The Polygon People

The story and legacy of the vast Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, The Polygon

• 49 mins

Burn Slush! The Reindeer Grand Prix

Faster Rudolph! Competitive reindeer-racing is a popular sport across the Arctic Circle

• 26 mins

Paralympic Overachievers? The story of Ukraine

With a total of 117 at Rio, why have Ukrainian paralympians been good at winning medals?

• 49 mins

Losing My Sight and Learning to Swim

Monica Vasconcelos learns to negotiate the world as her sense of sight diminishes

• 49 mins

A Song for Syria

How music has become a crucial source of comfort and resilience for refugees in Lebanon

• 49 mins

The Year Everything Changed

How the way the world is shaped and reported on changed fundamentally in 2016

• 26 mins

The Woman who Exposed Russian Doping

Yuliya Stepanova revealed the use of performance enhancing drugs by Russian athletes

• 49 mins

The Story of the Bamboo Club

How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community

• 49 mins

City of the Future

Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor

• 26 mins

Open Ear

Woman Found Dead by the Lake Shore

The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden

• 26 mins

Open Ear

Life's Holiday

An intimate portrait of European dementia patients being cared for in Thailand.

• 26 mins

Open Ear

Promise

The story of Trey Thompson, an ordinary man confronting a terrifying choice

• 26 mins

Beyond the Pitch

Dramatic and poignant tales exploring how Africa’s football and politics are bedfellows

• 49 mins

Remote Control War

How drones are fundamentally changing the face of warfare

• 26 mins

The Muhammadan Bean

The relationship between Islam and coffee

• 26 mins

The President and the Press

A history of how the White House and the press corps learned how to live with each other

• 49 mins

Trump Tweet by Tweet

What do Donald Trump’s tweets tell us about America's next president?

• 26 mins

Talking Sport - 90 Years of Commentary

The 90th anniversary of the BBC’s first radio football commentary in 1927

• 49 mins

The Friday Game

Far from family, a group of Indian migrants in Dubai become brothers on the cricket pitch

• 26 mins

A Little Bit Pregnant

The proposed abortion reform that has divided Malawian society

• 26 mins

Atom Man

Former US Secretary of Defence William J Perry on nuclear security in our changing world

• 26 mins

Chimp Smuggling

The illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, exported as pets or to private zoos

• 26 mins

The Colony

America’s lost history of eugenics through the eyes of its last remaining survivors

• 26 mins

Inside Real Madrid

An exclusive behind-the-scenes analysis of the world's most valuable football club.

• 26 mins

No Babies in Japan

As birthrates fall and its population ages, can Japan avert a demographic disaster?

• 49 mins

Living Water

Aboriginal people share their words, wisdom and concern for the future of water

• 26 mins

Hope Speaks Out

Meet the refugees behind the microphones on Germany’s pioneering Refugee Radio Network

• 26 mins

Michelle Obama: 'Black Like Me'

Has the former first lady changed how black women and girls see themselves?

• 49 mins

Dalida - A Life Unbearable

The story of Dalida, an Egyptian-Italian singer, who is remembered for her tragic life

• 26 mins

The Pull of Putin

Why do populist Western politicians want warmer relations with Russia?

• 49 mins