The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.
Forty years on from President Nixon’s resignation we hear from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, wh
In Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla war, thousands of rebel fighters have been female. When they got pre
Tim Whewell meets the dynamic young women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the future of their
Theatre director Mehmet Ergen guides us through the politically charged arts scene of his native hom
‘I’ll marry your sister if you marry mine. And if you divorce my sister, I’ll divorce yours.’ That i
***WARNING: This programme includes graphic descriptions of sexual violence*** 'A humanitarian crisi
Six talented young writers under 35 explore a great grandparent or grandparent's involvement in Worl
What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky with tearing winds of up to 500 km an hour?
As Nato troops withdraw from Afghanistan, British and Afghan women share their stories of being wido
Following recent botched executions in several states, Rajini Vaidyanathan asks whether the future o
Claire Bolderson reports from Kentucky on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is changing liv
In 1896 the British sent thousands of labourers from India to Kenya, to build the Uganda Railway fro
Ahead of sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games, local people are being given a "clean-up" a
Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War and at the time of increasing tensions between East a
Yalda Hakim hears from residents deep in Boko Haram territory, in northern Nigeria, who are caught b
Sarfraz Manzoor charts the extraordinary story of jazz in India when some of the world's most accomp
Meet New York's rookie cabbies - fledgling taxi-drivers trying to earn a living in the most stressfu
Are international regulations designed to stop money and equipment reaching terrorist organisations
Baroness Oona King, former British Labour MP, discovers her American family's role in the fight for
Alvin Hall delves into the inspirations and fears that influence people’s differing attitudes toward