The Death of Ukraine
David Stern examines the causes and consequences of Ukraine’s other crisis – its demographic timebomb. The country’s population once stood at over 50 million but it has fallen sharply and some project...
30 Kesä 201527min
Estonia’s Russian Problem
Neal Razzell reports from the Estonian city of Narva, which is in NATO but almost entirely Russian. Could this be the west’s weak spot? Here, the Estonian government says, Moscow is trying to destabil...
26 Kesä 201526min
This is Me Totally Sausage
German comedian Henning Wehn explores the growing use of ELF – English as a lingua franca. He talks to academics and consultants in the fast-growing field of ELF and learns that it is rapidly developi...
24 Kesä 201527min
Inside Interpol
Interpol is the world's biggest and most powerful international policing organisation. Spanning almost every existing country - with the notable exception of North Korea - it carries out vital work in...
23 Kesä 201527min
The War that Changed the World: Jordan
How did World War One change the face of the Middle East? And, how did this seismic and controversial period shape the century to follow? Lyse Doucet presents a public debate from Amman in Jordan, wit...
20 Kesä 201550min
The Mysterious Magnate and Moldova’s Missing Millions
Tim Whewell investigates how a billion dollars has mysteriously disappeared from banks in Moldova – equivalent to more than an eighth of the country’s GDP.
18 Kesä 201526min
Writing a New South Africa: Place and Contested Space
Poet Thabiso Mohare travels to Cape Town to meet a new generation of writers, poets and playwrights and look at the theme of place and contested space in their work and the history of the city. He tal...
17 Kesä 201527min
The Moment that Made Putin
Vladimir Putin, then a KGB agent, was caught up in dramatic events as East Germany collapsed. He saw crowds take control as communist power collapsed, and had to defend his KGB office in Dresden as de...
16 Kesä 201527min
