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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
06/08/2010
A rare insight into the legacy of South Koreas controversial overseas adoption programme.
The Mossad
Security Correspondent Gordon Corera reveals the story behind Israel's secret service.
New York's Catholics
Irish to Hispanics, the changing face of religion in New York City.
13/08/2010
Iranian born Sami Yusuf is Islam's biggest rock star. But can he make it mainstream?
20/08/2010
Gerry Wells lives among 1200 radios in Britain's 'living' radio museum, and hosts regul...
The Brotherhood
Episode 1
Magdi Abdelhadi investigates Egypt's oldest Islamist organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Episode 2
Magdi Abdelhadi investigates Egypt's oldest Islamist organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood
Hearts And Lungs
The Battle for hearts and lungs
Are tobacco manufacturers taking advantage of lax regulation in developing countries?
The Legal World
An insider's view of legal battles being fought around the world
The lawyers trying to get justice and freedom amidst the chaos of Uganda's legal system
Zainab's Story
Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leones foreign minister, tells her own remarkable story
Seeking The Endgame
Will computers end the mystique of chess?
Chess fanatic Simon Terrington explores the allure of the game in today's world
The Mysteries of the Brain
How do our senses affect our ability to communicate and respond to the world around us?
World Stories
The Rollercoaster of Life in Kabul
Meena Baktash on Kabul's beauty, vibrant culture and inspiring people.
World Stories - A Widow's Journey
In 1989 Tamil leader Appapillai Amirthalingam was killed in Sri Lanka. His wife and son...
World Stories - Afghanistan's Dancing Boys
A controversial practise in Afghanistan's heartland.
World Stories - The Children of Pedro Pan
In the 1960's 14,000 Cuban children were sent to live in the USA, to seek a better life...
World Stories - Revolutions in Iran
In Iran, how does the spread of ideas shape world opinion?
The Magic Carpet Flight Manual
What does our desire to defy gravity tell us about ourselves?
Is the biggest challenge of the brain not to explain thinking but to understand movement?
Memory Wars - Part One - Ghosts of Europe
Can oral history challenge the official records of a nation's turbulent past?
01/10/2010
A former British colonial officer returns to Nigeria to meet a civil servant he trained...
Do the emotional mechanisms in the brain overpower reason?
Memory Wars - Part Two - Silent No Longer
The City That Sacked Its Staff
The story of a small Californian city that made a radical move to avoid bankruptcy.
Examining the link between the brain and consciousness
Nelson Mandela: In His Own Words
Can Nelson Mandela's writing help us understand the man behind the icon?