Musa's Money
The richest man of all time was 14th Century monarch King Mansa Musa, who reigned over Mali from 1312 to 1337. His fortune came from gold and salt, and control of trade routes.
30 Dec 201427min
The Lipinski
A startling 300-year journey of a Stradivarius violin through the lives of geniuses, dictators, refugees, and the Milwaukee thieves who stole it from violinist Frank Almond.
28 Dec 201450min
The Great War Diaries
How ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, even children – experienced World War One and the little-known human side of the world's first truly global conflict. With stories of love, loss, hope ...
25 Dec 201450min
Abdi and the Golden Ticket
Assignment follows Abdi Nor, a winner of the annual US green card lottery, as he attempts to escape from a life of poverty in Kenya and realise the American dream.
25 Dec 201427min
Karaoke as Art?
Is karaoke now an art form? Music critic Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon, to find out.
24 Dec 201427min
Tupac Shakur: Hip Hop Immortal
Tupac Shakur trained as an actor, posed as a street thug and became a best selling rapper, but he died in 1996. Mythologised and revered, is Tupac a modern Black American folk hero?
23 Dec 201426min
The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra
The Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste or Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra, is the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa. It was founded in the mid-1990s by Armande Diangienda. In the beginning a small...
23 Dec 201427min
