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Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music
An imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.
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Sweet Mother KD
Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
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As The Curtain Falls
Marie-Louise Muir explores 25 years of Signature Theatre company with founder Jim Houghton
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Saving Lives at Sea
Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
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Mighty Real - McAlmont Sings Sylvester
David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.
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Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.
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Manto: Uncovering Pakistan
Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Pakistani writer Sa'adat Manto and assesses his legacy.
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Blue Canvas : The Artist Miles Davis
A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.
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The Sprung Floor
Dane Hurst takes a dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children.
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Attenborough at 90
To celebrate his 90th birthday, David Attenborough shares his life and career highlights.
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The Perfect Strangers
Meet 80 year olds Mo and Jo, who recently became honorary Gurkhas.
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The Day the Refugees Came
Michael Palin's story of a group of refugees welcomed to Somerset.
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Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms And That鈥檚 All
Tim Key gives his surreal and startling take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.
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This Farming Life
Documentary following the struggles and triumphs of very different farming families.
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The Greatest Ever Faker
Gareth Gwynn uncovers the fantastical world of a Welsh cultural lodestone, Iolo Morganwg
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JD Salinger: Made in England
How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York
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How to Die: Simon's Choice
Simon debates whether to end his life after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
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Jarvis on McCullers
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
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Blood, Sex and Money: The Life and Work of Emile Zola
Glenda Jackson presents a documentary in Paris of France's great writer鈥揈mile Zola.
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Alice in Teesside
Lewis Carroll's roots in the North East of England are uncovered by Simon Farnaby.
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The Compass
With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about society
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Youth of Today
Three local young people find out what life is like in Shetland for 'the youth of today'.
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The Last Days of WG
Charlie Connelly searches for the real WG Grace, a cricketer obscured by fame and myth.
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Fiery Inspiration: Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement
Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the black arts movement.
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Return to Larkinland
Writer and critic AN Wilson revisits the life and work of poet Philip Larkin.
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Something Old, Something New
From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.
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Natural History Heroes
Scientists select and discuss predecessors who inspired their work and lives.
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Jim McColl at 80
Marking Jim McColl's 80th birthday, examining the life of the horticultural broadcaster.
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Ginny in the Hut
A reflection in sound on the life of Virginia Fiennes, first wife of explorer Sir Ranulph.
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The Jacqueline Effect
Can there be too many cellists? How Jacqueline du Pr茅 created a surfeit of cellists!
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A City Dreaming
A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.
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Philip Glass: Taxi Driver
In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.
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A Walk of One's Own: Virginia Woolf on Foot
Virginia Woolf's biographer Alexandra Harris takes four walks that inspired her.
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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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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 Achalasia Diaries
Femi Martin finds fulfillment as a writer and performer as a result of a chronic illness.
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The Man of the Mani
John Humphrys visits the Greek home of travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor.
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Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast
Music requests and special messages for the staff at the British Antarctic Survey
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Mrs Thatcher and The Writers
Three Booker Prize winners give their view on Margaret Thatcher's influence on fiction.
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The Light
Author Bernard Hare recalls a terrifying childhood experience which changed his life.
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Shadow of the Sun King
Professor Julian Swann marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV of France.
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The Fishwives鈥� Tale
The women who overcame grief through friendship and sea shanties
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Billie Holiday: Fine and Mellow
An exploration of the dramatic life and jazz legacy of singer Billie Holiday
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This is Me Totally Sausage
Henning Wehn looks at the difficulties of speaking and understanding English.
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