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Prof Jim Al-Khalili, brings alive the stories of the great forgotten Arabic thinkers an...
After 9/11, the new global world order and China's economic rise.
How a very special school in Finland is helping visually impaired children.
Rob Walker tells the story of how 'Angolagate', one of the biggest arms deal scandals o...
We delve into Tulsa's tough underworld in the company of two police officers who have d...
Edward Stourton explores how, in the past 10 years, the world woke up to climate change.
John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life.
Episode 2
John Simpson returns to Prague to speak to those who lived through the Velvet Revolution
John Simpson Returns To 1989 3
John Simpson brings himself back to the Romanian revolution.
Google's mighty impact on our lives and the world wide web.
State Secrets - Part two
Oana Lungescu investigates the secret files kept hidden after the fall of communism.
Nick Baker embarks on a global journey - an ambitious project to draw a map round the w...
StoryCorps, the US oral history project, is an organisation that gives Americans a chan...
Amidst China's toxic power stations we find some extraordinary green solutions.
Jonathon Porritt is in China, where he finds pioneering green solutions.
Will mistrust over financial pledges prevent a climate change deal at Copenhagen?
Martin Plaut hears from the African troops who participated in WWII.
Lucy Ash looks at Russia's 3 all-female regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions o...