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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2008.
In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the country's Muslim community are working from...
In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.
Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus dominates – a fat jolly chap who is our friend.
There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stateless. In this year when Israel has been...
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty. Their only hope of a wa...
Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material.
Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on the constant violence and the struggle...
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty.
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines what made 1968 such a climactic year. Pro...
And now Assignment asks whether Bolivia is on the brink of civil war. In the run-up to next month’s crucial vote on a new constitution, Dani...
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines what made 1968 such a climactic year. Pro...
Five years after doing a series of reports on HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Emma Joseph retraces her steps for Assignment to find out wheth...
In this topical and lively series, contemporary stories and events are explored through the examination of archive material of events that h...
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines what made 1968 such a climactic year. Sta...
Rupa Jha explores what ex-militants in Kashmir and their families expect from the future.
This series looks at street art in two very different cities: New York and Sao Paulo. Each episode profiles a rising artist, and speaks to p...
Rupa Jha talks to former militants in Kashmir and their families about why they took up arms and the reasons behind giving up violence. What...
You might think that copper is just another metal, but in fact it is a vital substance. Discover why, without this metal, even the evolution...
Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless when Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the southern coast of the United States in 200...
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention...
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environmental change is affecting the natural mo...
Discover just how important cows have been civilisation, all around the world.
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention...
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environmental change is affecting the natural mo...
The South Ossetian conflict not only sparked a military war between Russia and Georgia, but a propaganda battle. James Rodgers examines this...
Neil McCarthy pieces together a story of rats, famine and insurrection from the 1950's to present day, in remote hills of North East India.
Andrew Purcell investigates the growing homelessness crisis among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the United States. The programme looks at...
Allan Little presents an appraisal of the man described as America's Apostle of Freedom: Thomas Jefferson, author of the founding document o...
As the global banking crisis deepens, a flood of multi-million dollar lawsuits is beginning to shed light into some of the darkest corners o...
The Saudi Interior Ministry and the US Military in Iraq have offered al - Qaeda sympathisers and detainees therapy and job training. Owen Be...
This special documentary exploring life in Chicago's inner city is based on Ghetto Life 101, an acclaimed 1993 documentary featuring LeAlan...
A series of protests against Indian rule in Kashmir has left more than 30 people dead since August. Thousands of people have died in the vio...
Owen Bennett-Jones tests the big promises governments have made about the financial war on terror.
In Mexico, the government has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to break up the powerful drug cartels operating in the country. Emi...
In Iran, the constant drugs crisis and loss of skilled workers contrast with a lively internet scene which harbours poets, political disside...
Owen Bennett-Jones looks at al Qaeda's hard power and military capabilities in its chosen key battlegrounds: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq...
In Assignment, Robert Walker travels to East Africa to investigate a secret detention programme - involving the transfer of suspected terror...
This series explores what life offers to Iran's burgeoning young population who are trapped by conservatism and an ailing economy. In the fi...
Seven years into the global war on terror, is al-Qaeda winning? It's a deceptively simple question, one Owen Bennett-Jones asked in Riyadh,...
Pakistan's government is locked in an intense battle with Islamist militants for control of areas on its northern border with Afghanistan. F...
Robin Lustig travels to Phoenix, Arizona, the home of Senator John McCain, to ask two ordinary voters about their most pressing concerns in...
A tale of a tiny painting, set against a large canvas of war, politics and looted art in Charle's Wheeler quest to solve a 50-year mystery.
As the insurgency in Afghanistan grows, Kate Clark travels undercover to investigate who's arming the Taleban. Meeting commanders and arms d...
We know the two US presidential candidates and what they would do in office, but what does the electorate itself want? Robin Lustig travels...
How are the Marwari traders managing as India goes global? Can a business culture based on traditional values survive as India's economy cha...
The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are all popular tourist destinations. Robin White tells the stories behind the tourist fac...
Mukhul Devichand finds out how the Marwari trading caste from India's western deserts has become a major global economic and political force...
Ruth Evans tells the extraordinary story of 11 women brought together on the internet by one man's sperm.
John McCain: a profile of the man who talks of honour and patriotic duty and admits having a legendary short fuse.
Win Scutt finds out how the maritime treasure hunting industry has boomed in recent years.