Fading Traditions - part 3
Temple prostitutes: The ancient Hindu tradition of dedicating young girls to the temple has come up against the modern horrors of AIDS.
7 Feb 200822min
Assignment - Kurdistan Corruption
With its functioning parliament, a booming oil economy and a small but well-trained army, the Kurdish area of Iraq appears to offer a model for other areas of the country. But Kate Clark discovers g...
7 Feb 200822min
Pain: Episode One
In this two part series, former BBC Iraq correspondent, Andrew North takes a personal journey through his own experience of pain and that of others.
6 Feb 200822min
Securing Pakistan's Bomb
What would happen if the government of Pakistan, one of the world's nuclear powers, were to collapse? Would extreme Islamist militants be able to get their hands on the country's nuclear weapons?
4 Feb 200822min
Fading Traditions - Part 2
Georgia, considered to be the birthplace of wine, risks losing its wine industry. How are the producers coping?
31 Jan 200822min
Assignment - Kenya violence
This week's Assignment reports on the post election violence in Kenya which has claimed the lives of up to 900 people. The opposition claim that the poll was rigged and the violence, which began in W...
31 Jan 200822min
A Dollar A Day - Part 4
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on one dollar a day. The third programme focuses on education in Ghana.
29 Jan 200822min
Fading Traditions - Part 1
The number of Moroccan story-tellers, known as halakis, is dwindling. Why is their art dying out?
24 Jan 200822min
