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No Greater Love
A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man - Leigh Pitt.
Securing The Games
Gordon Corera talks to the people ensuring the safety of the Olympic Games.
Learning To Lose
When Olympic athletes lose it can be devastating - should they be preparing for this?
An Unspeakable Act
Episode 1
Will Storr hears the unforgettable personal testimonies of rape victims and their families
Episode 2
Will Storr investigates the impact of sexual violence against men in DR Congo.
The People's Games: London 2012
The Olympic Games through the sounds of the people involved.
Just Add Cash
Max Flint investigates the negatives of inflation in different parts of the world.
Max Flint investigates the positives of inflation - shrink mortgages and shrivel debt.
Wheel And Come Again: 50 Years Of Jamaican Music
Colin Grant looks at the cycles of Jamaican music in Wheel and Come Again.
Episode 9
Nina Robinson returns to East London, to see how its residents feel post-Olympics.
The Culture Of Gaming
Aleks Krotoski explores what computer gaming offers as a cultural medium.
Swimming With Piranhas
Mike Greenwood reports from Paraguay on the battle for one of the last wildernesses.
No Country For Old Women
Old women accused of witchcraft are banished to Northern Ghana's witchcamps.
Game Changer: 20 Years of the Premier League
Clubs or corporations? Jim White reports on the Premier League's first 20 years.
Mexico Rising
Â鶹Éç correspondent Will Grant challenges stereotypes as he investigates Mexico's economy.
Can Latinos Save America?
Claire Bolderson looks at the potential of Americas fastest growing minority.
What role will Latinos play in the forthcoming US elections?
Real America
Atheists in Black America
Why are there a growing number of African-Americans who openly don't believe in God?
Waiting in Line in America
Benjamen Walker investigates how priority queueing is re-ordering American society.
Bon Voyage
A dying man and his husband try to meet death in style.
The Battle For Point Hope
Meet the Arctic Inupiat people and learn of their fears and hopes of an oil-rich future.
How do the Inupiat people feel about exploratory drilling in the Arctic circle?
African Perspective: Lipstick Evangelists
What is it like to be a door-to-door Avon salesperson in South Africa?
The Cabinet of Animosities
The museum that exhibits objects left behind at the end of love affairs
Iran's Currency Crisis
What does the collapse in Iran's currency mean for ordinary people and the regime?
Don’t Log Off
Alan Dein attempts to cross the world on a late-night excursion via Facebook and Skype.
America: Two Men, Two Visions
The Ideological Divide
What are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's visions for America?
Power and Foreign Policy
How the presidential candidates believe the US should interact with the rest of the world
The Nowhere Man
The man who overstayed his Indian visa and was stripped of his nationality and identity.
The Left To Die Boat
The tragic story of African migrants who fled fighting in Libya on an inflatable boat.