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World Service,2022 episodes

Episodes

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Keeping going
Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world
15 Jun 2022,26 mins
The night Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons
Why did Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 and how did it shape the world today?
14 Jun 2022,26 mins
Ziggy Stardust: Hang on to yourself
How David Bowie's creation, Ziggy Stardust, became one of the world's greatest gay icons
11 Jun 2022,49 mins
A different way
People around the world who are reaching further and seeking a different path in life
08 Jun 2022,26 mins
Inside the Kim regime
Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime?
07 Jun 2022,26 mins
The interview: Tina Brown
Katty Kay meets award-winning writer and magazine editor Tina Brown
05 Jun 2022,23 mins
The day I met the Queen
People the world over remember their meetings with The Queen during her 70 year reign
04 Jun 2022,49 mins
Don't log off: Roads less travelled
Alan Dein talks to Shugofa, an Afghan refugee in Rome, Leo in Moldova, nurse Maureen
01 Jun 2022,26 mins
Guarding the art
Meet the security staff at the Baltimore Museum of Art who are curating their own show
31 May 2022,26 mins
The Royal diplomat
Emma Barnett tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II's unique global diplomacy
28 May 2022,49 mins
Don't log off: People are alike all over
Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world
25 May 2022,26 mins
The other side of death row
What effect does having a relative facing execution have on families of the condemned?
24 May 2022,26 mins
The advertising trap
Digital advertising has taken over the world. But is it all based on smoke and mirrors?
21 May 2022,49 mins
Mariupolchanka FC: Surviving the siege of Mariupol
The women of Mariupolchanka FC football team trying to find ways to endure the war
21 May 2022,26 mins
Don't log off: Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Alan Dein talks to Anna, Verena and Roman and hears how their lives have been blown away
18 May 2022,26 mins
Escape from the Taliban
Sana Safi follows the stories of Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.
17 May 2022,26 mins
Billionaire ball game
How the super-rich bought English football
14 May 2022,49 mins
Daria: Love and war
Daria in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, talks to Alan Dein about unexpectedly finding love at war
11 May 2022,26 mins
Grenada: Confronting the past
Laura Trevelyan discovers her family’s connection to the slave trade in Grenada
10 May 2022,26 mins
Unspun World with John Simpson
Sorting propaganda from wishful thinking in Russia’s war in Ukraine
07 May 2022,26 mins
The Grand Egyptian Museum
Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project
03 May 2022,26 mins
War on Truth
What is fake, what is real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine.
30 Apr 2022,49 mins
Zelensky: The making of a president
From political novice to Ukraine’s wartime leader - a profile of President Zelensky
30 Apr 2022,26 mins
Shifting Cultures: From paddock to plate
The sisters embracing the environment, and sustainability into Australia's cattle farming
26 Apr 2022,26 mins
Ingenious II
Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes with Dr Kat Arney
23 Apr 2022,49 mins
Saving our species
Could paying farmers to conserve nature help save Australia’s unique wildlife?
19 Apr 2022,26 mins
Who killed my grandfather?
The unsolved murder of Yemen’s former Foreign Minister, Mohamed Noman, in 1974
16 Apr 2022,49 mins
Healing with fire on koala country
In the land of the Yuin people, cultural burning is being reintroduced to revitalise land
12 Apr 2022,26 mins
The shadow of Algiers
Stories from France’s troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today
09 Apr 2022,49 mins
Black Music in Europe
Black music in France and Italy
Clarke Peters focuses on the era of Zouk and Kassav’ to MC Solaar, Tommy Kuti , RayJeezy
06 Apr 2022,26 mins