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  1. 'S Fheàirrde Duine Gàire  
  2. 1968: Day by Day  
  3. 5 live Breakfast  
  4. 5 live Drive  
  5. 5 live Money: Fighting the Credit Crunch
  6. 5 live News Review of the Year  
  7. 5 live Sport  
  8. A Box of Wittgensteins  
  9. A Celestial Star in Piccadilly
  10. A Day in the Life of a Diva  
  11. A History of Scotland  
  12. A Kist O' Wurds
  13. A Point of View  
  14. A View Through a Lens
  15. A Voyage to Lundy
  16. A Year in the Life of Ants
  17. Advertising: The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On!  
  18. Afternoon Play  
  19. Afternoon Reading  
  20. Air a Chuan
  21. Air an t-Sitig
  22. Air Bharr nan Tonn
  23. Aled Jones  
  24. Ali Abbas: In His Own Words
  25. Alistair Cooke's Seasonal Letters from America  
  26. am.pm
  27. America This Week
  28. An Iolaire  
  29. An Islamic History of Europe
  30. An Litir Bheag  
  31. Anglomania  
  32. Animal Park  
  33. Ann am Bata, Nam Aonar
  34. Anne Frank Remembered
  35. Antiques Roadshow  
  36. Any Answers?
  37. Any Questions?
  38. Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year Message  
  39. Archive on 4  
  40. Around the World in 20 Years  
  41. Around the World in 80 Faiths  
  42. Art Made in China  
  43. Arts and Entertainment Review of the Year Wales  
  44. Arts Extra  
  45. Bargain Hunt  
  46. Based on a True Story  
  47. BBC London News
  48. BBC News
  49. BBC Proms  
  50. Belsen after Belsen
  51. Best of Top Gear  
  52. Beti a'i Phobol  
  53. Between the Ears
  54. Beyond Westminster  
  55. Binnein nam Beann
  56. Binnein nam Beann
  57. Birds and the Battlefield  
  58. Bits of Belfast
  59. Black Students in Red Russia
  60. Blackadder Rides Again  
  61. Blas  
  62. Blas  
  63. Blas Ceoil  
  64. Blood Ties  
  65. Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts
  66. Blue Peter  
  67. Blwyddyn i'w Chofio
  68. Blwyddyn Rhydian  
  69. Book at Bedtime  
  70. Book of the Week  
  71. Bookclub  
  72. BOOKtalk  
  73. Boom Hall  
  74. Brain of Britain  
  75. Brand Cuba
  76. Breakfast
  77. Brian Mullen  
  78. Briefings
  79. Britain from Above
  80. Broadcasting House  
  81. Bruck
  82. Business Daily  
  83. Business Questions
  84. Business Weekly  
  85. Buy It, Sell It, Bank It?  
  86. Byd Amaeth  
  87. Byd Iolo  
  88. C2: Lisa Gwilym  
  89. C2: Magi Dodd  
  90. Carluccio and the Leopard  
  91. Case Notes  
  92. Cash in the Attic  
  93. Celebrity Mastermind  
  94. Ceud Bliadhna
  95. Charles at 60: the Passionate Prince  
  96. Charley Boorman: Ireland to Sydney by Any Means  
  97. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe  
  98. Chris Corcoran's Club Cultures  
  99. Christmas on Radio 1  
  100. Clarissa and the King's Cookbook  
  101. Classic Serial  
  102. Claudia Winkleman  
  103. Click  
  104. Coast  
  105. Coast
  106. Coast Revisited  
  107. Cocaire nan Cocairean
  108. Cofio  
  109. Colin Murray  
  110. Comedy Connections
  111. Comedy Zone  
  112. Composer of the Week  
  113. Connadh is Cumhachd  
  114. Correspondents' Look Ahead  
  115. Costing the Earth  
  116. Country Focus  
  117. Countryfile  
  118. Crimewatch Solved  
  119. Crisis on the Top Shelf
  120. Croit
  121. Crossing Continents  
  122. Cuibhlichean an Fhortain
  123. Dai ar Dramp  
  124. Darwin: In Our Time  
  125. Dateline London  
  126. David Hammond: A Time to Dream
