Crime and punishment in South Africa

With trust in police falling, volunteer groups have begun patrolling the streets

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Cressida Cowell

The magical world of How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell

• 26 mins

Assignment: Return of the Benin Bronzes

Nigeria's long battle to bring home ancient treasures taken by British forces in 1897

• 28 mins

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

I ‘kidnapped’ my brother to save his life — Lives Less Ordinary

• 41 mins

Bonus: The Global Story

EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages - The Global Story

• 25 mins

Heart and Soul: Glorifying God through wine

Meet the French, Benedictine monks who give glory to God by producing heavenly wine

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Brazil

Residents of Porto Alegre and volunteer rescue workers share their experiences

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Message in a bottle to North Korea

Park Jung-oh tries to reach people in North Korea by throwing bottles into the Yellow Sea

• 26 mins

Labelling the world: The power of DSM

How the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders influences mental health

• 48 mins

Bonus: The Global Jigsaw

Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?

• 41 mins

In the Studio: Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley

From massive signs to tiny icons, Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley's signs help us on our way

• 26 mins

Assignment: The Caspian crisis

Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?

• 28 mins

Trending: Long Covid: Think yourself well?

BBC Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online

• 23 mins

Denmark's esports revolution

Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: Hervé's Way, the story of a one-legged pilgrim

The amputee who regained his will to live by walking to Santiago de Compostela

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Beauty pageants

Contestants, judges and an organiser on the stereotypes and positive experiences

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Life in exile

Two journalists from Afghanistan and Russia share their experience of living in exile

• 26 mins

Shadow War: China and the West

Are China and the West on a collision course?

• 49 mins

Mad Women: Portraying mental health in theatre

Constanza Hola Chamy directs two casts for her play about female artists with bipolar

• 26 mins

Perfume’s dark secret

The BBC reveals the human cost of one of perfume’s most luxurious ingredients

• 26 mins

Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance

Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta

• 26 mins

Trending: Love and deception in the age of AI

How is AI redefining love on Tinder?

• 19 mins

Gaming Africa

Gamer and broadcaster Kobby Spiky looks at the video games industry across Africa

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: Hijabs and skinny jeans

Nora Akachar questions what it means to be Muslim in the Netherlands today

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Toxic politics

Politicians share their experiences of threats and intimidation

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Russia's lost troops

Olga Ivshina on the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Andy Riley

Andy Riley, Emmy-winning scriptwriter and a million-selling author and cartoonist

• 26 mins

Assignment: El Salvador – life after the gangs

How people’s lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs

• 26 mins

Trending: Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests?

A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?

• 19 mins

Whose Truth?: The vaccine

Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm

• 17 mins