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Kate Adie introduces correspondents with despatches from Zambia, Italy, the South China Sea, Afghanistan and Germany.

The appointment of a white vice president in Zambia indicates, according to Fergal Keane, that for Africa's whites, the long journey towards feeling they have a future as of right on the continent is finally underway. David Willey in Rome tells of Italian scepticism about their prime minister's ability to deliver on the promises he's made to EU-leaders about the implementation of austerity measures in Italy. Horatio Clare's aboard a vast container ship in the South China Sea finding out how economic hard times have been affecting life on the ocean wave. There's an incident in the High Pamir as John Pilkington's dragged, feet first, into an icy river and much talk about the sort of food you can find in German canteens, and what it tells you about its eaters, from our own correspondent in the German capital, Steve Evans.

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30 minutes

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Sat 29 Oct 2011 11:30

Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:30

  • Is there a brighter future for white Africans?

    Zambia's recently-appointed vice president is a white man, an unprecedented sign that Africa could finally be escaping the racial conflicts of its immediate past, says Fergal Keane.

    Duration: 06:19

  • Italy's growing EU disillusionment

    David Willey finds Italians are becoming increasingly sceptical about their prime minister's ability to deliver on the promises he has made about implementing austerity measures.

    Duration: 04:36

  • Voyage into the unseen world of commercial shipping

    Aboard a vast container ship on the South China Sea, Horatio Clare discovers how the financial crisis is affecting life on the ocean wave.

    Duration: 05:29

  • Yak's milk and kindness in the Pamirs

    John Pilkington visits the Walkman Corridor in north-east Afghanistan and finds an area which is peaceful, beautiful - and doing its best to attract tourists.

    Duration: 05:22

  • Tasting your way around Berlin

    Exploring the city's workplace canteens, Stephen Evans discovers that the type of food served there can tell you much about its patrons.

    Duration: 05:26

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Oct 2011 11:30