Assignment - Mexico's Drug War
A war is raging between rival drug cartels along Mexico's border with the United States. Last year more than 7000 people were killed in the drug related violence and 2010 has already got off to a bloo...
18 Feb 201022min
Obama's America - The End of the Dream
As the United States endures its worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, historian Simon Schama explores the debate about the morality which has run through American history and asks about t...
17 Feb 201023min
New York's Catholics
The religious face of New York is being transformed. Once the preserve of the Irish Catholics, New York’s churches are now filled with Hispanic Catholics. The dominance of the Irish immigrant communit...
15 Feb 201023min
Message in a Bottle
The fabric of island life as described through the most non-instant of communication devices - the message in a bottle.
12 Feb 201022min
Assignment: Unlawful Detention
Every year thousands of asylum seekers are detained in Britain. They are held while the Home Office decides whether to grant their claim for asylum or to remove them from the country. Its part of what...
11 Feb 201022min
Obama's America - Part One
Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the world stage and at home. In part one he considers potential strategies for the president's inherited conflict in ...
10 Feb 201023min
Opposing Obama - Part Two
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news.
8 Feb 201023min
China's Forgotten Admiral
Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - and who symbolises China's martine supremacy. Why don’t more of us know more about him?
5 Feb 201023min
