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The Trickster
A look at trickster characters in tales around the world
RNLI
A look at the work of lifeboat volunteers who work with the RNLI in Great Britain
Tippu Tip's Travels
Reliving the travels of Tippu Tip, notorious Afro-Arab slave and ivory trader
Gisborne Welcomes the Millennium
A visit to Gisborne as it prepares to be the Ist place to welcome the new Millennium
The Maasai
A look at the life of the Maasai tribes of Western Africa
Mobile Phones
A look at mobile phones, the people who hate them and those who can't live without them
Unknown Warrior
The Great War and its cultural and psychological effects on the British people
The Swap - Norbert Reinhardt
Ed Leonard and Norbert Reinhardt talk about their kidnapping swap in Colombia
China's New Media
The Chinese revolution in communications and how it will profoundly change the country
Tobago
The history of the people of Tobago and their lives in slavery
New Struggle for the West
Ranchers in the USA and the environmental concerns about their business
Yuko Tojo
General Hideki T艒j艒's granddaughter talks about her difficult childhood
Getting Old
A look at aging and life in old age
The Swallowers' Undertaker
A look at drug-swallowing mules arriving in New York and the people who deal with them
Death in the Air
Investigation into the under-reported incidence of deaths on aeroplanes
Beyond Black and White
A look at changing attitudes towards race in Britain due to racial integration
Summer Pastures
An examination of cowboy culture in the modern American landscape
Refugees - a Burden or a Bonus?
A look at the history of attitudes to refugees in Great Britain
Arts in Management
Using creative arts to improve management skills
The I Can't Sing Choir
A visit to a choir consisting of people who believe they can鈥檛 sing
Blueprints for Armageddon
How close did the world come to nuclear war?
Nkrumah - the Cancer of Betrayal
A look at the life of Kwame Nkrumah and the consequences of the coup that overthrew him
Take this Ring
A look at the long history and significance of rings
Drawing Fire
The power and purpose of newspaper cartoons
River Blindness
Report from Ghana on the effects of the disease river blindness
Pain
Exploring our relationship with pain
Rwanda
Young people from Kigali share their personal experiences of living in Rwanda
Returning to Zimbabwe
How bad is the economy in Zimbabwe?
Two Halves of a Whole - South Africa to Holland
Tracing Afrikaans roots back from South Africa Holland
Yoga Head to Toe
Mark Tully meets Yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, aka 'Guruji'
Like Another Mahabharata
The letters of Sikh soldiers from the Western Front during the First World War.