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Episode 1
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
19/10/2009
An unprecedented look inside the MI6 and behind the Iron Curtain in the Cold War days.
31/10/2009
Gordon Corera takes an unprecedented look inside Britain's Secret Intelligence Service,...
Public Places, Private Lives - Part One
People who come to a famous spot for work or for their own private reasons.
Episode 2
Portraits of grand places from the everyday perspective of the people who call them home.
Youssou N’Dour at 50
Youssou N’Dour, the man who makes music to benefit Africa.
07/11/2009
Lucy Ash looks at Russia's 3 all-female regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions o...
Episode 3
Africa's Forgotten Soldiers
Martin Plaut hears from the African troops who participated in WWII.
Shortchanging the Planet
Will mistrust over financial pledges prevent a climate change deal at Copenhagen?
28/11/2009
StoryCorps, the US oral history project, is an organisation that gives Americans a chan...
Episode 4
Can China Go Green?
Amidst China's toxic power stations we find some extraordinary green solutions.
Jonathon Porritt is in China, where he finds pioneering green solutions.
05/12/2009
16/12/2009
Nick Baker embarks on a global journey - an ambitious project to draw a map round the w...
23/12/2009
State Secrets
State Secrets - Part two
Oana Lungescu investigates the secret files kept hidden after the fall of communism.
Defining the Decade: A Googling We Go
Google's mighty impact on our lives and the world wide web.
John Simpson Returns To 1989
John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life.
John Simpson returns to Prague to speak to those who lived through the Velvet Revolution
John Simpson Returns To 1989 3
John Simpson brings himself back to the Romanian revolution.