The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Middle East has experienced a proliferation of new TV ch
Hungarian conductor – Ivan Fischer – is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society and has written an
With regulation of newspapers planned, Steve Hewlett and a panel of international editors ask: how f
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion. Jessie Levene speaks to ed
A decision by his father to send him to ballet school changed the direction of Carlos Acosta’s life.
Rupa Jha meets fellow Indian women who choose to be, or are forced to be, single. She comes face-to-
Thousands of Uruguayans are hooked on a highly addictive cocaine derivative – ‘pasta base’. Will the
Ingrid Betancourt - who was held captive for six years - explores how people's minds can be free eve
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and grooms is on the ri
Ex-Guantanamo detainees talk about freedom and how detention in the military prison changed their li
They are Asia’s economic giants – yet the historical record of Japan and China continues to cause te
Kim Ghattas travels through her native country Lebanon exploring the deepening sense of anxiety ther
They are Asia’s economic giants - yet the historical record of Japan and China continues to cause te
The story of Russia's volunteer diggers armed with spades and metal detectors who search forests and
What role does music play for today’s soldiers? Soldiers stationed at Camp Bastion describe their mu
Voluntary euthanasia for adults has been legal since 2002 in Belgium. Now legislators are consideri
With accusations of corruption and criminality, are the concerns about Sochi justified? Given that a
For centuries, Turkish traders have exploited their location on the historic Silk Road between east
Mexico's hope of becoming the workshop of North America was shattered by China's domination of cheap
Turkey has notoriously vague and extensive anti-terror laws which have been used to jail dozens of j
