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.

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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”

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Making it Work

Making it Work: Rugged Tablets for African Schools

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

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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

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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

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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

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America, Laboratory of Democracy

America, Laboratory of Democracy: Little Leviathans

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

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America, Laboratory of Democracy

America Laboratory of Democracy: Insurgent Nation

The insurgent popular movements that changed America's democracy

• 26 mins

Ocean Stories

Ocean Stories: The Atlantic

The fishing communities living and working along the shores of the Atlantic

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Ocean Stories

Ocean Stories: The Indian Ocean

Deep sea exploration of the Indian Ocean and the people making a living from the sea

• 26 mins

Ocean Stories

Ocean Stories: The Arctic and Southern Oceans

The melting ice is changing the sea's composition completely

• 26 mins

Ocean Stories

Ocean Stories: The Pacific Ocean

Tourism brings opportunity to the Solomon Islands and the Philippines but at what cost?

• 26 mins

What Happened Next

What Happened Next: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011

How did people rebuild their lives after the devastating Japanese tsunami of 2011?

• 26 mins

What Happened Next

What Happened Next: Rana Plaza

Four years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?

• 26 mins

What Happened Next

What Happened Next: Ebola

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the challenges of bringing the disease in control

• 26 mins

Living on the Edge

Sea Levels Rise

Moving on from uninhabitable land and building state-of-the-art sea defences

• 26 mins

Living on the Edge

Encroaching Deserts

Yin Yuzhen has planted a million trees in 70,000 hectares of desert

• 26 mins

Living on the Edge

Glaciers

Fresh ideas to stop the damage caused by melting glaciers

• 26 mins