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The Antartic Explorer

Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.

• 25 mins

Womb For Rent

Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial?

• 23 mins

The Wealth Gap: The View from London

Episode 1

As the wealth gap widens, are the super-rich to blame? Michael Robinson investigates.

• 23 mins

The Wealth Gap: The View from London

Episode 2

As the wealth gap widens, are the super-rich to blame? Michael Robinson investigates.

• 23 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 1: Welcome to Hackney

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service track East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 2: Dramatic Changes

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 3: Gardens of Paradise

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 5: Crime in Hackney

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 6: Acting Bad

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 7: Two Cities; Beijing and Rio - Part 1

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro. Part 1 of 2

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 8: Two Cities; Beijing and Rio - Part 2

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro. Part 2 of 2

• 25 mins

Dickens And India - Mutual Friends

Writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Charles Dickens.

• 49 mins

Dreaming Dickens

A dream-walk with Charles Dickens through the London night.

• 25 mins

Lisdoonvarna – Ireland’s Love Capital

Alison Finch meets one of Ireland's last traditional matchmakers.

• 25 mins

The Bombardment of Homs

A special report from Paul Wood on the four harrowing days he spent under fire in Homs.

• 25 mins

A Family Business

Mair Bosworth looks at conflict between generations in a small family business in London.

• 25 mins

The Battle for Egypt

A year after the fall of President Mubarak of Egypt, what happened to the revolution?

• 23 mins

English In The East

Episode 1

English has been the dominant global language but is it the language of the future in Asia

• 23 mins

English In The East

Episode 2

English has been the dominant global language but is it the language of the future in Asia

• 23 mins

Life In Many Voices

Experiences of patients and medical staff whose lives converge in a Jerusalem Eye Hospital

• 25 mins

African Perspective: The Dream Â鶹ԼÅÄ

Meet the Kenyan woman who has opened her home to 49 orphaned children.

• 25 mins

The Bizarre and Influential World of Alice Cooper

A profile of musician Alice Cooper - how has he shaped rock performance around the globe?

• 25 mins

Torture By Music

Ruhal Ahmed spent two years in Guantanamo Bay, where he was repeatedly tortured with music

• 25 mins

The Pink Certificate

Why homosexual men are not allowed to be conscripted into the Turkish army.

• 23 mins

Europe's Choice

1989: Reshaping Europe

Allan Little looks at the transformation of Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• 23 mins

Europe's Choice

Breaking the Pact

Allan Little looks at the failure to enforce the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.

• 23 mins

Europe's Choice

Deeper Not Wider

Allan examines new resentments and divisions within the EU exposed by the crisis.

• 23 mins

The Secret Policemen

Secrecy for Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland can be a life or death situation.

• 25 mins

The War Over Syria

Barbara Plett investigates how the fighting in Syria might reshape the Middle East.

• 23 mins