Obesity crisis In Thai temples

Why are Buddhist monks in Thailand more obese than the population at large?

• 28 mins

The five-day election

Voters talk about waiting for results of the unusually protracted US presidential election

• 28 mins

Martinique: The poisoning of paradise

The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Mental and physical toll

Three women in Latin America talk about how coronavirus has affected their societies

• 24 mins

100 Women: The mushroom woman

How Chido Govera's curiosity with mushrooms helped feed her family and other growers

• 27 mins

Don't Log Off: Resilience

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 27 mins

The Mapuche – fighting for their right to heal

The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Festive celebrations

Conversations about the impact of coronavirus in the US, Japan and Gaza

• 23 mins

100 Women: Women in power

Mary Ann Sieghart hears the inspiring stories of women in power

• 49 mins

Belarus across the barricades - part one

Day 115 of the astonishing protests in Belarus

• 27 mins

BBC correspondents' look ahead

As the year draws to a close, correspondents muse on the upcoming global events of 2021

• 50 mins

Don't Log Off: Searching for hope

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 27 mins

The state of the planet

The UN Secretary General joins Lucy Hockings and activists from around the world

• 53 mins

Me and my trolls

One victim’s quest to discover why complete strangers tormented her on social media

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Vaccine approved

Is imminent large-scale vaccination a path back to normality?

• 24 mins

Back down to Earth

Is it time to abandon dreams of human space travel?

• 50 mins

Belarus across the barricades - part two

Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus

• 27 mins

Don't log off: Grounded

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 27 mins

Syria's soldiers of fortune

The young Syrians who find themselves fighting in the war in Nagorno Karabakh

• 27 mins

Coronavirus: Vaccines, frustrations and hope

Two Kenyan doctors explain why they’re prepared to strike over their working conditions

• 24 mins

Don't Log Off: Opportunity

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 27 mins

Darfur: A precarious peace

As UN peacekeepers leave Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, who will now protect civilians?

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Spikes and Santas

Conversations about Christmas during a pandemic

• 24 mins

Warrior elephant guardians

Former Samburu warriors turn their skills to caring for baby elephants in Kenya

• 27 mins

The Digital Human: Messiah

Why do so many of us treat Silicon Valley billionaires like our new messiahs?

• 27 mins

Shipwreck

Searching for the identities of those who died in a Mediterranean shipwreck

• 27 mins

Coronavirus: Surviving the pandemic

We return to some of the people we've featured to hear how their lives have changed

• 24 mins

Revolution of the senses

Has Covid-19 changed the way we hear, see, smell, taste and touch?

• 50 mins

The Hindu bard

In 1914 an Indian student caused a sensation when she won a top Welsh cultural prize

• 35 mins

The Digital Human: Subservience

Does how we treat our subservient robots affect how we treat one another?

• 27 mins

Searching for Wisdom in Lagos

How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest

• 26 mins

Breakthrough: The race for the Covid vaccine

Dr Kevin Fong talks to the people who have created a coronavirus vaccine in record time

• 50 mins

Coronavirus: Forgotten voices

Nuala McGovern catches up with people she spoke to earlier in the year

• 24 mins

Donald Trump: The man

The businessman and TV show host who became the 45th President of the United States

• 26 mins

Donald Trump: The political record

The impact of the Trump presidency on US policy convention and political discourse

• 26 mins

The Digital Human: Ghoul

Aleks Krotoski explores how violent content is viewed and why

• 27 mins

Libya's Brothers from Hell

How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip.

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Intensive care

We hear from ICU doctors in the US, Brazil and South Africa

• 23 mins

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

Mark Coles presents a profile of Kamala Harris, vice president-elect

• 27 mins

The digital human: Sacred

Aleks Krotoski explores how the digital world influences the way we live

• 26 mins

Social influencers and the perfect body

How online influencers get paid to promote cosmetic surgery

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Young widows

Women who have founded a support group after losing their husbands to Covid-19

• 23 mins

My viral video and me

Colm Flynn tracks down the internet’s original viral video superstars

• 50 mins

President-elect Joe Biden

James Naughtie charts the life of the soon-to-be 46th president of the USA, Joe Biden

• 27 mins

Lisa Montgomery: The road to execution

The story behind one of America’s most shocking murders – and the woman who did it

• 26 mins

President Biden: Call for unity

Nuala McGovern hosts conversations on the challenges ahead for the Biden presidency

• 24 mins

Voices from the Ghetto

The contemporaneous attempt to preserve the memory of life in the Warsaw Ghetto

• 54 mins

Donald Trump and me

Republican voters in Idaho reflect on President Trump’s legacy and their country’s future

• 27 mins

The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters facing a tough decision. Do they stay or do they flee?

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities

We hear why some people from ethnic minorities are worried about the vaccine

• 23 mins

Compassion fatigue

Are people in the medical and humanitarian professions suffering from emotional burnout?