  127. Days Like This  
  128. Days Like This
  129. Days Like This
  130. Days Like This
  131. Dè a-nis?
  132. Dè tha Dol
  133. Dear Darwin  
  134. Dear Tom  
  135. Desert Island Discs
  136. Digging Up Your Roots  
  137. Digital Planet  
  138. Diomhair
  139. Discovering Music  
  140. Discovery  
  141. Discussion
  142. DIY SOS  
  143. Dluth an Daimh  
  144. Doctor Who Confidential  
  145. Dom's on the Case  
  146. Dragons' Den: The Dragons' Stories  
  147. Drama on 3  
  148. Dyddiadur Dwynwen
  149. E24  
  150. Eamonn Holmes  
  151. Earranan  
  152. EastEnders  
  153. Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  154. Eilean Fraoich  
  155. Electric Mainline  
  156. Escape to the Country  
  157. Evening Extra  
  158. Excess Baggage  
  159. Exile  
  160. Extreme Dreams: The Ultimate Challenge
  161. Face the Facts  
  162. Faire Chaluim Mhicleoid
  163. Farm Gate  
  164. Farming Today  
  165. Farming Today This Week  
  166. Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico  
  167. Film Review 2008 with Mark Kermode  
  168. Filthy Rich and Famous  
  169. Finding Dad  
  170. First Minister's Question Time
  171. Flog It  
  172. Floraidh aig 80
  173. Food Programme  
  174. France on a Plate
  175. Frankie Vaughan and the Live Gang Show
  176. Fred at the Fest  
  177. Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain
  178. Friday Play  
  179. From Our Own Correspondent  
  180. From WAGs to Riches  
  181. Front Row  
  182. Frost Fair  
  183. Funny Women
  184. Gabby Logan  
  185. Gagan Grewal  
  186. Galwad Cynnar  
  187. Gaol is Ionndrainn
  188. Gardener of the Decade
  189. Gardener's Question Time  
  190. Gardeners' Corner  
  191. Gardeners' World Top Tips  
  192. Gene Krupa
  193. Genesis: Come Rain or Shine  
  194. Gerry Robinson and the Money Makers
  195. Get it On With Bryan Burnett  
  196. Global Business  
  197. Good Evening Wales  
  198. Good Morning Scotland  
  199. Good Morning Ulster  
  200. Good Morning Wales  
  201. Grampian - Toradh nam Bliadhna
  202. Great Lives  
  203. Growing Babies  
  204. Grumpy Old Men
  205. HARDtalk  
  206. Health Check  
  207. Hear and Now  
  208. Helicopter Heroes  
  209. Highland Cafe  
  210. History of Parliament Lecture  
  211. History Zone
  212. Holyrood Live  
  213. Home Planet  
  214. Homes Under the Hammer  
  215. Horizon  
  216. Horo Gheallaidh  
  217. Hospital 24/7
  218. Hot House Kids
  219. House of Commons  
  220. House of Lords  
  221. How to Rob a Bank  
  222. Hubble Telescope
  223. Hunting the Beagle
  224. I'm Kylie's Body Double
  225. Images of David
  226. In Aboot Da Night
  227. In Business  
  228. In Living Memory  
  229. In Our Time  
  230. In the Footsteps
  231. In Touch  
  232. In Tune  
  233. Indian Food Made Easy
  234. Inside City Hall
  235. Inside Out East
  236. Inside Out East Midlands
  237. Inside Out London
  238. Inside Out North East and Cumbria
  239. Inside Out North West
  240. Inside Out South
  241. Inside Out South East
  242. Inside Out South West
  243. Inside Out West
  244. Inside Out West Midlands
  245. Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
  246. Inside Politics
  247. Iolaire  
  248. Iolaire
  249. Iolo Goes Techno
  250. Iomraiteach
  251. iPM  
  252. Irreplaceable
  253. It's Just the Way We Are  
  254. It's Not Easy Being Green  
  255. Jac a Wil  
  256. Jas Rao  
