The Fifth Floor episodes available now on BBC iPlayer

D-I-Y Dictator - what attributes and quirks would you add to our bucket of batty despots?

Maoist hotline? Why the Hindi service is being used as messenger by the Indian insurgents

Bin Laden's letters are released but what do his missives mean?

A Charles Taylor perspective from Nigeria, Rwanda and Kenya.

What do you say to a suicide bomber? Also, life in volatile Kabul for a journalist.

Reporting from the world's highest battlefield - is Siachen worth dying for?

Behind the scenes at BBC Arabic's first ever feature length documentary on pornography

Are politicians taking nicknames too personally - shouldn't they just laugh them off?

The tricky business of setting the news agenda – and the battle to get your story heard

Reporting Kandahar's massacre and an Afghan's experience of a US army embed.

Persian Service vs Iranian government - the media saga continues.

Reporting elections: How do you cope when everything goes haywire?

Remembering fallen colleagues: dealing with the news of death when it really hits home

Austerity, bailout, and the euro - how many different ways can you tell a familiar story?

A poignant perspective on conflict reportage, from a man who grew up in the shadow of war.

Inside the Arabic Service - how do they verify videos and stories from Syria?

Journalistic jargon: How many words can you weave together and still say nothing at all?

BBC Burmese editor on what it's like to report freely from Rangoon, after years of exile

The impact of reporting the Arab Spring on family life - a BBC husband and wife tell all.