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Episode 2
Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
12/12/2011 GMT
Ruth Evans reports on a unique dot.com venture providing jobs for the poor.
Episode 1
Is the West attempting to force gay rights on Africa, Asia and the Middle East?
An intimate story of life during the Libyan war.
Why free market Austrian economics have inspired a rap video and attracted new fans
Paul Mason asks whether the expansion of credit created a new form of worker exploitation.
Frank and intimate personal stories of why the safe sex message is still so often ignored.
Priyath Liyanage goes to Sri Lanka in search of the boy with the violin.
Martin Wolf examines how the world has changed since the financial crisis four years ago.
Noah Richler asks why humans from the earliest times have felt the need to tell stories.
Is engagement always better than isolation in the case of tyrannical regimes?
How should diplomats engage with brutal regimes?
Mark Gregory examines the legacy of Steve Jobs. Did he invent a new way of doing business?
With Gaddafi dead, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens after dictators fall.
Milan
Meet Venezuelan Padro Carrillo, who moved to the birthplaceof opera to pursue his career.
Zanzibar
Meet Yusuf Mahmoud, who swapped Cheltenham for Zanzibar in his love of African music.
Why does Britain's narrow and elite establishment keep stumbling from crisis to crisis?
Alan Dein explores the impact of the recent riots in England on one London man
Matthew Connelly examines India's tragic history to control its population.
Matthew Connelly examines India's mass sterilisation campaign to control its population.
Episode 3
Matthew Connelly looks at the consequences of India's methods to control its population.
We retrace George Orwell's account of poverty in Paris and London, 80 years on.
A series that invites close, unhurried listening to the stories of individuals.
Matthew Bannister tells the story of Amnesty International 50 years after it founded
How Cambodia's new bands are promising signs of a culture in recovery.
