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

Child soldiers and capoeira

In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira

• 22 mins

Licence to operate a space object

The night sky holds so much power - why are we not fighting harder to protect it?

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, part two

Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks

Survivors, relatives and counsellors share their experiences of vehicle-ramming attacks

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards

How falling birth rates led to the closure of over 400 maternity wards in China

• 25 mins

Paths of return: A special homecoming to Sierra Leone

A group of African Americans are in Sierra Leone for a very special homecoming

• 52 mins

In the Studio: Madame Gandhi

Musician, artist and activist Madame Gandhi makes music from the sounds of the Arctic

• 26 mins

Assignment: The Gambia - when migrants are forced to go home

The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe

• 27 mins