My World: Kades
A poetic story of survival set against the soundscape of the Mathare slums in Kenya. Meet Kades, a teenage poet who has escaped poverty.
8 Jun 200922min
The Economy on the Edge
Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, predicted that the global downturn would be much worse than anyone had reason to believe.
8 Jun 200923min
Anatomy of a Hijack
Since the beginning of last year, pirates have succeeded in seizing more than 70 ships off the coast of Somalia. Hundreds of crew members have been held to ransom, and millions of dollars have been pa...
4 Jun 200922min
The Cricket Revolution - part one
David Goldblatt charts the recent arrival and rise on the sporting scene of Twenty20 cricket. David meets those who run the game, former and current players, and seasoned commentators. Has Twenty20...
3 Jun 200923min
Anatomy of a Car Crash
Tracing the profound physical and emotional toll on all those involved in the wake of a single collision on a road.
29 Mai 200923min
My world: A different kind of stroke
Every year, 15 million people will suffer from a stroke, five million of them will die and a further five million will be left permanently disabled. This documentary tells the story of Dr Jill Bolte T...
28 Mai 200922min
The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square - part two
James Miles, the BBC's China correspondent in 1989, was an eye-witness to the events leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests.
26 Mai 200922min
Lincoln and the World
Abraham Lincoln's legacy and political influence is more powerful today than it ever was. Allan Little looks at how movements and leaders from very different political perspectives have looked up to L...
25 Mai 200923min
