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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
Aboriginal Cricket Tour
The aborigines of Victoria and their cricket team's tour of England in 1868
Eric and Milena - a Story about Love
The love story of Eric and Milena
Pugmarks in the Sundarbans
Looking for tigers in the world's largest mangrove swamp
The Peace Walkers
Walking for peace from Delhi to Russia in 1962
The Singing Revolution
Estonians celebrate their cultural independence at the Baltic Festival of Singing
Timor Sings
Celebrating music from East Timor after the destruction of the War of Independence
Witchcraft in Tanzania
Investigation into the practice of witchcraft in Tanzania
Words and Music - Healing the Wounds
Dealing with the emotional aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 in New York
Kings Beyond the Carols
Documentary following King's College Chapel choir, Cambridge