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Illuminated
By BBC Radio 4
Illuminated is BBC Radio 4's home for creative and surprising one-off documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds. Welcome to a place of audio beauty and joy, with emotion and human experience at its heart. The programmes you will find in this feed explore the reality of contemporary Britain and the world, venturing into its weirdest and most wonderful aspects. This is a chance to meet voices that are not normally heard, open secret doors into concealed chambers and, above all, be transported by the art and inventiveness of the very best programme makers. Just press the switch. New episodes are available weekly on Sunday evenings. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to make sure you don't miss an episode.
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The Watch Case
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The Cat Killer Detectives
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How Trains Shrank Time and Space
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Driving, Driving, Driving on the Autobahn
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Peanuts at 75
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Returned to Sender
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The Findhorn Garden
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Problems with Julia Masli
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The Piano Boat
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The Little Box Which Contains the World
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Lost In Lullabies
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Hearing Aids
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CS Lewis, the Evacuee and the Wardrobe
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A Very British Christmas
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Bass Notes
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Into the Owambe
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The Metaphor Consultant
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Bolton: The Happiest Town on Earth?
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Functioning
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A Lemur’s Song
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The Extractor
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Cannon Fodder
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The Alpenpost: A Girl's Guide to Fighting Hitler and Stalin
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Swimming with Jimmy
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Outpatient
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Harrier Angels
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Journey through a cow
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Andy Mycock: Named, Unashamed
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Me, Myself and the MRI
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Strong Women
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Tarot and the Art of Creativity
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My Sister’s Daughter
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Voices from the Beach
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The House in the Hole
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A Body of Water
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If We Can Walk Together
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July Morning
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Later Life Letter
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Dear Gilbert, Dear Gordon
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A Most Magickal Encounter
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Unreliable Narrator
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Precious Stones
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James Hutton and The Restless Earth
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The Grand North Atlantic Home Video Archive
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Ringing the Bullring
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Bouncing off the Walls: A Prison Soundscape
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The Power of the Bayeux Tapestry
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Izabela in Peru
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Faithless
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Third Man Syndrome
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Sign inIlluminated is BBC Radio 4's home for creative and surprising one-off documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds.
Welcome to a place of audio beauty and joy, with emotion and human experience at its heart. The programmes you will find in this feed explore the reality of contemporary Britain and the world, venturing into its weirdest and most wonderful aspects.
This is a chance to meet voices that are not normally heard, open secret doors into concealed chambers and, above all, be transported by the art and inventiveness of the very best programme makers. Just press the switch.
New episodes are available weekly on Sunday evenings. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to make sure you don't miss an episode.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- Podcast
- Language
- en
- Episodes
- 111
- Format
- episodic
- Website
- www.bbc.co.uk
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