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Assignment
India's Struggling Welfare Revolution
25 minutes
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Allan Urry travels to rural Uttar Pradesh to investigate allegations that inefficiency, corruption and violent intimidation are hampering the government’s flagship scheme to assist the poorest. Show more
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Business Weekly Archive
Throw Out The New, Keep Hold of the Old?
28 minutes
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Are traditional books better than eBooks? And why are some young people ambitious while others drift?
Plus, why buses are the way forward and highspeed trains may be bad for the environment. Show more
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World Football
In the Ivory coast with Didier Drogba: World Football (Winter 2009/10) 10
28 minutes
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World Football travels to the Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba.
As well as the man himself, we hear from the player's fans in the Ivory Coast....and his Chelsea team-mates John Terry and Ashley Cole. Show more
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Aminatta Forna hears the story of the so-called Renaissance Generation, and Harriett Gilbert takes a look at current African Literature.
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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From Our Own Correspondent
02/01/2010
28 minutes
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Alan Johnston presents a special programme including highlights from the past year.
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The Documentary
Defining the Decade: The Heat Is On
25 minutes
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In 2000 the world’s leaders did not seem to be troubled by the notion of global warming.
By the middle of the decade that began to change as the world was began to heat up. Show more
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A topical audio essay by a leading commentator from around the world
Rajan Datar is joined by an international panel of experts to discuss the challenges facing the global media in the year ahead. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest news from the world of Sport.
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The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help. Show more
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World Football
In the Ivory coast with Didier Drogba: World Football (Winter 2009/10) 10
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Football travels to the Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba.
As well as the man himself, we hear from the player's fans in the Ivory Coast....and his Chelsea team-mates John Terry and Ashley Cole. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Sportsworld Have Your Say
Sportsworld, Have Your Say (Winter 2009/
28 minutes
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Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
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Stephen Sackur and leading BBC correspondents Caroline Wyatt, James Robbins, Lyse Doucet, Mark Mardell and Stephanie Flanders discuss what 2010 may have in store. Show more
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We delve into Tulsa's tough underworld in the company of two police officers who have developed dazzling talents as storytellers
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Spiritual themes explored through music, prose and poetry.
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Kiran Desai discusses her novel The Inheritance of Loss with Harriett Gilbert and an invited audience. Show more
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A Somali is charged with trying to kill a Danish cartoonist. 2009's best sporting moments.
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Aminatta Forna hears the story of the so-called Renaissance Generation, and Harriett Gilbert takes a look at current African Literature.
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Peter Day finds out how the Salvation Army are bringing innovation to salvation. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
02/01/2010
25 minutes
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Alan Johnston presents a special programme including highlights from the past year.
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A topical audio essay by a leading commentator from around the world
Rajan Datar is joined by an international panel of experts to discuss the challenges facing the global media in the year ahead. Show more
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Aminatta Forna hears the story of the so-called Renaissance Generation, and Harriett Gilbert takes a look at current African Literature.
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Kiran Desai discusses her novel The Inheritance of Loss with Harriett Gilbert and an invited audience. Show more
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The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help. Show more
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The best Science in Action reports – SpaceX; Zero-gravity plane; Buenos Aires' waiter's remarkable memory; Lionfish invading the Bahamas; Plants signalling to insects; Computers reading emotions Show more
