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• Assignment - Bosnia's Heritage

  Thu, 23 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  There's a crisis of culture in Bosnia Herzegovina. The guardians of the nation's heritage - the museums and libraries - are under threat of closure. Assignment's Rebecca Kesby reports from Sarajevo.

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• Docs: English In The East: Part Two 21 Feb 12

  Mon, 20 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  English has been the dominant global language for a century, but is it the language of the future in rising South East Asia? In part two, Jennifer Pak visits Hanoi in Vietnam to look at how the country, with a French and Russian colonial history, is now adopting English in preference to Mandarin, despite the growing neighbouring Chinese economy.

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• Docs: A Family Business 18 Feb 12

  Fri, 17 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Mair Bosworth looks at conflict between generations in a small family business in London.

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• Docs: The Bombardment of Homs 12 Feb 12

  Fri, 17 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  The Syrian city of Homs has seen some of the worst violence in the government's crackdown against opposition activists and armed fighters in the country. BBC reporter Paul Wood and his team managed to slip into Homs as the bombardment of the city was getting underway. In this special programme, Paul tells the story of his four days in Homs - how the story unfolded, how he reported it and what life is like for residents of a city under fire.

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• Assignment - America's Poor

  Thu, 16 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  The BBC's Hilary Anderson examines what it means to be poor, in the richest country in the world.

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• Docs: English In The East: Part One 14 Feb 12

  Tue, 14 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  English has been the dominant global language for a century, but is it the language of the future in rising South East Asia? In the first of two documentary programmes Jennifer Pak visits Malaysia and Singapore, two countries where colonial ties to the English language are loosening.

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• Docs: Lisdoonvarna – Ireland’s Love Capital 11 Feb 12

  Sat, 11 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Alison Finch meets one of Ireland's last traditional matchmakers as he reigns over the great Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival.

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• Assignment - Equatorial Guinea

  Thu, 9 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Rob Walker investigates what’s happened to billions of dollars in oil revenues paid to the government of Equatorial Guinea.

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• Docs: Dickens And India - Mutual Friends 07 Feb 12

  Tue, 7 Feb 12

  Duration:
  50 mins

  To celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth, Indian writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Dickens.

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• Docs: Dreaming Dickens: Feb 03 12

  Fri, 3 Feb 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  In this documentary-fantasy we bring the danger back to Dickens. Slipping in and out of his weird and brilliant imagination, we see modern London as he might have done, travelling through the city's streets at night to crack dens and strip-joints as the police sirens wail. We meet characters from his novels and characters who would be in his novels if he were still alive today.

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