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

Stargazing

Stargazing: Copernicus' Heavenly Spheres

How the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revealed the true model of the universe: 1/5

• 26 mins

Stargazing

Stargazing: Astronomy from the Edge of the World

ALMA, the remote observatory in Chile, tracks the 'radio sky': 2/5

• 26 mins

Stargazing

Stargazing: A New Vision of Our Cosmic Origins

The James Webb Space Telescope: its journey to discover how our universe came to be. 3/5

• 23 mins

Stargazing

Stargazing: Faith versus Science in Hawaii

The proposed Thirty Metre Telescope on sacred mount Mauna Kea that's causing a rift: 4/5

• 26 mins

Stargazing

Stargazing: South Africa's New Generation Astronomers

The scientist running the Square Kilometre Array, the world's biggest telescope: 5/5

• 26 mins

Making it Work

Making it Work: Affordable Medical Equipment in India

1/4 New mini-series. The reality of being an entrepreneur serving “the bottom billion”

• 26 mins

Making it Work

Making it Work: Rugged Tablets for African Schools

2/4 Start-ups who are innovating products in Kenya and India

• 26 mins

Making it Work

Making it Work: Navigating Kenya's Streets with Technology

3/4 OkHi is a navigation device which allows you to find an address, however remote

• 26 mins

Making it Work

Making it Work: Agriculture in India and Kenya

4/4 Entrepreneurs coming up with innovative solutions for agriculture in India and Kenya

• 26 mins

America, Laboratory of Democracy

America, Laboratory of Democracy: Drowning Government in a Bathtub

1/4 How America became the world’s first big democracy and the limits of its constitution

• 26 mins

America, Laboratory of Democracy

America, Laboratory of Democracy: Money -the Lifeblood of American Democracy

2/4 How money became an important feature in American politics

• 26 mins

America, Laboratory of Democracy

America, Laboratory of Democracy: Little Leviathans

The 1924 Scopes Trial that banned the teaching of Charles Darwins' evolution in Tennessee

• 26 mins

America, Laboratory of Democracy

America Laboratory of Democracy: Insurgent Nation

The insurgent popular movements that changed America's democracy

• 26 mins