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: Taxi to the Dark Side - May 30, 2008

In Taxi To The Dark Side, American film-maker Alex Gibney reports on the use of torture by American soldiers in Afghanistan. Was the torture the work of a few rogue soldiers, or officially approved by the Pentagon
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080530-1824.mp3

DocArchive: Kidnapped - part two - May 30, 2008

Dr Thomas Hargrove, an American scientist kidnapped by FARC, is reunited with the family's German neighbour, who was part of 'Team Tom' which organized the negotiations.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080530-0800.mp3

DocArchive: Assignment - May 29, 2008

Lucy Ash finds out if new trade deals and diplomatic dialogue with Libya can encourage them to abandon torture and oppression for political reform and human rights improvements.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080529-1209.mp3

DocArchive: Assignment 22 May 08 - May 29, 2008

The Commodities Bubble: Michael Robinson investigates and reveals how the commodities markets are attracting major players now looking for somewhere to invest other than the dollar, banking or shares and how this has affected the price of food products around the world.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080529-0900.mp3

DocArchive: What Next For Kenya - Part Two - May 27, 2008

In this two-part series, former BBC East Africa Correspondent Mike Wooldridge travels from the bustling capital, Nairobi, to the Rift Valley to report on the issues behind the conflict that erupted in Kenya at the turn of the year.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080527-1401.mp3

DocArchive: Failure at the Central Bank - May 23, 2008

For the last six decades, central bankers have run the international financial system with the aid of a powerful set of economic levers handed to them after the World War 2. Last year, these levers came off in their hands. In this two-part series Robert Peston examines how the former supermen of global financial economy became pathetic weaklings.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080523-1704.mp3

DocArchive: Kidnapped: Part One - May 23, 2008

Presenter Ritula Shah reunites former hostage Norman Kember - kidnapped in Iraq - with the people who were personally involved in negotiations to free him, and who put their lives on hold to get him back.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080523-0830.mp3

DocArchive: What Next For Kenya - Part One - May 20, 2008

DocArchive: How Crime Took on the World - May 16, 2008

Cyber-crime is the fastest-growing sector of global-organised crime, worth about US$100 billion a year. Misha Glenny travels to Sao Paulo to find out why Brazil is the cyber-crime capital of the world.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080516-1749.mp3

DocArchive: Escape from Time - May 15, 2008

Who wouldn't like to escape the relentless march of time Find out about the routes from those who attempt to escape the tyranny of time.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20080515-1900.mp3