  257. Jazz Library  
  258. Jazz Line-Up  
  259. Johnny Goes to Scotland  
  260. Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
  261. Kermode's Films of the Year  
  262. Kill It, Cook It, Eat It  
  263. King of Motown: Berry Gordy  
  264. Kizzy: Sex, Prams and Exams
  265. Last Man Standing  
  266. Last Word  
  267. Leadaidh is Breacaist
  268. Leading Questions  
  269. Legends
  270. Les Paul: Chasing Sound
  271. Leugh an Leabhar  
  272. Life Behind the News
  273. Listeners Look Ahead  
  274. Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh  
  275. Llythyr i Begw  
  276. Lock Up Your Daughters  
  277. London's Fashion Spectacular  
  278. Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
  279. Look Up Your Genes  
  280. Lords Questions
  281. Lost Horizons: The Big Bang  
  282. Lost Land of the Jaguar
  283. Love Bollywood  
  284. Maadai-Kara  
  285. MacAulay and Co  
  286. Make My Body Younger  
  287. Manylu  
  288. Mark Lawson Talks To  
  289. Mark Patterson  
  290. MasterChef  
  291. Material World  
  292. Maureen am Mongolia  
  293. Max  
  294. Mayor's Question Time  
  295. Me, Putin and Judo
  296. Men of Stone  
  297. Men, Women and Clothes
  298. Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch  
  299. Michael Palin's New Europe
  300. Midweek
  301. Milestones  
  302. Milestones: My Story
  303. Million Dollar Traders
  304. Mixing It  
  305. Money Box  
  306. Money Box Live  
  307. Money Can't Buy You Class?
  308. Money Programme
  309. More or Less  
  310. Morecambe and Wise: the Show What Paul Merton Did  
  311. Morning Extra  
  312. Morning Programme  
  313. Morning Reports  
  314. Most Annoying People  
  315. Motorcity Blues
  316. Mountain Rescue: The Fourth Emergency Service
  317. mousemat  
  318. Movie Connections
  319. Munich Remembered: Harry Gregg's Story
  320. Murchadh HMI
  321. Music Feature  
  322. Music Matters
  323. Natural World  
  324. Nemone  
  325. New Years Day Concert  
  326. Newsnight Review
  327. Newyddion y Flwyddyn 2008  
  328. Nia  
  329. Nicholas Crane's Britannia: The Great Elizabethan Journey  
  330. Night Waves  
  331. Nihal  
  332. Nikki Bedi  
  333. No Room For Secrets  
  334. Northern Ireland Assembly  
  335. Northern Ireland First Minister's Questions
  336. Not the Nolan Show  
  337. Obama: Professor President  
  338. Oceans
  339. On the Fiddle
  340. On the Way to Bethlehem  
  341. On Your Behalf  
  342. On Your Farm  
  343. One Planet  
  344. Online Damage: Porn in the 21st Century
  345. Open Book
  346. Open Country  
  347. Open Gardens  
  348. Orkyology
  349. Our Planet  
  350. Our World  
  351. Out in Wales  
  352. Out of Doors  
  353. Outdoor Conditions  
  354. Outlook  
  355. Over to You  
  356. Owain Gwilym
  357. Oz and James Drink to Britain  
  358. Ozwald Boateng: Why Style Matters
  359. Panorama  
  360. Paul McFadden  
  361. Paul Moore  
  362. Peers Progress  
  363. Performance on 3
  364. Pick of the Week  
  365. Pilots That Never Flew  
  366. Poetry Please
  367. Political Highlights
  368. Politics UK  
  369. Post Cyntaf  
  370. Post Prynhawn  
  371. Prime Minister's Questions  
  372. Profile  
  373. Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements  
  374. Rachel's Favourite Food  
  375. Radio 1 at the Movies
  376. Radio 4 Appeal  
  377. Radio Scotland News
  378. Radio Wales Arts Show  
