The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.
One boat, two families; trying to escape war in Syria, desperate to start a new life in Europe. In O
The richest man of all time was 14th Century monarch King Mansa Musa, who reigned over Mali from 131
A startling 300-year journey of a Stradivarius violin through the lives of geniuses, dictators, refu
How ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, even children – experienced World War One and the l
Assignment follows Abdi Nor, a winner of the annual US green card lottery, as he attempts to escape
Is karaoke now an art form? Music critic Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon, to find o
Tupac Shakur trained as an actor, posed as a street thug and became a best selling rapper, but he di
The Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste or Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra, is the only symphony orchestr
Music pulsates in Lisbon, from the traditional and dramatic Fado to the contemporary Kuduro – a stra
An international NGO, Women without Borders, based in Vienna, with years of experience working in th
Tim Whewell gains rare access to the shadowy world of Russia's radical nationalists fighting in east
A vivid portrait of the everyday lives of girls and women at a turning point in Afghan history. Lyse
For 100 years, an intriguing mix of people have been criss-crossing the US by Greyhound bus. To mark
Mike Wendling explores the controversy surrounding the Washington Redskins. It's one of the most pop
For most people in the West, the swastika remains inextricably linked to the atrocities committed by
In the wake of the global economic crisis, what does capitalism mean to us today? Stand-up comedian
For Assignment, Chris Rogers goes undercover to reveal the hidden shame of Guatemala’s hospital for
In 1974, New York City became the canvas for a new generation of Graffiti pioneers. Who were the tee
Two decades after the death of notorious drug baron Pablo Escobar in 1993, he still looms large in t
Director Orson Welles was asked to write his life story in his later years. He declined but was conv
