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Fighters
The life of the fighter pilot and their role in air warfare
The 2000 Mile Harvest
Bringing in the wheat harvest in the USA
Fox Hunting
A look at the world of fox hunting in the UK as it faces being banned
Lenin
A revisionist profile of the communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin
Paul Robeson - A Welcome in the Hillside
How the plight of unemployed Welsh miners led to the political awakening of Paul Robeson
The Last Voice
The San people of the Kalahari Desert and the fight to preserve their language
Death Foretold
How common is murder in Chicago?
Trokosi Women
What happens to the estimated 30,000 African women held in ritual servitude?
Last Ditch Stand
The story of the British resistance movement during World War Two
Living with Pain
A look at the nature of pain and the wide variety of ways people deal with it
Compensated Dating
Japan, where older, wealthy men offer money and gifts to young girls in exchange for sex
Titanic - The Unsinkable Legend
A look at why the story of the sinking of the Titanic still fascinates
Ghosts
A look at investigations into the paranormal
Tory Island
A visit to the tiny island off the coast of Donegal in Ireland
Born a Maori
A look at the culture and history of the Maori people of New Zealand
A Mind to Crime
Are there genetic or biological roots to anti-social behaviour?
Chico Buarque and Mangueira
Chico Buarque and life in a Brazilian favela
Cowboys of the Argentine Pampas
Spending time with the gauchos of the Argentine Pampas
The Story of Tea
The universal appeal and importance of tea
Lessons in Anatomy
'The ultimate machine is the human body', medical technicians on dissecting cadavers.
Underground Railroad, Slavery
‘The freedom train’, stories of slaves in the US who escaped via the underground railroad
In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker
Recreating the journey made by Joseph Dalton Hooker up the world's 3rd highest mountain
The Memoirs of Sayyida Salme
The memoirs of Sayyida Salme, born a Muslim princess in 19th Century Zanzibar
Sinking of The Lancastria
The forgotten story of the 'worst of all British maritime disasters'
Leaving the Island
'There was no future in Jamaica at that time'. The experiences of Jamaicans in the UK
A Weekend in Monrovia
A look at the quality of life in Monrovia, capital city of Liberia now that war has ended
Street Fighters of 1968
Anything seemed possible'. A look back at the year of 'revolution of everyday life'
On the Trail of Butch and Sundance
Retracing the last journey of the real Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Living with Elephants
Feature on the experiences of people living in Africa whose lives are directly affected by elephants.
Widows
How widows around the world deal with their loss and grief
First Tourists in the Alps
On La Mer de Glace in France recreating William Windham's first tourist journey in 1741