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Bernard Madoff’s 'Ponzi' scheme is probably the largest ever pyramid fraud in US history. Amongst his many victims were charities.
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It's been three months since cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh. Siobhann Tighe returns to the region to trace those she spoke to and photographed. She finds out how their lives have changed after the worst cyclone to hit Bangladesh since 1991.
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This documentary, presented by Paul Gambaccini, reveals the extraordinary ways that the Beatles' music was listened to in the Soviet Union during the 1960s and asks whether 'Beatles On Bones' caused the end of communism.
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Russell Fuller and BBC World Service Sport look at the difficult journeys of six hopefuls from around the world in the run up to the Beijing Olympics.
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Russell Fuller and BBC World Service Sport look at the difficult journeys of six hopefuls from around the world in the run up to the Beijing Olympics.
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Benjamin Jealous is the leader of America's oldest and largest black civil rights group. In a USA fronted by Barack Obama, what are the future battlegrounds for African American human rights?
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Three portraits of the use of the bicycle around the world. With more than a billion models worldwide, the bicycle has found a place in every society.
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The United States is due to have the first billion-dollar election in its history. The BBC’s Steve Evans presents a two-part investigation into election spending done in collaboration with the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington DC.
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When the dried blood of Naples' patron saint fails to liquefy, Neapolitans believe great misfortune will descend upon them. With Mount Vesuvius overdue for a major eruption, does tragedy await the city?
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When the dried blood of Naples' patron saint fails to liquefy, Neapolitans believe great misfortune will descend upon them. With Mount Vesuvius overdue for a major eruption, does tragedy await the city?
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More than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Bomb Hunters tells the stories of the people living in Xieng Khuang in Laos and how they survive in a land still littered with UXO.
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Sharon Mascall investigates the Australian mining industry where many inexperienced workers are lured by high wages but face harsh conditions, poor safety standards and an uncertain future.
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Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.
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Jill McGivering compares two very different free health systems in the developed world: the British NHS and that of the US state of Massachusetts.
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Just weeks after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, work began on the Empire State Building. The Guardian's architecture correspondent Jonathan Glancey assesses the economics of building out of a recession.