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Charing Cross Road
A look at the vibrant and varied life on Charing Cross Rd
Fire -Tool or Weapon?
Forest fires and their effects on various countries
Breaking the Silence
Filipino women break their silence on domestic abuse
Global Perspective - Seawalls
Sea walls or sea birds?A look at the controversy over maintaining sea walls on Blackwater
The Amber Room
What happened to an amber-filled chamber described as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'?
Wild at Heart - African Childhood
Contributors describe their earliest memories of growing up in the bush in Africa
Global Perspective - The Island on Dry Land
A visit to Schokland and a look at Netherlands relationship with the sea
Global Perspective - Fire and Ice
Experiencing the harsh weather of Teller in Alaska
Global Perspective - Kiribati in Crisis
The consequences of rising sea levels for Kiribati
First Words
A look at how children acquire language
The Image of Rosita
Giving birth in a tree. Recalling the powerful image of the rescue of Carolina Pedro
Sanctuary
'The blind arrogance of Australia's early aclimatisers'
Cementing the Ties
Travelling from Oldham to Bangladesh on an educational mission
Stealing the Glory
The story of the black explorer who was the first person to reach the North Pole
No Word for 'Robin'
A look at the effects of climate change in Banks Island
The Iranians
A look at life in Iran 22 years after the Islamic Revolution
The Whisky Route
Learning how to make Scottish whisky
Our World Lives on
The race against time to preserve Yiddish as a language in Eastern Europe
Solitude
Accounts of different experiences of loneliness and isolation
Runaway Brides
The perils of arranged marriages for Bangladeshi girls
Images of Belsen - Part One
The horrific conditions discovered when the Nazi concentration camp was liberated in 1945
Images of Belsen - Part Two
What happened to the inmates in the months - and years - after the liberation of Belsen
Zero Gravity
Experiencing weightlessness with parabolic flying for non-astronauts
Fire Fighting in Banja Luka
Crossing ethnic divides by building a national fire service in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Avega Widows
A visit to 'The land of widows' and the self help group Avega Agahozo
Lord Kelvin's Bedspring
The scientific story of foam
Behind the Wire
The story of the internment of 27000 people in Britain in 1940
Hana's Suitcase
The role played by an empty suitcase in explaining the Holocaust to Japanese children
Two Hundred Years of Moonlighting
Why is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata so famous and so popular to play?
A Refugee Returns
The story of a refugee's return to Vietnam
The Dumping Ground
The problem of pesticide pollution in Ethiopia