Anticipating living in the 21st Century and an in depth look at its current issues
World Service,·73 episodes
How education may change with new technology in the 21st Century
09 Feb 2000,·28 mins
The people trying to combat fear and hatred in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Burma
10 Feb 2000,·28 mins
An exploration of the dominance of English in communication all over the world
11 Feb 2000,·29 mins
Which human rights are important?
15 Feb 2000,·28 mins
Vasili Mitrokhin who defected from the USSR in 1992 - he brought archives with him
28 Mar 2000,·27 mins
Interview with Sergei Karaganov
27 Jun 2000,·28 mins
Interview with Hanan Ashrawi, spokesperson for the Palestinians in occupied territories
Interview with Ali Mazrui
27 Jun 2000,·27 mins
Interview with Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore's permanent representative to the UN
07 Jul 2000,·28 mins
Views of Calcutta from some of its residents
14 Jul 2000,·27 mins
Views of Calcutta from some of its residents.
Meet the people coming from all over the world to work in Silicon Valley
22 Aug 2000,·28 mins
The stories and culture of the internet pioneers, focussing on Silicon Valley.
The dreamers who invented the Internet, what motivated the dream and what drives it now?
The story of the revival of the Olympic games - a dream realised by Pierre de Coubertin
06 Sep 2000,·27 mins
What were the ancient Olympic Games like - compared to the first modern Olympics?
13 Sep 2000,·27 mins
Whose rights are worth going to war for - in the Balkans, Kosovo and Chechnya?
27 Sep 2000,·28 mins
The state of poverty in the US, the richest country in the world
11 Oct 2000,·28 mins
Why are ordinary people in Colombia under threat of injustice and violence?
18 Oct 2000,·28 mins
How the world could benefit from genetically modified crops
07 Mar 2001,·26 mins
Potential impact of genetically modified crops on the environment and biodiversity
04 Apr 2001,·26 mins
What happens to asylum seekers who arrive in the West?
08 Jun 2001,·28 mins
Donor fatigue and other threats to refugee protection worldwide
14 Jun 2001,·28 mins
What should the world do about refugees, whether through war, drought or disease?
19 Jul 2001,·28 mins
How ideas of the notion of race and colour developed from the 7th Century onwards
08 Aug 2001,·27 mins
Slavery's role in the history of race
15 Aug 2001,·27 mins
How did thinking shift from the abolition of slavery to the scientific racism?
16 Aug 2001,·27 mins,·
Molecular geneticist Maxine Singer talks about DNA research and genetic manipulation
20 Aug 2001,·28 mins
How Francis Collins and John Sulston got involved in the Human Genome Project
31 Aug 2001,·28 mins
Molecular biologist Inda Vermer talks about gene therapy
07 Sep 2001,·28 mins
