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Documentaries featuring very personal human stories and arresting global issues.
07/04/2010
Ros Atkins observes attitudes to tourism in three countries where he grew-up - the Baha...
14/04/2010
Episode 1
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
21/04/2010
Libyan dissident Jaballah Matar disappeared 20 years ago, and his son Hisham is investi...
Episode 2
Generation Jihad
Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslims radicalised on the web.
Episode 3
28/04/2010
Apostle Asafo guides us around his remarkable workshops in Accra, where teenagers can l...
Global Perspective
The Friday Documentary
How are young people like Anza, Freddy and Sibusiso coping with long-term job searching?
The Price Of Biofuels
Gerry Northam investigates the true cost of bio fuels.
05/05/2010
Polly Evans examines the personal, political and cultural stories of Guantanamo - from ...
Cracking The Code
Gordon Corera gains exclusive access to Britain鈥檚 ultra secret listening station,
Would You Kill The Big Guy?
Moral dilemmas facing people in situations of war and crisis.
Episode 4
The Art of War
Why Sun Tzu's words of wisdom - written over 2,500 years ago - are still relevant today
Episode 5
Soft Power
China
Philip Dodd investigates China's soft power charm offensive.
India
Philip Dodd finds out if the values and culture of India can rival those of China.
02/06/2010
Bridgette Robinson tells the story of the execution of her grandfather Willie McGee.
28/05/2010
Amir Amirani looks at how the Persian passion for poetry has shaped Iranian identity.
Thank You for My Freedom
Former Beirut hostage John McCarthy meets the man who negotiated his release.
04/06/2010
Audrey Brown speaks to people directly affected by the World Cup around Johannesburg's ...
South Africa's Path To Freedom
Wole Soyinka explores South Africa through the eyes of its finest writers.
11/06/2010
A look into the life and work of Amoret Whitaker, a forensic entomologist.