On the brink - part 1
Continuing his award-winning reports for the BBC World Service, Michael Robinson looks at the increasingly desperate efforts to stave off a global economic slump and depression. He visits Europe and A...
5 Touko 200922min
West African Journeys - part three
Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura heads back to his native West Africa for a trip through his homeland of Sierra Leone and other neighbouring countries. In part three Sorious returns to Liberia...
1 Touko 200923min
Assignment - The Rich in Retreat
Just one year ago Wall Street bankers enjoyed widespread regard, even veneration, in American public life, respected as people who understood the world of money and finance. Twelve months on the story...
1 Touko 200922min
The Secret Scientists part three
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at the legacy of scientists from the Islamic world. In part three of The Secret Scientists, he talks about the work of Abu Rayhan Biruni, who calculated the Earth's circ...
29 Huhti 200922min
The Secret Scientists part two
Jim Al-Khalili looks at the scientists from the Islamic world who created a legacy for scientists in the European renaissance.
21 Huhti 200922min
West African Journeys Part One
Sorious Samura takes four journeys that explore the challenges and contradictions of life in modern West Africa. In Part One, we hear about Cletus Anaaya and his efforts to stop the widespread killing...
20 Huhti 200923min
The Secret Scientists
Jim Al-Khalili looks at the scientists from the Islamic world who created a legacy for scientists in the European renaissance.
17 Huhti 200922min
Escape from Eritrea Assignment
The Eritrean government is turning its country into a giant prison, according to new report released by Human Rights Watch. For this week's Assignment Pascale Harter travels to Sicily, where thousands...
16 Huhti 200923min
