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PR supremo and businesswoman Julia Hobsbawm takes Wendy Robbins to Hampstead and north Wales. The child of Marxist historian Eric, she grew up amid the country's leading thinkers. Show more
Alan meets Amelia Fletcher, singer with a number of successful indie bands while simultaneously holding down a serious office job as chief economist with the Office of Fair Trading. Show more
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Nicholas Parsons chairs the classic devious word game with Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Graham Norton. From August 2010. Show more
The travellers return and there's a surprise in store for Jennifer. Show more
Mark Lawson reports from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, with guests including Karin Slaughter, Jeffery Deaver, Jeff Lindsay and Stuart MacBride. Show more
Autumn 1913 at a Country House party - English society comes under the microscope, at the end of its time. Stars Olivia Colman. Show more
El Sistema's music changed lives in Venezuela. Lesley Riddoch wonders if it can work for deprived kids in Scotland? From 2010. Show more
Since the 2009 coup in Madagascar, the international community has withdrawn aid and restricted trade. Linda Pressly visits to discover the fallout from the political crisis. Show more
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PR supremo and businesswoman Julia Hobsbawm takes Wendy Robbins to Hampstead and north Wales. The child of Marxist historian Eric, she grew up amid the country's leading thinkers. Show more
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With Felicity Evans. President Obama prepares to announce the end of combat operations for US troops in Iraq. Pakistan tries to deal with disasterous floods. Show more
When Sian returns to Wales for her father's funeral, she realises that she misses the land of her birth. Read by Indira Varma. Show more
Chris Ledgard investigates the world of the inner monologue to find out how we talk to ourselves. Are the words we use internally the same as when we speak? Show more
Steve Punt examines rumours that Hitler was intending to set up his command headquarters in the south London suburb of Balham. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Confronted by mortality, Lynn sets off to circumnavigate Mount Fairweather in the Alaskan wilderness. Read by Colin Stinton. Show more
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