Global Perspective - The Lonely Funeral
Civil servant Ger Frits and poet Frank Starik come together in their shared determination that those who die alone in Amsterdam have a respectful and personal funeral.
14 Maj 201023min
Assignment: A Taliban Class War?
In Pakistan, the Taliban are continuing to attract recruits, despite the fact that their violent methods have outraged most Pakistanis. For Assignment, Owen Bennett-Jones investigates the Taliban’s a...
13 Maj 201022min
Would you kill the big guy?
A runaway train is heading towards five people. You're standing on a footbridge, next to a very big man and the only way you can stop the train is to push the big man onto the track: his bulk will sto...
12 Maj 201023min
Cracking The Code
The BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera gains exclusive access to Britain's ultra secret listening station where super computers monitor the world's communications traffic.
10 Maj 201023min
Global Perspective - Middle C
A year-long transition from woman to man, chronicled by Tristan Whiston through the change in his singing voice.
7 Maj 201023min
Assignment: Goldmine Sachs
Assignment investigates how Goldman Sachs has made record profits since it was bailed out by the US government in 2008. Reporter Matt Prodger reveals that the firm is still operating as an investment ...
6 Maj 201022min
The Other Guantanamo
Award-winning travel writer Polly Evans goes in search of the other Guantanamo, talking to local people about their home and how they feel about it becoming synonymous with what Amnesty International ...
5 Maj 201022min
The Price of Bio Fuels - Part Two
What are the practical and moral issues around this alternative energy source? Gerry Northam reports.
3 Maj 201023min
