Soul Music

Soul Music: Kol Nidrei

The powerful emotional impact of Kol Nidrei, Max Bruch's piece for cello

• 26 mins

Soul Music

Soul Music: Lili Marlene

Stories of love, loss and friendship through the WW2 song Lili Marlene

• 23 mins

Soul Music

Sukiyaki

Memories of the Japanese song Sukiyaki and the ways it touched people's lives

• 23 mins

Defending Norway

Our Friends, the Russians

The impact of an assertive Russia on Norway, and Norway’s involvement in Afghanistan

• 23 mins

Defending Norway

A New Cold War?

The impact of an assertive Russia on Norway's defence policy

• 23 mins

Soul Music: Plaisir D’Amour

The impact of the French love song Plaisir D’Amour, written by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

• 26 mins

Shanghai, City of Youth

Shanghai, City of Youth - Part One

What draws young graduates to study and work in Shanghai?

• 26 mins

Shanghai, City of Youth

Shanghai, City of Youth - Part Two

Dating, marriage and why young people are delaying the traditional family in Shanghai

• 26 mins

Shanghai, City of Youth

Shanghai City of Youth - Part Three

The city's cultural hub attracts young people with both an Eastern and Western outlook

• 26 mins

Economic Tectonics

Politics

How the global economy is being shaped by political backlash

• 26 mins

Economic Tectonics

Demographics

How economic power will shift as the world’s population changes

• 23 mins

Economic Tectonics

Finance

How the coming technical revolution in finance will create new winners and losers

• 23 mins

Economic Tectonics

Resources

How access to critical resources might change the way our economies work

• 26 mins

Economic Tectonics

Technology

How technology might change our economic futures for the better

• 26 mins

Islam, People and Power

Islam, People and Power: The Sunni Traditionalists

The battle of ideas that accompanied the Arab uprisings

• 26 mins

Islam, People and Power

Islam, People and Power: The Salafis

Disputes in Islam’s most misunderstood sect - the Wahhabis, also known as Salafis

• 23 mins

Islam, People and Power

Islam, People and Power: The Islamists

Why the Muslim Brotherhood has fractured since the Arab uprisings

• 26 mins

Islam, People and Power

Islam, People and Power: The Shia

The debate within Shi’ism about the role of Islam in government

• 23 mins

A Young World

A Young World - Uganda

The struggle to get a good education, in an overpopulated school system

• 26 mins

A Young World

A Young World - Sierra Leone

How do young people in Sierra Leone cope faced with staggering rates of unemployment?

• 26 mins

A Young World

A Young World - Philippines

Micaela Papa looks at relationships in the Philippines, where the young outnumber the old

• 26 mins

A Young World

A Young World - The Palestinian Territories

How do young people express themselves culturally in the Palestinian territories?

• 26 mins

A Tale of Two Rivers

A Tale of Two Rivers: Los Angeles

The regeneration of the Los Angeles river and the challenges of turning it 'green'

• 26 mins

A Tale of Two Rivers

A Tale of Two Rivers: Kuala Lumpur

In Kuala Lumpur the regeneration of the Klang River is seen as key to modernisation

• 26 mins

Soul Music: A Change is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke's song became synonymous with the American civil rights movement

• 26 mins

On The Black Sea

On the Black Sea: The Voyage Begins

A journey around the Black Sea, where Russian warships sail for Syria and Nato watches

• 26 mins

On The Black Sea

On the Black Sea: Diving Deep

The Black Sea is an archaeologist’s dream but an ecologist’s nightmare.

• 26 mins

On The Black Sea

On the Black Sea: Truckers

Black Sea truckers are tough. They transport everything from biscuits to fridges to pigs.

• 26 mins

On The Black Sea

On the Black Sea: a Land Forgotten

What is life like in Abkhazia, an independent state that is not recognised elsewhere?

• 26 mins

On The Black Sea

On the Black Sea: Sailors of Sevastopol

The Crimean coast, where Russia meets Turkey, is a region of great strategic importance

• 26 mins