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A Home in Space
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is back on Earth after 200 days in space.
A Cold War Dance
How dance during the Cold War was was designed to challenge America's military image.
Space Wars
Why war in space is not just Hollywood fantasy, but a fast-approaching threat
A Greek Drama
The astonishing inside story of the final days and hours of the Greek bailout deal.
Online Shopping, Indian Style
How Indians are embracing the online shopping revolution
The Kampala Dream House
The children's home in Kampala where every child is given a chance of a musical future
The Year of Migration
The key moments that shaped the migrant numbers reaching Europe at unprecedented levels
In Search of Vadim Kozin
Marc Almond goes in search of a Russian superstar who vanished in Siberia
Young, Clever and Libyan
Libya's top technology graduates head to Cambridge to learn skills to rebuild Libya
My Mother's Sari
The history of the sari and how items of clothing can symbolise loss, love and nostalgia
A New Life in Europe
The Dhnie family
Manveen meets the Dhnie family as they prepare to make the journey to Greece.
Crossing the Continent
The Dhnie family find themselves getting caught up in riots as they try to reach Europe.
A New Home in Germany
The Dhnie family has arrived in Germany, but the difficulties of a new life begin
The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
The multi-ethnic orchestra in Rome that is a beacon of hope amid an immigration crisis
The Listening Project in Lebanon
Life as a refugee who has fled the war in Syria to make a new life in Lebanon
Red Lights and Red Lines
Do different prostitution laws in Europe help sex trafficking to flourish?
David Bowie - The Music and the Legacy
David Bowie's lasting impact on music, fashion, teenage culture and attitudes to gender.
Burying Chernobyl
Burying Chernobyl - Part One
Can the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 be made safe?
Burying Chernobyl - Part Two
Alla Kravchuk returns to Pripyat, Ukraine, now a ghost town following Chernobyl
The New Face of Development
Can the new Sustainable Development Goals really eradicate poverty by 2030?
Raising the Dead
Music teacher Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of Holocaust victims
Black Lives Matter: The Story of a Slogan
Can the Black Lives Matter movement change America?
Linda For Congress
What does it take to run for office in today’s USA?
Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre
Mexican wrestler Cassandro performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity
Tropicalia - Revolution in Sound
The enduring force of the Tropicalia movement which electrified Brazilian music
Modern Love
How are dating apps changing the way people find love around the world?
The Mechanic and the Mission
The ex-mechanic in Benin whose mission is to help people with mental health problems.
Something Old, Something New
Johny Pitts' dad is an African-American star and his mum's from the north of England.
The Boda Boda Boom
The Boda-Boda Boom - Part One
Alan Kasujja visits Uganda to explore the rise of the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi
The Boda-Boda Boom - Part Two
The start-ups in Kampala trying to make the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi- a safer industry
The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth - Part One
The journey of gospel music from the church to the charts