• 50 mins

Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine

Winifred Robinson reports on the global race to create a vaccine for Covid-19

• 27 mins

Europe’s most dangerous capital

Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors

• 26 mins

Trump impeachment: The Republicans' dilemma

Ros Atkins looks at the future of the GOP after Donald Trump and the Capitol storming

• 10 mins

Coronavirus: Guilty mums

Challenges of parenting and home schooling during lockdown

• 24 mins

Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine - part two

The medical teams at Bradford investigate the hesitancy over the Covid-19 vaccine

• 26 mins

Unmasked: Stories from the PPE frontline

How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?

• 26 mins

The slow search for the origin of Covid-19

Why does so much remain unknown about the start of the pandemic?

• 9 mins

Coronavirus: The vaccinated

A hospital porter and a hospital cleaner talk about their work during the pandemic

• 23 mins

World Wide Waves: The sounds of community radio

For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.

• 51 mins

Inside the brain of Jeff Bezos

The ideas that made Jeff Bezos the richest man on Earth

• 27 mins

Drug-free in Norway?

Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Living in a refugee camp

A Syrian father and his daughter talk about life in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan

• 23 mins

Covid-19: The cost of keeping schools closed during a pandemic

With millions of schools shut worldwide, how do we get children back in the classroom?

• 9 mins

How the Irish shaped Britain

Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain

• 50 mins

I am Robert Chelsea

The story of the first African-American to have a full face transplant

• 27 mins

Kenya’s unhappy doctors and nurses

How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Venezuela's hospitals

Two doctors in Venezuela talk about the healthcare crisis in their country

• 24 mins

Facebook's global power and influence

Ros Atkins considers whether the company is now too powerful and its impact on democracy

• 10 mins

A year of Covid

The story of a year of Covid-19 told through the voices of England’s doctors and nurses

• 27 mins

Biden's world

Meet the team devising President Biden’s foreign policy

• 27 mins

Coronavirus: War and Covid trauma

How does the experience of a pandemic compare to being in a war?

• 23 mins

The Saudis and the superpower

Ros Atkins on Joe Biden’s first foreign policy test - how to deal with Saudi Arabia

• 9 mins

The empty desk: Women, Covid and the US economy

Why are women experiencing disproportionate job losses due to Covid in the US?

• 27 mins

The disinformation dragon

China’s new strategy of promoting disinformation in the West through social media

• 27 mins

The Royal Family’s missed chance

Ros Atkins examines the monarchy's role in a modern, multicultural and democratic society

• 9 mins

Coronavirus: Resilience during a year of the pandemic

We hear from people whose lives have followed an extraordinary path during the pandemic

• 50 mins

What does the future hold? Covid, women and the US economy

Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US economy

• 27 mins

Scotland's contested identity

From Dundee to the Orkneys we hear voices on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Reporting Covid-19

We speak to journalists who have spent the past year reporting on the pandemic

• 50 mins

What happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

How did a vaccine hailed as a gamechanger end up in a scientific and political storm?

• 9 mins

World of wisdom: Breathe

Three wise people offer advice on anxiety, screen dependence and learning from lockdown

• 50 mins

World of wisdom: Love

Life-lessons on kids in lockdown, coping with bereavement and learning to love yourself

• 50 mins

A constitutional conversation

Is it time the US Constitution got a 21st Century makeover?

• 27 mins

Shipping’s dirty secret

Lifting the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Homelessness

Two people who became homeless because of the pandemic tell us their stories

• 23 mins

Joe Biden's border challenge

Ros Atkins considers whether Joe Biden's policies have led to a spike in child migration

• 9 mins

The coronavirus and your money

A look at what is being done to help with the impact of the virus on health and finance

• 50 mins

Women dying for work

Yoshie Matsumoto examines how the overwork culture affects women in Japan

• 27 mins

Namibia: The price of genocide

How can Germany make up for its colonial atrocities in Namibia?

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Brazilian doctors

Brazil’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse

• 23 mins

Don’t log off: My life, my world

Margaret in Uganda cares for nine children orphaned by Aids and has HIV herself

• 27 mins

Denmark: Goodbye to mink

Can Denmark's mink industry rise again?

• 27 mins

The life of Prince Philip

Remembering the life of Prince Philip, who has died aged 99

• 49 mins

HRH Prince Philip: His work with charity

The global impact of Prince Philip's work with charities

• 26 mins

HRH Prince Philip: Links with the armed forces

Jonny Dymond looks back at Prince Philip's links with the armed forces

• 26 mins

HRH Prince Philip: A celebration of a life

Remembering the projects and causes to which the Duke of Edinburgh dedicated his life

• 49 mins

The other caliphate

The Philippines’ fight to contain Islamist extremism in the wake of the Marawi siege

• 50 mins

Coronavirus: Loss of smell and taste

Three people describe what it is like to lose sense of smell and taste for months

• 23 mins

Don't log off: My life, my world

Alan Dein follows 25-year-old entrepreneur Fahad in Dhaka, who has over 200 employees

• 27 mins