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What's Funny about Money?
Comedian Colm O'Regan reports from the Kilkenomics festival in Ireland. Davos with laughs.
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What's in a Game?
Alex Humphreys asks if video games should be appreciated as a form of art
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What's in a Name?
Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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What's Left Of Communism?
Where and how communism has survived the collapse of the Soviet Union
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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What's Left of Kerouac?
Looking for Jack Kerouac in his hometown on his 100th birthday.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What's Left?
Andrew Rawnsley chairs a studio debate on the future of the Labour Party.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What's Love Got to Do with It?
An award-winning film-maker documents her best friend's journey into an assisted marriage.
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What's News?
Young people find the news boring. How do we make current affairs matter to them?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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What's on Your Head?
Explore things that people wear on their head in different cultures, jobs and sports.
CBeebies
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What's That You're Eating?
The human body needs fuel to work. A look at how our body responds to food
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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What's the Benefit?
Tom Heap aims to get behind the tabloid headlines on the UK's unemployed
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What's the Point of...?
Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought-provoking look at some great British institutions
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What's the Story, Ashley Storrie?
The story of Ashley, a tall comedian who loves William Shatner and hates textured fabrics.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What’s a Tory?
Lewis Goodall wonders what it means to be a Conservative in Britain today.
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What’s Eating Rotherham
Rotherham resident Joanne Keeling looks at the problem of emotional overeating in the town
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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What’s in Your Bag?
Explore the things people from different backgrounds and jobs carry in their bags and why.
CBeebies
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What’s Your Thing?
Journalist Adam Clarkson explores the normal, the unusual and everything in between.
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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are warring sisters in David Quantick's sparkling comedy
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Whatever Happened to Global Governance?
Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Whatever Happened To...?
Lauren Laverne follows the lives of people who spent an intense period of time together.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Wheel of Misfortune
Alison Spittle, Kerry Katona and listeners share their funniest embarrassing stories.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 5 Live
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When ABBA Came to Britain
The story of ABBA’s 50-year relationship with the UK in their own words.
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When Blondie Came to Britain
The story of Britain’s long relationship with one of the world’s biggest bands – Blondie.
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When Bob Marley Came to Britain
How Bob Marley influenced politics and culture in the UK in the turbulent 1970s.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two
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When Britain Invaded Russia
The brutal war a century ago which transformed Russia's relations with the west.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Cassius Met The Beatles
The tale of an unexpected encounter between 20th century legends - in a Miami gym in 1964.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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When Greeks Flew Kites
Monthly series in which Sarah Dunant finds stories from the past to help frame the present
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Hollywood Met Halifax
How Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene before she died.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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When Hoover Sneezed...
David Hughes tells the social history of how Hoover shaped postwar Merthyr.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Wales
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When I Was 25
Vinny takes his guests back to their mid-20s. What advice would they give themselves now?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Ulster
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When It Hits the Fan
Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Simon Lewis.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Katty Met Carlos
From the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and Ozy, Katty Kay and Carlos Watson share fresh perspectives on America
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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When Louis Met...
Louis Theroux accompanies British celebrities as they go about their day-to-day business.
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When Mary Beard Met...
Mary Beard meets fascinating figures from the worlds of art, literature and politics
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When Nirvana Came to Britain
A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK, 30 years on from Nevermind.
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When Nudes Are Stolen
Former glamour model Jess Davies uncovers the hidden trade in nude photographs.
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When Parents Split
Philippa Perry explores the psychological manipulation of children during divorce.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Reality Breaks: Demystifying Paranoid Schizophrenia
Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Ruby Wax Met...
Ruby Wax walks us through her famous interviews from the 90s, never repeated until now.
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When Snooker Ruled the World
Take a look back to the golden era of snooker in the 1970s and 80s. (2002)
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When Stockhausen Came to Huddersfield
The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.
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When the Gods Return
Tim Malyon and John Crook witness a great monastic festival in Ladakh, north-west India
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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When the Levee Breaks
Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When the People Say Not Sure
Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When The Pips Stop
The story of two sisters learning to live together without their cherished Radio 4.
