Documentaries

Throughout 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 - Eritrea's persecuted Christians 27 Sep 2007 - September 28, 2007

Assignment reports on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea - home to one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, dating back 1,600 years. Thousands have fled torture and arrest to take refuge in neighbouring Ethiopia.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070928-1916.mp3

DocArchive: The Boys from the Bush - September 28, 2007

Robin Denselow tells the story of the Zimbabwean band The Bhundu Boys. From their triumphs in the charts to the tragedy of losing two members to HIVAids.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070928-1156.mp3

DocArchive: A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood - September 26, 2007

John McCarthy looks at how the Kaduna Declaration in Kaduna, Nigeria, has had some success in bringing Muslims and Christians together amidst violence.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070926-1100.mp3

DocArchive: Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 1 - September 24, 2007

Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war. Mike Wooldridge investigates its hopes for peace.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070924-1108.mp3

DocArchive: We're No Angels - September 21, 2007

Karin Wells investigates controversial new laws in Poland that require over 35s to prove they never collaborated with Communists.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070921-1115.mp3

DocArchive: Top of the Class - Part 2 - September 19, 2007

Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world's leading educational establishments - Harvard University and Westminster School - to ask how they get such good results.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070919-1244.mp3

DocArchive: Assignment - Liverpool's drug gangs 20 Sep 2007 - September 19, 2007

Assignment reports on how a once model public housing project in Liverpool, has become terrorised by young criminal gangs - who are believed to be responsible for the murder of an 11 year old boy.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070919-1228.mp3

DocArchive: The Clinton Years Part 4 - September 17, 2007

Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton's controversial and colourful presidency, from epic victories to personal turmoil. The final part addresses the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070917-0924.mp3

DocArchive: On the road in Iraq - September 14, 2007

Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances. World Affairs coresspondent, Mike Woolridge follows the story of a taxi driver whose life has been turned upside down.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070914-1204.mp3

DocArchive: Assignment - Rough justice in Japan - September 13, 2007

We report on a miscarriage of justice in Japan - a case which has opened a debate about how the police question suspects, and why more than 99 per cent of those charged with a crime are then found guilty.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20070913-1539.mp3