Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles
23 Nov 2016,·26 mins
How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community
19 Nov 2016,·49 mins
How country music became a powerful form of expression for Australia’s Aboriginal peoples
16 Nov 2016,·26 mins
In Mississippi in 2008, 15-year-old Tobias dreamt of being a policeman. Did he succeed?
15 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Richard Hollingham meets scientists and engineers planning human colonies in space.
12 Nov 2016,·26 mins
Acclaimed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the evolution of musical rhythm
12 Nov 2016,·49 mins
A post-election view of the US presidential race from the perspective of the winning side
What deal will the EU offer Britain as it departs?
12 Nov 2016,·23 mins
Life as a volunteer out on call with Ice-SAR: Iceland’s search and rescue workers
08 Nov 2016,·26 mins
How has the US changed since 2008?
05 Nov 2016,·49 mins
Which African books deserve a wider audience?
02 Nov 2016,·26 mins
How Oklahoma City transformed itself after the devastating bomb in 1995
29 Oct 2016,·49 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart is not rude, she just cannot identify people by their faces
26 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Dreaming the Wrong Dream?
The surprising history of African space exploration
18 Oct 2016,·26 mins
Tomorrow's Dreams
Maggie Aderin-Pocock looks at the surprising history of African space exploration
25 Oct 2016,·26 mins
What have we learned from three US Presidential debates?
22 Oct 2016,·49 mins
Monica Vasconcelos learns to negotiate the world as her sense of sight diminishes
15 Oct 2016,·49 mins
The dentists in the US fixing the teeth of drug addicts to help fix their lives
11 Oct 2016,·26 mins
America Revisited: The West
Why do Americans seem more divided than ever during this election year?
10 Sep 2016,·49 mins
America Revisited: The South
Why do Americans seem more divided than ever?
17 Sep 2016,·49 mins
America Revisited: The East
What do the people of the East coast think of Barack Obama's legacy?
24 Sep 2016,·49 mins
America Revisited: The Discussion
In the final programme we bring together five of the exciting speakers from the road trip
08 Oct 2016,·49 mins
Anna Nguyen returns to Vietnam to rediscover the war-torn country her family fled in 1975
28 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Twenty-one years after apartheid people are still in jail for fighting to end it
27 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on the peace deal with the Farc rebels
26 Sep 2016,·23 mins
The historic opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture
Blind Man Roams the Globe: Nairobi
Peter White is blind and explores Nairobi through the sounds of the city
07 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Blind Man Roams the Globe: Washington DC
Exploring Washington DC through the sounds of the city
14 Sep 2016,·26 mins
Blind Man Roams the Globe: Rio
What is it like being a blind tourist in Rio during the Paralympics?
21 Sep 2016,·26 mins
How have Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump prepared for their first US Presidential debate?
20 Sep 2016,·26 mins
