Road Kill - Part One - Kenya
"It's a woman with a tiny baby and luggage on the back of a motorbike with no helmet." Sheena McDonald travels to Kenya to find out what the government is doing to improve on road safety and reduce th...
15 Nov 201023min
The Great Palace of Verse
Completed by the poet Ferdowsi in 1010 AD, the Shahnameh is widely regarded as a masterpiece of world literature. It is of central importance to Iranian culture and self-identity and has inspired some...
12 Nov 201023min
Assignment: Congo's Blood Gold
For Assignment Thomas Fessy investigates allegations that a senior Congolese general profited from the illegal takeover of a gold mine.
11 Nov 201022min
Baghdad Boy - Part Two
Ali Abbas became an icon of the Iraq War when images of him with his arms amputated were beamed around the world. Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home and killed 16 members o...
10 Nov 201023min
Return to White Horse - Part Two
"With the city being built here on our doorstep, I can look after the children and earn some money." Carrie Gracie returns to China to see how locals are embracing and benefiting from city life.
8 Nov 201023min
The Battle of King Salmon - Part Two
“If you say bye bye to that fountain of life you may as well say bye bye to my heritage.” How will a proposed copper mine affect Alaska’s main industry of salmon? The BBC’s Nick Rankin reports on the ...
5 Nov 201023min
Assignment - Burma Votes
The people of Burma go to the polls on November 7th for the first time in 20 years. In 1990, an overwhelming majority voted for pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her National League for Demo...
4 Nov 201022min
Baghdad Boy - Part One
Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of his family, and left him without arms, Ali Abbas returns to Baghdad. Now 19 years old and with loved ones looking t...
3 Nov 201023min
