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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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02/10/2009
What do migrants take with them when they leave their homes forever, which will always ...
Yiddish - A Struggle For Survival
Dennis Marks travels to New York to discover what has become of the language Yiddish.
The Friday Documentary
If you were forced to leave your home forever, what would you take with you?
12/10/2009
Gordon Corera takes an unprecedented look inside Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.
19/10/2009
An unprecedented look inside the MI6 and behind the Iron Curtain in the Cold War days.
31/10/2009
Gordon Corera takes an unprecedented look inside Britain's Secret Intelligence Service,...
Public Places, Private Lives - Part One
People who come to a famous spot for work or for their own private reasons.
Portraits of grand places from the everyday perspective of the people who call them home.
Youssou N’Dour at 50
Youssou N’Dour, the man who makes music to benefit Africa.
07/11/2009
Lucy Ash looks at Russia's 3 all-female regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions o...
Episode 3
Africa's Forgotten Soldiers
Martin Plaut hears from the African troops who participated in WWII.
Shortchanging the Planet
Will mistrust over financial pledges prevent a climate change deal at Copenhagen?
28/11/2009
StoryCorps, the US oral history project, is an organisation that gives Americans a chan...
Episode 4
Can China Go Green?
Amidst China's toxic power stations we find some extraordinary green solutions.
Jonathon Porritt is in China, where he finds pioneering green solutions.
05/12/2009
16/12/2009
Nick Baker embarks on a global journey - an ambitious project to draw a map round the w...
