The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2015.
Forty Five percent of the population of Myanmar is 25 or under. This gives young adults a key role i
From workaholics to submissive women and bizarre crazes, Dr Christopher Harding explores Western med
Lucy Ash reports on the controversial mayor in charge of Beziers, the largest French city controlle
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of the Hang - the tuned metal pan that
Homosexuality in Namibia and the LGBT community's struggle for social acceptance
In the aftermath of 9/11, the United States approved ‘enhanced’ interrogation methods that have been
Nearly 40 years ago, French polymath Jacques Attali wrote a book called Noise which predicted a "cri
In 2005 a plan was launched to improve education, health, housing and jobs for the Roma – Europe’s p
Why Edward Snowden exposed the mass surveillance by American and British intelligence
Two pioneers in AI discuss their work and describe the way in which machine led intelligence is set
India Rakusen travels to the city of Hamburg to find out why Germany has become the destination of c
Should a city owing $18 billion sell its prestigious art collection? The Detroit Institute of Arts'
The story of how Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the place of women in American politics. Naomi Grimle
Spain's national bullfighting association has warned that the tradition is in crisis. Neal Razzell r
Gwendolyn Brooks was an African American poet whose imagination, conscience and passion for words ma
The invisible cultural and mental divide between former East Germans and West Germans. Comedian Henn
How the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s affected the lives of those caught up in it, and how it has cast
Jane Deith reports from India on conditions for tea workers picking for some of the UK's best known
Portraits of eminent Indians by Professor Sunil Khilnani. The life of Guru Nanak who founded the Sik
More than 2000 civilians have been killed since a coalition led by Saudi Arabia began bombing Yemen.
