BBC World Service - The Documentary

This Cultural Life: Sting

Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting

Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members

How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour

Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.

A look back at the most uplifting, joyous, positive news stories of the year

The life and legacy of J Edgar Hoover, who ran the FBI for almost five decades

How J Edgar Hoover built and then ran the FBI for almost five decades

Joan Armatrading gives an account of Mandela's life as a lover and an inspirer of music

The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life

Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive