The Documentary Episodes Episode guide

Mark Doyle investigates the growing Jihadist threat across the African Sahel.

Lines in the Sand homepage

Will the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi showcase a resurgent Russia or hide real problems within? Lucy Ash investigates.

The Putin Project homepage

Sarah Taylor meets the staff and pupils of Kampala Music School, to hear about this international centre of musical excellence.

Notes From Kampala homepage

Chris Salewicz explores the cult classic Jamaican film ‘The Harder They Come’ and its legacy.

Jamaica - The Harder They Come homepage

Why did Pope Benedict resign? Can Pope Francis clean up the Vatican? Mark Dowd explores recent crises in the Catholic Church.

Inside the Vatican homepage

Shopping malls have become a permanent feature of modern cities. Mall culture is explored in Brazil, Nigeria and the USA.

It's A Mall World homepage

Hardeep Singh Kohli considers the reputation of Ebenezer Morley as the founding father of English football.

The Father of English Football homepage

Andrew Graystone asks whether military metaphors such as "battling" are appropriate when it comes to dealing with cancer.

The Rhetoric of Cancer homepage

Sue MacGregor brings together five people intimately connected to the assassination of John F Kennedy in Dallas.

JFK - Dallas Remembers homepage

Singer Monica Vasconcelos tells the musical and political story of bossa nova, the first modern music of Brazil.

The Secret History of Bossa Nova homepage

Social psychologist Dr. Keon West assesses the state of his native Jamaica's gay rights and anti-homosexuality movements.

Across Jamaica's Gay Divide homepage

Pooneh Ghoddoosi looks at President Rouhani’s first 100 days in office and asks whether things in Iran are genuinely changing.

Rouhani’s First 100 Days homepage

Madeleine Morris looks around the world at alternative approaches to childcare.

Who's Left Holding the Baby? homepage

Air hostess Betty Thesky shares the weird, wonderful, and wacky things that happen on a plane at 35,000 feet.

Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase homepage

As the global population ages, is it time for a radical re-think about how we view old people?.

Ageing and Caring homepage

The Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai tells her story in an exclusive interview with Mishal Husain.

Malala's Story homepage

How do people cope with isolation and confinement? Anahi Aradas explores the issue in Antarctica, in space and in prison.

Isolation homepage

Lucy Ash looks at the invasion of Iraq and the ensuing decade of conflict from the point of view of senior decision-makers.

The Iraq War homepage

On Burmese water festival stages this year, voices poke fun and satirise past mistakes. But will the government listen to them?

New Year New Burma homepage

Allan Little charts the re-emergence of Turkey as a force in the Muslim world, and the growth of a new internationalism there.

Turkey - The New Ottomans homepage