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Discovery
Saving the Oceans - Part One
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Kiribati is an isolated Pacific island group threatened by rising sea levels and human development pressures. We meet the scientists working to keep the population afloat. 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.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How can lawmakers incentivise businesses and governments to fight corruption and to blow the whistle on corrupt practices? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
What role does music play for today’s soldiers? Show more
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When do you speak out and when do you stay silent? That was the dilemma facing Renee Anne Shirley - who'd been Executive Director at Jamaica's Anti-Doping Commission. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The debate over #SochiFail, the social media users who forced an apology from Iran’s president – and a very irritating bird. Show more
More or Less
Rising Drug Overdose Deaths
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Deaths from drug overdoses in the United States are on the rise – but why? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
The Correspondents' Animal Menagerie
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Our correspondents' encounters with animals provide insight on issues of global significance. From slavery in the Thai fishing industry to a camel beauty contest in Abu Dhabi. Show more
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Mark Dowd witnesses The Blood Miracle of San Gennaro the patron saint of Naples. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Cristina questioned over fraud; French comedian Dieudonné defends himself; definition of cool
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Do changes in an adolescent’s brain explain behavioural turbulence in the teenage years or is adolescence a manufactured concept we’ve invented? Show more
Sporting Witness
British Bobsleigh Win
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic bobsleigh event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship by the Italian Eugenio Monti. 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.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How can lawmakers incentivise businesses and governments to fight corruption and to blow the whistle on corrupt practices? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Exchanges at the Frontier
Exchanges at the Frontier
Episode 1: Bonnie Bassler, Professor of Molecular Biology
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
AC Grayling speaks to Bonnie Bassler, the world specialist in how bacteria communicate within the human body. Show more
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The Georgian-Abkhaz war, Beatles hit the USA, plus breaking codes with Colossus, the death of Chinese cockle pickers and WW2 wives reunited Show more
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Aid vehicles retreat from Homs under fire; Spanish princess grilled by judge; Copenhagen giraffe for the chop.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Over-ambitious projects, impossibly tall skyscrapers, and the sometimes foolhardy expeditions into cosmetic surgery, with Bent Flyvbjerg, Stephen Bayley and Alexander Edmonds. Show more
Sporting Witness
British Bobsleigh Win
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic bobsleigh event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship by the Italian Eugenio Monti. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Do changes in an adolescent’s brain explain behavioural turbulence in the teenage years or is adolescence a manufactured concept we’ve invented? Show more
Is the proliferation of technology programmes on the BBC becoming confusing? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Discovery
Saving the Oceans - Part One
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Kiribati is an isolated Pacific island group threatened by rising sea levels and human development pressures. We meet the scientists working to keep the population afloat. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
The Correspondents' Animal Menagerie
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Our correspondents' encounters with animals provide insight on issues of global significance. From slavery in the Thai fishing industry to a camel beauty contest in Abu Dhabi. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Boston Calling
Snow, Slaves, Shoes and Gary Shteyngart
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How climate change might make it harder to find future Winter Olympics host cities. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Georgian-Abkhaz war, Beatles hit the USA, plus breaking codes with Colossus, the death of Chinese cockle pickers and WW2 wives reunited Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How can lawmakers incentivise businesses and governments to fight corruption and to blow the whistle on corrupt practices? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The debate over #SochiFail, the social media users who forced an apology from Iran’s president – and a very irritating bird. Show more
Sporting Witness
British Bobsleigh Win
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic bobsleigh event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship by the Italian Eugenio Monti. Show more
