Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
The illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, exported as pets or to private zoos
01 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Former US Secretary of Defence William J Perry on nuclear security in our changing world
31 Jan 2017,·26 mins
The proposed abortion reform that has divided Malawian society
25 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Far from family, a group of Indian migrants in Dubai become brothers on the cricket pitch
24 Jan 2017,·26 mins
The 90th anniversary of the BBC’s first radio football commentary in 1927
21 Jan 2017,·49 mins
What do Donald Trump’s tweets tell us about America's next president?
18 Jan 2017,·26 mins
A history of how the White House and the press corps learned how to live with each other
14 Jan 2017,·49 mins
The relationship between Islam and coffee
11 Jan 2017,·26 mins
How drones are fundamentally changing the face of warfare
10 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Dramatic and poignant tales exploring how Africa’s football and politics are bedfellows
07 Jan 2017,·49 mins
Woman Found Dead by the Lake Shore
The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden
14 Dec 2016,·26 mins
Life's Holiday
An intimate portrait of European dementia patients being cared for in Thailand.
28 Dec 2016,·26 mins
Promise
The story of Trey Thompson, an ordinary man confronting a terrifying choice
04 Jan 2017,·26 mins
Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor
03 Jan 2017,·26 mins
How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community
31 Dec 2016,·49 mins
Yuliya Stepanova revealed the use of performance enhancing drugs by Russian athletes
How the way the world is shaped and reported on changed fundamentally in 2016
27 Dec 2016,·26 mins
How music has become a crucial source of comfort and resilience for refugees in Lebanon
24 Dec 2016,·49 mins
Monica Vasconcelos learns to negotiate the world as her sense of sight diminishes
With a total of 117 at Rio, why have Ukrainian paralympians been good at winning medals?
Faster Rudolph! Competitive reindeer-racing is a popular sport across the Arctic Circle
20 Dec 2016,·26 mins
The story and legacy of the vast Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, The Polygon
17 Dec 2016,·49 mins
Tito's career is wrecked now that so many of Egypt’s hotels have closed
13 Dec 2016,·26 mins
The lyrics of the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize winner
10 Dec 2016,·49 mins
Breaking taboos by exploring sex and female sexuality in conservative Nigeria
07 Dec 2016,·26 mins,·
The BBC’s Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera interviews the CIA Director, John Brennan
30 Nov 2016,·23 mins
Why is feminism still regarded by many as a word to avoid?
30 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Jobs for the Girls - Part One
Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men
22 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Jobs for the Girls - Part Two
The women in India who are bucking the trend and doing jobs traditionally done by men
29 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Cuba's iconic leader has died - we look back over his life
26 Nov 2016,·26 mins
