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R4Doc: 04 Nov 11: The Young Italians
Updated: 2011-11-04 15:30:00
Description: Journalist Alessandro Poggi and friends talk about life in the UK, as a wave of young, talented Italian graduates look for recognition, respect and reward a long way from home....more...

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R4Doc: The Sound of Fear 21 October 2011
Updated: 2011-10-21 14:30:00
Description: A door creaks, footsteps echo, someone's breathing - and we are terrified. But why? Sean Street investigates the psychology of fear, so potently sensitive to sound. With guests including Louis Niebur, author of a book on the BBC's Radiophonic Wo...more...

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R4Doc: Post Hackgate 14, Sep 11
Updated: 2011-10-14 14:30:00
Description: As the aftershocks from the phone hacking scandal continue to rock the establishment, John Lloyd from the Financial Times examines how it will impact the future of Journalism. He talks to leading industry figures, academics and scandal mongers inc...more...

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R4Doc: The Oldest Music Hall, 7 Oct 11
Updated: 2011-10-07 14:30:00
Description: Paul Merton discovers the story behind the Leeds City Varieties music hall, its multi million pound refurbishment and the life and death of the great music hall tradition....more...

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R4Doc: Re-painting Giverny
Updated: 2011-09-30 14:30:00
Description: Irma Kurtz travels to Monet's Giverny garden to hear how losing his wife and sight affected him. Grief stopped him painting and his eyesight was failing but he was a driven man......more...

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R4Doc: It's My Story: Tom Robinson, 23 Sep 11
Updated: 2011-09-23 14:30:00
Description: Presenter and singer-songwriter Tom Robinson, who shocked the homosexual community by falling in love with a woman, examines what it means to be bisexual in Britain today....more...

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R4Doc: Hearing the Past
Updated: 2011-09-16 14:30:00
Description: Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores what the past would have sounded like to our ancestors, and investigates how it is helping us improve the acoustic designs of our future....more...

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Reith Extra: File on 4: Closing Guantanamo
Updated: 2011-09-15 08:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In an edition of File on 4, first broadcast in 2007, Jon Manel looks at the potential problems in clos...more...

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Reith Extra: The Hunt for Bin Laden 2
Updated: 2011-09-14 08:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. First broadcast in July 2011, BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera speaks to senior US government ...more...

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Reith Extra: The Hunt for Bin Laden 1
Updated: 2011-09-13 06:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. First broadcast in July 2011, BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera charts how the CIA had set up a...more...

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Reith Extra: GCHQ Cracking the Code
Updated: 2011-09-12 07:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In a programme first broadcast in 2010, the BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera gains unprecede...more...

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R4Choice: The 9/11 Letters, Michael Morpurgo
Updated: 2011-09-09 18:00:00
Description: Five internationally acclaimed writers consider the impact of the momentous events of September 11th, 2001. Ten years on, these authors use imaginative letters to reflect on the consequences for Britain, America and the world. The final 9/11 Lett...more...

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R4Choice: The 9/11 Letters, Naomi Alderman
Updated: 2011-09-09 17:56:00
Description: Five internationally acclaimed writers consider the impact of the momentous events of September 11th, 2001. Ten years on, these authors use imaginative letters to reflect on the consequences for Britain, America and the world. Today's letter is f...more...

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R4Doc: British Muslims - In the Shadow of 9/11
Updated: 2011-09-09 14:30:00
Description: BBC reporter Navid Aktar meets fellow British Muslims from across the country to gauge how the events of 11th September 2001 changed their lives....more...

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R4Choice: The 9/11 Letters, Lionel Shriver reflects on the events of 9/11 ten years on.
Updated: 2011-09-08 09:30:00
Description: Five internationally acclaimed writers consider the impact of the momentous events of September 11th, 2001. Ten years on, these authors use imaginative letters to reflect on the consequences for Britain, America and the world. Today's 9/11 Letter i...more...

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Reith Extra: Analysis: How Islam Got Political
Updated: 2011-09-08 06:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In a special edition of Radio 4's Analysis programme - first broadcast in 2005 - BBC security correspo...more...

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R4Choice: The 9/11 Letters, Joseph O'Neill
Updated: 2011-09-07 09:59:00
Description: Five internationally acclaimed authors write letters to consider the consequences of the events of September 11th, 2001 for Britain, America and the world. Today's 9/11 Letter is by the Irish-Turkish writer Joseph O'Neill, who lives in Manhattan and ...more...

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Reith Extra: MI6: A Century in the Shadows 3
Updated: 2011-09-07 08:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part two of MI6: A Century in the Shadows - first broadcast in 2009 - BBC security correspondent Go...more...

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Reith Extra: MI6: A Century in the Shadows 2
Updated: 2011-09-06 08:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part two of MI6: A Century in the Shadows - first broadcast in 2009 - BBC security correspondent Go...more...

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R4Choice: The 9/11 Letters 05 Sept 11: Caryl Phillips
Updated: 2011-09-05 17:30:00
Description: Five internationally acclaimed writers consider the impact of the momentous events of September 11th 2001. Ten years on, these authors use imaginative letters to reflect on the consequences for Britain, America and the world. The first letter is f...more...

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Reith Extra: MI6: A Century in the Shadows 1
Updated: 2011-09-05 08:00:00
Description: Ahead of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part one of MI6: A Century in the Shadows - first broadcast in 2009 - BBC security correspondent Go...more...

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Reith Extra: With Us or Against Us 4
Updated: 2011-09-04 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In the fourth and final part of With Us of Against Us - first broadcast in 2002 - Edward Stourton...more...

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Reith Extra: With Us or Against Us 3
Updated: 2011-09-03 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part three of With Us or Against Us, Edward Stourton charts the progress of American military ...more...

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R4Doc: When the Eyes of the World Were on the Clyde
Updated: 2011-09-02 14:30:00
Description: Journalist John Lloyd tells the story of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, who in 1971 refused to accept defeat and took on the Government in a fight to defend their jobs....more...

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Reith Extra: With Us or Against Us 2
Updated: 2011-09-01 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part two of With Us or Against Us, Edward Stourton examines the deals done by the United State...more...

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Reith Extra: With Us or Against Us 1
Updated: 2011-08-31 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part one of With Us or Against Us, Edward Stourton tells the inside story behind the coalition...more...

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Reith Extra: MI5 The Real Spooks 2
Updated: 2011-08-30 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In part two of MI5: The Real Spooks, the BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera asks if the B...more...

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Reith Extra: MI5 The Real Spooks 1
Updated: 2011-08-29 08:00:00
Description: In advance of the Reith Lectures by Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, Radio 4 is podcasting some programmes from its archive. In the first episode of MI5: The Real Spooks, the BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera look...more...

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R4Doc: Science: From Cradle to Grave
Updated: 2011-08-05 14:30:00
Description: In this programme, as part of the Generations Apart, which launches on the 8th August on Radio 4, Ben Goldacre, medic and author of the Bad Science Column, explores the past, present and future of longitudinal research....more...

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