A Profile of Aung San Suu Kyi
Known by many simply as 'The Lady', Aung San Suu Kyi has become one of the world's most famous politicians. And yet she has never exercised any power in her country Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. U...
10 Nov 201527min
An Interview with Egyptian President al-Sisi
Lyse Doucet visits Cairo’s presidential palace for an exclusive interview with Egypt’s new strongman, President Abd-al-Fattah al-Sisi.
6 Nov 201523min
Puerto Rico: The Have Nots and the Have Yachts
The US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico could be slipping into an economic “death spiral”, according to its Governor. Ten years of recession have led to deep cuts in services and more are on the way, as th...
5 Nov 201526min
Philip Glass: Taxi Driver
Musician Philip Glass revisits his parallel lives in 1970s New York - as a taxi driver and an emerging composer in Manhattan's arts scene.
4 Nov 201527min
Sex and the Synod: Pushing the Boundaries
Pope Francis has opened up debate about his Church’s most controversial teachings - on sex and the family. He’s raised hope among those who’d like the Roman Catholic Church to change its stance on iss...
3 Nov 201527min
Three Pounds in My Pocket - Part Two
Stories of the pioneers who came to post war Britain from the Indian subcontinent. By the early 1970s the numbers from the Indian subcontinent had increased with family reunions and people fleeing Ban...
1 Nov 201549min
South Sudan – can the world’s youngest country survive?
Tim Franks travels to South Sudan to find out why the world's youngest nation has failed to deliver on the hopes placed in it at independence.
29 Okt 201526min
Poems from Syria
During the conflict in Syria, it seems incredible that there are still writers expressing their experiences through poetry. News journalist Mike Embley meets and speaks to Syrian poets, writers and ac...
28 Okt 201527min
