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Stairways to Hollywood

Discover the Hollywood hills stairways used by film stars in the early days of cinema

• 11 mins

Belarus and Mexico: In History's Footsteps

On Lee Harvey Oswald's trail in Minsk; the moves, costume and joy of danzon in Mexico City

• 11 mins

Syria and Vietnam

The Aleppo crossing point where snipers target children

• 11 mins

Disputed Territory

Race, crime and paranoia in New Orleans; China vs Philippines at a tribunal in the Hague

• 11 mins

Hospital Blues... and Delicious Greens

A double-edged trip to casualty in Chad; a long quest for vegetarian meals in Africa

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition 24 Aug 2013: Crossings

Stories of war, intrigue - and show business - from Aleppo, Hanoi, Minsk and Los Angeles

• 24 mins

Polynesia and the world

John Pickford reflects on the changing diet, lifestyle and prospects of people in Oceania

• 11 mins

Jamaica and Russia

Reflections on homophobia in the Caribbean; memories of walrus-chasing in Arctic Chukotka

• 11 mins

Friend or Foe?

Meeting Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and sipping coffee in the city of spies

• 11 mins

Parades and Ponytails

Chris Buckler in Northern Ireland's parades; Irene Caselli on Venezuela's hair thieves

• 11 mins

The Coconut Viola and an Alpine Party for 36,000

Justin Rowlatt on Vietnam's traditional music; Alex Marshall partying in Liechtenstein

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: Keeping Their Heads Down

Tales of risk and reward in Egypt, Venezuela, New Orleans, Russia's Arctic and Polynesia

• 24 mins

China and Hungary

John Sudworth with Chinese petitioners; Nick Thorpe searching for a heart in Hungary

• 11 mins

Syria: what can be done?

Impressions of the aftermath of a bombing and analysis of President Obama's options

• 11 mins

Pakistan and Liberia

A peaceful exit from Pakistan's presidency; the boundless energy of Liberian entrepreneurs

• 11 mins

New Horizons

One woman's journey from Syria to Australia; another's dream of travelling outside Tibet

• 11 mins

Social Scourges in Cambodia and Angola

Survivors of acid attacks rally in Phnom Penh; (almost) everyone drinks too much in Luanda

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: Who Are The Real Winners?

Stories from correspondents in Syria, US, Australia, Chad, Vietnam and Liechtenstein

• 24 mins

South Africa and Italy: Family Histories

From fleeing Nazism to battling apartheid; a Brit's war story salves Italian ambivalence

• 11 mins

The End of Good Times in Australia and Moscow's Kiosk Clampdown

The end of Australia's mining boom and Moscow's efforts to limit street alcohol sales

• 11 mins

Advice from ‘La-la Land’ and Britain’s Costly Hen Parties

Advice on Syria from American universites. Plus, pre-wedding celebrations in Britain

• 11 mins

Child Exploitation in Brazil

Meet the children working in Brazil’s sex industy - and the man who once exploited them

• 11 mins

An Eye-opening Return to Martinique

Race and society on the Caribbean island of Martinique, with Lyndsay Johns

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: Dangerous Enthusiasms

With recent stories from Australia, Liberia, Cambodia, Russia, Angola and Hungary

• 24 mins

Siberian Tigers and Pink Panthers

Stories on a gang of jewel thieves and efforts to save tigers in Siberia.

• 11 mins

India and Indonesia

The silent 'sorority of the abused' in India; Lessons for Egypt's transition from Jakarta

• 11 mins

Deadly Gold and Life-saving Literature

Mercury poisons Borneo's miners and rainforest; Somaliland's popular Hargeisa Book Fair

• 11 mins

The 'Bubble' and the Boudoir

What is it like to go globetrotting with John Kerry? Plus, Italy's recession-hit Casanovas

• 11 mins

South Africa and Canada

Public (health) menaces: a new drug abused in Soweto; old traumas still scar First Nations

• 11 mins

The Animal Kingdom

Honoured, feared, tamed, gawked at and eaten: the relationship between humans and animals

• 24 mins