https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/worldservice/documentaries/index.xml 2011-04-02T18:00:06+00:00 BBC World Service worldservice@bbc.co.uk http://www.bbcworldservice.com http://www.bbcworldservice.com http://wscdn.bbc.co.uk Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation2011 tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-31:9852537 9852537 2011-04-01T11:43:26+00:00 2011-03-31T16:41:10+00:00 not restricted

Nina Robinson looks at the incidence of poverty in Hackney and how this is reflected in the lives of residents.

great expectations, hackney, east london, 2012 olympics tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-29:9801397 9801397 2011-03-30T10:02:24+00:00 2011-03-29T12:24:05+00:00 not restricted

Sweden is home to one of the world's oldest and yet most modernised courts. But why is it that a growing number of people here are opposed to keeping the king as head of state?

for king or country, monarchy, republican tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-21:9655548 9655548 2011-03-21T16:42:45+00:00 2011-03-21T15:15:02+00:00 not restricted

Lucy Williamson reports on why Mexico, a developing Catholic nation, is the latest country to turn away from marriage.

family matters, mexico tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-17:9593801 9593801 2011-03-18T14:01:15+00:00 2011-03-17T16:29:45+00:00 not restricted

"It just takes 26 letters to create the universe, the word is dismantled and then reassembled through the lens of a pen and verse." The South African poet Lebo Mashile contemplates the role of poetry in her country.

How My Country Speaks, poetry, poem tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-15:9546803 9546803 2011-03-15T16:56:16+00:00 2011-03-15T14:40:09+00:00 not restricted

Throughout history, dogs and donkeys, cats and corpses have been put on trial - some even convicted and sentenced. Frances Fyfield looks at these extraordinary cases of animals in court.

Documentary, Animals on Trial tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-31:8755349 8755349 2011-01-31T16:46:02+00:00 2011-01-31T09:59:19+00:00 restricted

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime ended in 1979. Decades later how is the country's fledging media dealing with a nation still scarred by widespread murder and violence?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-01:9294901 9294901 2011-03-04T11:15:18+00:00 2011-03-01T16:00:59+00:00 restricted

David Goldblatt explores the changing worlds of Formula One, traveling to the traditional circuit of Monza in Italy and a brand new track under construction in the outskirts of Delhi.

The Changing Worlds of Formula One, David Goldblatt tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-16:3329101 3329101 2011-04-01T12:01:48+00:00 2010-02-16T15:29:26+00:00 not restricted

A season of programmes exploring the communities living near the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

olympics, london, 2012, park, village, east london, britain, medals, games, athletics, sport, football, hackney, boxing, nina robinson, poverty, crime, murder, mile tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-09:3238497 3238497 2010-02-09T15:36:29+00:00 2010-02-09T12:39:05+00:00 restricted

With the Olympics arriving in London in 2012, the BBC World Service will be following the experiences of residents living in one inner city housing estate as they contemplate what the games mean to them and their future.

Great Expectations, Olympics, 2012, London tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-14:9520011 9520011 2011-03-14T10:53:23+00:00 2011-03-14T10:53:23+00:00 not restricted

A two-part documentary investigating the decline of the extended family and the rise of the nuclear household. Lucy Williamson reports from Nepal and Mexico.

family matters, nuclear family, nepal, family model tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-01:9289822 9289822 2011-03-07T10:34:13+00:00 2011-03-01T12:54:33+00:00 restricted

Why has the insurgency in India's north-east lasted so long?

The silent war, silent, war, india tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-03-04:9354952 9354952 2011-03-05T14:11:24+00:00 2011-03-04T14:48:50+00:00 not restricted

Hugh Miles talks to close associates of Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al Islam and reveals how governments, big business and dissidents were persuaded to help the regime.

saif al islam, gaddafi, libya, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-09:8933095 8933095 2011-02-25T14:36:17+00:00 2011-02-09T14:02:23+00:00 not restricted

Rita Ray traces the history of the 'clave', a deceptively simple but hypnotic beat which became the foundation of Cuban music and deeply influenced soul and rock and roll.

clave, short history of five notes tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-17:9082207 9082207 2011-02-21T10:58:32+00:00 2011-02-17T11:19:37+00:00 restricted

The Spy Cruise is a seven day sail around the Caribbean with ex-CIA top brass - a chance for the public to discuss global security issues with those in the know. But who really gains and what is its real agenda? Tom Mangold reports.

ship of spies, ship, spies, cia, american intelligence, us tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-18:9100558 9100558 2011-02-18T11:24:13+00:00 2011-02-18T10:32:01+00:00 restricted

Magdi Abdelhadi talks to Egyptians about the revolution and their hopes and fears for a 'new Egypt'.

Tahrir Square, Egypt, protests, Cairo, Magdi Abdelhadi tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-04:8847801 8847801 2011-02-04T16:28:41+00:00 2011-02-04T14:54:12+00:00 restricted

Mukul Devichand tells the story of Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Laureate and former Chief Weapons Inspector who some want to see as the next president of Egypt.

egypt, protests, cairo, middle east, Mohamed ElBaradei tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-08:8917091 8917091 2011-02-11T16:59:05+00:00 2011-02-08T17:00:09+00:00 restricted

"Mosquito one, mosquito two, mosquito jump in a hot callaloo." What are the world's most popular number rhymes and how do they overlap between different cultures? Kim Normanton looks at the approaches to counting around the world.

one two buckle my shoe, numbers, number, rhymes, buckle, shoe tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-02-01:8774475 8774475 2011-02-09T10:32:18+00:00 2011-02-01T10:26:51+00:00 restricted

Michael Goldfarb explores Harlem, the most dynamic African-American neighbourhood in the US.

One Block in Harlem tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-27:8695852 8695852 2011-01-31T14:56:55+00:00 2011-01-27T15:50:59+00:00 restricted

Can't think who to have as your best man? Lost your job and need a bogus boss to fool your family that you're still in work? The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Roland Buerk investigates Japan's growing "rent a friend" service sector.

Japan: A Friend in Need tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-12-15:7996236 7996236 2010-12-15T12:00:30+00:00 2010-12-15T11:00:52+00:00 restricted

How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is sold for a great deal more than it costs to produce? Louise Hidalgo looks at the exponential growth - and the cost - of the bottled water industry.

food, cereal, water, bottled water, mineral water, breakfast cereal, yoghurt, food industry, marketing, advertising, branding, foods that make billions, food that makes billions, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-17:8503579 8503579 2011-01-26T10:28:24+00:00 2011-01-17T10:01:43+00:00 restricted

What sort of relationships do photojournalists form with the people and landscapes that are the subject of their pictures? Dalia Khamissy meets some of the families of the thousands of people who disappeared during Lebanon's civil war.

photojournalist, photographer, photography, photojournalism, Dalia Khamissy, Joseph Rodriguez, Malmo, Sweden, racial tension, Rosengard, swede, muslim, islam, lebanese, lebanon, civil war, palestinian refugee camp, beirut, mothers, mother, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-19:8552760 8552760 2011-01-21T14:17:11+00:00 2011-01-19T18:59:35+00:00 restricted

The BBC's War correspondent Jonathan Charles collects poetry from Afghan civilians reflecting on decades of conflict.

Afghanistan, war, kabul, poetry tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-11:8409248 8409248 2011-01-14T14:27:59+00:00 2011-01-11T14:09:33+00:00 restricted

On the eve of its 10th birthday, the BBC goes inside Wikipedia to find out what makes it one of the world’s most popular websites.

wikipedia, jimmy wales tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-09:8379650 8379650 2011-01-17T12:15:23+00:00 2011-01-09T21:07:25+00:00 restricted

Is the IMF up to the job of fixing the global economy? Stephanie Flanders reports.

Inside the IMF, global economy, Stephanie Flanders tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-12-23:8131360 8131360 2011-01-12T13:38:45+00:00 2010-12-23T15:57:08+00:00 restricted

As President Lula leaves office, Paulo Cabral assesses the economic record of one of the most popular politicians in Brazilian history.

brazil, lula tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-05:8309550 8309550 2011-01-12T11:27:39+00:00 2011-01-05T10:16:25+00:00 restricted

Peter White is blind, but travels all over the world for his job. By listening to the sounds of his surroundings, he gets to know a place. What does he discover about the cities of Istanbul and San Francisco?

san francisco, peter white, travelling, blind, blindness, travelling with a disability, disability, istanbul, blind man roams the globe, blind man roams the world, blind, travel tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2011-01-07:8347631 8347631 2011-01-07T17:35:01+00:00 2011-01-07T12:28:20+00:00 restricted

Sheila Dillon looks at disappearing food tribes and finds out why efforts are underway to preserve indigenous food cultures.

terra madre, food, indigenous culture, food tribes tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-12-13:7956940 7956940 2010-12-13T11:05:39+00:00 2010-12-13T09:42:13+00:00 restricted

Why are judges so important in today's world - and how much power should they really have?

power and the judges, judges, power, legal system, law, human rights, legal tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-17:6512652 6512652 2010-09-28T13:27:31+00:00 2010-09-17T14:08:13+00:00 restricted

Sheena McDonald asks why millions of people die on our roads each year.

Road Kill, Sheena McDonald, road deaths, traffic accidents, car crash tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-11-04:7303081 7303081 2010-12-09T10:01:45+00:00 2010-11-04T12:26:46+00:00 restricted

Steve Edwards takes to the mean streets of his hometown Chicago, asking why the Windy City is such a hotbed of corruption.

