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Throughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.

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  • The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh

    Thu, 24 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    In Bangladesh, twenty percent of girls are married before their fifteenth birthday. This week's Assignment looks at the issue of child marriage, through the eyes of three children.

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  • Docs: The Art Of The Monarchy - Part One - 22 May 12

    Tue, 22 May 12

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Will Gompertz begins a four-part exploration of almost 1000 years of the British monarchy as told through the objects of art they collected. In part one, he looks at some of the most personal images in the Royal Collection.

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  • Too Old To Get Rich - Assignment

    Thu, 17 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    China's natural ageing process has been accelerated by the One Child Policy. For Assignment, Mukul Devichand asks whether Shanghai's ageing population could be undermining economic growth.

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  • Docs: Danger In The Download - Part Three 15 May 12

    Tue, 15 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    In the final episode, Ed Butler investigates the many internet stakeholders. What can governments do to protect the net? And what can we do?

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  • Migrants of the Caribbean - Assignment

    Thu, 10 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    The drowning of more than fifty people people in a small fishing boat in the Dominican Republic has left the local community in shock.

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  • Danger in the Download - Part Two 8 May 12

    Tue, 8 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Is the Internet's original architecture and governance still fit for purpose? Or has it gone out of control and become hopelessly insecure?

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  • A Death in Honduras

    Thu, 3 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. Linda Pressly profiles the People's Funeral Service - a unique organisation offering succour in a sea of violence.

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  • Docs: Danger in the Download - Part One 1 May 12

    Tue, 1 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Ed Butler assesses the ever-increasing threats from hackers and cyber weapons, and the challenges that today's most powerful countries face from threats in cyperspace.

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  • Soap Operas - Part Two 28 Apr 12

    Sat, 28 Apr 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Can soap operas around the world help people approach their lives with a more positive attitude? Your World examines the impact in Rwanda, Turkey, Brazil and India.

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  • In the Shadow of Charles Taylor

    Thu, 26 Apr 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Sierra Leonean journalist Amara Bangura travels through Sierra Leone and Liberia to meet those who remember the brutality of the Charles Taylor era.

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