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Happy news of 2022

A look back at the most uplifting, joyous, positive news stories of the year

• 26 mins

Escape from the Taliban: Point of no return

Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.

• 26 mins

Women pro surfers: Battling the waves

How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour

• 49 mins

Kids who care

Orits茅 Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Sting

Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting

• 26 mins

What do you think you are? Part one

The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Florence Pugh

Actor Florence Pugh talks to John Wilson about her career and formative influences.

• 26 mins

The price of citizenship

What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?

• 49 mins

What do you think you are? Part two

Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Akram Khan

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life

• 26 mins

Yiddish glory: Jewish refugees in Central Asia

A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB

• 49 mins

The Black Book

Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?

• 49 mins

Sierra Leone's children of war

What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Abdulrazak Gurnah

Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences

• 26 mins

A short history of sadness

Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it

• 49 mins

Brexit: Three years on

Three years after leaving the EU, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?

• 26 mins

The Night Witches of World War Two

The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes

• 26 mins

The travelling speech therapist

Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands

• 26 mins

World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio

How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities

• 49 mins

America's first black bank

Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman鈥檚 Bank and its legacy

• 26 mins

Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings

How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish

• 26 mins

Ukraine: A year of war

Correspondents mark 12 months since the start of the Ukraine war

• 26 mins

No place like 'Nam

Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam

• 49 mins

Flying Seagulls: Child's play

The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world

• 26 mins

Happy news

The chicken who sailed around the world, and the naughty huskies who found a new home

• 26 mins

The long haul of long Covid

The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid

• 26 mins

Happy news

Positive news stories

• 26 mins

Somebody is watching me

How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world

• 26 mins

The boat smugglers

How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made

• 26 mins

Iraq War: A choice of horrors

After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?

• 49 mins