The Freedom to Broadcast Hate
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Middle East has experienced a proliferation of new TV channels keen to spread religious and political messages to audiences. There are new media stars – TV ...
15 Mar 201427min
Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
Hungarian conductor – Ivan Fischer – is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society and has written an opera to expose growing intolerance. Lucy Ash reports
13 Mar 201426min
Is the UK press Free?
With regulation of newspapers planned, Steve Hewlett and a panel of international editors ask: how free is the UK press?
12 Mar 201427min
China in Vogue
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion. Jessie Levene speaks to editors, photographers, designers and cultural commentators to find out how Chinese women are creating...
11 Mar 201427min
Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
A decision by his father to send him to ballet school changed the direction of Carlos Acosta’s life. Thanks to Fidel Castro’s belief that art should be accessible to all Cubans he received free ballet...
8 Mar 201449min
Freedom to be Single
Rupa Jha meets fellow Indian women who choose to be, or are forced to be, single. She comes face-to-face with a story of coercion, prejudice and neglect that is both shocking and moving. It is also a ...
8 Mar 201426min
Uruguay’s Radical Drugs Policy
Thousands of Uruguayans are hooked on a highly addictive cocaine derivative – ‘pasta base’. Will the legalisation of marijuana impact this problematic drug abuse? Linda Pressly reports.
6 Mar 201426min
Freedom of the Mind
Ingrid Betancourt - who was held captive for six years - explores how people's minds can be free even while they are in captivity.
4 Mar 201427min
