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Feeding the World
A look at the causes, effects and possible solutions, of and to worldwide hunger
BBC World Service
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Water For Life
Water, where it comes from, why we need it and the importance of making sure it is clean.
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The Birth of Europe
When and how Europe became organised states with an economic system
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Melting Away
How the ice cover of the planet is melting away due to global warming
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Power and Disorder
How the world is reshaping itself after the fall of the Soviet Union
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Medical Notes
A series looking at the debilitating conditions suffered by some of the great composers
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Going Solo
How instruments are made, how they work - and how they sound on their own
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Living in the City
A series exploring what is in store for the world's ever expanding cities
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Earthworks
A series tracing the history of the Earth, from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond
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A Tour Through the Whole Island of Britain
Retracing Daniel Defoe's classic travel memoir
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At the Shoulder of History
Interviews with interpreters who have been in the front line of history
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Good Lookers
Chris Stewart talks to people whose observational skills are paramount
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Letters From Britain
People from around the world offer their personal views of Britain
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Ireland Naturally
A six-week series exploring the natural history of Ireland with Stephen Mills
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Future Perfect
Peter Day examines the main forces thought to provoke a change in the 21st Century
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Weekend, From the BBC World Service Archive
A Europe-wide magazine programme examining issues of the day
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Technology - Servant or Master
Series looking at how technology is changing our world
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The World That Came in From the Cold
First broadcast in 1993. The history of the Cold War
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The Learning Zone: Living With Money
Thinking of how and why money makes the world go round
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They Made Our World
A series of short programmes about inventors and their world-changing inventions
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Not so Long Ago
The critical issues and conflicting ideologies of the 40s, 50s, and 60s
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Behind the Glass Case
London's Victoria and Albert Museum and the people who work there
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