Magazine programme looking at arts, history and social issues from around the world
World Service,·591 episodes
A look at the history of Venice, formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice
01 Sep 1993,·27 mins
A look at the world of competitive chess and developments in computer chess
13 Sep 1993,·27 mins
A look at the fate of the Aeta community after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo
15 Sep 1993,·28 mins
A look back at the brief reign of Pope John Paul I
28 Sep 1993,·29 mins
A profile of writer Dorothy Parker on the centenary of her birth
01 Oct 1993,·27 mins
An introduction to the world of computer hacking and a look at the future of cyberspace
07 Oct 1993,·27 mins
Reminiscences of events at Checkpoint Charlie following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
03 Nov 1993,·27 mins
A look at gun culture in the USA and the insistance on a right to ready access to guns
09 Nov 1993,·28 mins
Professionals take part in a murder mystery enactment during a cruise on the QE2
11 Nov 1993,·27 mins
A profile of jazz pianist Thomas Wright Waller aka Fats Waller
16 Nov 1993,·28 mins
A look at the state of the US health care system
23 Nov 1993,·27 mins
A look at the beauty and romanticism of ancient Egypt
29 Nov 1993,·27 mins
A group of retired gardeners share memories of working on large country house estates
30 Nov 1993,·27 mins
Exploring the history of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
30 Nov 1993,·26 mins
Life amongst the Urwewawa warriors of the Amazon rainforest
08 Dec 1993,·28 mins
A look at the relationship between composer Hector Berlioz and actress Harriet Smithson
01 Jan 1994,·27 mins
A look at what lies behind the British obsession with the weather
05 Jan 1994,·28 mins
An account of the first expedition to China undertaken by Britain in 1792
06 Jan 1994,·29 mins
A portrait of photographer and writer Lee Miller
20 Jan 1994,·27 mins
A visit to the remote island of St. Helena in the middle of the southern Atlantic
11 Feb 1994,·27 mins
'A new kind of circus', a look at the Cirque de Soleil and the art form of circus
17 Feb 1994,·27 mins
A look at efforts to halt population growth in Thailand and its effect on economic growth
02 Mar 1994,·26 mins
A look at the tradition of fox hunting in Great Britain and the controversy it generates
03 Mar 1994,·27 mins
Celebrating the Eucharist and the ordination of women ministers
04 Mar 1994,·27 mins
'The greatest free show on earth'. A visit to New Orleans during Mardi Gras
11 Mar 1994,·27 mins
Visitors to Great Britain share their impressions of the country in their letters home
14 Mar 1994,·27 mins
A look back the pioneering days of air travel with Imperial Airways
21 Mar 1994,·27 mins
How do asylum-seekers from Eastern European countries feel about their status as refugees?
28 Mar 1994,·26 mins
Transexuals talk about being born in the wrong bodies
07 Apr 1994,·27 mins
Exploring the appeal of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Books'
08 Apr 1994,·27 mins
