Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?
02 May 2023,·26 mins
People across the world recall their meetings with King Charles III of the United Kingdom
29 Apr 2023,·49 mins
Harry Belafonte was known for his singing. Following his death, we look back on his life
29 Apr 2023,·26 mins
Will February's deadly earthquake change Anatolia's support for President Erdogan?
25 Apr 2023,·26 mins
Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination
18 Apr 2023,·26 mins
A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?
15 Apr 2023,·49 mins
Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too
11 Apr 2023,·26 mins
The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.
10 Apr 2023,·26 mins
How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"
04 Apr 2023,·26 mins
03 Apr 2023,·26 mins
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic
28 Mar 2023,·26 mins
The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world
27 Mar 2023,·26 mins
A centenary celebration of Tito Puente, the man also known as ‘The King of Latin Music’
25 Mar 2023,·49 mins
Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease ‘treatments’
22 Mar 2023,·26 mins
Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
21 Mar 2023,·26 mins
How a computer data centre could heat pools, Michelle Yeoh, Guillaume Diop and more
20 Mar 2023,·26 mins
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
18 Mar 2023,·49 mins
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
15 Mar 2023,·26 mins
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
14 Mar 2023,·26 mins
Positive news stories
13 Mar 2023,·26 mins
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
07 Mar 2023,·26 mins
The chicken who sailed around the world, and the naughty huskies who found a new home
06 Mar 2023,·26 mins
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
28 Feb 2023,·26 mins
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
25 Feb 2023,·49 mins
Correspondents mark 12 months since the start of the Ukraine war
24 Feb 2023,·26 mins
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
21 Feb 2023,·26 mins
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy
14 Feb 2023,·26 mins
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
11 Feb 2023,·49 mins
Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands
07 Feb 2023,·26 mins
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
31 Jan 2023,·26 mins
