In 2006, we heard about the cost of beauty in Brazil and the way that, for many young Brazilian girls, plastic surgery has become a way of life.

We travelled to South Asia to hear about the long road home for many Kasmiris, while in Nepal we tracked the Sherpas living precariously in the mountains.

Meanwhile, we also heard about the Egyptian women trying to combine feminism with Islam; the Calfornian scientist listening for extra-terrestrial life and the French farmer who give it all up to chance his luck in Ukraine.