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The Wednesday Documentary Episodes

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    Making a Living, Bollywood Film Extra in India, Part Three

    Owen Bennett-Jones discovers what the new working day is like in new frontiers

  2. Making a Living, Restaurant Cook in South Africa, Part Two

    Owen Bennett-Jones is in Cape Town working as a restaurant cook

  3. Making a Living, Estate Agents in the USA, Part One

    Owen Bennett-Jones experiences what it's like to be an estate agent in Georgia, USA

  4. Why They're Dying in the Congo (2/2)

    2/2 programmes looking at life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 6 years after the war

  5. Why They're Dying in the Congo (1/2)

    1/2 programmes looking at the aftermath of the civil war in the Congo

  6. Tired Of Terror - Part Two

    Does a childhood tainted by conflict affect people forever?

  7. Tired of Terror - Part One

    Is it ever possible for insurgents to give up violence and return to a normal existence?

  8. The Trouble with Money - Part Two

    2/2 programmes on the deepening crisis in the American housing market

  9. The Trouble with Money - Part One

    How serious is the situation in the US housing sub-prime mortgage crisis?

  10. The Secret Scientists - Part Two

    2/3 programmes uncovering the scholars of the 'Golden Age' of Islam

  11. The Secret Scientists - Part Three

    3/3 programmes uncovering the scholars of the 'Golden Age' of Islam

  12. The Secret Scientists - Part One

    The Islamic scientists who flourished during Western Europe's 'Dark Ages'

  13. The Rules of Risk

    Attempts to establish rules for risk management after the global financial crisis

  14. The Priest of Para

    A look at the life and faith of Father Henri Des Roziers, a priest and Human Rights Lawyer

  15. The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square - One

    A look back at one of the 'biggest popular revolts in the history of communism'

  16. The Lost Voices of Tiananman Square - Two

    2/2 programmes looking back at the pro-democracy protests in China's Tiananamen Square

  17. The Lost Veterans

    The problems facing American veterans of war in Iraq and Afghanistan

  18. The Greening of the Deserts - Part Two

    The scientists collecting evidence of climate change in the Namib desert

  19. The Greening of the Deserts - Part One

    Is the Sahara greening or drying up? A look at the evidence

  20. The Greening of the Deserts - Part Three

    How far can human efforts contribute to the greening of the Sahara?

  21. Return to White Horse Village - Part Two

    How easy is it to turn a community of subsistence farmers into city people in China?

  22. Return to White Horse Village - Part Three

    3/3 programmes looking at the transformation of White Horse village in China into a city

  23. Return to White Horse Village - One

    The upheaval as a rural community in the mountains of China is transformed into a city

  24. Playing Castro's Tune

    How were musicians in Cuba affected by the communist revolution of 1959?

  25. On the Brink - Part Two

    A look at the effects of the global recession in Japan

  26. On the Brink - Part One

    How will Europe and US financial bail-out packages hit newly emerging nations?

  27. Obama: Professor President

    How smart is Barack Obama? A look at the US president's intellectual credentials

  28. My Senator my Vote - Part Two

    What voters in Phoenix Arizona think of Republican presidential candidate, John McCain

  29. My Senator my Vote - Part One

    In the US presidential election, two voters in Chicago debate the merits of Barack Obama

  30. Musical Migrants: Chicago

    Japanese blues singer Yoko Noge on why she loves life in Chicago, USA

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