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Peter Day hears from innovators keeping things simple and looking hard at what people really need. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
10/03/2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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The Antarctic is under threat from invading plants; Could the moon have played a role in sinking the Titanic; How large animals like woolly mammoths were wiped out; Violin strings from spider’s silk Show more
Sporting Witness
The Jamaican bobsled team
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics. One of the men taking part was Devon Harris. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
10/03/2012 (0700GMT)
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Dee Sebastian discusses today's news with guests Emira Woods and Douglas Murray
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The World Today Weekend Archive
10/03/2012 (0800GMT)
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Kofi Annan begins Syria visit; The Slow Festival; and how do you view middle age?
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From Our Own Correspondent
Syria, Greece, Spain, India, Pakistan, Costa Rica
25 minutes
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Owen Bennett Jones presents stories from Syria, Greece, Spain, India, Pakistan, Costa Rica. Show more
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Gerry Northam reports on Japan's rebuilding - spiritual as well as physical - one year after the earthquake and tsunami. Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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As China's leaders meet in Beijing, Lesley Curwen and her guests debate whether its economy is running out of steam.
Plus comedian Colm O'Regan looks at how to be thrifty in an era of austerity. Show more
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The scientific legacy of the Fukushima nuclear accident, how to decontaminate land polluted with radioactive fall out, and why local people don't believe officials who say the situation is now stable. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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Gerry Northam reports on Japan's rebuilding - spiritual as well as physical - one year after the earthquake and tsunami. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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One Planet
Bananas and the global food chain
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hanging out with millions of bananas to learn about the resilience of our food supplies. Show more
More or Less
Why Apple isn't worth more than Poland
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford debunks reports that Apple is bigger than Poland, and he scrutinises claims that the Millennium Development Goal on safe drinking water has been met. Show more
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The Documentary
The Bizarre and Influential World of Alice Cooper
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A profile of musician Alice Cooper, who welcomes us to his theatrical world of rock horror. Show more
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As China's leaders meet in Beijing, Lesley Curwen and her guests debate whether its economy is running out of steam.
Plus comedian Colm O'Regan looks at how to be thrifty in an era of austerity. Show more
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The Strand Weekend Archive
10/03/2012
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Allan Little looks at the transformation of Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Show more
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A report on a website for 'adopting a revolution' in Syria; The latest innovations in computer-generated music; News of the revolutionary archivists who have preserved Muammar Gaddafi's website. Show more
Over to You
BBC World Service: The gold standard in spoken English?
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week on Over to You, Rajan Datar hears from a listener who wants the World Service's use of English to remain the gold standard in international broadcasting.
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The importance of water: its impact not just on our health but on economic growth and the life of our imagination. Show more
More or Less
Why Apple isn't worth more than Poland
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford debunks reports that Apple is bigger than Poland, and he scrutinises claims that the Millennium Development Goal on safe drinking water has been met. Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The Antarctic is under threat from invading plants; Could the moon have played a role in sinking the Titanic; How large animals like woolly mammoths were wiped out; Violin strings from spider’s silk Show more
Witness History
The films of Andy Warhol
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In the 1960s the pop artist Andy Warhol, turned his attention to film-making. He made hundreds of films, many of them in the New York studio he called The Factory. Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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Peter Day hears from innovators keeping things simple and looking hard at what people really need. Show more
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The importance of water: its impact not just on our health but on economic growth and the life of our imagination. Show more
Over to You
BBC World Service: The gold standard in spoken English?
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week on Over to You, Rajan Datar hears from a listener who wants the World Service's use of English to remain the gold standard in international broadcasting.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Health Check
Episode 1: The Human Race: Lifecycle Of An Athlete
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Claudia Hammond travels to the home of many long distance running champions - Kenya, to find out what makes them so good at this sport. And she hears how young divers are talent spotted in SW England. Show more
More or Less
Why Apple isn't worth more than Poland
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford debunks reports that Apple is bigger than Poland, and he scrutinises claims that the Millennium Development Goal on safe drinking water has been met. Show more
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Assignment
The Strangest Marathon in the World is in Gaza
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jon Donnison travels to Gaza for Assignment to witness the world's strangest marathon. The territory is 42 kilometres long (26 miles) - the exact length required to run a marathon. Show more
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Gerry Northam reports on Japan's rebuilding - spiritual as well as physical - one year after the earthquake and tsunami. Show more
