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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

World Service,2020 episodes

Episodes

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What Should we Teach Our Kids?
How should we be preparing British schoolchildren today to find employment in the future?
29 Mar 2016,26 mins
The Easter Rising 1916
How six days of armed struggle in 1916 changed Irish and British history
26 Mar 2016,49 mins
A Swedish Tale
How the northern Swedish town of Ånge is learning to live with 1,000 asylum seekers
22 Mar 2016,26 mins
Chemsex
The new sub-culture of sex and drugs that is growing amongst gay communities
19 Mar 2016,49 mins
Ted Cruz - Republican
The rise of Ted Cruz, the only man left who could thwart Donald Trump
19 Mar 2016,26 mins
Lynn Hill - 21st Century War Poet
US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill opens up the alien soul of 21st Century warfare
15 Mar 2016,26 mins
Batman and Ethan
The 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician, learning echolocation from Daniel Kish
15 Mar 2016,26 mins
Donald Trump: The People's Billionaire
Donald Trump - billionaire, celebrity and now politician. Justin Webb tells his story
12 Mar 2016,26 mins
BBC School Report: Destination Hamburg
Hamburg teenagers investigate their city’s migrant influx
10 Mar 2016,23 mins
An Eton Experience
Each year some of the poorest pupils in Britain enter Eton school on full scholarships
09 Mar 2016,26 mins
Found in Translation
How a young Japanese translator Miwako Ozawa met tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa
08 Mar 2016,26 mins
The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth - Part Two
Financial educator Alvin Hall examines gospel music and its commercialisation
02 Mar 2016,26 mins
The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth - Part One
The journey of gospel music from the church to the charts
24 Feb 2016,26 mins
The Boda Boda Boom
The Boda-Boda Boom - Part Two
The start-ups in Kampala trying to make the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi- a safer industry
01 Mar 2016,26 mins
The Boda Boda Boom
The Boda-Boda Boom - Part One
Alan Kasujja visits Uganda to explore the rise of the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi
23 Feb 2016,26 mins
Something Old, Something New
Johny Pitts' dad is an African-American star and his mum's from the north of England.
17 Feb 2016,26 mins
The Mechanic and the Mission
The ex-mechanic in Benin whose mission is to help people with mental health problems.
16 Feb 2016,26 mins
Modern Love
How are dating apps changing the way people find love around the world?
13 Feb 2016,49 mins
Tropicalia - Revolution in Sound
The enduring force of the Tropicalia movement which electrified Brazilian music
10 Feb 2016,26 mins
Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre
Mexican wrestler Cassandro performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity
09 Feb 2016,26 mins
Linda For Congress
What does it take to run for office in today’s USA?
03 Feb 2016,26 mins
Black Lives Matter: The Story of a Slogan
Can the Black Lives Matter movement change America?
30 Jan 2016,49 mins
Raising the Dead
Music teacher Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of Holocaust victims
27 Jan 2016,26 mins
The New Face of Development
Can the new Sustainable Development Goals really eradicate poverty by 2030?
23 Jan 2016,49 mins
Burying Chernobyl
Burying Chernobyl - Part One
Can the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 be made safe?
13 Jan 2016,26 mins
Burying Chernobyl
Burying Chernobyl - Part Two
Alla Kravchuk returns to Pripyat, Ukraine, now a ghost town following Chernobyl
20 Jan 2016,26 mins
David Bowie - The Music and the Legacy
David Bowie's lasting impact on music, fashion, teenage culture and attitudes to gender.
16 Jan 2016,49 mins
Red Lights and Red Lines
Do different prostitution laws in Europe help sex trafficking to flourish?
09 Jan 2016,49 mins
The Listening Project in Lebanon
Life as a refugee who has fled the war in Syria to make a new life in Lebanon
06 Jan 2016,26 mins
The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
The multi-ethnic orchestra in Rome that is a beacon of hope amid an immigration crisis
05 Jan 2016,26 mins