From Our Own Correspondent Episodes Episode guide
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France and Moscow
Overcrowded French prisons and the BBC's first ever Moscow correspondent, 50 years on.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pakistani girls who defied their parents, and Balkh's millennia of history in Afghanistan
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Madagascar and Puglia
Madagascar's education problems and the revival of Puglia's tiny trulli houses in Italy.
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Lampedusa and Portugal
The migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa, and how Portugal copes with austerity.
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Hope amidst crowds
Correspondents stuck in crowds, from scary mobs to groups of friends and even snakes.
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India and St Kitts and Nevis
India's varied disaster-handling competence, and the politics of prime land in St Kitts
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Paris and Jaywick Sands
The lost glory of Paris's Champs Elysees, and a rundown but proud British seaside resort
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The Aftermath of War
The militias still plaguing post-Gaddafi Libya; what makes a war memorial truly emotive?
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An Indian heroine and Iceland's epics
A baby is rescued from rioting in Muzaffarnagar; the yearly flood of books in Reykjavik
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Tajikistan and Myanmar
Does NATO leaving Afghanistan threaten Tajiks' future? Blocks to doing business in Burma
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Island Life
Tales of culture, commerce and control in Seychelles, Reunion, the UK, Italy and Nigeria
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Mexico and Algeria
Acapulco's hurricane and drug cartel suffering, and Algeria's well-preserved Roman ruins
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Sinai and Seychelles
The Egyptian army's clampdown in Sinai, and Seychelles embraces the market economy
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A Special Edition on Lebanon
A special edition on Lebanon and the fallout from the Syrian conflict
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Greece and France
Are Greeks really waving goodbye to Golden Dawn? Plus: Parisians' delight in 'le gouter'
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Brazil and La Reunion
The man trying to save Bahia's endangered snakes; the maloya musicians shunned by France
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Weekend Edition 5 Oct 2013: Bibliomania!
Correspondents' tales from libraries, bookshops and classes of stories which change lives
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Greece and Nigeria
Twilight for the Golden Dawn movement? And, a capital city of empty mansions in Abuja
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Romania and Finland
How Ceausescu wrecked historic Bucharest; salmiakki - the dire delicacy Finns eat for fun
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Egypt and Austria
Polarised views of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo; protests over hydropower in the Alps
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Kenya and the UN General Assembly
Kenya, Somalia and Nairobi's stories intertwine at Westgate; the diplomatic ballet in NY
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Tajikistan and Afghanistan
The ubiquitous president with big plans for Tajikistan, and women writing in Kabul
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Weekend Edition 28 Sep 2013: The Love Hunters
Stories of courtship and family life from China, Italy, Turkey, India and Martinique
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Hard Work Ahead for Angela Merkel
German politics is designed to encourage consensus, establishing a coalition takes time
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Terror in Kenya and China’s surplus of bachelors
Feature stories on the terror attack in Kenya and China’s surplus of bachelors.
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Life in Damascus and Quebec’s secular values
Features from BBC correspondents on life in Damascus and Quebec’s secular values.
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German Austerity and a Tough New Language
German austerity and discontent and the trials of learning Danish
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Turkey and France: What Lies Beneath
Can Turkey's water policy dam up Kurdish grievances? Plus, a downed WWII bomber unearthed
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The Animal Kingdom
Honoured, feared, tamed, gawked at and eaten: the relationship between humans and animals
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South Africa and Canada
Public (health) menaces: a new drug abused in Soweto; old traumas still scar First Nations