Boom or Bust
Sharon Mascall investigates the Australian mining industry where many inexperienced workers are lured by high wages but face harsh conditions, poor safety standards and an uncertain future.
6 Mar 200822min
Assignment Jacob Zuma: The Investigation
Jacob Zuma is one of the most powerful men in South Africa. He controls the ruling African National Congress and is poised to replace President Thabo Mbeki as head of state. But Jacob Zuma has a probl...
6 Mar 200822min
How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part One
Programme One: BBC correspondent Jim Muir evaluates how war has changed Iraq from the beginning of the invasion to the handover of power.
3 Mar 200822min
After the KGB: Part Two
Martin Sixsmith gets under the skin of the fastest growing and arguably most politically influential secret service in the world the "new KGB".
29 Feb 200822min
Assignment - Unknown Neighbours
Why are the British so scared of Islam? When the head of the Anglican church, Dr Rowan Williams, suggested that some aspects of Sharia law seemed unavoidable in parts of Britain, he prompted a storm o...
28 Feb 200822min
The Kremlin and the World - Part 4
Russia has made more enemies than friends recently. Tim Whewell finds out where this new East, West confrontation is leading and why Russia is harking back to the days of the old Soviet Union.
27 Feb 200821min
Secrets in the Blood Part Two
In this two-part investigation, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups at the highest levels in sport.
25 Feb 200823min
The Kremlin and the World - Part 3
Tim Whewell investigates why a 'new' Cold War could be underway and if Russia and the US is embarking once again on a race for arms.
25 Feb 200822min
