Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
The Nigerian boys who have to work to support their families, at high cost to themselves
31 Mar 2014,·23 mins
The Man Who Went Looking For Freedom
The story of Ion Bugan, who was arrested and jailed after a protest in communist Romania.
29 Mar 2014,·49 mins
Tracing the families of undocumented migrants who died on their journey into the USA.
29 Mar 2014,·55 mins
Three unexpected stories on how guns feature in American culture
Brazil: Confronting the Past
Fifty years after the coup, Brazil is dealing with the legacy of its long dictatorship
25 Mar 2014,·23 mins
What is standing in the way of girls achieving equality?
22 Mar 2014,·55 mins
Is comedy in South Africa challenging the continuing legacy of inequality?
22 Mar 2014,·28 mins
The television channels accused of spreading religious intolerance in the Middle East
15 Mar 2014,·28 mins
How safe are the traditional freedoms of the UK’s newspapers?
12 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion
11 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
Ballet star Carlos Acosta takes on saving an abandoned ballet school in Cuba
08 Mar 2014,·49 mins
Widowed, divorced or single by choice - the discrimination faced by single women in India
08 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Two women - one rich, one poor - navigating their way through the global fashion industry
08 Mar 2014,·24 mins
What’s happening to us physiologically, chemically and psychologically when we sing?
05 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Ingrid Betancourt explores how people’s minds can be free while they are in captivity
04 Mar 2014,·28 mins
How Iranian musicians are finding ways to break the restrictions on public performance
26 Feb 2014,·28 mins
Ex-Guantanamo detainees talk about freedom and how jail changed their lives and thinking
25 Feb 2014,·28 mins
They are Asia’s economic giants – yet Japan and China's past continues to cause tensions
22 Feb 2014,·55 mins
How Hip Hop is making an impact on a new generation of African artists
19 Feb 2014,·26 mins
The music that helped forge a new Argentine identity after the violence of military rule
18 Feb 2014,·28 mins
Asia’s economic giants: Japan and China's shared and troubled history
15 Feb 2014,·55 mins
Discovering the meaning behind the song I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
11 Feb 2014,·28 mins
What role does music play for today’s soldiers?
08 Feb 2014,·49 mins
With accusations of corruption and criminality, are the concerns about Sochi justified?
04 Feb 2014,·23 mins
Turkey’s anti-terror laws have been used to jail dozens of journalists
01 Feb 2014,·24 mins
Meet Ruhan Jia, one of the young hopefuls in the world of state-manufactured pop
28 Jan 2014,·28 mins
Modern day slavery on Thailand’s fishing boats
25 Jan 2014,·55 mins
Ko Un: The People's Poet of Korea
What can Ko Un's poetry tell us about modern South Korea?
21 Jan 2014,·23 mins
Could altering our genes become the future of cheating in sport?
14 Jan 2014,·23 mins
Exploring the surprisingly professional world of male sex workers in London
11 Jan 2014,·49 mins
