Tradition
Live Wires. How to style the perfect Christmas tree. Audio, 20 minutes
Big fan of bauble bling? Or prefer the natural look? Our experts have you sorted.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
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Multi Story. Episode 7: Traditions. Audio, 35 minutes
This week: celebrating cultural rituals, feat. street fairs and a first time Morris dance
- AttributionBBC Local Radio
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Iceland's Dark Lullabies. Audio, 28 minutes
Storyteller Andri Snær Magnason is dreaming of a dark Christmas in Iceland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Food Programme. Feast Like a Georgian: A Food Guide to the Caucasus. Audio, 30 minutes
Dan Saladino travels to a country now considered to be an undiscovered food gem, Georgia.
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Heart and Soul. Spirit of the Midnight Sun. Audio, 27 minutes
The spiritual bond between the Sami people of northern Europe and the land, sea and air
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The Essay. Hanging On, Sex Shops. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Andrew Martin discusses sex shops, especially those in London's Soho.
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The Essay. Hanging On, The Milkman. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Andrew Martin discusses milkmen and their floats.
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The Essay. Hanging On, The Telephone. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Andrew Martin explains his liking for traditional telephones.
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The Essay. Hanging On, The Ventriloquist Doll. Audio, 14 minutes
Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.
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The Essay. Hanging On, The Boating Pond. Audio, 14 minutes
Andrew Martin celebrates the pastime of sailing model boats on ponds.
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The Food Programme. Belfast: Creating a New Food Tradition. Audio, 30 minutes
Sheila Dillon explores the thriving new food culture of Northern Ireland.
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The Food Programme. Loch Fyne: Celebrating Food Tradition. Audio, 30 minutes
Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne.
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Faith or Family. Audio, 38 minutes
The struggle between the world of Hasidic Jews in the UK and those who decide to leave.
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The Call of the Pipes. Video, 30 minutes
An inside story of two pipe bands, Thiepval Memorial and McDonald Memorial.
- AttributionBBC Two
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James Wong's Alternative Country Garden. Audio, 30 minutes
Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Behaving Ourselves: Mitchell on Manners. The Golf Club. Audio, 28 minutes
David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. Has it all gone wrong?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Thinking Allowed. A Special Programme on Rituals. Audio, 28 minutes
A special programme on rituals, at Christmas and beyond.
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The Why Factor. Why do so many societies mark the end of childhood? Audio, 12 minutes
Why do societies around the world mark the point when a child should become an adult?
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Heart and Soul. The Turbaned Christians of Kenya. Audio, 27 minutes
The Akorino are a conservative, Christian sect from Kenya. Wairimu Gitahi finds out more.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Mystic River. Video, 60 minutes
Sanjeev Bhaskar finds out how the country's ancient traditions still shape life today.
- AttributionBBC Two
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. The Most American of All American Festivals. Audio, 15 minutes
Whilst turkeys roast and yams bake, Alistair Cooke reflects on traditions of Thanksgiving.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Thanksgiving 1998. Audio, 15 minutes
The history and traditions of Thanksgiving and the opposition to the celebration in 1998.
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