DocumentariesThroughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.DocArchive: Assignment - The neglected thalidomiders 15 Nov 2007- November 15, 2007 Fifty years ago, the drug thalidomide was introduced as a treatment for pregnancy sickness. The results for unborn children were devastating. Many of those affected have been compensated - but not thalidomiders in Spain. Geoff Adams-Spink investigates why.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071115-1150.mp3 DocArchive: Taxing Questions (programme one)- November 12, 2007 The first part of a four part series in which Maurice Walsh discovers why globalisation and the black market have drastically undermined governments' ability to generate revenue in the form of tax.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071112-1508.mp3 DocArchive: Can America Go Green - Programme 2- November 12, 2007 The BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the planet's biggest polluter. In this episode: Laura reports on General Electric. Once pilloried as a polluter (and taken to court for dumping waste in the Hudson River), the industry giant, under the leadership of Jeffrey Immelt, has gone green and sees its future prosperity tied to developing green technologies.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071112-0006.mp3 DocArchive: In Search of a New Kyoto- November 9, 2007 In a special BBC WS One Planet debate, we bring together four people at the heart of their governments' response to climate change from the USA, Indonesia, Brazil and the UK.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071109-1047.mp3 DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 3)- November 7, 2007 The final part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiations to find a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071107-1120.mp3 DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 2)- November 5, 2007 The second part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiations to find a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071105-1129.mp3 DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 1)- November 5, 2007 The first part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiations to find a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071105-1113.mp3 DocArchive: Can America Go Green - Programme 1- November 5, 2007 The BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the planet's biggest polluter. In this episode: Laura finds out how the US could retreat from its role as the biggest polluter on the planet.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071105-0006.mp3 DocArchive: Assignment - Sexual violence in South Africa 1 Nov 2007- November 1, 2007 South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world. There are more than 54,000 reported rapes every year - and most rapes go unreported. David Goldblatt investigates what's behind this violence.http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20071101-1144.mp3 |