  379. Radio Wales News and Weather
  380. Radio Wales News, Sport and Weather
  381. Radio Wales News, Sport, Travel and Weather
  382. Radio Wales News, Travel and Hill Forecast
  383. Radio Wales News, Travel and Weather
  384. Radio Wales Sportstime
  385. Ramblings  
  386. Re Eorpa
  387. Ready Steady Cook
  388. Ready to Wear
  389. Reporters  
  390. Reporting Scotland
  391. Repossessed  
  392. Resolutions  
  393. Revealed
  394. Richard Bacon  
  395. Richard Evans  
  396. Rick Stein's Memoirs of a Seafood Chef
  397. Ricky
  398. Ricky Warwick: The Singer and the Songs
  399. Roar
  400. Sam Delaney
  401. Saturday Kitchen  
  402. Saturday Live  
  403. Saturday Magazine  
  404. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning  
  405. Saturday Review  
  406. Savile Row
  407. Schumpeter Rising
  408. Science and Islam  
  409. Science in Action  
  410. Scotland at Ten  
  411. Scotland Live  
  412. Scottish First Minister's Questions  
  413. Scottish Parliament  
  414. Seachd Là
  415. Secret Gardens
  416. Secret Lives
  417. See Hear  
  418. Select Committees  
  419. Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
  420. Serious Andes  
  421. Seven Days (RUlster)  
  422. Seven Photographs that Changed Fashion
  423. Sgàilean  
  424. Sgeul Slainte
  425. Sgeul Slàinte
  426. Shetland's Larder
  427. Showman and Star-Maker: A Tribute to Bill Cotton  
  428. Sim MacCoinnich  
  429. Simon Mayo  
  430. Skint
  431. Slighe Anndra
  432. Slighe Anndra
  433. Snow in Libya  
  434. Soillse
  435. Something Else  
  436. Something for the Weekend  
  437. Something Understood  
  438. Songlines  
  439. Soul Music  
  440. Speakeasy
  441. Stage to Screen  
  442. Stark Talk  
  443. Start the Week
  444. State of Mind
  445. Stephen Fry in America  
  446. Stephen McCauley  
  447. Stephen Nolan  
  448. Stewart Parker, Northern Star  
  449. Still Shouting: Lulu at 60  
  450. Stiwdio
  451. Stormont Live
  452. Storyville
  453. Stubborn Kind of Fella: Remembering Marvin Gaye  
  454. Style on Trial
  455. Suil Air
  456. Sunday Feature  
  457. Sunday Sequence  
  458. Super 8 Stories
  459. Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions  
  460. Take on the Takeaway  
  461. Take Two
  462. Taking a Stand
  463. Talk to the Hand: The History of Puppets on TV  
  464. Taro'r Post  
  465. Telly Savalas and the Quota Quickies  
  466. Ten Minute Rule Bill
  467. Thatcher and the Scots  
  468. The Almost Perfect Guide to Life
  469. The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama  
  470. The Andrew Marr Show  
  471. The Antiques Rogue Show  
  472. The Archives Programme
  473. The Arts, Classical and Jazz Zone
  474. The Barristers  
  475. The Best of Sunday Morning with Richard Holloway  
  476. The Big Bang Machine  
  477. The Book Café  
  478. The Books Programme
  479. The Business  
  480. The Carnoustie Exodus  
  481. The Choir  
  482. The City Uncovered with Evan Davis
  483. The Computer that Changed our Future
  484. The Cult of...  
  485. The Culture Show  
  486. The Culture Show Uncut
  487. The Daily Politics
  488. The Department Store
  489. The Early Music Show  
  490. The End of the Line?  
  491. The Essay  
  492. The Evening Show  
  493. The Film Programme  
  494. The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
  495. The Fortune Hunters
  496. The Forum  
  497. The Friday Documentary  