Oiling the Machine, Chicago, mayor, windy city, Steve Edwards, crime, corruption, Extreme World tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-28:6675161 6675161 2010-11-26T10:11:54+00:00 2010-09-28T14:06:33+00:00 restricted

In this exclusive two-part documentary, Mike Costello travels to the Philippines to meet boxing legend, record-breaking eight times world champion, politician and national hero, Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao, boxing, Mike Costello tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-17:6511384 6511384 2011-03-01T12:43:54+00:00 2010-09-17T13:06:48+00:00 restricted

In this two-part documentary, Michael Goldfarb examines the protest march as a force for change.

Marching into History, Michael Goldfarb, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, British rule, China, Long March, communism, Mao, Tolpuddle Martyrs, unions, employment rights tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-11-17:7513725 7513725 2010-11-17T17:16:09+00:00 2010-11-17T12:19:52+00:00 restricted

In the centenary of Costeau's birth, friends, colleagues and family members talk about this often difficult but always inspiring man.

jacques cousteau, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-11-10:7399504 7399504 2010-11-11T17:40:42+00:00 2010-11-10T12:46:50+00:00 restricted

Narguess Farzad explores the legacy of one of the world’s great literary epics: Iran's 1000 year-old 'Book of Kings' or Shahnameh.

shahnameh, book of kings, narguess farzad tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-05:5879216 5879216 2010-08-09T09:57:29+00:00 2010-08-05T16:08:36+00:00 restricted

The BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera talks to the world's most feared and fabled security services.

The Mossad, Israel's secret service tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-22:4211243 4211243 2010-04-22T14:54:30+00:00 2010-04-22T13:33:56+00:00 restricted

The BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera gains exclusive access to Britain’s ultra secret listening station where super computers monitor the world's communications traffic.

Cracking the Code, Gordon Corera tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-11-03:7279490 7279490 2010-11-03T12:28:51+00:00 2010-11-03T10:10:21+00:00 restricted

Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of his family, and left him without arms - Ali Abbas returns to Baghdad.

Baghdad Boy, Ali Abbas tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-28:7188140 7188140 2011-01-24T19:00:59+00:00 2010-10-28T14:55:04+00:00 restricted

"We took the decision to build a new city ten years ago - we had four objectives civilised, hygienic and scenic - with a focus on eco-tourism." Carrie Gracie returns to White Horse Village to see how the urbanisation of China is progressing.

Return to White Horse Village, China, urbanisation, city tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-15:6972301 6972301 2010-10-29T07:49:13+00:00 2010-10-15T17:20:31+00:00 restricted

In this two-part documentary Nick Rankin reports from Alaska during the greatest wild salmon run in the world and joins commercial and subsistence fishermen who live off this natural resource.

doc, battle of king salmon, salmon, fish, alaska tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-07:6828329 6828329 2010-10-13T12:28:57+00:00 2010-10-07T12:30:45+00:00 restricted

Piers Scholfield follows the fate of Chilean miner Omar Reygadas and his family.

Waiting for Omar - The Rescue of A Chilean Miner, Chile, miner, rescue, Omar Reygadas, assignment, doc tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-15:6961158 6961158 2010-10-15T12:28:53+00:00 2010-10-15T09:33:39+00:00 restricted

A two-part documentary exploring Nelson Mandela's extraordinary life through his personal diaries, speeches, notebooks and letters.

mandela, doc, in his own words tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-12:6904915 6904915 2010-10-12T15:02:43+00:00 2010-10-12T11:50:08+00:00 restricted

Nina Robinson returns to Hackney, east London, to see how progress is coming along as the local residents gear up for the Olympic Games. How will London 2012 change the lives of some of London's poorest families?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-10-07:6832730 6832730 2010-10-07T16:01:23+00:00 2010-10-07T15:07:12+00:00 restricted

"We got nine days' notice." Maywood - a small working class city in California - sacked all of its city workers. Why? And what are the implications for democracy and accountability?

The city that sacked itself, maywood, california tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-30:6713997 6713997 2010-10-01T11:30:18+00:00 2010-09-30T15:10:30+00:00 restricted

Tim Whewell explores the legacy of British rule in the company of the archetypal figure of the colonial system - a District Officer.

nigeria, independence, tim whewell tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-29:6686157 6686157 2010-09-29T10:28:12+00:00 2010-09-29T08:49:06+00:00 restricted

In this two-part documentary, Alan Dein asks if oral history can challenge or alter the official past of a nation still coming to terms with its history?

Memory Wars, oral history tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-23:6595097 6595097 2010-09-24T10:10:35+00:00 2010-09-23T09:51:04+00:00 restricted

Cathy FitzGerald explores the past, present, and very real future of the magic carpet and wonders what our desire to defy gravity tells us about ourselves.

magic carpet flight, arabian nights, cathy fitzgerald, flying carpets tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-15:6482382 6482382 2010-09-20T10:00:33+00:00 2010-09-15T16:43:17+00:00 restricted

Barry Smith looks at the mysteries of human consciousness.

brain, mysteries, doc, documentaries tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-09:6398536 6398536 2010-09-10T09:25:51+00:00 2010-09-09T14:24:03+00:00 restricted

Simon Terrington assesses how computer technology has affected chess at the highest level and what this means for its future.

chess, steve terrington, garry kasparov, deep blue tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-09-07:6365120 6365120 2010-09-13T11:03:08+00:00 2010-09-07T13:25:06+00:00 restricted

Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leone’s foreign minister tells her own remarkable story, revealing her personal motivations and how she represents one of the world’s poorest countries.

Zainab’s Story, Sierra Leone, foreign minister, doc, documentary, documentaries tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-31:6261600 6261600 2010-08-31T14:10:44+00:00 2010-08-31T14:10:44+00:00 restricted

An insider's view of legal battles being fought around the world.

The Legal World tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-26:6193301 6193301 2010-09-01T10:04:05+00:00 2010-08-26T15:08:02+00:00 restricted

Sue Armstrong investigates the growing pressure on developing countries as tobacco companies battle for markets of new smokers.

smoking, new smokers, sue armstrong, tobacco, no smoking tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-07-21:5650270 5650270 2010-07-25T21:00:26+00:00 2010-07-21T21:21:15+00:00 restricted

The series World Stories tell tales told from a local point of view - made by the BBC's international journalists: The Rollercoaster of Life in Kabul; A Widow's Journey; Afghanistan's Dancing Boys; The Children of Pedro Pan; and Revolution in Iran.

Rollercoaster of Life in Kabul, Widow's Journey, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Dancing Boys, Children of Pedro Pan, Revolution in Iran; pedro pan, afghanistan, iran, sri lanka, world stories, world documentaries, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, dancing boys, dancing boys kabul, kabul dancing boys, dancing boys documentary, the dancing boys of afghanistan documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-18:6069790 6069790 2010-08-19T13:40:52+00:00 2010-08-18T14:17:04+00:00 restricted

Guru, boffin, eccentric and genius - Gerry Wells is obsessed with radio - tinkering with, building and repairing them. It is a fixation that has got him into trouble with the law, but ultimately radio has been his saviour.

history, radio, wireless, repair, museum, gerry wells, jerry wells, repairman, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-30:5314593 5314593 2010-07-01T11:47:59+00:00 2010-06-30T12:14:32+00:00 restricted

Despite an official ban and regular crackdowns the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has gone from strength to strength. The BBC investigates the secret of its endurance and its global reach.

The Brotherhood, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-05:5879091 5879091 2010-08-13T10:46:48+00:00 2010-08-05T15:56:21+00:00 restricted

Can Muslim singer Sami Yusuf navigate a path to celebrity in the West, without compromising his religious convictions?

sami yusuf, muslim tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-08-06:5887288 5887288 2010-08-06T11:29:12+00:00 2010-08-06T09:57:26+00:00 restricted

Since the 1950s, more than 200,000 Korean children have been adopted by Westerners, but what has been the impact on the children?

korea, children, adoption, jane trenka, suki leith tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-24:5201943 5201943 2010-07-07T09:44:21+00:00 2010-06-24T10:55:23+00:00 restricted

John Sweeney takes a look at the intellectuals - or Lenin's ‘useful idiots’ - who have praised tyrants, and rewritten history.

useful idiots, useful, idiots, lenin, stalin, hitler, mao, china, russia, soviet union, communism tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-07-21:5641372 5641372 2010-07-21T13:32:43+00:00 2010-07-21T11:34:11+00:00 restricted

Listening Post lets people tell their personal stories in their own words. Belfast-born Philip McTaggart is a man who lives in the shadow of his son's suicide. Mary Thida Lun tells a family story from the killing fields of Cambodia.

Listening post, cambodia, northern ireland, ireland, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-13:4511794 4511794 2011-02-07T16:49:46+00:00 2010-05-13T13:48:04+00:00 restricted

Michael Robinson examines the political, economic and cultural mechanisms of China's growing global influence.

China Shaking the World, Michael Robinson tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-23:5186007 5186007 2010-07-09T12:21:10+00:00 2010-06-23T15:21:00+00:00 restricted

Ben E King says of his song Stand By Me "It tends to fall in place for someone who needs it." What are the other factors that come into play for a song to endure across boundaries and generations?

