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Shea Gold
The plight of rural women making shea butter in Ghana’s northern regions
Next Stop - Mariachi Plaza
A night out in the Latino suburbs of Los Angeles, with the mariachis of Boyle Heights
Terror and Technology: The Unabomber
How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America and how the media amplified his cause
Listening to the Bones
Listening to the Bones - Part One
The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology and their quest for clues from victims' bones
Listening to the Bones - Part Two
The forensic team looking for clues in bones to look for Latin America's 'disappeared'
The Deobandis
The Deobandis: India
India’s Deobandi school of Islam and its mission to preserve Islam in its purest form
The Deobandis: Pakistan
Owen Bennett Jones heads to Pakistan in his exploration of South Asia's Deobandi Islam
Held Hostage in Syria
Four European hostages held by Islamic State talk about their months of incarceration
Follow That Tractor
Susie Emmett hears stories at the world’s biggest monthly second-hand tractor auction.
My Iranian Daughter
An Iranian family struggles to deal with the unspoken fact that their daughter is gay
Black, White and Beethoven
Why is the UK's classical music scene so resolutely white, and how might it evolve?
Treating the Sex Offender
Film-maker Rex Bloomstein investigates how sex offenders are treated and rehabilitated
Ukraine: Back from the War
How a generation of Ukrainian combat veterans are coping with life after the frontline
Manto: Uncovering Pakistan
The legacy of Sa'adat Manto, who confronted social taboos in Indio-Pakistani society
Syrian Voices
Personal reflections of those who have survived, or are surviving, the conflict in Syria
America's Independent Voters
What motivates Ohio's volatile 'independent' voters who are not Democrats or Republicans?
The Accrington Pals
The Battle of the Somme and a wartime tragedy that struck Northern England 100 years ago
Dust Bowl Ballads
A fierce drought in Oklahoma’s ‘No Man’s Land’ stirs up dust storms, memories and myths
Mighty Real: Sylvester James
The tale of gay black diva Sylvester James, famed for his disco hit Mighty Real
Obama's World
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, Nahal Toosi examines his foreign policy
Missing the World Cup
Ghana's boycott of 1966 was a protest at the number of places given by FIFA to Africa
The Body on the Moor
Who was the man who died from a rare kind of poisoning in a remote area of the UK?
Women with the Right Stuff
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
A Tempest in Rio
Shakespeare's plays appeal to Brazilians for their mix of sex, politics and intrigue
The Secret History of Yoga
Is modern yoga a product of Scandinavian gymnastics as much as ancient Indian philosophy?
Ebola Voices
The Sierra Leonean children expressing their views via an Ebola lifeline radio project
Protectionism in the USA
Why is protectionism from both left and right so potent in US politics?
Court in the Centre
How did the US Supreme Court become the most powerful institution of American politics?
Graffiti - Paint and Protest
Graffiti: Paint and Protest in Europe
Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?
Graffiti: Paint and Protest in Brazil
What does graffiti and street art actually change?
The Battle for the US Constitution
Why are some fighting to have the 14th Amendment of the US constitution repealed?