  498. The Friday Phone-in  
  499. The Friend in the Corner  
  500. The Galveston Giant  
  501. The House of Chanel
  502. The Instant Guide  
  503. The Interview  
  504. The Investigation Revisted  
  505. The Last Millionaire  
  506. The Last Resort  
  507. The Late Story  
  508. The Life of Mammals  
  509. The Line Between Life and Death
  510. The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper
  511. The Look
  512. The Man Who Was Bojangles
  513. The Media Show  
  514. The Missing Penny
  515. The Monday Documentary  
  516. The Motown Invasion
  517. The Movie Café  
  518. The Olympians  
  519. The Omnipresent Mr Handel
  520. The One Show
  521. The People's Hospital
  522. The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio  
  523. The Perfect TV Detective
  524. The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?  
  525. The Quest for Virgin Birth  
  526. The Radio Café  
  527. The Real Hustle  
  528. The Real Italian Job: James Martin's Mille Miglia  
  529. The Record
  530. The Record Europe  
  531. The Record Review  
  532. The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
  533. The Secret Diary of the Holocaust  
  534. The Secret Life of Elephants
  535. The Shock of the Knee
  536. The Sky at Night
  537. The Stephen Nolan Show  
  538. The Strand  
  539. The Sunday Café  
  540. The Surgery with Kelly Osbourne  
  541. The Verb
  542. The Weather Show  
  543. The Wednesday Documentary  
  544. The World According to Robert Burns  
  545. Thinking Allowed  
  546. This Sceptred Isle  
  547. Thoir Dhomh do Làmh  
  548. Three Men in More Than One Boat  
  549. Thuige Seo
  550. Time Shift  
  551. Times They Are A Changing  
  552. To Buy Or Not To Buy
  553. Today in Parliament
  554. Together against the Odds  
  555. Tom Morton  
  556. Top Gear  
  557. Traffic Cops  
  558. Trusadh  
  559. Turas Trump
  560. Twenty Minutes
  561. Unearthing Mysteries
  562. Unreliable Evidence
  563. Up All Night  
  564. Up All Night
  565. Value Judgements  
  566. Value Judgements from LA
  567. Victoria Derbyshire  
  568. Victorian Farm
  569. Wah Yan Jee Sing
  570. Wainwright Walks  
  571. Wake Up to Money  
  572. Wake Up to Money
  573. Wales at Work  
  574. Walker of the Downs
  575. Wanted Down Under  
  576. Washington Journal
  577. Watchdog
  578. Weatherman Walking
  579. Weatherman Walking
  580. Weekend Bengali  
  581. Weekend Breakfast  
  582. Weekend Gujarati  
  583. Weekend Mirpuri  
  584. Weekend News  
  585. Weekend Punjabi  
  586. Weekend Woman's Hour  
  587. Welsh Assembly  
  588. Welsh First Minister's Questions  
  589. Westminster Follies  
  590. Westminster Hall
  591. Westminster Hour  
  592. What the Victorians Did For Us
  593. Where Music Matters
  594. Who Do You Think You Are?
  595. Wild  
  596. Wild About Your Garden
  597. Wildlife on Two
  598. With Bennett  
  599. Woman's Hour  
  600. Woman's Hour Drama  
  601. Women on Top
  602. Word of Mouth  
  603. Words and Music  
  604. Working Lunch  
  605. World Book Club  
  606. World Business News  
  607. World Business Report  
  608. World Routes  
  609. World This Weekend  
  610. Wythnos Gwilym Owen  
  611. Wythnos i'w Chofio
  612. Year in Politics  
  613. Yn y Dechreuad
  614. You and Yours  
  615. You're Not the Man I Married
  616. Your Place and Mine  

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