The Fifth Floor

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the fifth floor of Broadcasting House, home to the BBC’s Language Services.

World Service,752 episodes

Episodes

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Reporting the Disappeared
Telling the stories of the disappeared in Nigeria, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
02 Sep 2016,49 mins
Discovering Mauritania
A rare look inside a country of Bedouins, Arabs and African tribes
26 Aug 2016,49 mins
Lashkar Gah: City on the Edge
An inside view of the fighting in Helmand Province from BBC Afghan's Auliya Atrafi
19 Aug 2016,49 mins
Colombia: Living with the Peace
The price of peace in post-conflict Colombia.
12 Aug 2016,49 mins
Who is Nicaragua's First Lady?
Former revolutionary, poet, and called by some the Witch. Meet Rosario Murillo.
05 Aug 2016,49 mins
Turkey: The Army and the People
A look inside the complex relationship between Turkey's army and its people
29 Jul 2016,49 mins
Cairo Calling
Lessons in living, language and laughter from the journalists of BBC Arabic
22 Jul 2016,49 mins
South China Sea: What's in a Name?
A disputed territory and disputed names - a linguistic tour of the South China Sea.
15 Jul 2016,49 mins
Myanmar: the Long Road to Peace
Why are so many of Myanmar's ethnic groups in conflict with the government?
08 Jul 2016,49 mins
Life in Turkey Since the Istanbul Ataturk Airport Attack
'There is a feeling there is just nowhere safe.'
01 Jul 2016,49 mins
Iran's Forgotten Province
Rare insights into life in Iran's impoverished Sistan Baluchistan province
24 Jun 2016,49 mins
A Childhood on the Rubbish Tips
The refugee children scavenging for a living on the toxic tips of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
17 Jun 2016,49 mins
Closing Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp
What it means to close Dadaab, home to nearly 350,000 refugees
10 Jun 2016,49 mins
India's mixed religious communities
The place where Hindus and Muslims live together in peace, even within the same family
03 Jun 2016,49 mins
Parched Lands and Parched Lives
How severe drought is changing lives in India
27 May 2016,49 mins
"All they want is to have their daughters back"
Meeting the families of the missing Chibok girls
20 May 2016,49 mins
The Names Behind the Numbers
Telling the stories of the unidentified migrants buried in Turkey, Greece and Italy
13 May 2016,49 mins
"I cannot take it anymore"
The death of an asylum seeker on Nauru Island that's making waves in Australia and Iran
06 May 2016,49 mins
The Frontline in the War on Corruption
How the campaign against corruption and privilege is being waged in Brazil and Tanzania
29 Apr 2016,49 mins
Rebuilding Nepal
Survival and new beginnings: a year after the earthquake through the eyes of BBC Nepali
22 Apr 2016,49 mins
Court, Bomb Factory and Slave Market
Life and death inside a Syrian town, just recaptured from so-called Islamic State
15 Apr 2016,49 mins
"I saw their silhouettes with the guns"
The BBC Afrique reporter caught up in the terror attack on an Ivory Coast beach
08 Apr 2016,49 mins
Why did this woman join Boko Haram?
The story of a woman who nearly became a Boko Haram suicide bomber
01 Apr 2016,49 mins
Sierra Leone: Remembering the Civil War
Stories from BBC reporters of how the civil war in Sierra Leone changed their lives
24 Mar 2016,49 mins
Prayers, Pilgrims and Power
The place of the Imam Reza shrine in Iranian hearts, and the power and wealth it creates
18 Mar 2016,49 mins
My Return to Kashmir
Zubair Ahmed revisits Kashmir's Hindu Pandits who fled their homeland over 20 years ago
11 Mar 2016,49 mins
Syria's Trailblazing Kurdish women
How Syria's Kurdish women are taking the lead in public life
04 Mar 2016,49 mins
Unpicking India's Caste System
India's Jats want more privileges. So who are they, and how does the caste system work?
26 Feb 2016,49 mins
Policing Morality in Iran
How the 'morality police' affect daily life in Iran
19 Feb 2016,49 mins
Kenya's Casino Craze
Abdinoor Aden of BBC Nairobi on the upsurge of gambling in Kenya
12 Feb 2016,49 mins