Greatest hits of the world, Ben E King, R&B, R & B, paul gambicini tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-07-02:5350665 5350665 2010-07-02T11:12:50+00:00 2010-07-02T11:12:50+00:00 not restricted

The summer of July 2005 was one that brought Londoners both joy and pain. Kirsten Lass explores what effects these major events had on the city and its people.

london, bombs, bombings, 2005 tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-11:4478758 4478758 2010-05-12T14:15:45+00:00 2010-05-11T14:44:24+00:00 restricted

"A good photograph has an emotional component, the iconic photos hit you right away and they stay with you, and you just can't forget it." Razia Iqbal investigates the power of modern images and their ability to appeal to our imagination.

Every Picture Tells A Story, Razia Iqbal tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-23:5185434 5185434 2010-06-25T10:51:28+00:00 2010-06-23T14:40:29+00:00 restricted

How does one's family history alter one's sense of self? Nihal Arthanayake - a successful London DJ - travels to Sri Lanka to find out more about his maternal grandfather, a lawyer and politician who was murdered in 1940.

Home from home, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-21:5141056 5141056 2010-06-23T10:49:26+00:00 2010-06-21T15:13:42+00:00 restricted

India and China will dominate the 21st century. Will the Asian giants co-operate or clash?

south africa, africa, wole soyinka, doc tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-15:5032733 5032733 2010-06-18T09:08:40+00:00 2010-06-15T19:27:17+00:00 restricted

Aung San Suu Kyi leads the pro-democracy movement in Burma. She has been under house arrest for 17 years. Who is the woman behind the political icon?

Aung San Suu Kyi, burma, pro-democracy, democracy, burmese, political, politics, regime tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-08:4903372 4903372 2010-06-09T13:12:04+00:00 2010-06-08T17:21:19+00:00 restricted

Wole Soyinka explores the past and present of the rainbow nation through the eyes of its finest writers.

south africa, africa, wole soyinka, doc tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-06-03:4821196 4821196 2011-03-04T11:38:09+00:00 2010-06-03T10:37:32+00:00 restricted

With the 2010 World Cup underway many fans will be avidly debating and agonising over the fate of their nations in the tournament. David Goldblatt embarks on an assortment of adventures into the meaning and madness of the game.

The Power and the Passion, David Goldblatt, Football, World Cup 2010, South Africa tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-28:4297237 4297237 2010-04-30T11:16:14+00:00 2010-04-28T18:56:15+00:00 restricted

In the UK, failed asylum seekers like Collen have no rights to accommodation or benefits. They cannot work. And yet it could be dangerous for him to return to Zimbabwe. What is it like for him and others like him to be living in limbo?

asylum, seekers, seeker, immigration, migration, southampton tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-07:4425555 4425555 2010-05-07T13:52:48+00:00 2010-05-07T13:00:00+00:00 restricted

A year-long transition from woman to man, chronicled by Tristan Whiston through the change in his singing voice.

Middle C, Global Perspective tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-13:4513646 4513646 2010-05-14T09:49:14+00:00 2010-05-13T15:21:59+00:00 restricted

A civil servant and a poet come together in their shared determination that those who die without people to mourn them have a respectful and personal funeral.

lonely, funeral, lonely funeral, amsterdam, death, poetry, poet tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-21:4623177 4623177 2010-05-21T05:30:11+00:00 2010-05-21T04:29:28+00:00 restricted

Wedge Island is located in a secluded spot on the rugged, windswept Indian Ocean coastline off Australia. It is occupied by squatters who will be evicted when a new highway arrives. How are the people there dealing with this change in fortune?

lonely, funeral, lonely funeral, amsterdam, death, poetry, poet tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-26:4701501 4701501 2010-05-28T13:04:17+00:00 2010-05-26T13:24:32+00:00 restricted

What is the mood of South Africa ahead of the 2010 World Cup?

South africa, football, stadium, world cup, in the shadow of the stadium, soccer city, legacy, facilities, south africa 2010 tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-24:4665651 4665651 2010-11-30T21:24:00+00:00 2010-05-24T13:09:49+00:00 restricted

"To my shame, I didn't think even to write to the guy and thank him for this phenomenal effort." Former Beirut hostage John McCarthy finally meets the man who negotiated his release from captivity.

Thank You for My Freedom, John McCarthy, Giandomenico Picco, Beirut hostage tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-28:4740552 4740552 2010-06-01T19:23:50+00:00 2010-05-28T16:16:47+00:00 restricted

In 1951, a black man named Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's travelling electric chair - the only one of its kind in the US. His granddaughter explores this lost episode in civil rights history.

doc, travelling electric chair, chair, death, penalty, black rights, civil rights, black, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-17:4561557 4561557 2010-05-26T11:23:29+00:00 2010-05-17T13:11:05+00:00 restricted

An ancient Chinese treatise on military and intelligence strategy that is as influential today to both traditional armies and guerrilla fighters as it was 2,500 years ago.

doc, documentary, art, war, art of war, china, military, battle, strategy, army tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-26:4700427 4700427 2010-05-28T09:34:09+00:00 2010-05-26T12:34:47+00:00 restricted

How has the Persian passion for poetry has shaped Iranian identity?

Nightingales and roses, nightingales, roses, rose, nightingale, persian, poetry, iran, perisa, poem, poems, iranian, poet, poets, Hafez, Sa'adi, Ferdouzi tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-22:4213056 4213056 2010-04-26T12:31:34+00:00 2010-04-22T14:58:49+00:00 restricted

The ability to get what you want by attracting and persuading others to adopt your goals is known as soft power. Philip Dodd examines the areas where this art of persuasion is being used.

Soft Power, Philip Dodd, China tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-23:4223667 4223667 2010-11-29T11:07:29+00:00 2010-04-23T10:17:20+00:00 restricted

Steve Evans explores the tram puzzles - to see what it tells us about what kind of moral creatures humans are.

trolley problem, moral ethics, steve evans, documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-21:4191967 4191967 2010-04-21T12:33:09+00:00 2010-04-21T10:47:38+00:00 restricted

Libyan dissident Jaballah Matar disappeared 20 years ago, and his son Hisham is investigating his fate. Razia Iqbal reports.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-05-05:4388903 4388903 2010-05-05T11:49:37+00:00 2010-05-05T11:44:41+00:00 restricted

Polly Evans goes in search of the other Guantanamo, talking to local people about their home and how they feel about it becoming synonymous with what Amnesty International called "the gulag of our times".

The Other Guantanamo, Cuba, Polly Evans tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-27:4279982 4279982 2010-04-28T09:58:58+00:00 2010-04-27T17:01:42+00:00 restricted

Apostle Asafo guides us around his remarkable workshops in Accra, where teenagers can learn trades. Is it really sustainable?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-02:3510040 3510040 2010-03-03T10:10:02+00:00 2010-03-02T15:49:19+00:00 restricted

Gerry Northam investigates claims that bio fuels - once believed to be the answer to global warming and dwindling oil stocks - are instead leading to heightened pollution, environmental havoc, deforestation, and worsening poverty and hunger.

The Price of Bio Fuels tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-21:4193051 4193051 2010-04-23T09:14:22+00:00 2010-04-21T11:38:59+00:00 restricted

Unemployment in Soweto is well above the national average for South Africa. How are young people like Anza, Freddy and Sibusiso coping with long-term unemployment and the daily temptations to make a fast - rather than an honest - buck?

At the edge in soweto, soweto, south africa, umemployment, young people, global perspective, on the edge in soweto tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-13:2891895 2891895 2011-01-21T14:32:19+00:00 2010-01-13T10:03:35+00:00 restricted

Michael Goldfarb looks inside the workings of America's legislative process on the road to president Obama's mission to reform America's healthcare system.

Barack, Obama, America, American, health, healthcare, reform, universal tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-09:3239792 3239792 2010-02-09T13:42:36+00:00 2010-02-09T13:42:36+00:00 restricted

Italian artist Joseph Stella depicted Brooklyn Bridge as a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America. What does the bridge mean to people who cross it today?

brooklyn, bridge, spanning the world, new york, bridges tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-15:3693520 3693520 2010-03-22T11:53:28+00:00 2010-03-15T16:42:27+00:00 restricted

Sorious Samura follows Vestine, a Hutu refugee as she returns home to Rwanda after the genocide.

Road to Rwanda, Sorious Samura tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-17:3725795 3725795 2010-03-26T10:35:34+00:00 2010-03-17T16:18:03+00:00 restricted

Australian men are typically defined as confident and unassailable characters, but this stereotype is outdated, and has made it difficult for today's generation to open up when times are tough. How can community sheds help?

shed, men, australia, sheds, australian sheds, depression, activity, australian men, loneliness, kingslake, desolation, aboriginal, suicide, devastation, fire, fires, hope tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-29:3879140 3879140 2010-03-29T13:55:55+00:00 2010-03-29T11:34:22+00:00 restricted

Frances Fyfield discovers how the ancient legal principle of habeas corpus is one of our most fundamental rights.

habeas corpus, law, prison, arrest, legal, human right, writ, imprisonment, kafka, trial, prisoner, dentention tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-23:3803772 3803772 2010-03-23T18:16:49+00:00 2010-03-23T15:21:56+00:00 restricted

Joe Queenan's passion for crime fiction sees him heading to two different locations to find out about the nature of the crime.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-16:3712554 3712554 2010-03-17T14:29:01+00:00 2010-03-16T21:24:35+00:00 restricted

China patrols its cyberspace carefully. The government there closes down hundreds of websites each year and blocks access to many international websites.How do Chinese citizens get round the great firewall of China?

china, internet, great firewall, great, firewall, block, blocks, blocking, internet usage, censorship, censors, beyond china's great firewall, beyond chinas great firewall, chinese government tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-17:3719024 3719024 2010-03-17T11:54:41+00:00 2010-03-17T11:14:06+00:00 restricted

Najieh Ghulami looks at bloggers in Afghanistan and how increased internet penetration will help the country's development.

afghan bloggers, afghanistan, naijeh ghulami tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-04:3536109 3536109 2010-03-09T17:28:20+00:00 2010-03-04T10:55:40+00:00 restricted

India has the world's biggest online matchmaking industry. It's revolutionised finding a life partner for Indians.

online dating, dating websites, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-30:3897654 3897654 2010-04-06T16:37:49+00:00 2010-03-30T13:04:03+00:00 restricted

Ros Atkins looks at attitudes to tourism in Cornwall, England and the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas.

living with tourists, ros atkins, trinidad, tobago, cornwall, bahamas, tourism, tourists tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-04-08:4018044 4018044 2010-04-08T16:10:28+00:00 2010-04-08T12:42:10+00:00 restricted

In 1923 hundreds of thousands of Christian and Muslims moved moved between what is now modern Greece and Turkey. What do these communities share after years of political division?

return to trebizond, greece, turkey tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-03-02:3503903 3503903 2010-03-03T10:31:34+00:00 2010-03-02T10:44:38+00:00 restricted

Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslim extremists radicalised on the internet.

