The Battle for Hearts and Lungs - Part One
Sue Armstrong investigates the growing pressure on developing countries as tobacco companies battle for new smokers. Poorer tobacco growing countries like Malawi are becoming ever more dependent on to...
27 Elo 201023min
Assignment - Cutting the Lifeline in Honduras
Money sent home by migrant workers provides a lifeline for millions of the world's poorest people. In this Assignment programme we hear from Honduran migrant workers in the US and from their impoveris...
26 Elo 201023min
World Stories: The Rollercoaster of Life in Kabul
"Why doesn't grandad smile?" Meena Baktash takes a personal look at the Kabul of her youth. What has war done to a city that was once so beautiful and a people so vibrant? After decades of conflict, ...
25 Elo 201023min
The Brotherhood - Part two
Despite an official ban and regular crack downs the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has gone from strength to strength. The the BBC's Arabic affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi investigates the secret of its ...
23 Elo 201023min
The Wireless World of Gerry Wells
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 ...
20 Elo 201023min
Assignment - On the Run in Sweden
Sweden has garnered respect around the world for the welcome it offered to thousands of Iraqi refugees after the invasion of 2003. It's taken more Iraqis than any other country in Europe - indeed one ...
19 Elo 201023min
The Brotherhood - Part one
"No taxi driver in Cairo knows how to find the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The brothers may be everywhere but the organisation is nowhere to be seen." The BBC's Magdi Abdelhadi investigate...
16 Elo 201023min
The Muslim Superstar
Singer Sami Yusuf is one of the biggest superstars in the Muslim world. He's eyeing up success in the mainstream market, but how can he compete in an industry that makes its profit from outrageous sta...
13 Elo 201020min
