  44.

    A Cold War Dance

    The Martha Graham Dance Company's US State Department tour of Southeast Asia, 1974.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. A Cold Wet Tuesday Night: A Stoke City Podcast

    Lucas Yeomans & Potterlytics review every Stoke City game of the 2024/25 season.

    BBC Radio Stoke

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  46. A Cook Abroad

    Celebrity chefs try out different recipes from around the world.

    BBC Two

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  47. A Country Practice

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

    BBC Radio 4

  48. A Countryside Winter

    The ultimate guide to a countryside winter featuring wildlife, food and gardening.

    BBC One

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  49. A Cry in the Dark

    The sounds of nature - all over the world

    BBC World Service

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  50. A Culture of Encounter

    Douglas Alexander asks how we can overcome the forces that divide us.

    BBC Radio 4

  51.

    A Cure At What Cost?

    Tom Chivers considers the moral and ethical dilemmas around our response to coronavirus.

    BBC Radio 4

  52.

    A Damsel in Distress

    A dance star (Fred Astaire) pursues an aristocratic heiress (Joan Fontaine).

    BBC Two

  53.

    A Dancer Dies Twice

    First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  54. A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad

    The inside story of a family dynasty at the heart of one of the world's biggest problems.

    BBC Two

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  55. A Day In Court

    The theatre of justice: how Crown Courts work

    BBC World Service

  56. A Day in the Life of an Insect

    An entertaining glimpse of most populous creatures on the planet

    BBC World Service

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  57. A Day in the Life of Heathrow

    A day in the life of the busiest international airport in the world

    BBC World Service

  58.

    A Deadly Trade

    Even through lockdown boatloads of refugees made the dangerous crossing by boat to the UK.

    BBC Radio 4

  59.

    A Degree of Fraud

    Ellie Cawthorne investigates the multimillion pound trade in fake essays and dissertations

    BBC Radio 4

  60.

    A Dentist's Life

    How one community dentist is navigating the biggest crisis in dentistry in a generation.

    BBC Radio 4

  61.

    A Dirty Secret

    Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.

    BBC Radio 4

  62.

    A Documentary: By ChatGPT

    What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.

    BBC Radio 4

  63.

    A Dyeing Wish

    Facing his own mortality, an artist collaborates with a farmer to transform toxic dyes.

    BBC Radio 4

  64.

    A Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy

    Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.

    BBC Radio 4

  65.

    A Family of Strangers

    How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity

    BBC Radio 4

  66.

    A Family Without a Child

    The stories of three women in a touching exploration of what it means to be childless.

    BBC Radio 4

  67. A Fan Story

    How five boys and one fandom changed things forever.

    BBC Sounds

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  68. A Farewell to Arms

    An American serving as an ambulance driver during World War I falls in love with a nurse.

    BBC Two

  69. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

    The annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College, Cambridge

    BBC Radio 4

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  70. A Fishy Phobia

    Angela Hartnett investigates why we eat so little of the fish and seafood we catch.

    BBC Radio 4

  71.

    A Freedom Too Far?

    Melanie Phillips explores the limits of free speech.

    BBC Radio 4

  72. A Fresh Start For Africa

    A look at the challenges and opportunities facing Africa

    BBC World Service

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  73. A Geochemical History of Life on Earth

    Justin Rowlatt tells the story of how our planet was made

    BBC World Service

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  74. A Ghost Story for Christmas

    Mark Gatiss presents chilling Christmas stories for a cold winter’s night.

    BBC Two

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  75. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Five years ago, a schoolgirl was murdered by her boyfriend. Case closed. Or is it?

    BBC Three

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  76. A Good Man in Rwanda

    A story of remarkable bravery from the Rwandan genocide of twenty years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

  77. A Good Read

    Books worth reading.

    BBC Radio 4

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  78. A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    Julie Walters tells the story of Morph, Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit.

    BBC One

  79. A Green History of the Planet

    The natural world

    BBC World Service

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  80. A Gripping Yarn

    Jane Garvey's world of knitting - full of rebels, musicians, jailbirds and reality TV.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  81. A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

    Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's coastal wildlife.

    BBC Radio 4

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  82. A Guide to Disagreeing Better

    Why do we hold our opponents in contempt? And what steps should we take to stop?

    BBC Radio 4

  83. A Guide to Farmland Birds

    How to recognise birds of the British countryside from their appearance, calls and songs

    BBC Radio 4

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  84. A Guide to Garden Wildlife

    Brett Westwood and Phil Gates present a guide to some of Britain's common garden wildlife

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  85. A Guide to Mountain and Moorland Birds

    Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss offer a guide to Britain's upland birds

    BBC Radio 4

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  86. A History of Ancient Britain

    Neil Oliver's epic story of how Britain and its people came to be

    BBC Two

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  87. A History of Britain in Numbers

    Andrew Dilnot investigates the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain

    BBC Radio 4

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  88. A History of Delusions

    Experimental psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.

    BBC Radio 4

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  89. A History of Ghosts

    Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore.

    BBC Radio 4

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  90. A History of Globalisation

    How history went global

    BBC World Service

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  91. A History of Hate

    Allan Little explores how hatred has been stoked and manipulated throughout history.

    BBC Radio 4

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  92. A History of Ideas

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

    BBC Radio 4

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  93. A History of Political Thought

    Series looking at political thinkers and sets of political beliefs throughout history

    BBC World Service

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  94. A History of the Brain

    Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  95. A History of the Infinite

    Adrian Moore journeys through philosophical thought on infinity over thousands of years.

    BBC Radio 4

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  96. A History of the World in 100 Objects

    Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

    BBC Radio 4

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