Generation Jihad, Peter Taylor tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-04:3179680 3179680 2010-02-04T16:44:57+00:00 2010-02-04T16:00:58+00:00 restricted

Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - who symbolises China's martine supremacy. Why don’t more of us know more about him?

Zheng He, history, China, chinese, explorer, martine, sumpremacy, admiral, seafarer tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-28:3084027 3084027 2010-02-02T12:38:10+00:00 2010-01-28T14:29:26+00:00 restricted

A four-part series examining how in 20 years of its existence the world wide web has reshaped out lives.

The Virtual Revolution, www, world wide web, internet, coputer, pc, laptop tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-23:3414945 3414945 2010-02-23T14:20:58+00:00 2010-02-23T13:55:59+00:00 restricted

The world may be coming to East London in 2012, but the world is already represented and residing in Hackney, East London.

hackney, east london, olympics, 2012, london, stratford, games tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-14:174399 174399 2009-04-15T08:49:09+00:00 2009-04-14T10:45:33+00:00 not restricted

Jim Al-Khalili looks at scientists from the Islamic world who created a legacy for their counter parts in the European renaissance.

Mohammed Ibn Zakariya ar-Razi, Ibn al-Haytham, Abu Rayhan Biruni, islamic, islam, science, scientists, secret, physician, doctor, astronomer, astronomy, physics, optics, optical, smallpox, measles tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-10:3251679 3251679 2011-01-21T15:29:52+00:00 2010-02-10T09:33:52+00:00 restricted

Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the world stage and at home.

Obama's America, America, US, elections, Brack Obama, Simon Schama tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-02-15:3311105 3311105 2010-02-15T11:05:16+00:00 2010-02-15T10:58:14+00:00 restricted

Maurice Walsh reports on the changing face of religion in New York, as Hispanics are taking over from Irish Americans.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-27:3065297 3065297 2010-01-27T13:24:35+00:00 2010-01-27T12:00:29+00:00 restricted

Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate and appropriate for the post-apartheid country.

textbook. diplomacy, south, africa, post-apartheid, apartheid, Mark Whitaker, south africa tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-29:2741674 2741674 2009-12-29T21:53:22+00:00 2009-12-29T19:53:38+00:00 restricted

Visit the tough underworld of Tulsa, Oklahoma through the eyes of police officers Jay Chiarito Mazzarella and Will Dalsing, otherwise known as the podcasting policemen.

24, hours, in, Tulsa, Jay Chiarito Mazzarella, Will Dalsing, police, department, podcast, podcasting, street, stories, officer, officers tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-28:3079496 3079496 2011-01-21T10:47:38+00:00 2010-01-28T10:34:07+00:00 restricted

Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news.

Opposing Obama, Gary Younge, America, US, elections, Brack Obama tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-06:2816715 2816715 2010-01-06T13:09:51+00:00 2010-01-06T13:09:51+00:00 not restricted

Fifa argues that religion should be kept out of the stadium. Richard Coles explores the role faith plays in football and asks how realistic - and desirable - it is to expect football to be secular.

football, religion, footballer, belief, god, should god be allowed on the pitch, heart and soul tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2010-01-08:2838922 2838922 2010-01-08T11:28:57+00:00 2010-01-08T10:03:06+00:00 restricted

Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service’s Fast Track, crosses the continent to tell the story of football.

bbc world service, football, african football, africa kicks, farayi mungazi tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-01:2439255 2439255 2009-12-02T10:30:36+00:00 2009-12-01T18:58:29+00:00 restricted

Part one of Jonathon Porritt's look into China's efforts to tackle climate change

china, climate, change, Jonathon Porritt, documentary, copenhagen, global warming, pollution, beijing, warming tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-23:2679414 2679414 2009-12-23T11:36:43+00:00 2009-12-23T10:12:42+00:00 restricted

Edward Stourton tries to make sense of the past decade, in which history has been put on fast forward. What does it all mean for the way we live as we head into 2010?

Defining the decade, google, facebook, social network, internet, 2009, 2010, Edward Stourton tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-30:2750751 2750751 2009-12-30T14:31:14+00:00 2009-12-30T14:31:14+00:00 restricted

The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help.

visually impaired, documentary, Jyväskylä School, Finland, blind, children tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-28:2729183 2729183 2009-12-28T16:46:16+00:00 2009-12-28T16:31:22+00:00 not restricted

One Planet hears a very personal view of how humans exploit other species.

Animals and us, Victor Schonfield, animal right lobby, The Animals Film, meat, vegetarian tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-15:2592846 2592846 2009-12-16T10:18:10+00:00 2009-12-15T13:25:20+00:00 restricted

Nick Baker is on a mission to connect people, stories and places via internet cafe. He finds online gamers in virtual worlds and business hubs in Ghana. What is his next stop?

internet, cafe, hobo, online, gamer, china, ny, new york, london, yunming, novel, ghana, accra, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-07:2498367 2498367 2009-12-07T11:49:24+00:00 2009-12-07T10:04:29+00:00 restricted

Quentin Peel looks at communist regimes orphaned by the collapse of the governments of the Soviet Union and eastern Europe.

communist governments, quentin peel, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-12-04:2471612 2471612 2009-12-10T10:39:31+00:00 2009-12-04T10:17:56+00:00 restricted

To what extent did communist regimes intrude into the lives of ordinary people? Oana Lungescu goes in search of secret service files.

state, secrets, service, 1989, romania, files, informing, communism, communist, file, regime, spying, spy, infromer, Securitate tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-01:838981 838981 2009-07-02T18:25:06+00:00 2009-07-01T11:16:59+00:00 restricted

Global Perspective looks at life on a small island in British Columbia, presented by the ambivalent young people who live there.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-26:2388546 2388546 2009-11-27T09:11:05+00:00 2009-11-26T15:48:24+00:00 restricted

How would you like to leave a record of your life for your great-great-great-grandchildren? That's the future for participants of StoryCorps, an American oral history project. What do people choose to talk about?

storycorps, story, telling, new york, the conversation of your life, dave, isay, oral, history, memories, booth, archive tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-12:2232828 2232828 2009-11-12T16:41:16+00:00 2009-11-12T16:13:57+00:00 restricted

In this documentary we hear first hand from the African troops who participated in the war – and who played a critical part in freeing the world from the threat of fascism. Martin Plaut reports.

africa, soldiers, martin plaut, world war two, ww2, wwII, forgotten tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-24:762209 762209 2009-06-24T12:22:38+00:00 2009-06-24T10:07:12+00:00 restricted

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?

Blood and lava, Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Mafia, Itlay, Saint Gennaro, Malcolm Billings, Tony Grant tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-25:2369160 2369160 2009-11-25T10:06:15+00:00 2009-11-25T09:16:51+00:00 restricted

A deep level of mistrust has built up among developing nations about financial pledges made by rich countries,

climate, change, un, pledge, money, liberia, monrovia, wednesday, documentary, global warming, Rob Young tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-10-15:1929591 1929591 2009-10-15T14:03:11+00:00 2009-10-15T09:01:49+00:00 restricted

The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life.

John Simpson Returns to 1989, Berlin Wall, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-21:1680235 1680235 2009-09-22T15:26:40+00:00 2009-09-21T12:11:46+00:00 restricted

Two years ago the BBC followed the journeys of migrants trying to leave Africa and find a better life in Europe. Find out how the journeys of two of them have progressed.

Desperate Dreams, migration, Africa, Jenny Cuffe, explotation, illegal immigrant, immigration tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-08:623670 623670 2009-06-10T13:27:29+00:00 2009-06-08T14:35:53+00:00 not restricted

The extraordinary story of Thailand's leading forensic scientist.

My World, Doctor Death, Thailand, documentaries, docs, documentary, Pornthip Rojanasunan tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-05:340901 340901 2009-05-05T14:28:19+00:00 2009-05-05T11:07:05+00:00 not restricted

In this two-part series, Michael Robinson looks at the increasingly desperate efforts to stave off a global economic slump and depression.

