BBC OS Conversations: Becoming an Olympic and Paralympic trailblazer

BBC OS Conversations: Becoming an Olympic and Paralympic trailblazer

Earlier this year, five countries won Olympics medals for the first time in history. We celebrate three of those athletes from Nepal, Cape Verde and Dominica and hear about the challenges on their journey to sporting greatness. Thea LaFond, who won gold in the triple jump for Dominica had little financial support early on in her athletics career and was often the only person in her event who also had a full-time job. We hear how the athletes’ experiences not only affected their country, but also inspired others. Nepalese Paralympian Palesha Goverdhan, who won a bronze medal in Taekwondo says, “It has shown people, especially athletes and persons with disabilities, that anything is possible.” And, Cape Verde boxer David de Pina had to leave his country and family to get the right training.

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Bridgerton: Behind the scenes

Bridgerton: Behind the scenes

Producer Jess Brownell takes us behind the scenes of Bridgerton. When the first series of Bridgerton premiered in 2020, it offered a welcome escape, inviting us into a world of high society romance, e...

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Body image and weight loss drugs

Body image and weight loss drugs

An advert shown during this year’s Super Bowl has prompted a backlash on social media. In the ad, tennis champion Serena Williams promotes a weight loss injection, saying she is "healthier" thanks to ...

14 Helmi 23min

The spy who loved to dance

The spy who loved to dance

In April 2022, two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, a man in his thirties called Victor Muller Ferreira flew into Amsterdam airport using a Brazilian passport. He was identified by the Dutch autho...

13 Helmi 26min

Kirsty Coventry: Becoming president of the IOC

Kirsty Coventry: Becoming president of the IOC

With the 2026 Winter Olympics well under way in Italy, we look to the most powerful woman in sport - the International Olympics Committee president, Kirsty Coventry. The most decorated African Olympia...

13 Helmi 18min

The Gaudí code

The Gaudí code

Millions flock to Spain’s Sagrada Família to marvel at its towering tree-like columns, remarkable displays of light and ornate stonework. One hundred years after the master architect Antoni Gaudí’s de...

13 Helmi 26min

Kentucky’s Real People Radio

Kentucky’s Real People Radio

For World Radio Day 2026, we visit WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky, one of many small community radio stations in the US existentially threatened by cuts to government funding. At a moment when news has...

12 Helmi 26min

Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic

Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic

Why does President Trump really want Greenland? The Arctic territory is rich in vital minerals and oil. And it hosts an important American military base as the race for dominance in the Arctic heats u...

11 Helmi 26min

Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands

Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands

Els and Jan have fewer than three days left on Earth. Childhood sweethearts who met in kindergarten more than six decades ago, they know precisely when they will die. And how. On an early summer’s Mon...

10 Helmi 28min

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