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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    North Korean Sabre Rattling

    Rhetoric and sabre rattling: looking at bellicose statements from regimes around the world

  2. The Persian voice of Jeremy Clarkson

    What happened when Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson met the man who dubs him into Farsi

  3. Bangladesh - Growing Pains of a Nation

    The legacy of independence in Bangladesh

  4. Wanted leaders: When the Chase is Up

    What happens when famous fugitives hand themselves in?

  5. Two Years of the Syria Story

    We talk to the journalists telling the story of the conflict

  6. Memories of Hugo Chavez

    Meeting and reporting on the larger than life Venezuelan president.

  7. Reporting Kenya's elections

    Hopes and fears for Kenyans as the elections approach.

  8. Drug ballads in Mexico

    Narco corridos - the music of Mexico's drug cartels.

  9. Launching BBC Urdu TV

    Behind the scenes with BBC Urdu's all-woman TV team

  10. Spotlight on Brazil

    Reporting tragedy and celebration - a journalist reflects on a week of extremes in Brazil

  11. Egypt's déjà vu?

    Curfews, battles in Tahrir and angry speeches from the president. What year is it again?

  12. Reporting the truth in Nigeria

    Following more attacks in Nigeria, we ask how a reporter finds the truth behind the events

  13. Reporting Mali

    As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for BBC Africa?

  14. Sri Lanka: Stories from the frontline

    Tamil and Sinhala perspectives on reporting Sri Lanka's civil war

  15. Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma

    How to cover a tragedy with an unnamed victim: reporting on the Delhi gang-rape and murder

  16. 29/12/2012

    Looking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections

  17. 22/12/2012

    A Palestinian journalist's story of growing up in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp

  18. 15/12/2012

    Inside the world of obituaries: how journalists prepare for breaking bad news

  19. 08/12/2012

    A deity in the dock? How holy Hindu Gods can be called into court

  20. 01/12/2012

    My Kaduna: Hausa journalists reflect on the growing violence of their Nigerian hometown

  21. 24/11/2012

    Rebels abound on the Fifth Floor

  22. 17/11/2012

    Tragedy in Gaza for a BBC Arabic reporter

  23. 10/11/2012

    Shut out of the Party: Covering Beijing's big political Congress without a visa

  24. 03/11/2012

    Reporting Rakhine's unrest: tough challenges for BBC Burmese and neighbouring Bengali

  25. 27/10/2012

    Reporting Lebanon: a day shift in Beirut and a lifetime of conflict in your country

  26. 20/10/2012

    The fall of Gaddafi: a Libyan journalist gives an insider's view on how the BBC covered it

  27. 13/10/2012

    Malala on the BBC and the duty of care dilemma: how far can journalists protect a source?

  28. 06/10/2012

    Perfecting the art of arguing - how can you pack a bigger punch in a Presidential debate?

  29. 29/09/2012

    What's behind the words? The pitfalls and perils of translating world leaders.

  30. 22/09/2012

    How do reporters in the field handle - or even escape - their government minders?

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