Background analysis to stories in the news from Harry Potter to climate change
World Service,路85 episodes
As China celebrates 50 years of communist rule, the army puts on a display of might
04 Jan 1999,路14 mins
The 1999 Seattle protests against the World Trade Organisation
02 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Have Chancellor Schroeder's plans to save crisis-ridden Philipp Holzmann divided Germany?
03 Dec 1999,路13 mins
How Jamaicans are trying to find solutions to the culture of violence on the island
Report on the recent failures of NASA's space exploration program
06 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The human rights disaster caused by conflict between the government and the Tamil Tigers
07 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Environmental safety versus economic security - the dilemma Bulgarians are facing
10 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Swahili's permeation throughout sub-Saharan Africa
11 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The politics behind capital punishment in the United States
13 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The 1997 financial crisis and the creation of the G20 group to stop it happening again
14 Dec 1999,路13 mins
What are the chances of a successful peace plan in the Middle East?
15 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The trend towards more democratic government and economic liberalisation
16 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1960. How did it change attitudes to sex?
The extraordinary impact of antibiotics on life expectancy in the 20th Century
17 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Lusaka's street children most of whom have lost their parents to AIDS
The return of countries to their "rightful owners" following centuries of colonialism
20 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Prime Minster Putin objects to Western criticisms of his campaign in Chechnya
21 Dec 1999,路12 mins
Are governmental apologies empty gestures?
22 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Once reserved for the rich, what has increasing air travel revealed about our society?
The rise of the semiconductor in everyday use from the transistor radio to the computer
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - a surprise even to many top Soviets
Romanians share stories of life under the deceptive and oppressive Ceausescu regime
Why is the court of appeal for Carribean death penalty cases in London?
Will the arrival of the digital television turn viewers into participators?
28 Dec 1999,路13 mins
The plight of Kosovan refugees forced to give up their papers
29 Dec 1999,路13 mins
Arguments for and against modern migration and the rise of the human trafficker
04 Jan 2000,路13 mins
The enlargement of the European Union and the possibility of a united European army
05 Jan 2000,路13 mins
Are the top global brands saturating and homogenising the world's markets?
07 Jan 2000,路13 mins
The discrimination faced by immigrants when applying for jobs housing and citizenship
07 Jan 2000,路25 mins
The young wizard beloved by children, parents, and bookshop owners alike
09 Jan 2000,路13 mins
