The Â鶹Éç World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2009.
South Africa's wealthy are retreating to high-security gated communities to protect...
The story of four imprisoned Uyghur men transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the wealthy...
In this series, Ayisha Yahya explores climate change issues in the African desert.
A soundscape of memory, loss, regret and hope from men who have been living with HIV...
For the first time, the Â鶹Éç tells the story of Iran's relationship with the West over...
Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura drops into the middle of an undercover of a in...
In this week's edition of Assignment, Jill McGivering travels through Pakistan, the of...
Nick Rankin travels to Fair Isle, one of the most remote inhabited islands in the to a...
The inside story of Iran's war with Iraq, and how the US viewed the conflict - a for...
Colin Grant reflects on the Â鶹Éç’s role in boosting Caribbean writing in the region...
A slice of life at a shabby but popular tenement in Hong Kong's teeming commercial...
Iran in the post 9/11 era, a time of friction and unrest over its nuclear ambitions.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the worldwide spread of the so-called is...
Navid Akhtar examines the influence of Islamic design and values in the life of poet,...
Man's long-term obsession with gold and the lengths we have gone to to get it.
The Afghan drugs mafia is rich, powerful and entrenched, with connections running into...
American physicist Richard Feynman fell in love with the remote Russian region Tuva of...
Mukul Devichand tells the story of the Europeans who are trying to persuade China's to...
Nick Rankin descends into the deepest goldmine in the world – Tau Tona in South for...
Fran Abrams is given rare access to the US base in Djibouti questioning military local...
Ko Ko Aung from the Â鶹Éç's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why a rebel...
Mark Doyle crosses the continent of Africa and finds a place rich in natural resources...
Nick Rankin explores how we assess the value of gold.
Six months ago there was a short military revolt in Bangladesh that threatened to push...