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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    The challenges of filming at altitude

    Glaciers, vanishing villages, and an unexpected trip to a Himalayan hospital

  2. Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue

    A change of name that has brought painful memories for many Afghans

  3. Myanmar’s women-only army

    The Burmese women who decided to form their own anti-junta militia

  4. Who are the Oromo Liberation Army?

    Meeting the secretive Ethiopian armed group at a desert training camp

  5. Filming Life at 50°C

    Living and working at extreme temperatures: behind the camera with Life at 50°C

  6. The 1961 Paris massacre cover-up

    Why the killing of over 100 Algerian protesters by French police was hidden for decades

  7. Why I became a journalist

    Nataliya Zotova's journey to journalism, from shy teenager to BBC Russian journalist

  8. Ecuador’s prison battle: The aftermath

    How Ecuador’s violent gang rivalry is fuelling armed conflict within prisons

  9. Meet Kenya's Guru of Love

    "Get a boyfriend by Christmas", the promise of Kenyan love coach. We find out more

  10. What's behind Guinea's coup?

    The ageing and divisive president, and the young officer who led the coup against him

  11. The Kenyan men campaigning against FGM

    The men using their status and voices to end female genital mutilation.

  12. Afghanistan: History repeats itself

    Lost dreams, lost livelihoods and lost voices: the return of the Taliban

  13. Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor

    How our journalists from the region are reporting Afghanistan

  14. The valley of Afghan resistance

    We hear about the only Afghan province outside Taliban control, Panjshir Valley

  15. Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover

    Stories from friends and family now living under the Taliban

  16. Russian mercenaries in Libya

    The BBC investigation into the Russian mercenary group Wagner’s mission in Libya

  17. On the front line: New York, Ukraine

    How did a town in Ukraine's Donbass conflict zone come to be called New York?

  18. Kyiv march: 'Eucharist is our vaccine'

    Why thousands marched through the streets of Kyiv in the name of their Christian faith.

  19. Khuzestan: Iran's thirsty province

    Acute water shortages in Khuzestan have caused a wave of unrest

  20. Women fighting to inherit

    The Jordanian woman who has been fighting for her inheritance for 20 years

  21. Burkina Faso gold: A mixed blessing

    Gold mining and Islamic extremist attacks in Burkina Faso

  22. Lebanon: A web of corruption

    BBC Arabic investigates the disastrous state of Lebanon's electricity sector

  23. Hotel Rwanda hero on trial

    Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina faces terrorism charges

  24. Finding treasure inside a whale

    The Yemeni fishermen who found ambergris worth $1.5m inside a dead whale

  25. Germany's apology to Namibia

    A century in the making: saying sorry for colonial era genocide of the Nama and Herero

  26. Visiting Russia’s Arctic military base

    How Russia is defending its interests in the Arctic

  27. First days of freedom in Yuma

    Meet the Meza family, seeking asylum in border town Yuma, Arizona

  28. I left Gaza, but Gaza did not leave me

    Your family is there, your colleagues are there: watching conflict at home from abroad

  29. Mexico's apology to the Mayans

    A belated apology from Mexico’s president, but is it too little and too late?

  30. Women and peace in Afghanistan

    What women in Herat and Kandahar hope and fear for any peace deal

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