(1 - 30 of 65 programmes)
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The Royal Visit
Episode 1
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Available since Saturday.
1/2. Why did the Queen visit Ghana in 1961, when the country had only just gained independence?
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Ziggy Changed My Life
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Available since Sat, 19 May 2012.
The 40th anniversary of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spider from Mars.
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Sporting Chances Episode 2
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Available since Sat, 12 May 2012.
2/2. Farayi Mungazi looks at the close links between sport and national identity in South Su...
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Sporting Chances Episode 1
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Available since Sat, 5 May 2012.
1/2. Farayi Mungazi looks at the close links between sport and national identity in South Su...
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Soap Operas - Art Imitating Life Episode 2
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Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.
2/2. Exploring the notion that soap operas shape societies in subtle but profound ways.
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Soap Operas - Art Imitating Life Episode 1
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Available since Sat, 28 Apr 2012.
1/2. Exploring the notion that soap operas shape societies in subtle but profound ways.
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Global Perspectives: Chatsworth - A Chance For Change
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Available since Sat, 21 Apr 2012.
The bitter taste of 'sugars' and the addicts' chance for change.
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The Strange World of the People's Mujahedin
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Available since Sat, 14 Apr 2012.
The People's Mujahedin of Iran - terrorists, victims or Iranian government-in-waiting?
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Neon Cowboy
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Available since Sat, 7 Apr 2012.
Writer Bart Bull explores the extraordinary story of the Neon Cowboy.
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The Secret Policemen
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Available since Sat, 31 Mar 2012.
Secrecy for Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland can be a life or death situation.
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Torture By Music
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Available since Sat, 24 Mar 2012.
Ruhal Ahmed spent two years in Guantanamo Bay, where he was repeatedly tortured with music
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The Bizarre and Influential World of Alice Cooper
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Available since Sat, 17 Mar 2012.
A profile of musician Alice Cooper - how has he shaped rock performance around the globe?
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African Perspective: The Dream Home
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Available since Sat, 10 Mar 2012.
Meet the Kenyan woman who has opened her home to 49 orphaned children.
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Life In Many Voices
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Available since Sat, 3 Mar 2012.
Experiences of patients and medical staff whose lives converge in a Jerusalem Eye Hospital
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A Family Business
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Available since Sun, 26 Feb 2012.
Mair Bosworth looks at conflict between generations in a small family business in London.
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Lisdoonvarna – Ireland’s Love Capital
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Available since Sat, 18 Feb 2012.
Alison Finch meets one of Ireland's last traditional matchmakers.
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Dreaming Dickens
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Available since Sat, 11 Feb 2012.
A dream-walk with Charles Dickens through the London night.
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Great Expectations
Episode 8
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Available since Sat, 4 Feb 2012.
2/2. Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.
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Great Expectations
Episode 7
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Available since Sat, 28 Jan 2012.
1/2. Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.
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The Antartic Explorer
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Available since Sat, 21 Jan 2012.
Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
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The Women Of Tahrir Square
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Available since Sat, 14 Jan 2012.
Why some women are disappointed and angry at the Egyptian revolution's failures.
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Goodbye To Bush House
Episode 2
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Available since Sat, 7 Jan 2012.
2/2. John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House.
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Goodbye To Bush House
Episode 1
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Available since Sat, 31 Dec 2011.
1/2. John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House.
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Boundaries Of Blood
Episode 2
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Available since Sat, 24 Dec 2011.
2/2. Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Boundaries Of Blood
Episode 1
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Available since Sat, 17 Dec 2011.
1/2. Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Knitting In Tripoli
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Available since Sat, 10 Dec 2011.
An intimate story of life during the Libyan war.
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The Trouble With Condoms
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Available since Sat, 3 Dec 2011.
Frank and intimate personal stories of why the safe sex message is still so often ignored.
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The Boy With The Violin
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Available since Sat, 26 Nov 2011.
Priyath Liyanage goes to Sri Lanka in search of the boy with the violin.
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A Short History Of Story
Episode 2
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Available since Sat, 19 Nov 2011.
2/2. Noah Richler asks why humans from the earliest times have felt the need to tell stories.
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A Short History Of Story
Episode 1
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Available since Sat, 12 Nov 2011.
1/2. Noah Richler asks why humans from the earliest times have felt the need to tell stories.
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