Migrant crossings to the UK

Ros Atkins looks at the politics of migration in the UK

• 9 mins

Coronavirus: Europe’s unvaccinated

We speak to people who are resisting or refusing to get the jab

• 23 mins

Israel and Palestine

Jeremy Bowen charts the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations

• 18 mins

Internet instigators

Meet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media

• 27 mins

Sleepless in Seoul

Korea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.

• 28 mins

America’s abortion divide

Ros Atkins looks at the debate around abortion rights in the US

• 10 mins

Coronavirus: Omicron

A new variant in a festive season where many people traditionally come together

• 24 mins

Understanding Iran: Reconciling religion and democracy

How religion, democracy and ideals come together to explain Iran today

• 18 mins

Poison: Jacob Zuma's toxic obsession

Is Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?

• 50 mins

Only bleeding: How Swedes opened up about periods

The provocative and practical ways Swedes made menstruation less taboo

• 28 mins

Poland’s fractured borderlands

A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.

• 28 mins

Compulsory Covid vaccinations

Ros Atkins looks at the debate around Covid vaccine mandates

• 10 mins

Coronavirus: Pandemic PTSD

The pressures on people’s mental health after caring for those who are sick or dying.

• 24 mins

Afghanistan: Women, girls and their rights

How a turbulent history dictates the ever-shifting attitudes towards women and girls

• 18 mins

Fire: The energy revolution

The mastery of fire by early humans and how it transformed our metabolism

• 24 mins

The fake bitcoin mine

The story of a cryptocurrency scam that cost two men in India their life savings

• 27 mins

What 2021 taught us about Covid

Ros Atkins looks at how the pandemic evolved this year

• 10 mins

Coronavirus: Threats to health workers

Health workers discuss abuse and death threats during the pandemic.

• 24 mins

Parcels of CARE

How food packages from American relief organisation CARE eased starvation after WW2

• 50 mins

Understanding how Russia has changed under Putin

Sarah Rainsford on how everyday life in Russia has changed under Putin

• 18 mins

World of Wisdom: Recovery

Recovery from a life-threatening illness doesn't always mean we know how to live again

• 18 mins

Agriculture: The solar energy revolution

Justin Rowlatt looks at the energy revolutions that drove human history

• 24 mins

CODA: I'm the thumb in my family

The remarkable stories of the children who act as interpreters for their deaf parents

• 27 mins

The runaway maids of Oman

A delicate rescue operation is helping hundreds of young African women trapped in Arabia

• 28 mins

Afghan girls given a sporting chance

The fortunes of teenage football players settling into new lives in the UK and Europe

• 50 mins

World of Wisdom: Happiness in a hard situation

How do you find inner happiness when life in your home country has become very hard?

• 18 mins

Coronavirus: Reporting Covid

Vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, Delta, Omicron. What’s it like reporting on the pandemic?

• 24 mins

Understanding the Islamic State group

Quentin Sommerville on the rise, fall and potential re-emergence of IS

• 18 mins

MTV@40

The birth of a ground-breaking concept - MTV, 24-hour music TV

• 50 mins

A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: Fossil fuels

Our modern comfortable way of life and how it was made possible by fossil fuels

• 24 mins

A Wish for Afghanistan: The Talib and the president

Lyse Doucet speaks to two key players who have shaped Afghanistan's recent history

• 50 mins

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Reflecting on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid campaigner

• 26 mins

Peru's left behind children

The hidden pandemic in Peru; the thousands of children who have lost a parent to Covid-19

• 28 mins

World of Wisdom: Social distance

The pandemic has changed many of the ways we connect socially with others

• 18 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Tracking the pandemic

Three experts who have been tracking the spread and the impact of Covid-19

• 24 mins

A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: The future

How will we wean ourselves off fossil fuels?

• 24 mins

A Wish for Afghanistan: The advocate and the musicians

Lyse Doucet hears about the hopes of a younger generation of Afghans

• 51 mins

Generation Change: Battling for a sustainable environment

Babita Sharma meets young people from around the world working to fight climate change

• 27 mins

Generation Change: Fighting hunger

Can a new generation of activists solve the problem of hunger for good?

• 27 mins

Generation Change: Tackling taboos around organ donation

Young people trying to change attitudes and save lives

• 27 mins

Generation Change: Equality in science and technology

Young people working to diversify science, technology, engineering and maths

• 27 mins

Gone but not forgotten: Syria's missing persons

Wafa Mustafa has been searching for her dad since he went missing in Syria in July 2013

• 27 mins

Turkey's crazy project

The ambitious new canal project that's dividing opinion in Istanbul

• 27 mins

World of Wisdom: Precious time in later life

It can be hard to choose how to spend our precious time in later life. How do we decide?

• 18 mins

The storming of the US Capitol: what happened next

Ros Atkins looks at the aftermath of the attack in 2021

• 10 mins

Coronavirus: The vaccinators

We connect to people helping to administer vaccines in different parts of the world.

• 24 mins

Forest fear

Deforestation allows what's hidden within to get out, possibly to spread deadly pathogens

• 49 mins

Montenegro’s Chinese road

How a new motorway is fuelling fears about debt, corruption, and submission to Beijing

• 27 mins

World of Wisdom: Being your true self

Trying to become the real you can be hard, especially if it means upsetting your family.

• 18 mins

Djokovic, sport and vaccine mandates

Ros Atkins looks at the issue of vaccination in sport

• 9 mins

Coronavirus: Athletes and teachers

How global sports stars are approaching Covid vaccines.

• 23 mins

Silence would be treason

The last prison writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa in the run-up to his execution

• 50 mins

Hunting Syria's war criminals

Imagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer

• 27 mins

Feeling used

Can developing self-love mean we need less appreciation from others?

• 18 mins

China's Zero-Covid Dilemma

Ros Atkins looks at why China is still pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy

• 9 mins

Coronavirus: Family arguments

What happens if you disagree with your relatives on Covid vaccines?

• 23 mins

Music that survived the Nazis: Part one

The wealth of music during the Nazi era including secret sessions by Jewish musicians

• 50 mins

Afghanistan

A female student in Afghanistan speaks to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

• 23 mins