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.

Mon Mar 15 03:00:00 PDT 2010

Dr Aleks Krotoski concludes her investigation of the internet twenty years on by asking whether our brains are being rewir... more

Fri Mar 12 02:05:00 PST 2010

Nick finds that internet cafes are not just a way to stay in contact with family, friends and football results. more

Thu Mar 11 06:06:00 PST 2010

An investigation into the expertise of Russian hackers. What makes them so good at breaking cyberdefences? more

Wed Mar 10 02:30:00 PST 2010

The people behind the booming online dating industry in India believe they are transforming society. But critics say the... more

Mon Mar 08 02:00:00 PST 2010

How commerce has colonised the web - and how web users are paying for what appear to be free sites and services in hidden ... more

Fri Mar 05 02:05:00 PST 2010

The Ponte Milvio, the bridge that spans the Tiber river in Rome, is a site of both romantic and religious pilgrimage. What... more

Thu Mar 04 01:06:00 PST 2010

It was a charity appeal on a global scale. In 1985, an unprecedented array of performers took part in two marathon, telev... more

Wed Mar 03 02:05:00 PST 2010

Nina Robinson returns to east London for the second part of Great Expectations, the series discovering the community livin... more

Mon Mar 01 02:00:00 PST 2010

How has the online world impacted on global politics? Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks K... more

Fri Feb 26 02:05:00 PST 2010

Italian artist Joseph Stella depicted the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a metaphor for the immigrant experience in Americ... more

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