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The Birth of Europe
When and how Europe became organised states with an economic system
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The Birth Of Israel
Examining the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949. Made in 2008.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Birth of Love
Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Birth of Music
What music did Neolithic peoples make? Jude Rogers and guests have fun speculating.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Birthday Cake Game
Richard Osman finds out which celebrities are best at guessing ages in a new comedy quiz.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Birthday Girls' House Party
Comedy sketch group Birthday Girls invite you round for a late-night house party.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1
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Birthday Party in the CBeebies House
Join Dodge and his friends as they celebrate his birthday in the CBeebies House!
CBeebies
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The Bishop and the Bankers
James Jones explores the moral dimensions of the economic crisis
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Bishop and the Prisoner
The bishop of Liverpool talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the penal system
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Bishops Come to Lambeth
An indepth look at the international nature of the Anglican Church
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Bitch Bitch Bitch with Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas explores the unpleasant side of the glamorous-seeming jobs we all wish we had.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2
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Bitesize Daily: 7-9 Year Olds
Special guest teachers deliver daily fun curriculum based lessons for learning at home.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bitesize
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Bitesize GCSE Biology
Dr Alex Lathbridge guides you through the key revision topics for your GCSE Biology exam.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize GCSE Chemistry
Sunayana and Tulela take you through the main things to know for your GCSE Chemistry exam
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize GCSE English Literature
Whatever text you're studying for your English Lit. GCSE, our experts have your back.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize GCSE History
Our hosts take you through history topics to revise for your GCSE History exam.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize GCSE Physics
James and Ellie take you through the main things to know for your GCSE Physics exam.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize Study Support
Tips and advice to help make school, life and revision feel more manageable.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Bitesize: Northern Ireland
Learn from home with educational programmes for the curriculum in Northern Ireland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bitesize
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Bitter Lake
Adam Curtis's epic story of how Britain, America and Russia got lost in Afghanistan.
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The Bitter Pill
Why aren't the pharmaceutical needs of the world's poorest being met?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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Black America in History
Series looking at moments of empowerment in Black American history
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The Black American Fight for Freedom
Revealing the moments where America had the chance to become more equal but failed.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black and British: A Forgotten History
A look at the relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Black and the Green
Exploring the relationship between Black and Green political movements and ideas.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Art Matters
Sonia Boyce views current interest in black British art through the life of Donald Rodney.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Black Blood Donor Crisis
Lindsay Johns asks why so few black Britons give blood and examines why it matters.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Box
An obsessive forensic analyst investigates the mysterious crash of a commercial airliner.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Black Chair
The story of the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, killed at Passchendaele in 1917.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Earth Rising
Kate Ashby finds the tragic shadow of her past impossible to escape.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims
Poignant drama by Katie Hims that follows the lives of separated twins.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Flight and the New Suburbia
Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Girls Don't Cry
Marverine Cole explores why some black women are more prone to anxiety and depression.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Gold
Stories about the impact of Stanlow oil refinery on a community and landscape.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Black Hill, Bleak Summer
A farming community recalls the UK's worst ever foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
How art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black Is a Country
Exploring the underground music generated by the Black Power and Black Arts movements
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Black Is the New Black
Exceptional figures from all walks of life share their thoughts on being black today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black Music in Europe: A Hidden History
Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS
How Caribbean and African women came to the UK to save the then ailing health service.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Black Ops
Two inept community support officers go undercover to thwart a violent criminal gang.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black Roots
Grammy award-winner Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Star Line: The Story of Marcus Garvey
A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Black Stuff
Classic early 1980s drama about a Merseyside tarmac gang away on a contract on Teesside.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Black, African and British
How Britain's black African communities are shaping politics, faith, business and culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black, White and Beethoven
Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Blackbeard the Pirate
Swashbuckling adventure set on the high seas in the 17th century. Starring Robert Newton.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Blackface on Campus
Student journalist Megan Schellong investigates racist incidents at American universities.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blackout Ballet
Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blackwater by Claire McGowan
A multi-voiced dark story about secrets and lies in a small town
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blades, Sweat and Tears
Behind the scenes access with the GB Rowing Team as they strive for Olympic glory.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Berkshire
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Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution
The story of two powerful personalities at the heart of a political phenomenon.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Blair's Faith Foundation
Can Tony Blair's Faith Foundation succeed in promoting religion as a force for progress?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Blame Game
Topical comedy panel show with an irreverent view of the news
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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The Blame Game
The former director of MI5 questions why there must always be someone to blame.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blank
A novelist struggling with writer's block gets trapped on a fully AI-automated retreat.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Blas Ceoil
Rogha ceoil Jack Warnock, le tús spleodrach a chur le do dheireadh seachtaine.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Blas Pod
Podchraoladh: Inneachar tráthúil fuaime ó fhoireann ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Blas.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane
Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright Sarah Kane.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blasts from the Megaphone
Paul Farley speaks up for the humble megaphone that has been raising voices for centuries.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bleached Bone and Living Wood
Christine Finn visits the house that was the poet Wilfred Owen's final refuge in France.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bleak Mornings
Artists improvising on the spot, to soundtrack listeners terrible mornings
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1
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A Bleeding Shame
Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are finally changing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bleep Bleep Bloop: Music and Video Games
Paul Bennun explores the world of music composed for video games.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Bletchley Girls
Who were the women who worked at Bletchley? What did they do? What became of them?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius
A look at the life of Gordon Welchman, a codebreaker crucial to the defeat of the Nazis.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Blind Astronomer
Kate Molleson tells the story of Wanda Diaz-Merced and her pioneering work with sound.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blind Date with Don Camillo
Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Blind Man Roams the Globe
Peter White explores the experience of travel from a blind person's perspective
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blind Man's Bete Noire
Peter White explores some of the things that annoy him about blindness
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blind Mind's Eye
Sue Armstrong hears the personal experience of people with aphantasia - no mind's eye.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived through the Blitz.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Blociau Rhif
Hwyl a sbri i blant ifanc gyda'r blociau rhif. Fun and games for young children with th...
S4C
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Block On Block
Series about the construction and impact of six different types of buildings
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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BLOCK PARTY with Huey Morgan
Inspired by the New York City Block Parties from back in the day.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 6 Music
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Blogging In Brazil
Down Brazil's 600km São Franciso river following Richard Burton's 1867 historic canoe trip
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The Blonde Women of India
Exploring the lives of white women married to local Indian men who have made India home.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans
By Gregory Evans. Thriller set in 1890s Whitechapel.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Blood For Blood
Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blood Lands
A true story of murder investigation which takes us to the heart of modern South Africa.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4