The Truth About NGOs

Malawi

Are NGOs causing a brain drain by attracting educated young people with the big salaries?

• 23 mins

The Truth About NGOs

India

A look at transparency and corruption in India. Who really benefits from the work of NGOs?

• 23 mins

The Truth About NGOs

Haiti

Why are people in Haiti still living in tents without basic amenities?

• 25 mins

The Women Of Tahrir Square

Why some women are disappointed and angry at the Egyptian revolution's failures.

• 25 mins

Sporting Chances

Episode 1

Farayi Mungazi looks at the close links between sport and national identity in South Sudan

• 23 mins

Sporting Chances

Episode 2

Farayi Mungazi looks at the close links between sport and national identity in Australia.

• 23 mins

The Antartic Explorer

Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.

• 25 mins

Womb For Rent

Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial?

• 23 mins

The Wealth Gap: The View from London

Episode 1

As the wealth gap widens, are the super-rich to blame? Michael Robinson investigates.

• 23 mins

The Wealth Gap: The View from London

Episode 2

As the wealth gap widens, are the super-rich to blame? Michael Robinson investigates.

• 23 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 1: Welcome to Hackney

BBC World Service track East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 2: Dramatic Changes

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 3: Gardens of Paradise

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 5: Crime in Hackney

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 6: Acting Bad

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 7: Two Cities; Beijing and Rio - Part 1

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro. Part 1 of 2

• 25 mins

Great Expectations

Episode 8: Two Cities; Beijing and Rio - Part 2

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing and Rio de Janeiro. Part 2 of 2

• 25 mins

Dickens And India - Mutual Friends

Writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Charles Dickens.

• 49 mins

Dreaming Dickens

A dream-walk with Charles Dickens through the London night.

• 25 mins

Lisdoonvarna – Ireland’s Love Capital

Alison Finch meets one of Ireland's last traditional matchmakers.

• 25 mins

The Bombardment of Homs

A special report from Paul Wood on the four harrowing days he spent under fire in Homs.

• 25 mins

A Family Business

Mair Bosworth looks at conflict between generations in a small family business in London.

• 25 mins

The Battle for Egypt

A year after the fall of President Mubarak of Egypt, what happened to the revolution?

• 23 mins

English In The East

Episode 1

English has been the dominant global language but is it the language of the future in Asia

• 23 mins

English In The East

Episode 2

English has been the dominant global language but is it the language of the future in Asia

• 23 mins

Life In Many Voices

Experiences of patients and medical staff whose lives converge in a Jerusalem Eye Hospital

• 25 mins

African Perspective: The Dream Home

Meet the Kenyan woman who has opened her home to 49 orphaned children.

• 25 mins

The Bizarre and Influential World of Alice Cooper

A profile of musician Alice Cooper - how has he shaped rock performance around the globe?

• 25 mins

Torture By Music

Ruhal Ahmed spent two years in Guantanamo Bay, where he was repeatedly tortured with music

• 25 mins