Roots Reggae and Rebellion Part Two
Rastafari's global impact after the explosion of Jamaica's Roots Reggae scene in the 1970s. Does this spiritual and cultural movement still have relevance today?
20 Aug 201426min
Grapes of Wrath Revisited
The classic novel, a parable of America's Great Depression, as applied to the US today. Mark Mardell considers John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath.
19 Aug 201427min
Chasing China's Doomsday Cult
The BBC's China Editor investigates an elusive cult at the centre of a grisly murder that has shocked the nation.
14 Aug 201426min
Roots Reggae and Rebellion Part One
How Rastafari turned from an ostracised religious sect into a global phenomenon - and its role in replacing the shackles of colonial rule with a forgotten African identity.
13 Aug 201427min
Damming Afghanistan: Lost Stories from Helmand
The Helmand valley dam complex, is the biggest engineering project in Afghanistan. How has it withstood the Soviet invasion and the conflict that began in 2001?
12 Aug 201450min
A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer
Presenter Nihal Arthanayake visits UK immigration lawyer Harjap Singh Bhangal who gives advice to migrants seeking visas to work and live in Britain.
12 Aug 201427min
Crimea: Paradise Regained
As Ukrainian holidaymakers stay away from Crimea's beaches following Russia's annexation of the peninsula, Lucy Ash meets the Russians who are reclaiming their bit of paradise.
7 Aug 201426min
Afghanistan's Death Lists
David Loyn investigates how a lost document is helping Afghanistan come to terms with its painful past. A war crimes trial in the Netherlands has unearthed a list of 5,000 prisoners detained, tortured...
6 Aug 201427min
