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The Why Factor
Self-Help
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Why do we believe complete strangers can guide us in improving every aspect of ourselves. Mary-Ann Ochota explores whether the self-help industry really changes peoples’ lives. Show more
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Spitfire production is getting back on track, but the search for locations continues. Show more
More or Less
Coronavirus baby boom and vitamin D
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Are we nine months away from a lockdown-induced baby boom? Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
Life in lockdown with autism
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease. Show more
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The Conversation
Female friendship
26 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How to make and how to keep good female friends. Show more
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1936. The epic drama continues. Arabs declare a general strike, and a dangerous armed uprising begins. Miriam finds herself drawn to take more direct action against the British. Show more
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The Food Chain
Is our food creating pandemics?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How farming can release deadly viruses from the wild. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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From Our Own Correspondent
Trials and tribulation
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial; implications of lockdown in Zimbabwe; long-term social distancing in Sweden and handwashing in 19th century Austria. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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What should we be taught about sexual pleasure? Show more
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Newshour
31/05/2020 12:06 GMT: George Floyd death: Widespread unrest as curfews defied across US
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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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Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe during World War One. Show more
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How sub-Saharan Africa is handling the pandemic, the different kinds of Covid-19 tests and how accurate they are Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Documentary
Iran's long game
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How top military commander Qasem Soleimani helped advance Iranian national interests. Show more
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Music Life
Creative freedom with Labdi, Hibotep, Karun and Faisal Mostrixx
35 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
A show dedicated to artists from the Kenyan and Ugandan underground, featuring Labdi, Hibotep, Karun and Faizal Mostrixx. Show more
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Newshour
31/05/2020 20:06 GMT: Does US need police reform?
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
In the wake of George Floyd's death, is there systemic racism in the US police force? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
James Graham and Ola Ince: Performance in a pandemic
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
James Graham and Ola Ince on creating drama during Covid-19 Show more
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In the fourth programme of this special series we hear that while people are keeping their distance, a sense of community is growing. Show more
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The Big Idea
Economics and mosquito nets
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
If you want to reduce malaria is it best to give people mosquito nets for free or make them pay? The influential economist Esther Duflo worked out the answer…. Show more
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People Fixing The World
The ancient technology getting a second wind
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Old sailing ships are moving cargo around the world again to help cut pollution, and new sails are being designed to get monster-sized modern cargo ships using the wind as well. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 01/06/2020 00:06 GMT: Protests over George Floyd death continue
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Protests have continued in cities across the US in response to the death of George Floyd. Show more
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HARDtalk
National General Secretary of India's BJP, Ram Madhav
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Coronavirus has hit India's poor migrant workers disproportionately hard. HARDtalk speaks to Ram Madhav, National General Secretary of the BJP. Show more
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CrowdScience
Why can’t you tickle yourself?
45 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
In this kids special, Marnie Chesterton explores a raft of questions from our younger listeners on the themes of self-tickling, eyebrow hair, killing for fun & interstellar space. Show more
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The Why Factor
Self-Help
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Why do we believe complete strangers can guide us in improving every aspect of ourselves. Mary-Ann Ochota explores whether the self-help industry really changes peoples’ lives. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Conversation
How motherhood changed me as a film-maker
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Documentary makers who use their own lives to explore issues facing their countries. Show more
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The Forum
Aesop and the Fables
44 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The ‘Hare and the Tortoise, the ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’…Aesop’s Fables have remained hugely popular for over two and a half thousand years. Why? Show more
Sporting Witness
Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games. Show more
