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Like Another Mahabharata

The letters of Sikh soldiers from the Western Front during the First World War.

• 27 mins

From Pittsburgh to The Hebrides

Following in the footsteps of folklorist Margaret Fay Shaw to the Hebrides

• 27 mins

Up in Flames

'They could try to save the opera house or save Venice'. The fire that destroyed La Fenice

• 27 mins

Charing Cross Road

A look at the vibrant and varied life on Charing Cross Rd

• 27 mins

Fire -Tool or Weapon?

Forest fires and their effects on various countries

• 27 mins

Breaking the Silence

Filipino women break their silence on domestic abuse

• 27 mins

Global Perspective - Seawalls

Sea walls or sea birds?A look at the controversy over maintaining sea walls on Blackwater

• 27 mins

The Amber Room

What happened to an amber-filled chamber described as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'?

• 27 mins

Wild at Heart - African Childhood

Contributors describe their earliest memories of growing up in the bush in Africa

• 27 mins

Global Perspective - The Island on Dry Land

A visit to Schokland and a look at Netherlands relationship with the sea

• 27 mins

Global Perspective - Fire and Ice

Experiencing the harsh weather of Teller in Alaska

• 28 mins

Global Perspective - Kiribati in Crisis

The consequences of rising sea levels for Kiribati

• 27 mins

First Words

A look at how children acquire language

• 27 mins

The Image of Rosita

Giving birth in a tree. Recalling the powerful image of the rescue of Carolina Pedro

• 23 mins

Sanctuary

'The blind arrogance of Australia's early aclimatisers'

• 24 mins

Cementing the Ties

Travelling from Oldham to Bangladesh on an educational mission

• 23 mins

Stealing the Glory

The story of the black explorer who was the first person to reach the North Pole

• 24 mins

No Word for 'Robin'

A look at the effects of climate change in Banks Island

• 24 mins

The Iranians

A look at life in Iran 22 years after the Islamic Revolution

• 24 mins

The Whisky Route

Learning how to make Scottish whisky

• 24 mins

Our World Lives on

The race against time to preserve Yiddish as a language in Eastern Europe

• 23 mins

Solitude

Accounts of different experiences of loneliness and isolation

• 24 mins

Runaway Brides

The perils of arranged marriages for Bangladeshi girls

• 24 mins

Images of Belsen - Part One

The horrific conditions discovered when the Nazi concentration camp was liberated in 1945

• 24 mins

Images of Belsen - Part Two

What happened to the inmates in the months - and years - after the liberation of Belsen

• 24 mins

Zero Gravity

Experiencing weightlessness with parabolic flying for non-astronauts

• 24 mins

Fire Fighting in Banja Luka

Crossing ethnic divides by building a national fire service in Bosnia-Herzegovina

• 24 mins

Avega Widows

A visit to 'The land of widows' and the self help group Avega Agahozo

• 24 mins

Lord Kelvin's Bedspring

The scientific story of foam

• 24 mins

Behind the Wire

The story of the internment of 27000 people in Britain in 1940

• 23 mins