The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The Fifth Floor
Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Covering the now infamous Delhi gang-rape and murder; a training course that could save your life; satire in the Burmese service, and the Fiscal Cliff gets lost in translation. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Heart and Soul
Finding Forgiveness In Oak Creek
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matt Wells travels to Oak Creek, Wisconsin in the USA to meet the Sikh community devastated by a gun man who entered their temple shooting dead 6 members of their small community Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Johnny Cash and the Forgotten Prison Blues
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Johnny Cash's experiences performing concerts in jails across the US turned him into a passionate prison reformer. Show more
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Health Check
The Cocktail Party Effect
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The cocktail party effect. Why do we hear our own name above everything else in a crowded noisy room? Claudia Hammond finds out about pioneering psychologist, Donald Broadbent. Show more
This week Over to You takes its annual look-ahead at radio listening trends for the coming year. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra? Justin Rowlatt asks whether the global slowdown is the result of the financial crash or a lack of innovation. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
After years of promise, voice recognition looks like a technology that might finally be coming of age. Peter Day reports. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
With humanity’s drive to imitate each other and the advent of global communications, are we creating one global culture to the detriment of the individual and the indigenous? Show more
Tim Harford tells us what a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and disfunctional financial system. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Covering the now infamous Delhi gang-rape and murder; a training course that could save your life; satire in the Burmese service, and the Fiscal Cliff gets lost in translation. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra? Justin Rowlatt asks whether the global slowdown is the result of the financial crash or a lack of innovation. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Shops and shawls in India, ladies' night in Riyadh, and dementia in the Netherlands
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Correspondents with personal reflections from India, Burma, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
After years of promise, voice recognition looks like a technology that might finally be coming of age. Peter Day reports. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Age of Reason
Dr Nawal el Saadawi
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Nawal El Saadawi is a leading Egyptian feminist, physician and writer. She qualified as a doctor in the 1950s and has spent her life drawing attention to the oppression of women. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Venezuela elects potential Chavez stand-in
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Chavez ally elected by assembly; Depardieu meets Putin; Sounding old? Get a voice lift.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
With humanity’s drive to imitate each other and the advent of global communications, are we creating one global culture to the detriment of the individual and the indigenous? Show more
Tim Harford tells us what a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and disfunctional financial system. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra? Justin Rowlatt asks whether the global slowdown is the result of the financial crash or a lack of innovation. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Discovery
The Life Scientific: Andrea Sella - Chemist
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jim Al-Khalili meets science showman Andrea Sella and discovers how his theatrical chemistry demonstrations are thrilling audiences. Show more
How a young American scientist began the work that would show how our climate is changing. His name was Charles Keeling. He meticulously recorded levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
With humanity’s drive to imitate each other and the advent of global communications, are we creating one global culture to the detriment of the individual and the indigenous? Show more
This week Over to You takes its annual look-ahead at radio listening trends for the coming year. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Shops and shawls in India, ladies' night in Riyadh, and dementia in the Netherlands
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Correspondents with personal reflections from India, Burma, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
After years of promise, voice recognition looks like a technology that might finally be coming of age. Peter Day reports. Show more