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When the Rainforest is Stolen
The threats to the rainforests of Madagascar through the eyes of the Malagasy people
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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When Tina Turner Came to Britain
The story of Tina Turner’s 50-year relationship with the UK in her own words.
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When to Break Up the Party
Steven Fielding draws on past party splits to assess what's happening in our politics now.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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When Van Played Cyprus Avenue
Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's recent gigs in east Belfast.
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When Wars End
How conflict resolution professionals are dealing with a world focused on war
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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When Washington Came to Brum
How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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When Will Theatre Come Black?
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
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When Women Wore the Trousers
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers from function to fashion.
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When Yorkshire Played New York
A legendary match leads us into the extraordinary cultural history of cricket in America.
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When You’re Smiling: A Leicester City Podcast
Explore the world of Leicester City, with unrivalled analysis from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Leicester.
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Where are all the black women in Grime?
Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Where Are All the Working Class Writers?
Why are so few novelists from working class backgrounds? Author Kit de Waal investigates.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Where Are You Going?
Illuminating responses to a simple question from around the world
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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Where Did All the Comrades Go?
How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Where is Jack Ma?
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands
Where It's At: A Short History of Girlbands - Mollie King dives into girlband history.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 1
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Where Once Were Farms
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Where To Be A Woman
Where can women live their best lives? Searching the globe for the best wellbeing ideas
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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Where to, Mate?
Comedy from Manchester, where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the north west.
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Whicker's World
Journalist Alan Whicker reports on interesting social stories from across the globe.
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While My Guitar Gently Bleeps
Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.
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Whipped
Ben Wright looks at whether a political crisis will force the Whips to change their ways.
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Whisky Galore!
In 1943, disaster strikes on a remote Hebridean island when they run out of whisky.
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Whisky Galore! (1949)
Classic Ealing comedy about a scotch-laden ship that runs aground off the Hebridean coast.
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The Whistling Woman
Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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White Mischief
How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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White Nights
Documentary series about life in St Petersburg under glasnost
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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White Van Man
The misadventures of two handymen on the road and the extraordinary people they meet.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Three
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Whitechapel Dreams by Bernard Kops
Librarian Leo is set to retire when he encounters a Muslim girl seeking refuge.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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Who Are the '22?
David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Are You Again?
Mary Ann Sieghart isn't being rude - she just can't identify people by their faces.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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Who Cares?
Three people talk about the impact of suddenly becoming the primary carer for a relative.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Scotland
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Lost connections and histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sounds
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Who Does John Hegley Think He Is?
John Hegley thinks he might be descended from French composer Rameau. Could it be true?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who found Machu Picchu?
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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Who Goes First?
Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Is Kamala Harris?
Who is Kamala Harris and how did she rise to the top of the US Democratic Party?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News
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Who is Ruben Amorim?
He's the man in charge at Manchester United, but who is Ruben Amorim?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport
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Who Killed Elsie Frost?
Elsie Frost was murdered on 9 October 1965. She was 14. The murderer hasn't been caught.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Killed Emma?
A missing woman. A brutal murder. And a confrontation with a prime suspect.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Scotland
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Who Killed the Cockney Sparrer?
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Needs Politicians Anyway?
Chris Page looks at how Northern Ireland is coping without a government
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Needs Scientists?
Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Runs Labour?
A look back at Labour's civil war in the 1980s and whether there is currently a re-run.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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Who Runs the World?
Catherine Bohart's raucous new comedy series on the relationship between women and power.
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Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds?
£26m in jewellery and cash. A painstaking police investigation. A missing mastermind?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Three
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Who The Wild Things Are
The origins of Maurice Sendak's children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" revealed
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 Extra
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Who Was Michael X?
The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you’ve never heard of
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sounds
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Who Was St Nicholas?
How an early Christian bishop was claimed for everything from Christmas to pawnbrokers
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