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1. Rice Bowl Tales - Part 2

   

   Tony Barrell investigates the environmental impact and the changing world of Asian rice productio... (991 days ago)

2. Ghana at 50

   

   Komla Dumor joins the crowds celebrating independence with fireworks and festivities, and looks a... (992 days ago)

3. Ghana: Winds of Change - Part 2

   

   What has been the reality of independece for Ghana since 1957? (993 days ago)

4. Rice Bowl Tales - Part 1

   

   Tony Barrell reports from China, the world’s largest rice producer. Tony talks to farmers, ... (998 days ago)

5. Who Will Explode The Next Nuclear Bomb - Part 1

   

   Global danger comes not from wars between great or regional powers, but from nuclear catastrophe.... (1000 days ago)

6. Ghana: Winds of Change

   

   In 1957, Kwame Nkrumah had ambitious plans for the freshly-liberated country of Ghana. Kwaku Saky... (1000 days ago)

7. The Hijras of India

   

   Rupa Jha meets Laxmi, an Hijras, or transsexual, to find out more about their role in modern Indi... (1003 days ago)

8. Who Will Explode The Next Nuclear Bomb - Part 2

   

   In part two of the series, we look at the North Korean nuclear crisis and the threat form nuclear... (1005 days ago)

9. Nuclear Detectives - Part 2

   

   Is a new round of proliferation underway? This week, the nuclear detectives reveal public –... (1007 days ago)

10. The village that got too old

    

    The Japanese village of Ogama is so small that it doesn’t feature on any maps. But this tin... (1010 days ago)

11. Nuclear Detectives

    

    Meet the scientists who seek to identify and control the spread of radioactive materials. In this... (1014 days ago)

12. India Rising Part Five

    

    George Arney chairs a discussion involving all four guests from the India Rising Landmark documen... (1017 days ago)

13. India Rising - Part Four

    

    What are the costs of rapid economic expansion in India? Could a disregard for the needs and rig... (1018 days ago)

14. India Rising - Part Three

    

    With mass media such as television shows, popular values are permeating people’s otherwise ... (1019 days ago)

15. India Rising - Part Two

    

    Despite the rapid pace of change elsewhere, the Indian state of Bihar remains as it has done for ... (1020 days ago)

16. India Rising Part One

    

    George Arney explores what globalisation and a decade of economic reforms have done to India and ... (1021 days ago)

17. Doc Fri: No Milk and Honey

    

    Does globalisation mean that Australia no longer offers a different way of life? (1024 days ago)

18. Bush and Beyond - Part Two

    

    Claire Bolderson examines how politicians in the USA are responding to unpopular reactions to the... (1028 days ago)

19. Beyond Bush

    

    Claire Bolderson looks at what the final years of the Bush administration might hold for the Unit... (1035 days ago)

20. Making a Living 3

    

    Presenter Owen Bennett-Jones experiences for himself what’s it like to be a Bollywood film ... (1038 days ago)