Debt Threat
The first programme will show how rapidly the shock wave of the credit crunch is spreading and why it is now moving far beyond the sub-prime homeowners where it began.
31 Des 200722min
Assignment - Blackwater
There are now as many private security contractors in Iraq as there are US soldiers. To whom are they accountable when things go wrong? Steve Evans reports on the most controversial contractor, Blac...
27 Des 200722min
Quest for a Cure
Peter Day reports on whether the US Food and Drug Administration will licence the HIV/AIDS drug Maraviroc.
21 Des 200723min
Global Account - Part 4
Allan Urry investigates links between the Pentagon, politicians and weapons manufacturers.
20 Des 200722min
Assignment - Inside Uzbekistan
Since the Uzbek government put down an uprising in Andijan in 2005, the country has become more and more isolated from the west. But ahead of the country’s first Presidential election since 2000, our ...
19 Des 200722min
Press for Freedom - part three
Building democracy: What is the role of radio in building democracy? In Papua, a new radio station is being installed as part of Indonesia's 68H network. 68H has introduced electricity by building a d...
19 Des 200723min
Press for Freedom - part two
Freedom of the internet:How do the motives of mainstream news websites compare with the agendas of blogs? In part two of 'Press for Freedom', we talk to Iraqi blogger Salam Pax and others who have del...
19 Des 200723min
Citizen Journalists
What is the future of news, when the internet may undermine the old-fashioned paternalistic precepts? BBC's Alan Little investigates.
17 Des 200722min
