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Witness History - Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest

Louise Hidalgo dove into the BBC archives to hear Sir David tell the story of his first natural history expedition for Zoo Quest which launched the career of a man who has since brought the natural world into millions of homes around the world.

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In Our Time - John Keats (BBC Radio 4)

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the short life and lasting works of Keats (1795-1821), who in one year wrote some of the most loved poems in English. Among these are Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode on Melancholy.

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Great Lives - Cleopatra picked by Kate Williams

"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety". She's the most famous character in antiquity, made more famous by Shakespeare and Hollywood films. But this Cleopatra is not the one Kate Williams has come to nominate. She wants to move from the cliches and reclaim her asn an astute politician determined to keep Egypt from falling to Rome.

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Desert Island Discs - BBC 4 Professor Stephen Westaby, surgeon and writer

Professor Stephen Westaby is a former heart surgeon and writer. During his career he performed over 11,000 operations and pioneered the use of life long artificial hearts as an alternative to donor transplants.

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The Walkers: The real Salt Path

Raynor Winn’s memoir: 'The Salt Path', a bestseller, told the story of his recovery through nature after terminal illness and financial despair. But after Chloe Hadjimatheou received a tip-off that the memoir may not be the 'unflinchingly honest' account it claimed to be, suddenly the truth began to unravel. In this first episode of 5, named 'The Missing Money', the story begins.

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The History Bureau. 1. The Four Bombs - Putin and the Apartment Bombs

Four bombs. Twelve days. Hundreds dead. What really happened in Russia in September 1999? Helena speaks to BBC foreign correspondent Andrew Harding to revisit a story that has haunted him for decades.

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Autocracy in America Podcast with Anne Applebaum - ICE and the National Guard Are Acting with Impunity

The Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum returns as host of Autocracy in America.

This episode 1 of series 3 talks about ICE and the National Guard Are Acting with Impunity.

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Reading The Water  (BBC Sounds)

Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing. We join him from dawn to dusk at a Wiltshire lake as he goes in search of a carp 'the size of a small submarine'.