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Assignment

Ukraine’s Stolen Billions and the Riddle of the Helipad

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

Available for over a year

How the circle of Ukraine's disgraced ex-president continues to profit from his people. Show more

Genres

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Music Extra

Where Stars Are Born: The Harlem Apollo

Duration: 53 minutes

on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

'Mr Apollo' Billy Mitchell reveals how the Apollo Theatre in New York became a world famous, launching the careers of stars like Ella Fitzgerald, The Jackson 5 and James Brown. Show more

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The Newsroom

18/02/2018 GMT

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

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HARDtalk

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
BBC World Service South Asia
BBC World Service West and Central Africa
BBC World Service East Asia

The Arts Hour

Backstage

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

Available for over a year

The best global arts coverage from across the BBC. Show more

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Outlook

Outlook Weekend: Astronaut Dreams

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

Available for over a year

A Canadian spaceman who sang 'Space Oddity' while floating in the ISS; an Afghan cosmonaut who got stuck in space; and a Syrian teenager who dreams of leaving gravity behind. Show more

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Health Check

The BBC Loneliness Experiment Launches

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

Available for over a year

Claudia Hammond launches the BBC Loneliness Experiment looking at the causes of loneliness and aiming to find some solutions. Show more

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Newsday

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
BBC World Service Australasia
BBC World Service South Asia
BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
BBC World Service East Asia

HARDtalk

Former mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela - David Smolansky

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Why does Venezuela's opposition so often promise more than it delivers? Stephen Sackur speaks to the ousted former mayor of El Hatillo now based in Washington - David Smolansky. Show more

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Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Kim Chakanetsa brings together two female Olympic and Paralympic swimming champions who speak frankly about sexism in the sport and the mental strength they needed to succeed. Show more

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HARDtalk

BBC World Service South Asia
BBC World Service East Asia

Newsday

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
BBC World Service West and Central Africa

The Inquiry

BBC World Service Australasia

Trending

Undercover with the Alt-Right

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

When extremist groups gathered in Charlottesville, a spy was among them. An anti-racist activist who spent a year undercover with extremist groups tells us his story. Show more

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The Conversation

BBC World Service South Asia
BBC World Service East Asia

The Cultural Frontline

Innovation, Imagination and Will.i.am

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Australasia

Available for over a year

The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide. Show more

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