The Queen at War

The story of Queen Elizabeth's short but significant military service

• 23 mins

The Queen and the Military

Jonny Dymond presents a tribute to the British monarch’s connection with the Armed forces.

• 26 mins

The Queen and her People

A reflection, through archive recordings, on the Queen’s relationship with her people

• 49 mins

The future of hip-hop: New York

Will rising queer artists and women allow hip-hop to shake off homophobia and misogyny?

• 49 mins

The day I met the Queen

People the world over remember their meetings with the Queen during her 70 year reign

• 49 mins

Finding home in Uganda

Reha Kansara follows her mum and aunt as they return to Uganda 50 years after expulsion

• 26 mins

The future of hip-hop: Atlanta

The queer artists and women of Atlanta building a more inclusive future for hip-hop

• 49 mins

Going for gold In Ghana

Can measures to stop the practice of illegal gold mining in Ghana succeed?

• 26 mins

Peace and justice: Sexual violence in the DRC

Ruth Omar investigates sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• 26 mins

The bread line

From Ukraine field to Lebanon bakery we follow the 'bread line’

• 49 mins

Father figures

Father figures of black men killed by the police share their stories

• 26 mins

Who is Xi Jinping?

How China’s Xi Jinping took control of his party and his country

• 57 mins

US Indigenous Peoples' Day On The World Service

Iona Hampson and Peter Goffin look at Indigenous and tribal peoples around the world.

• 26 mins

Women's rights in Iran

What do the protests over Mahsa Amini's death reveal about life for Iranian women?

• 26 mins

Ojousan power

Young women of Japan are starting a gender revolution. Akiko Toya finds out how

• 26 mins

The scramble for rare earths, part 1

How China has managed to dominate the mining and refining of rare earth metals

• 26 mins

Out of the shadows

What is behind the covert war between Iran and Israel?

• 49 mins

Recaptive number 11,407

Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery

• 26 mins

The scramble for rare earths, part 2

Is Russia's interest in Ukraine motivated by the huge mineral deposits found there?

• 26 mins

Your climate change questions with António Guterres

Justin Rowlatt puts your questions to the UN Secretary General

• 53 mins

The bleak reality behind the red light district

Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district

• 49 mins

The crime that only women commit

Why are women penalised for ageing?

• 26 mins

Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina

Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the history of African American roots music

• 26 mins

The weather changers

What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?

• 26 mins

Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky

The black fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz and his influence on bluegrass music

• 26 mins

The real lives of Doha's housewives

Qatar has plans to level the gender playing field, but how is that working out for women?

• 45 mins

Colombia's life-saving pop song

How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity

• 26 mins

DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville

The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music

• 26 mins

The health wagon

On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia

• 49 mins

Qatar and the fall of Fifa

Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup

• 49 mins