Original insights, playful perspectives and surprising stories from the World Service's 27 language sections - every week with David Amanor. New episodes ready to download from 1500GMT on Fridays. Also includes our history programme Witness.
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Fri, 17 May 13
Duration:
50 mins
Available:
26 days remaining
Revenge of the insects; Franco-Afrique relations; Letter from Reyhanli on the Turkish-Syrian border; World of wrestling; Indonesian baby-trafficking; and the art of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Fri, 10 May 13
Duration:
50 mins
Available:
19 days remaining
Pakistan election special featuring BBC Urdu's Aamer Ahmed Khan, plus: Taliban - the silent party; Acronym extravaganza; TV taken over by ads, Trailed by the ISI in Sindh; Election reporting past and present; From Faiz to Beghairat Brigade - political music; Islamabad bureau tea break
Fri, 3 May 13
Duration:
50 mins
Available:
12 days remaining
Iraq: language of war; St Petersburgh gets a new Mariinsky; Intimidation and assault in Sanaa; Spotlight on Bangladesh; Jazz Saves the World; and Bin Laden according to an Uzbek
Fri, 26 Apr 13
Duration:
50 mins
Available:
5 days remaining
Making it in Moscow as a Chechen journalist; Caucasus chess rivalries; Chasing snow leopards in Nepal; Mogadishu letter; New Turkish writing; and Nigeria: anatomy of a headline.
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Sat, 18 May 13
5 minutes
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Tue, 8 Jan 13
37 minutes
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