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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part two
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learnin to rap on Rikers Island jail
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part one
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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The Dream Academy
Does the world have a sleep problem? Exploring how different cultures sleep.
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Where is Austin Tice? 6/9
Josh uncovers a hidden world of secret negotiations, backchannels, and high-level talks.
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Where is Austin Tice? 5/9
A video appears online titled: “Austin Tice Still Alive”.
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West Africa's Ebola outbreak: 10 years on
Ten years on from the Ebola outbreak which tore through West Africa
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Where is Austin Tice? 4/9
Josh and Sara piece together Austin’s final route into Damascus.
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Mapping India: The World's Largest Count
Mapping India, undertaking a census of more than a billion people
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The Documentary
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Where is Austin Tice? 3/9
The Austin Tice files begin to give up their secrets.
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Stories from the New Silk Road: The ‘Frenemy’
Katy Watson explores Australia's relationship with China: partner, rival or 'frenemy'?
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Where is Austin Tice? 2/9
In the chaos after the Syrian regime’s downfall, the hunt for Austin Tice is on.
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The Reunion: The 9/11 Attacks
Twenty-five years on from the September 11th, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre(R)
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The dictators' survival guide
As ‘strong man’ politics is on the march, we try to understand the behaviour of dictators(R)
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Turkey's growing sinkhole problem
Sinkholes are rapidly increasing in central Turkey after years of groundwater extraction(R)
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A23a: Biography of an iceberg
Glaciologist Catherine Walker explores the birth, life and death of megaberg A23a
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Where is Austin Tice? Ep1. 'We believe he’s alive'
American journalist Austin Tice, vanished in Syria, but the US president says he is alive
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A23a: Biography of an iceberg
Glaciologist Catherine Walker explores the birth, life and death of megaberg A23a
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The price of peace
Can Colombia find ways to heal after its army murdered 7000 innocent civilians?
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LA: Rising from the ashes
Jonathan Glancey meets architects leading LA’s recovery from 2025’s catastrophic fires
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Israel and the Palestinians: From 2010 to the present
The back-story of the Middle East conflict from 2010 to the start of the Gaza war
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China: The rise of a science superpower
Roland Pease analyses why China is on the brink of global scientific dominance
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Special forces on trial
Was a detective murdered to cover up the alleged crimes of South Africa’s special forces?
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Tree of diplomacy
How botany has kept the US and China talking for decades
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Engineers: Flying at the Edge
Engineers Kelly Latimer, Rob Miller, Daniel Moczydlower discuss their pioneering work
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The teenagers who wired Romania
How Romanian teenagers built a daring DIY internet network that inspired telecoms giants
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The sound of soft power
Does the world still need international radio as a tool of soft power?













