Heart and Soul: Black Madonnas

Searching for the origins of images of black representations of the Virgin Mary

• 30 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Syrians after the fall of Assad

After 50 years of dictatorship, Syrians have their voices back

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Fleeing Chechnya

Why do some young women in Chechnya decide to leave everything behind?

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Creating Selfridges’ Christmas windows

Behind the scenes with the teams designing the London store’s festive windows

• 26 mins

Assignment: Argentina - Milei's Chainsaw

President Milei promised to hack Argentina's state and budget, what's the impact?

• 26 mins

Footprints: How did human feet get washed up on the west coast of Canada and the US?

Since 2007, more than 20 human feet have washed up on the shores of Canada and the US

• 26 mins

The Watermelons: Myanmar's military moles

The soldiers spying for the enemy

• 30 mins

Heart and Soul: Antisemitism in Turkey

The rising antisemitism faced by the Jewish community in Turkey

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Syrian prisoners and their families

Former inmates of the notorious Saydnaya share their experiences of Assad’s brutal regime

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: K-drama craze

K-dramas are taking the world by storm. What's the secret of their success?

• 23 mins

The Global Jigsaw: Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy

What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?

• 43 mins

In the Studio: International film school

At a school in Bulgaria, pupils are making movies for Le Cinema Cent Ans De Jeunesse

• 26 mins

Assignment: Poland's ghosts, Ukraine's heroes

The ghosts haunting Ukraine's relations with Poland - and the killers some see as heroes

• 30 mins

Bonus: HARDTalk - 2024 Review

We look back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024

• 23 mins

The street that tech built

Are new technology and hyper-tourism changing the Italian city of Florence forever?

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: From the ashes of Notre Dame

Stories of hope and inspiration around the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Becoming an Olympic and Paralympic trailblazer

Thea LaFond, Paralympian Palesha Goverdhan and boxer David de Pina share their stories

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Bollywood binge

Old hits and horror movies: what is trending in Bollywood right now

• 20 mins

Bonus: HARDTalk - Past Notes

A special programme remembering some past HARDtalk guests who died in 2024

• 23 mins

In the Studio: Tomás Saraceno

Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno on his hot air balloon creation, Aerocene

• 25 mins

Bonus: Americast - Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100

Justin Webb looks at Jimmy Carter's journey from peanut farmer to the White House

• 35 mins

Assignment: The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder

Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'

• 26 mins

Built different: Why women athletes suffer ACL injuries more than males

Lianne Sanderson explores the science and solutions for ACL injuries in female athletes

• 22 mins

The dogs of Palermo

In Palermo, neighbourhood dogs roam freely and are embraced by locals, protected by law

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part one

Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: How going viral changed my life

Megan Boni, actor Kirsty Paterson, Kelley Heyer, and Auri Kananen on going viral

• 22 mins

The Fifth Floor: Fighting crime with kitchen spoons

How a group of Nigerian women came together to protect their community from violence

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Dan Perri

How Dan Perri created title sequences for some of cinema's most famous films

• 39 mins

Assignment: South Korea - the feminist hunters

How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked

• 29 mins

BBC Trending: Were Valencia's floods engineered weather?

The conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods

• 18 mins