Documentaries

Documentaries

Throughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.

Wed Aug 20 04:30:00 EDT 2008

BBC World Affairs correspondent Mark Doyle continues travelling from the west to the east of the DR Congo on a journey to ... more

Mon Aug 18 03:00:00 EDT 2008

The extraordinary US military base at the heart of a vast shift in American military strategy, aiming for nation-building ... more

Thu Aug 14 06:54:00 EDT 2008

What do Freedom of Information laws actually achieve? Are they sometimes more symbolic than practical in their impact? more

Thu Aug 14 04:06:00 EDT 2008

During Argentina's Dirty War of the seventies and eighties thousands of leftists and dissidents vanished after being abduc... more

Wed Aug 13 05:00:00 EDT 2008

BBC World Affairs Correspondent Mark Doyle explores why over five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of C... more

Fri Aug 08 10:15:00 EDT 2008

Prestigious job. Exotic location. Stately home, fine food and wine, and many other perks thrown in. Yours for only $200,00... more

Thu Aug 07 08:28:00 EDT 2008

Freedom of information is well on the way to being seen as an essential prerequisite for a modern democracy. But there's a... more

Thu Aug 07 04:06:00 EDT 2008

In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the country's Muslim community... more

Wed Aug 06 06:15:00 EDT 2008

Will there be a return to the dreaded days of "stagflation" with weak growth and rising inflation. Can economic policymake... more

Fri Aug 01 06:38:00 EDT 2008

The United States is due to have the first billion-dollar election in its history. The BBC's Steve Evans presents this two... more

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