On the brink, Michael Robinson, economy, finance, depression, economic slump, credit crunch, credit crisis tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-05:2152984 2152984 2009-11-05T15:34:40+00:00 2009-11-05T12:20:27+00:00 restricted

To mark the 50th birthday of Youssou N'Dour, Robin Denselow travels to Senegal to profile the best known African musician of recent times.

Friday documentary, Youssou N’Dour, Robin Denselow, Senegal, Adrica tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-09:2190156 2190156 2009-11-09T12:11:36+00:00 2009-11-09T12:10:06+00:00 restricted

Part One starts by look going back over 1,000 years ago, in what we now call Spain, but was then known as al-Andalus.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-03:2134930 2134930 2009-11-04T11:10:09+00:00 2009-11-03T21:27:22+00:00 restricted

Justa is destitute, surviving on the meagre remittences that her daughter can send her. What keeps a billion people trapped in the most persistent poverty?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-10-21:1990080 1990080 2009-10-21T11:56:28+00:00 2009-10-21T08:40:38+00:00 restricted

Can the home of 419 internet scams, corruption and voodoo ever transmit a positive image? Nigeria is campaigning for a new image and a new reputation in an effort to attract some much needed investment. How successful will it be?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-11-02:2115687 2115687 2009-11-02T09:59:33+00:00 2009-11-02T09:40:12+00:00 restricted

The extraordinary but little known tale of Russia’s three all-female regiments that flew many missions on the Eastern Front.

night witches, russia, world war II tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-10-09:1872584 1872584 2009-10-09T12:21:17+00:00 2009-10-09T10:27:35+00:00 restricted

The poignant objects people take as they flee their homes and come to Britain.

documentary, memento, friday tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-10-09:1873212 1873212 2009-10-12T10:05:30+00:00 2009-10-09T11:09:55+00:00 restricted

An unprecedented look inside Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.

documentaries, MI6, spies, national security tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-17:1641846 1641846 2009-09-17T15:16:13+00:00 2009-09-17T13:32:48+00:00 restricted

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.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-18:1655469 1655469 2009-09-21T09:26:23+00:00 2009-09-18T13:10:05+00:00 restricted

An account of the extraordinary events that have shaken the world's financial and political systems over the last two years.

documentaries, banking crisis, lehman brothers tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-27:1415713 1415713 2009-08-27T11:05:23+00:00 2009-08-27T10:01:26+00:00 restricted

Mark Dummett asks the questions behind the military revolt in Bangladesh six months ago that threatened the country's stability

Bangladesh, military, revolt, eyewitness tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-15:1612167 1612167 2011-01-21T12:28:07+00:00 2009-09-15T09:39:49+00:00 restricted

The role Barack Obama's mother Ann Dunham played in his formative years and how that influenced his political rise.

Barack Obama, Ann Dunham, Dreams From My Mother, US Election tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-10:1568314 1568314 2009-09-10T18:38:43+00:00 2009-09-10T16:34:16+00:00 restricted

In the middle of the Gulf of Mexico an island has gone missing and nobody knows where it is. BBC Mundo's David Cuen is in search.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-09:1557943 1557943 2011-01-21T14:29:24+00:00 2009-09-09T20:13:25+00:00 restricted

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?

NAACP, Benjamin Jealous, black civil rights, human rights, black, USA, America, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-01:1471107 1471107 2009-09-01T16:29:06+00:00 2009-09-01T16:02:19+00:00 restricted

Michael Buerk analyses the potential and the dangers of citizen journalism.

documentaries, docs, michael buerk, citizen journalists, citizen journalism, media, internet tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-14:1282223 1282223 2009-08-14T15:30:07+00:00 2009-08-14T10:41:19+00:00 restricted

The Europeans who are trying to persuade China's middle class to buy European fine foods.

Selling cheese to the Chinese, China, food tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-03:1162114 1162114 2009-08-03T09:45:47+00:00 2009-08-03T09:14:18+00:00 restricted

For the first time, the BBC tells the story of Iran's relationship with the West over the last 30 years - as seen by the key insiders on both sides.

iran, bush, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-04:1177818 1177818 2009-08-04T15:41:23+00:00 2009-08-04T13:42:24+00:00 restricted

With the swine flu pandemic continuing to spread, Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that the virus is linked to factory style pig farming.

Tracing the strain, swine flu, pig farming, Julian O'Halloran tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-09-01:1467587 1467587 2009-09-03T17:14:54+00:00 2009-09-01T12:01:38+00:00 restricted

Muslim soldiers in Israel talk about the conflicts they face, at home and on duty, and pride in their military service.

israeli army, soldiers, muslim soldiers, world stories, documentaries tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-27:1092381 1092381 2009-07-30T17:09:49+00:00 2009-07-27T10:32:00+00:00 restricted

What is the future of this shabby tenement building in need of redevelopment in Hong Kong’s teeming commercial district?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-03:1163331 1163331 2009-08-06T15:32:01+00:00 2009-08-03T11:17:12+00:00 restricted

Traffic Islands: lives drawn to the public traffic grid, for research, by economic necessity or by grief.

documentaries, traffic islands, global perspective tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-11:1254028 1254028 2009-08-12T08:47:37+00:00 2009-08-11T17:46:33+00:00 restricted

The BBC tells the story of gold, from the myth of King Midas to the mines of South Africa.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-10:931298 931298 2009-07-13T08:26:29+00:00 2009-07-10T09:40:01+00:00 restricted

The story of four Uyghur men transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the wealthy paradise of Bermuda.

Cuba, Uyghur, Guantanamo, Bermuda. tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-07:1213115 1213115 2009-08-10T08:26:37+00:00 2009-08-07T14:22:38+00:00 restricted

Navid Akhtar examines the influence of Islamic design and values in the life of Victorian designer, poet, and craftsman William Morris.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-08-21:1355541 1355541 2009-08-21T16:20:29+00:00 2009-08-21T08:55:23+00:00 restricted

Outsiders have been coming to Africa for centuries for its raw materials and potential. It was an exploitative relationship that has contributed to Africa's poverty, but can foreigners now turn the fortunes of a modern Africa? Mark Doyle investigates.

africa, poverty, poor, why, reasons for, poverty tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-15:679645 679645 2009-06-17T09:56:13+00:00 2009-06-15T10:22:30+00:00 not restricted

The BBC meets two farmers who are working outside their own countries. In programme one, a young Ecuadorian visits Hawaii.

farm, swap, documentaries, farming, Ecuadorian, Hawaii, agriculture tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-21:1035814 1035814 2009-07-21T14:38:44+00:00 2009-07-21T11:04:30+00:00 restricted

Colin Grant recalls the part the BBC’s Caribbean Voices played in shaping Caribbean literature.

Caribbean voices tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-15:982290 982290 2009-07-16T16:49:53+00:00 2009-07-15T14:59:24+00:00 restricted

HIV in New Zealand

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-02:569970 569970 2009-06-02T15:45:55+00:00 2009-06-02T10:58:21+00:00 not restricted

Has Twenty20, Indian commercial interests and sponsorship changed cricket for ever?

cricket, Twenty20, documentaries, test cricket tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-12:660817 660817 2009-06-15T09:02:14+00:00 2009-06-12T14:19:32+00:00 not restricted

Type-1 diabetes currently affects nearly 3 million people in the US, 250,000 people in the UK and 20 million globally.

type-1 diabetes, justin webb tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-19:726436 726436 2011-01-28T19:01:40+00:00 2009-06-19T16:42:35+00:00 not restricted

After 28 years in power, President Mubarak's promise of shepherding his country into a stable democracy has all but dissipated.

Mubarak, Egypt tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-24:766854 766854 2009-06-24T15:35:21+00:00 2009-06-24T15:35:21+00:00 restricted

In this three part series, Ayisha Yahya explores climate change issues in the African desert.

desert, africa, documentary, environment, Mali, Namibia, Egypt tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-23:80616 80616 2009-03-23T08:53:16+00:00 2009-03-23T08:53:16+00:00 restricted

Bernard Madoff’s 'Ponzi' scheme is probably the largest ever pyramid fraud in US history. Amongst his many victims were charities.

assignment, Benard Madoff tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-22:481293 481293 2009-05-22T12:23:27+00:00 2009-05-22T12:13:56+00:00 not restricted

What is Abraham Lincoln's legacy?

Abraham Lincoln, legacy, US, Obama, Barack Obama, documentary, Monday documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-15:679726 679726 2009-06-18T15:17:32+00:00 2009-06-15T10:29:17+00:00 not restricted

Listen to the story of Suzanne, a single woman in her forties who chose to adopt an African-American baby.

Dear Birth Mother, race, adiption, fertility tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-29:541033 541033 2009-06-01T09:05:11+00:00 2009-05-29T14:27:01+00:00 not restricted

Tracing the profound physical and emotional toll on all those involved in the wake of a single collision on a road.

crash, car, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-01:560642 560642 2009-06-05T09:07:08+00:00 2009-06-01T11:01:43+00:00 not restricted

The story of Kades, who has only ever seen one way to escape from the Majengo slums of Nairobi, through his poetry.

My World, Kades, Nairobi, slums tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-08:619469 619469 2009-06-08T09:36:06+00:00 2009-06-08T09:36:06+00:00 not restricted

Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, predicted that the global downturn would be much worse than anyone had reason to believe.

global downturn tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-30:309862 309862 2009-04-30T18:32:12+00:00 2009-04-30T17:28:37+00:00 not restricted

Juan Carlos Jaramillo looks at the two projects aimed at social improvement through music: Big Noise and New York's Harmony

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-26:510046 510046 2009-05-27T14:11:23+00:00 2009-05-26T14:02:58+00:00 not restricted

The story of Dr Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist who suffered a massive stroke 13 years ago.

