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Detours

The last cola in the desert

A Costa Rican city is an unexpected home for people in search of a better life in the US

• 26 mins

Useful Idiots

Episode 1

Lenin's description of intellectuals who gave their blessing to tyrannies and tyrants.

• 25 mins

Useful Idiots

Episode 2

Intelligent people manipulated by dictators into saying good things about bad regimes

• 25 mins

Passport to paradise

In Vanuatu, a tiny Pacific Island Nation, a controversial passport scheme is a concern

• 26 mins

Translating for mum and dad

Meet the children who help their immigrant parents navigate life in the UK by translating

• 26 mins

Cuba's digital revolution

Cubans are getting online 鈥� so how is the internet transforming this communist country?

• 49 mins

My personal history of sormeh

Black eye eyeliner is more than just make-up. It's a symbol of the power of Persian women

• 26 mins

The Gospel of Wealth

Gordon Brown meets billionaires inspired by the great philanthropist Andrew Carnegie

• 26 mins

Supersisters

Meet the inspirational women on whose shoulders today's female sport stars stand

• 49 mins

Looking for love: The Zoroastrian way

Nalini Sivathasan meets young Zoroastrians trying to save their religion from extinction

• 26 mins

Uganda's war in the bush

The guerrilla war in Uganda, which led to the current leadership.

• 49 mins

Northern Ireland 1969

Battle lines

How the violence of the Northern Ireland Troubles began in August 1969

• 26 mins

Northern Ireland 1969

The violence spreads

Ruth Sanderson looks back at the Scarman testimonies and the violence in Belfast in 1969

• 26 mins

Francis Ngannou: Cameroon's MMA champion

Francis Ngannou's odyssey from child labour in a sand quarry to superstardom in the UFC

• 26 mins

Moondog: Sound of New York

Singer Huey Morgan celebrates the life and work of blind musician Moondog.

• 26 mins

Comrade Africa

How Communist East Germany tried to influence Africa via radio during the Cold War

• 49 mins

Hong Kong: Love in a divided city

How have the protests affected the married lives between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese?

• 26 mins

The Malawi tapes

Preserving the treasure trove of traditional harmonies, rhythms and instruments of Malawi

• 49 mins

Emperor complex

Huang built China鈥檚 first 'privatised city'. Is it utopia or his personal fiefdom?

• 26 mins

British music鈥檚 Caribbean roots

The colourful roots of how British black music has entered the mainstream

• 49 mins

Giving peace a chance

Francine Jones returns to the scene of John Lennon and Yoko Ono鈥檚 1969 bed in for peace.

• 26 mins

The digital election: How social media is reshaping UK democracy

US political media expert Travis Ridout assesses efforts to influence UK voters.

• 26 mins

My Big Korean-Iranian Wedding

What happens when an Iranian marries a South Korean and their families meet?

• 26 mins

The Secret History of GCHQ

How Scarborough saved the world

GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

• 26 mins

The Secret History of GCHQ

From Bude to Berlin

GCHQ's listening station at Bude, its hidden past and how it was forced out into the open

• 26 mins

Judy Garland: The final rainbow

The story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London at the Talk of The Town nightclub

• 49 mins

The Rainbow Railroad

A Canadian organisation is helping LGBT people escape persecution via a secret network.

• 26 mins

Romania鈥檚 revolution 30 years on

How has Romania moved on from its totalitarian past?

• 26 mins

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Razia Iqbal speaks to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• 26 mins

Living with Star Wars

How Star Wars changed the cinematic universe in 1977

• 49 mins