Simpson's World
19/03/2010
30 minutes
Seven years on from the Iraq invasion, John Simpson visits Rasheed Street, in the heart of downtown Baghdad, to see how life has changed. Show more
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30 minutes
Seven years on from the Iraq invasion, John Simpson visits Rasheed Street, in the heart of downtown Baghdad, to see how life has changed. Show more
30 minutes
John Simpson talks to the US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, who has been presenting a report to Senate committees in Washington about US troop deployments in the country. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News
The BBC's on-air editors answer more challenging questions. Can Northern Ireland ever resolve its troubled past? Should young people forget university and set up in business? Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
The BBC's on-air editors answer topical questions. Could there be a Third World War? When will the global economy recover? And has Britain cut its defences too far? Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland
Documentary looking at the history of the iconic quiz show, featuring famous ex-contestants such as Stephen Fry and John Simpson, plus hosts Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
John Simpson tells guest presenter Steve Hewlett about the challenges of reporting from the front line of Iraq's fight against Islamic State militants. Show more
BBC world affairs editor John Simpson talks to Samira Ahmed about how war reporting has changed in recent times, and his new series Unspun World. Show more
30 minutes
The BBC's on-air editors answer more questions challenging our world. In this programme: Is America finished as the world's superpower? Has immigration gone too far in Britain? Show more
BBC world affairs editor John Simpson and his guests Jon Snow, Christiane Amanpour and Max Hastings discuss the moral ambiguities and challenges of reporting from the frontline. Show more
Celebrities hunt for antiques across the UK. Journalists John Simpson and Martha Kearney kick off the series, travelling through Hampshire towards Itchen Stoke near Winchester. Show more
The story of Waheed Arian, the Chester doctor who came to the UK as a child refugee and teenage asylum seeker, and whose telemedicine scheme is saving lives in global war zones. Show more
1 hour, 5 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Alan Yentob looks at the life and work of Ford Madox Ford, the author of Parade's End and one of the forgotten greats of British fiction. Show more
Andrew Neil is joined by John Prescott, Michael Portillo and Miranda Green. Emily Maitlis rounds up the news in a film and John Simpson looks at the most effective way to protest. Show more
Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, which toppled the communist regime, John Simpson talks to one of its leaders, Vaclav Havel. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
Bringing together the BBC's on-air editors, each a specialist in their field, to answer some of the big questions about what's happening in the world. Presented by John Simpson.
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC News
John Simpson reviews the big news stories of the year at home and abroad with BBC political editor Nick Robinson, home editor Mark Easton and contributing editor Bridget Kendall. Show more
30 minutes
The BBC's on-air editors answer more challenging questions. Has Syria fundamentally changed the world order? And as Scotland debates independence, has 'being British' had its day? Show more
Fern Britton talks to the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson about how his faith has sustained him for over 40 years of reporting on world-changing events from the frontline. Show more
2 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
Daily news and current affairs. The BBC's John Simpson talks about life as a foreign correspondent and his 10 near-death experiences. Show more
John Simpson, Gloria Hunniford, Lesley Joseph and Tony Robinson move in with pensioners experiencing the toughest problems facing old people in the UK. Show more