Dr Jill Bolte Taylor, brain scientist, stroke, My World tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-05:343898 343898 2009-05-08T07:03:19+00:00 2009-05-05T15:16:16+00:00 not restricted

The Library Cart focuses on a day in the life of Cartegena's Martin Murrillo, a mobile cart librarian and self-taught teacher.

documentary, library cart, martin murillo, my world tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-15:424547 424547 2009-05-15T15:30:14+00:00 2009-05-15T10:30:49+00:00 not restricted

David Gutnick visits Mauritania, and finds out how entrenched the master/slave relationship still is.

slavery, Mauritania, freedom, documentary, David Gutnick, monday documentary, documentaries, doc, docs, slave tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-12:394525 394525 2009-05-15T09:49:20+00:00 2009-05-12T09:09:35+00:00 not restricted

Vivek Kumar, a man sustaining a successful business out of marital strife - runs India's number one detective agency from a small office in Mumbai.

The Infidelity Agency, friday documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-20:463487 463487 2009-05-22T08:40:15+00:00 2009-05-20T13:11:56+00:00 not restricted

Gemma Tracee Apiku a former refugee who spent her teenage years in the camps of Sudan, returns to Africa to become a relief worker.

My World, Africa, refugee, Sudan, relief worker, camps, Idi Amin tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-02:96256 96256 2009-04-02T10:47:26+00:00 2009-04-02T10:47:26+00:00 not restricted

Evidence of police atrocities during Guatemala’s civil war.

atrocities, Guatemala, civil war, police, documentary, archives tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-25:82391 82391 2011-01-21T11:55:36+00:00 2009-03-25T15:32:18+00:00 restricted

Will Obama's presidency see substantial reform at the Pentagon?

US, Commander in Chief, Barrack Obama, Pentagon, Monday documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-17:201872 201872 2009-04-20T10:56:26+00:00 2009-04-17T12:32:16+00:00 not restricted

Sorious Samura goes to his homeland Sierra Leone as a starting point for a trip through four neighbouring countries in West Africa.

sorious samura, west african journeys, cletus anaaya, spirit children, ghana, african documentaries tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-24:257027 257027 2009-04-24T12:03:07+00:00 2009-04-24T09:21:37+00:00 not restricted

The Venezuelan sistema - an intensive orchestral training for children - does more for young people than give them music.

Venezuelan sistema tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-03:102909 102909 2009-04-03T10:21:07+00:00 2009-04-03T10:21:07+00:00 restricted

Aboriginal Australian Jared Thomas goes in search of the nature of identity and what it means to his world.

Aboriginal, Australian, Jared, Thomas tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-26:88110 88110 2009-03-26T15:15:38+00:00 2009-03-26T15:15:38+00:00 restricted

BBC War correspondent Jonathan Charles on the poetry being written as a result of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jonathan Charles, poetry, Iraq, Afghanistan tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-25:82156 82156 2009-03-25T11:20:15+00:00 2009-03-25T11:20:15+00:00 restricted

The greatest of all African novelists, Chinua Achebe, takes his first trip for many years back to his homeland of Nigeria.

Chinua Achebe, novelist, nigeria, writer tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-09:148531 148531 2009-04-09T15:18:27+00:00 2009-04-09T14:47:15+00:00 not restricted

In 2003 peace was declared between the Liberian government and rebels.

liberia, peace, justice, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-23:80621 80621 2009-03-23T09:07:56+00:00 2009-03-23T09:07:56+00:00 restricted

What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third Agers from four continents to find out.

Third Agers, Documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-05-19:452310 452310 2009-05-20T09:43:15+00:00 2009-05-19T09:54:21+00:00 not restricted

James Miles, the BBC's China correspondent in 1989, was an eye-witness to the events leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests.

China, Tiananmen Square, protests. tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-02:851030 851030 2009-07-06T08:22:54+00:00 2009-07-02T10:57:58+00:00 restricted

Thembi’s Story is a tribute to the courage of a young woman who highlighted the issues of living with Aids in a South Africa.

monday documentary, Thembi Ngubane, Aids, HIV, South African tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-04:79478 79478 2009-03-04T14:54:14+00:00 2009-03-04T14:54:14+00:00 not restricted

Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK. But beyond the statues and clicking cameras are the lives and stories of those for whom this space exists as an everyday environment.

Trafalgar Square tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-12:79469 79469 2009-03-12T18:15:26+00:00 2009-03-12T18:15:26+00:00 not restricted

Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move across Europe. It has suffered a dramatic decline over the last century.

yiddish tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-02-17:79483 79483 2009-02-17T10:38:14+00:00 2009-02-17T10:38:14+00:00 not restricted

What is it like to be a torturer?

documentary, torture, Iraq, Vietnam tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-02-23:79476 79476 2009-02-23T15:51:27+00:00 2009-02-23T15:51:27+00:00 restricted

In the run up to the Indonesian elections in April, Anita Barraud travels to four different regions of the country to take a closer look at its politics and democracy.

Indonesian Journeys, elections, ABC, Anita Barraud, Jakarta tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-27:79490 79490 2009-01-27T14:01:14+00:00 2009-01-27T14:01:14+00:00 not restricted

As prison numbers in Britain continue to soar, this three part series asks what can be done to stop criminals re-offending?

Fresh Start, Crime, Criminal, Re-Offending tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-02-03:79496 79496 2009-02-03T16:58:00+00:00 2009-02-03T16:58:00+00:00 not restricted

The global illegal trade in wildlife is worth up to $25 billion a year. With lower fines and shorter prison terms compared to drugs or weapons smuggling it's attracting organised criminals, looking for big money and low risk.

Wildlife smugglers, illegal trade, wildlife, documentary, Australia tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-02-17:79480 79480 2009-02-17T11:05:47+00:00 2009-02-17T11:05:47+00:00 not restricted

The Kitchen Sisters – Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson – are a town mouse, country mouse team. They have created inventive and insightful features on American Public Radio for the past three decades.

Kitchen Sisters, Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-02-04:79484 79484 2009-02-04T15:22:26+00:00 2009-02-04T15:22:26+00:00 not restricted

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.

Beatles, USSR tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-14:79501 79501 2009-01-14T12:06:58+00:00 2009-01-14T12:06:58+00:00 not restricted

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.

bicycle diaries, documentary, France, Paris, Velib tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-21:79503 79503 2008-05-27T15:47:56+00:00 2008-05-21T14:30:31+00:00 not restricted

The 1976 hijacking of an Air France plane on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris.

age of terror, terror, terrorism, hijack, entebbe, plane, uganda tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-13:79502 79502 2009-01-13T10:23:17+00:00 2009-01-13T10:23:17+00:00 not restricted

President George W Bush’s legacy was always going to be controversial. Justin Webb, presents this two-part series looking into how he will be remembered.

The Legacy of George W Bush, US politics, republican, Justin Webb tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-20:79679 79679 2009-01-20T15:41:09+00:00 2009-01-20T15:41:09+00:00 not restricted

The United Nations spent 2008 celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We investigate whether the UN's Human Rights Council is fulfilling its role to protect the most vulnerable from human rights abuses.

Human Rights, United nations, UN, simon cox tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-13:79692 79692 2009-01-13T15:31:43+00:00 2009-01-13T15:31:43+00:00 not restricted

Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of America’s leading public intellectuals. In this investigative feature he is on a mission to find out what Barack Obama is like as an intellectual.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-07:79694 79694 2009-01-07T15:46:53+00:00 2009-01-07T15:46:53+00:00 not restricted

Owen Bennett-Jones investigates the constitutional right of US presidents to grant pardons.

The Pardon Game, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-01-05:79626 79626 2009-01-05T12:26:03+00:00 2009-01-05T12:26:03+00:00 not restricted

On January 1, 1959 General Batista's regime in Cuba was overthrown by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement.

Cuba, Castro, music, revolution tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-29:79700 79700 2008-12-29T14:30:19+00:00 2008-12-29T14:30:19+00:00 not restricted

As Europe and America struggle to re-write the rules of international finance following the credit crunch, Claire Bolderson investigates the roots and role of risk. Is bad risk management to blame for the economic crisis?

risk, rules, claire bolderson, financial, crisis, management, market, economy tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-29:79696 79696 2008-12-29T10:29:41+00:00 2008-12-29T10:29:41+00:00 not restricted

Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.

Cuba, Castro, Che Guevara tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-30:79566 79566 2008-12-30T15:29:45+00:00 2008-12-30T15:29:45+00:00 not restricted

Braille has been adapted into almost every known language. It's used on bank notes in Canada and Mexico, and in published parliament acts in India. It's been a revolution for the blind but is it under threat today?

braille, documentary, language, blind tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-22:79632 79632 2008-12-22T13:51:55+00:00 2008-12-22T13:51:55+00:00 not restricted

Throughout much of the Christian world there are many different versions of Santa. Most are jolly, many look familiar and some are a little strange.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-03:79682 79682 2008-12-03T11:43:41+00:00 2008-12-03T11:43:41+00:00 not restricted

A topical and fast moving look back into the archives at stories which have special resonance today

Archive, Timeline tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-12-01:79703 79703 2008-12-01T11:44:09+00:00 2008-12-01T11:44:09+00:00 not restricted

Father Henri Des Roziers, a Dominican priest and human rights lawyer working in Pará, talks about his life, his faith and the cause he would give his life for.

