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Donkeys on Ascension Island, home to BBC Short Wave transmitters that ensure 80 million Africans listen to the World Service every week
  LONDON CALLING: INSIDE THE BBC WORLD SERVICE
Starts Monday 26 November 2007 (episode times below)

In this three-part documentary, independent film-maker Neil Cameron is given carte blanche to film the BBC World Service's journalists and managers in London and in bureaux, studios and frontline reporting locations around the world.


 
Watch a clip from episode 1 (Bush House, HQ of the BBC World Service)   1. WINNERS AND LOSERS
Monday 26 November 11.20pm-12.20am
In Russia, Afghanistan and London we follow the fortunes of three very different characters in the World Service at a time of great upheaval.
 Watch a clip from episode 1
 
Watch a clip from episode 2 of London Calling (Ahmad Budeiri)   2. THE BATTLE FOR TRUTH
Monday 3 December 11.20pm-12.20am
Journalists from the BBC's Arabic Service cover the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah, striving to remain impartial.
 Watch a clip from episode 2
 
Watch clip from episode 3 of London Calling (Komla Dumor)   3. CHANGING FACES
The World Service in Africa faces competition from emerging media. Can it remain popular without compromising journalistic integrity?
 Watch a clip: "This is the BBC - come on!"
 
   
 
 
CRISIS AT THE CASTLE
Can these aristocratic families hang on to their historic homes?
  Lord Glasgow in front of a castle
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Is it all jam and Jerusalem? We get under the
skin of the WI
A member of the WI

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