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World Service,256 episodes

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Combatting Stress
Residents of Lagos describe how stress affects their lives
29 mins20 Oct 2001
What Lies Beneath
Would you lie to spare someone’s feelings?
30 mins27 Sep 2001
You’ve Got Mail
What’s the difference between emails, voicemails and video mails?
29 mins16 Sep 2001
Focus on Africa
When did the ��ý start broadcasting Focus on Africa?
29 mins02 Sep 2001
Passion Pictures
Top tips for becoming a photographer
29 mins26 Aug 2001
A Question of Clouds
Why evenings are colder when there’s no cloud cover
29 mins19 Aug 2001
A Sticky Solution
Why spiders don’t get caught in their own webs
29 mins12 Aug 2001
Becoming the Iron Lady
How and when Margaret Thatcher got her famous moniker
30 mins05 Aug 2001
What Became of Boney M?
Boney M. Singer Liz Mitchell on how the band has drifted apart
29 mins29 Jul 2001
The Origins of Africa
Where did Africa get its name from?
29 mins20 Jul 2001
Is the African Service Only in Africa?
How to stay in touch with ��ý Africa from outside the continent
29 mins13 Jul 2001
Debating the Death Penalty
In the year 2000, 90% of all executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US
29 mins08 Jul 2001
Stopping a Stammer
Why stammerers don’t stammer when they sing
29 mins01 Jul 2001
The First Broadcast
The search for the first ever radio broadcast
29 mins24 Jun 2001
‘The Islands of Refreshment’
How the remote Tristan da Cunha islands became a safe haven for sailors
29 mins21 Jun 2001
Searching for Idi Amin
Where is ousted Ugandan Head of State Idi Amin?
30 mins14 Jun 2001
Slavery in Demand
Why the demand for slaves moved from west to east Africa
29 mins08 Jun 2001
Why Wear Make-Up?
Lagos women on why they choose to wear make-up
30 mins01 Jun 2001
Training the World’s Army Elite
Why the world’s top cadets are sent for officer training at Sandhurst
30 mins15 May 2001
Too Poor to Pay
Does HIPIC – an initiative to solve debt problems in the world’s poorest countries – work?
29 mins29 Apr 2001
Songs of Apartheid
Music and songs produced in apartheid era South Africa
28 mins17 Mar 2001
Assassinating the ‘Architect of Apartheid’
The 1966 assassination that planted the seed for South Africa’s liberation movement
29 mins11 Mar 2001
The Positive Impact of Hooliganism
Have new hooliganism rules made football safer?
29 mins04 Mar 2001
A United Football Team
John Barnes on the formation of a Great Britain football team
29 mins25 Feb 2001
‘A Revolution in Medical Science’
The impact of the human genome on medical research
29 mins15 Feb 2001
The Legend of Valentine
How a Roman myth inspired the annual celebration of love
29 mins11 Feb 2001
Why Cats Have Nine Lives
The symbolism and folk lore behind cats’ nine lives
28 mins01 Feb 2001
Ambushed at Pearl Harbour
Soldiers’ memoirs from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
29 mins25 Jan 2001
Healing with Honey
The curative properties of honey, from treating wounds to soothing coughs
29 mins24 Jan 2001
Clever Computers
Will the Internet ever gain consciousness?
29 mins23 Dec 2000