The Priest of Pará, violence, nun, Father Henri Des Roziers, Brazil tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-27:79602 79602 2008-04-17T15:34:01+00:00 2008-03-27T14:45:07+00:00 not restricted

Robert Hodierne reveals the truth about the infamous My Lai massacre of 16th March 1968, based on the audio testimony made during a Pentagon inquiry.

My Lai, Vietnam War tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-11-25:79686 79686 2008-11-25T17:23:09+00:00 2008-11-25T17:23:09+00:00 not restricted

In this four part series Sir John Tusa traces what made 1968 such a climactic year.

1968, Sir John Tusa, American Election, Vietnam tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-11-18:79691 79691 2008-11-18T13:32:14+00:00 2008-11-18T13:32:14+00:00 not restricted

Rupa Jha talks to former militants in Kashmir and their families about why they took up arms and the reasons behind giving up violence. What are the challenges of returning to normal society?

Tired of terror tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-11-05:79677 79677 2008-11-05T12:59:05+00:00 2008-11-05T12:59:05+00:00 not restricted

Discover just how important cows have been to civilisation, all around the world.

world, cows, fred dove tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-11-03:79674 79674 2008-11-03T12:28:23+00:00 2008-11-03T12:28:23+00:00 not restricted

Can street art survive its own success?

Street art, documentary, graffiti, New York tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-11-03:79676 79676 2008-11-03T12:53:11+00:00 2008-11-03T12:53:11+00:00 not restricted

Former Kabul correspondent, Alan Johnston, reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan.

Kabul, Alan Johnston, Afghanistan, Soviet tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-10-27:79684 79684 2008-10-27T10:59:27+00:00 2008-10-27T10:59:27+00:00 not restricted

Neil McCarthy pieces together a story of rats, famine and insurrection from the 1950’s to present day, in remote hills of North East India.

Rat Attack, North East India, Mizoran, Ratu, Neil McCarthy, famine tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-25:79683 79683 2008-09-25T13:50:19+00:00 2008-09-25T13:44:47+00:00 not restricted

Andrew Purcell has been speaking to 'lost veterans' - like Phil - trying to get back on track, hearing about their struggles reintegrating into civilian society and how they feel abandoned by the military.

US military, veterans, Iraq, Afghanistan tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-10-27:79687 79687 2008-10-27T10:28:25+00:00 2008-10-27T10:28:25+00:00 not restricted

Allan Little presents an appraisal of Thomas Jefferson that will consider some of the key "Jeffersonian principles" and look at what they show us how his vision continues to define the continent of America and its relationship with the world today.

America's first principles, Thomas Jefferson, Allan Little tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-10-22:79675 79675 2008-10-22T12:55:22+00:00 2008-10-22T12:55:22+00:00 not restricted

As the global banking crisis deepens, a flood of multi-million dollar lawsuits is beginning to shed light into some of the darkest corners of international finance. Michael Robinson investigates these cases and what they reveal about the present disaster.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-25:79671 79671 2008-09-25T13:50:19+00:00 2008-09-25T13:44:47+00:00 not restricted

Owen Bennett-Jones presents this series that explores the success or otherwise of the global war on terror after seven years of fighting.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-10-07:79663 79663 2008-10-08T15:30:03+00:00 2008-10-07T11:42:13+00:00 not restricted

What is the state of health of the Italian nation today? Is Italy in crisis or undergoing a new Renaissance? Italian journalist Annalisa Piras returns home to find out.

Italian, Italy, patient, documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-25:79599 79599 2008-09-25T17:39:11+00:00 2008-09-25T17:35:57+00:00 not restricted

How has the war with Iraq acted as a continuation of the Revolution in Iran? What does life has to offer the country's young population trapped by conservatism and an ailing economy?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-16:79668 79668 2008-09-16T17:43:56+00:00 2008-09-16T11:06:24+00:00 not restricted

We know the two US presidential candidates and what they would do in office - but what does the electorate itself want? Robin Lustig travels to the candidates' home states to meet four Americans to find out what issues have determined their choices.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-09:79669 79669 2008-09-11T15:22:27+00:00 2008-09-09T16:15:54+00:00 not restricted

The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are popular holiday destinations for wealthy tourists. In this four part series, Robin White visits these island nations to find out what life is really like for people who live there.

Tales of the Commonwealth tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-25:79603 79603 2008-09-25T17:51:26+00:00 2008-09-25T17:51:19+00:00 restricted

Two Chicgao tell the story of life in inner city Chicago 15 years after their popular documentary Ghetto Life 101 aired in the USA.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-29:79641 79641 2008-08-01T11:01:34+00:00 2008-07-29T15:38:10+00:00 not restricted

Barack Obama: a profile of the first black person ever nominated to run for president on behalf of a mainstream party in the USA.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-02:79557 79557 2008-09-02T16:41:36+00:00 2008-09-02T10:11:41+00:00 not restricted

Musical Migrants traces journeys across borders, driven by a passion for the music of a foreign land.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-01-09:79561 79561 2008-01-10T16:33:05+00:00 2008-01-09T10:24:24+00:00 not restricted

At the end of World War Two, as Nazi Germany lay in ruins, millions of works of art were secrety shipped back to Russia by the Soviet Army. Charles Wheeler now investigates their fate and the political row that still surrounds them in Looted Art.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-17:79660 79660 2008-03-20T10:49:09+00:00 2008-03-17T12:42:19+00:00 not restricted

With climate change bringing new threats of rising sea levels and increased rainfall, will luck and ingenuity continue to save the Netherlands from submersion?

Escaping the Waterwolf, netherlands, dam tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-17:79635 79635 2008-05-17T12:03:34+00:00 2008-05-17T11:57:44+00:00 not restricted

China claims there is 'vigorous growth in the public practice of religion' but Gerry Northam discovers that religious persecution is still taking place.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-27:79569 79569 2007-12-27T14:47:50+00:00 2007-12-27T14:34:15+00:00 not restricted

The first programme will show how rapidly the shock wave of the credit crunch is spreading and why it is now moving far beyond the sub-prime homeowners where it began.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-01-23:79600 79600 2008-01-23T14:23:32+00:00 2008-01-23T11:20:24+00:00 not restricted

In Marrakech, old men sit in the square telling stories to anyone who will gather around. They are known as halakis and their art is dying out.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-04:79550 79550 2007-12-04T11:27:45+00:00 2007-12-04T11:04:13+00:00 not restricted

A visit to the disputed Thai "Red Zone" and victims of an under-reported war.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-17:79647 79647 2008-04-17T16:18:57+00:00 2008-04-17T15:12:54+00:00 not restricted

The diary of the man behind Zimbabwe's Harare International Festival of the Arts, as he attempts to stage his event amidst the election drama in the country.

Zimbabwe, Harare, arts, festival tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-25:79613 79613 2008-06-26T11:33:21+00:00 2008-06-25T10:44:46+00:00 restricted

Uduak Amimo asks if the world has the will, people and money to deliver basic good health to everyone.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-25:79648 79648 2008-02-25T10:27:10+00:00 2008-02-25T10:20:20+00:00 not restricted

Jim Muir looks at the beginning of the invasion and the handover of power to the Iraqis

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-07:79563 79563 2008-05-13T14:50:06+00:00 2008-05-07T15:33:47+00:00 not restricted

To mark the 20th anniversary of his assassination in December 1988, this programme marks the life of Chico Mendes, the highly significant green activist who helped to galvanise the race to preserve the Amazon.

Living With Chico Mendes, Amazon tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-07:79575 79575 2008-04-08T15:21:46+00:00 2008-04-07T10:17:12+00:00 not restricted

Dr Anne Marie Brady investigates why the communist party in China has decided to modernise its propaganda system.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-19:79672 79672 2008-09-25T10:00:04+00:00 2008-09-19T10:16:13+00:00 not restricted

Brett Westwood presents four special programmes looking at how environmental change is affecting the movement of animals. In the first programme, he explores how sustainable forestry can help to preserve the Orange Monarch butterfly.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-05:79611 79611 2008-09-05T13:57:10+00:00 2008-09-05T10:07:13+00:00 not restricted

The Marwari trading caste from India has become a major global economic and political force. Explore their journey from the desert to building their global empire.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-08-26:79609 79609 2008-08-26T15:26:39+00:00 2008-08-26T13:51:21+00:00 not restricted

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner talks to former allies of Osama bin Laden who are now engaged in countering the terrorist leader's agenda.

Al-Qaeda's Internal Debate tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-08-14:79549 79549 2008-08-15T10:40:16+00:00 2008-08-14T17:16:24+00:00 not restricted

The extraordinary US military base at the heart of a vast shift in American military strategy, aiming for nation-building and peacekeeping.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-30:79539 79539 2008-08-01T14:08:57+00:00 2008-07-30T09:57:11+00:00 not restricted

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.

The Billion Dollar Election, US Elections tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-08-21:79529 79529 2008-08-21T14:51:41+00:00 2008-08-21T13:55:19+00:00 not restricted

International seas are largely unregulated, meaning most underwater archaeological wealth can be retrieved and sold without any obstacle.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-08-12:79654 79654 2008-08-13T07:25:33+00:00 2008-08-12T14:06:24+00:00 not restricted

BBC World Affairs Correspondent Mark Doyle explores why over five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past decade.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-08-07:79596 79596 2008-08-07T16:32:07+00:00 2008-08-07T12:05:16+00:00 not restricted

Freedom of information is well on the way to being seen as an essential for a modern democracy. But there's almost always a backlash from politicians and officials.

