Documentaries

Quentin Peel, International Affairs editor of the Financial Times, presents the first of a two-part series looking at the communist regimes ...

Did I turn out to be the son you wanted? What was the saddest moment of your life? Questions like these have arisen out of StoryCorps - an ...

Twenty-five years ago, a gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal killed 8000 people. Allan Little returns to the scene of the ...

Jonathon Porritt reports from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and burgeoning numbers of cars, he finds some extraordinary and ...

In the final part of this series, Owen Bennett-Jones examines the Islamic leader who confronted the might of the British Empire. The ...

How would you like to leave a record of your life for your great-great-great-grandchildren? That's the future for participants of ...

Twenty seven years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, or the Malvinas islands, Argentine army officers are facing ...

In Assignment Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are controlling a deadly African militia in the Democratic ...

The BBC World Service has been investigating the controversial issue of whether poor countries have ever seen all of the money promised by ...

In the third instalment of The Crescent and the Cross, Owen Bennett Jones examines one of the most important Muslim empires in history - ...

The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life. Through personal stories, he traces the ...

In Nepal, severe drought and unreliable monsoon rains have led to acute food shortages. The impact is felt most by people like Charuri who ...

Owen Bennett Jones explores five crucial battles in the relationship between Christianity and Islam. This episode looks at the Crusades.