From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent
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BBC Radio 4, 7 Nov 2009
Sat, 7 Nov 09
Duration:
29 minsAll aboard! As EU ministers plan the timetable ahead, we take a train journey to the heart of Europe. 'Nyiregyhaza is as rich in tombs, as in apples' -- eastern Hungary remembers its countryfolk deported to the Soviet Union. As Remembrance Day approaches, a young fusilier is baptised in the Helmand River. Our correspondent tries to discover how a friend come to be killed in the Nairobi slum of Kibera and a horoor story from our hypochondriac reporter in LA, as he tries to negotiate the US health care system.
BBC Radio 4, 5 Oct 2009
Thu, 5 Nov 09
Duration:
29 minsIn this programme, we ask what it means to be French. Plus the story of an ordinary Afghan murdered by the Taliban; suicide bombers choking the cultural life of Pakistan; swimming in the contradictions of Indian society; and why the power is out in oil-rich Chad.
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