FOI, Freedom of information, Friday Documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-15:79560 79560 2008-07-15T16:11:26+00:00 2008-07-15T09:35:45+00:00 not restricted

Jill McGivering compares two very different free health systems in the developed world: the British NHS and that of the US state of Massachusetts.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-10:79619 79619 2008-07-10T17:22:04+00:00 2008-07-10T14:20:04+00:00 not restricted

The dynamics of the old world and the new world are changing and the balance of economic systems is shifting. Martin Wolf of the Financial Times asks leading economists how important is the American financial cycle to the rest of the world?

economy, finance, inflation tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-29:79554 79554 2008-07-29T16:14:55+00:00 2008-07-29T13:45:01+00:00 not restricted

Michael Robinson sees trouble ahead. Is the world's economy now threatened by what some believe is the most dangerous crisis since the depression of the 1930s?

Money, recession, depression, finance, economy, Michael Robinson tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-23:79577 79577 2008-07-16T15:40:30+00:00 2008-06-23T13:08:57+00:00 not restricted

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.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-16:79555 79555 2008-07-18T14:25:16+00:00 2008-07-16T09:48:26+00:00 not restricted

In this two-part investigation, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups at the highest levels in sport.

Sport, Doping, Secrets In the Blood, Documentary tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-07-02:79614 79614 2008-07-04T13:26:42+00:00 2008-07-02T11:19:11+00:00 not restricted

Kate Clark, who's had rare access to the fight against the Afghan opium trade over the past year, asks how effective attempts to control it can be.

Policing Poppyfields, Documentary, Afghanistan, Opium tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-17:79617 79617 2008-06-19T09:55:20+00:00 2008-06-17T15:45:09+00:00 not restricted

Feeding the Spirit of New Orleans: restoring the culinary heritage of a devastated city.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-10:79625 79625 2008-06-13T15:34:32+00:00 2008-06-10T14:56:17+00:00 not restricted

In this three part series, Audrey Brown travels to South Africa to find out how recent racial incidents have revealed cracks in what was dubbed the miracle of 'the rainbow nation'.

Race and Reconciliation, South Africa tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-05:79528 79528 2008-06-06T10:19:40+00:00 2008-06-05T14:01:46+00:00 not restricted

The powerful story of a young Iranian woman called Leila, sold into prostitution at the age of nine by her own family and sentenced to hang aged 18.

child abuse, iran, leila tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-30:79570 79570 2008-05-30T17:48:08+00:00 2008-05-30T16:38:18+00:00 not restricted

In "Taxi To The Dark Side", American film-maker Alex Gibney reports on the use of torture by American soldiers in Afghanistan. Was the torture the work of a few rogue soldiers, or officially approved by the Pentagon?

torture, prisoner, us military, abuse tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-23:79567 79567 2008-05-23T17:13:43+00:00 2008-05-23T15:15:46+00:00 not restricted

For the last six decades, central bankers have run the international financial system with the aid of a powerful set of economic levers handed to them after the World War 2. Last year, these levers came off in their hands.

central bank, robert peston, finance tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-04:79629 79629 2008-06-06T09:05:47+00:00 2008-06-04T13:19:04+00:00 not restricted

Argentinian film director, writer and tango enthusiast, Edgardo Cozarinsky, talks to artists, dancers and novelists about why psychotherapy and tango have such a pervasive hold on the Argentine mind and soul.

Argentina, Psychotherapy tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-05-12:79582 79582 2008-05-14T10:51:36+00:00 2008-05-12T12:05:25+00:00 not restricted

Ritula Shah reunites former hostage Norman Kember with the people personally involved in negotiations to free them.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-22:79590 79590 2008-04-22T14:40:36+00:00 2008-04-22T14:04:08+00:00 not restricted

In a two-part series, former BBC East Africa Correspondent Mike Wooldridge journeys from the bustling capital, Nairobi, to wary communities in the Rift Valley to report on the issues behind the conflict that erupted in Kenya at the turn of the year.

Kenya tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-24:79627 79627 2008-04-28T12:55:38+00:00 2008-04-24T14:40:30+00:00 not restricted

Misha Glenny has been investigating criminal networks in our newly globalised world. He begins his journey in Canada, where the wholesale production of marijuana is posing a challenge to the US-led 'War on Drugs'.

crime, global crime, misha glenny tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-06:79631 79631 2008-03-06T13:02:30+00:00 2008-03-06T12:43:45+00:00 not restricted

Poet, author and Virginia Tech lecturer Fred D'Aguiar lost a close colleague and a student during the tragic shooting one year ago. This programme follows D'Aguiar as he reflects on 12 months of both his own and his students' work.

Virginia Tech, Fred D'Aguiar, Elegy for the Tech tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-28:79624 79624 2008-03-28T19:08:16+00:00 2008-03-28T15:27:40+00:00 not restricted

John Simpson returns to Tiananmen Square where he witnessed the massacre of student demonstrators in June 1989.

john simpson, china, tiananmen tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-09-03:79592 79592 2008-09-04T13:18:00+00:00 2008-09-03T11:37:22+00:00 not restricted

Ruth Evans tells the extraordinary story of 11 women brought together on the internet by one man's sperm.

The 66 Club, Sperm tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-21:79628 79628 2008-02-21T13:23:23+00:00 2008-02-21T10:55:30+00:00 not restricted

Martin Sixsmith gets under the skin of Russia's secret service, the fastest growing and arguably most politically influential secret service in the world.

KGB, Martin Sixsmith, documentaries tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-04:79606 79606 2008-02-07T14:22:27+00:00 2008-02-04T12:02:36+00:00 not restricted

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.

Documentaries, Floods, Natural Disaster, Bangladesh tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-06-06:79645 79645 2008-06-10T09:23:34+00:00 2008-06-06T15:55:50+00:00 not restricted

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.

Documentary, Bomb Hunters tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-04:79633 79633 2008-03-06T16:58:16+00:00 2008-03-04T15:08:19+00:00 not restricted

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.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-27:79551 79551 2008-01-04T10:03:33+00:00 2007-12-27T15:53:22+00:00 not restricted

Bakira Hasecic is unrelenting in her pursuit of the war criminals of the Bosnian war. How does she and the members of the Association of Women Victims of War find the strength to talk about the rapes and other horrors they endured?

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-04:79604 79604 2008-02-04T16:18:35+00:00 2008-02-04T16:01:29+00:00 not restricted

Experiencing pain is an elemental part of what makes us who we are. It lies at the intersection between body, mind and culture. In this two part series, BBC Iraq correspondent, Andrew North, takes a personal journey through pain.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-03:79656 79656 2008-03-04T13:47:09+00:00 2008-03-03T11:20:45+00:00 not restricted

From pirates to piracy, in this three part series, Nick Rankin finds out how they have adapted to changing times. He takes a journey through history looking at pirates past, present and future.

Documentary, Pirates tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-04:79540 79540 2007-12-04T14:50:04+00:00 2007-12-04T14:46:52+00:00 not restricted

Roy Greenslade presents this four-part documentary series on the freedom of the press. In part one Roy looks at the effects of government control and the risks that journalists take to pursue the truth.

Press, Freedom, Journalism, Government tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-24:79643 79643 2008-04-25T16:50:37+00:00 2008-04-24T10:15:58+00:00 not restricted

As part of a special investigation, the BBC's Africa editor Martin Plaut sets out to examine serious new allegations of corruption and wrongdoing within the United Nations' peacekeeping operations.

UN, Panorama tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-17:79535 79535 2007-12-21T13:31:10+00:00 2007-12-17T14:00:57+00:00 not restricted

Peter Day reports on whether the US Food and Drug Administration will licence the HIV/AIDS drug Maraviroc.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-25:79661 79661 2008-02-25T11:31:39+00:00 2008-02-25T11:31:29+00:00 not restricted

Michael Goldfarb returns to visit the people of Kurdistan and in particular the Shawkat family, with whom he became close during the Iraq War

Documentary, Kurdistan tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-01-31:79589 79589 2008-02-01T12:39:12+00:00 2008-01-31T09:59:49+00:00 not restricted

If the government of Pakistan collapsed, could extremists acquire the country's nuclear weapons? Gordon Corera reports.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2007-12-03:79512 79512 2007-12-03T12:39:55+00:00 2007-12-03T12:13:47+00:00 not restricted

Jonathan Marcus assesses the impact of the two conflicts on American society.

War, Iraq, Vietnam, United States, America, Elections, Jonathan Marcus tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-04-18:79545 79545 2008-04-18T16:55:43+00:00 2008-04-18T11:23:26+00:00 not restricted

Laurie Taylor explores Marseille's unique racial geography to find out what kept the peace during 2005 and 2007 when race riots tore at the fabric of France.

strangers in marseille, laurie taylor, french riots, race in france tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-03-12:79644 79644 2008-03-13T17:46:45+00:00 2008-03-12T11:47:55+00:00 not restricted

Kathy Flower revisits China 25 years after she became famous as an English teacher on Chinese television.

kathy flower, china, chinese, beijing, olympics tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2008-02-12:79605 79605 2008-02-13T11:38:09+00:00 2008-02-12T13:57:25+00:00 not restricted

Why have so many of the hopes and aspirations of Pakistan's founders remained unfulfilled?