Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
An oral history of Gaza
27 Sep 2025,·49 mins
Why one woman chose to live under fire in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for love.
25 Sep 2025,·26 mins
Could new technologies help us to communicate with some animals?
20 Sep 2025,·49 mins
Key moments in the attack on Pearl Harbour and atomic bombing of Japan in World War Two
18 Sep 2025,·26 mins
The microscopic dramas of bacterial loners, crowd-lovers, backstabbers and do-gooders
11 Sep 2025,·26 mins
One conservationist's mission to protect bats and Mexico’s iconic tequila and mezcal
Celia Hatton explores the unprecedented show of unity from China, North Korea and Russia
06 Sep 2025,·26 mins
04 Sep 2025,·26 mins
A group of German scientists tackling illegal deforestation
The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs celebrates the life and legacy of Sir Paul McCartney
30 Aug 2025,·49 mins
28 Aug 2025,·26 mins
21 Aug 2025,·26 mins
How cuts, reorganisations and political strong-arming of US science may affect us all
The story of two refugee football clubs who once played in the same Soviet league.
16 Aug 2025,·49 mins
How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
14 Aug 2025,·26 mins
'Psychic' communication, blood-bubble drug delivery and ingestible electronics
09 Aug 2025,·49 mins
What will New Zealand's rapidly changing demographics mean for the country's future?
07 Aug 2025,·26 mins
Could AI cure cancer using nature's DNA? A London tech firm creates a genome database.
31 Jul 2025,·26 mins
BBC Eye investigates the deadly uprising that led to the downfall of Sheikh Hasina
24 Jul 2025,·26 mins
Following heart failure on-stage, Emmanuel Sonubi explores attitudes to organ donation
19 Jul 2025,·49 mins
In 1900, 19 Tanzanian leaders were executed and their skulls shipped to Berlin for study
17 Jul 2025,·26 mins
How a seed bank in Morocco is protecting around 150,000 different seed-types
10 Jul 2025,·26 mins
Pakistan faces challenges of awareness, healthcare access, and rising cases of Diabetes
03 Jul 2025,·26 mins
What's next for Iran's nuclear ambitions? We put your questions to BBC experts
28 Jun 2025,·26 mins
As the US bans trans people from military service, two officers reveal the personal cost
26 Jun 2025,·26 mins
Why are so many of Australia’s unique animals now under threat of extinction?
21 Jun 2025,·49 mins
Copper is critical in making wind turbines, electric cars and solar panels
19 Jun 2025,·26 mins
How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India
12 Jun 2025,·26 mins
Award-winning film-maker Maryam Keshavarz unravels the defiant world of Iranian cinema
05 Jun 2025,·26 mins
