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  1. Secret Knowledge

    Engaging experts reveal favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

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  2. What Do Artists Do All Day?

    Portraits of leading artists, with insights into their working lives and creative process

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  3. The High Art of the Low Countries

    Exploring how history has influenced the Low Countries' art, architecture and culture.

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  4. The Century That Wrote Itself

    Adam Nicolson takes an intimate look at the 17th century's diarists and letter writers.

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  5. Great Artists in Their Own Words

    Series unlocking the 大象传媒 archives to tell the story of the birth of modern art.

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  6. 50s Britannia

    Documentaries looking at British rock and jazz music in the pre-Beatles era.

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  7. The Best Films Ever!

    David Hasselhoff chooses his ideal movie in various genres.

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  8. Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections

    Stories of the people who built Britain's national collection and shaped its art history.

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  9. All Ireland Pipe Band Championships

    Coverage of this year's competition

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  10. At the Edinburgh Festival

    Highlights from the 2013 Edinburgh Festival, brought to you via the red button

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  11. Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth

    Classicist Dr Michael Scott journeys to Athens to explore how drama first began.

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  12. Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

    Series celebrating the art of the cinema soundtrack.

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  13. Fazer's Urban Takeover

    Fazer from N-Dubz puts unknown urban musicians through a crash course in classical music.

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  14. Fabric of Britain

    Documentaries exploring Britain's relationship with different fabrics.

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  15. Writing Home

    Series in which well-known personalities champion their favourite Northern Irish authors.

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  16. The Art of Australia

    Exploring the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions.

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  17. Cathedrals

    Richard Alwyn goes behind the scenes at Wells, Wakefield and Southwark Cathedrals.

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  18. The Sword in the Stone

    The 1939 radio adaptation of T H White's novel, with music composed by Benjamin Britten

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  19. Born to be Wild: The Golden Age of American Rock

    The rise and fall of the golden age of American rock from the late 60s to the early 90s.

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  20. Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness

    Waldemar Januszczak celebrates the finest cultural achievements of the Rococo period.

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  21. Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades

    Danny Baker presents a series on British rock from the 70s to the 90s.

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  22. The Brits Who Built the Modern World

    The story of five of the most successful and globally recognised British architects.

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  23. Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry with Jonathan Meades

    Jonathan Meades looks at the architectural movement known as brutalism.

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  24. Let's Talk About Rama and Sita

    Poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes a fresh look at epic Hindu poem the Ramayana.

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  25. In Their Own Words: 20th Century Composers

    Series using the 大象传媒 archives to reawaken the voices of 20th-century classical composers.

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  26. How to Get Ahead

    What it took to prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts.

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  27. Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century

    The story of the composers and musicians that shaped Britain's 18th-century musical map.

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  28. The Sian Williams Interview

    Sian Williams speaks with leading Welsh women who have made an impact beyond Wales.

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  29. Ugly Lovely Swansea: A Poet On the Estate

    Benjamin Zephaniah and the people of Swansea attempt to claim back Dylan Thomas's work.

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  30. Laugharne Live with Nicola Heywood Thomas

    A celebration of the centenary of one of Wales's most famous poets, Dylan Thomas

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  31. The World's a Stage

    Henry Goodman looks at the working lives of actors today.

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  32. Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces

    Dan Cruickshank tells the story of a thousand years of palace building.

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  33. Audience Profiled

    John Florance explores the characteristics of music audiences over the centuries

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  34. The Piano Lesson

    A series of programmes about the piano

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  35. Art of China

    Andrew Graham-Dixon undertakes an epic journey to uncover the art of China.

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  36. UK Pipe Band Championship

    Coverage of this year's competition

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  37. Great Poets in Their Own Words

    Performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

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  38. The Beauty of Anatomy

    The relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

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  39. Edinburgh Extra

    The best theatre, art, dance and performance at the Edinburgh Festivals.

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  40. Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

    The story of three cities whose creative people set the world on a new course.

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  41. Lucy Mangan's Literary Solutions to the Economy

    Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

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  42. British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash

    The story of how three British artists responded to the cataclysm of World War One.

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  43. Oh You Pretty Things: The Story of Music and Fashion

    Series about British music and fashion subcultures from the mid-60s to the early 90s.

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  44. The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

    Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at 19th-century Britain's obsession with all things Gothic.

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  45. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

    Foo Fighters tap into America's musical heritage to record their eighth studio album.

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  46. 大象传媒 Music John Peel Lecture

    Annual discussion on music and music-related media.

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  47. Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

    Lucy Worsley and Len Goodman reveal the untold story of British dance.

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  48. Second City: Comedy Central

    John Bird looks at arguably the most famous and influential comedy club in the world.

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  49. Castles: Britain's Fortified History

    Sam Willis traces the story of Britain's castles in our history, art and literature.

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  50. Tim Rice: A Life in Song

    Tim Rice reminisces with Michael Grade about over 40 years of hit songs.

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