Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
Three years after leaving the EU, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?
30 Jan 2023,·26 mins
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it
28 Jan 2023,·49 mins
Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences
25 Jan 2023,·26 mins
What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?
24 Jan 2023,·26 mins
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?
21 Jan 2023,·49 mins
A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life
18 Jan 2023,·26 mins
Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence
17 Jan 2023,·26 mins
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?
14 Jan 2023,·49 mins
Actor Florence Pugh talks to John Wilson about her career and formative influences.
11 Jan 2023,·26 mins
The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self
10 Jan 2023,·26 mins
Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting
04 Jan 2023,·26 mins
Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members
03 Jan 2023,·26 mins
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
31 Dec 2022,·49 mins
Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.
27 Dec 2022,·26 mins
A look back at the most uplifting, joyous, positive news stories of the year
26 Dec 2022,·26 mins
The life and legacy of J Edgar Hoover, who ran the FBI for almost five decades
25 Dec 2022,·49 mins
How J Edgar Hoover built and then ran the FBI for almost five decades
24 Dec 2022,·49 mins
Joan Armatrading gives an account of Mandela's life as a lover and an inspirer of music
The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life
20 Dec 2022,·26 mins
Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive
17 Dec 2022,·49 mins
Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials
What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?
13 Dec 2022,·26 mins
Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?
10 Dec 2022,·49 mins
India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023
06 Dec 2022,·26 mins
The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US
29 Nov 2022,·26 mins
Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax
26 Nov 2022,·49 mins
How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football
22 Nov 2022,·26 mins
Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup
19 Nov 2022,·49 mins
On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia
