Bonus: Bridgerton actor’s interview on Dear Daughter
A bonus episode from Dear Daughter - the award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service. You can find more episodes by searching for ‘Dear Daughter’ wherever you get your BBC podcasts.Bridgerton act...
25 Apr 202526min
The call of Anastasia
Members of the new age Anastasia movement espouse strong family values, farm small plots of land and try to educate their own children outside the public school system. Originating in Russia, the quas...
24 Apr 202526min
Witness History: The Environment Movement
To mark Earth Day, we bring you remarkable stories of the history of the environmental movement, told by the people who were there. Selected from the BBC’s Witness History program, we hear about the m...
23 Apr 202552min
Francis, the rebel Pope
Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton looks at the life and legacy of the spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide. He was elected at a time of crisis for his Church,...
22 Apr 202549min
Assignment: Dicing with democracy? Romania’s cancelled election
A cancelled election, a cancelled candidate and a divided country – is Romania’s democracy under threat?Last December the country’s Constitutional Court cancelled the presidential election two days be...
22 Apr 202533min
In the Studio: Amin Gulgee - Heavy metal
Amin Gulgee defies easy categorisation: he’s a metal sculptor, a curator, and one of Pakistan’s most innovative and cherished artists, the beating heart of his home city of Karachi’s creative scene. H...
21 Apr 202527min
Make me perfect: Manufacturing beauty in China
In China today, looking good is seen as key to career success. With beauty videos promoting extreme weight-loss flooding social media, beauty apps making booking surgery click of a button away, China’...
20 Apr 202526min
The Fifth Floor: Inside the Taliban's surveillance network
There are over 90,000 hi-definition CCTV cameras in Kabul, watching everyone’s movements. What are the Taliban using this footage for? BBC Afghan Services' journalist Mahjooba Nowrouzi was granted exc...
19 Apr 202526min
