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‘Police State' Portugal - 23 April 2015
Thu, 23 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsDoes Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism? The residents of Cova da Moura, a largely immigrant community, believe that it does. (Warning: contains strong language)PJ O'Rourke on the UK Election Trail
Wed, 22 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsAmerican writer and satirist PJ O’Rourke hits the campaign trail to give his own unique take on the British election.The Rise of the Kingdom
Wed, 22 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsEgyptian writer Tarek Osman follows the dramatic events that led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its rise, in less than 50 years, to the status of global power.The War that Changed the World: Australia
Sat, 18 Apr 15Duration:
51 minsAustralia's experience of WW1 is like no other country's. In association with the British Council, BBC presenter Razia Iqbal and an Australian audience debate the role the "legend of Anzac" played in the hundred-year history of Australia since the first Anzac Day.Who Will Govern Britain
Sat, 18 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsAs the UK heads towards a highly competitive general election with an uncertain outcome, Mary Ann Sieghart explores how the parties are planning to form a government if there is no clear winner.Who's Afraid of Teatr Doc? 16 Apr 2015
Thu, 16 Apr 15Duration:
27 minsTeatr Doc is widely praised for its hard-hitting plays about contemporary Russia. Lucy Ash finds that for the country's most controversial theatre company, the show must go onStand Up for China
Tue, 14 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsComedian Des Bishop finds out what makes the chinese laugh. He has learnt Mandarin to take his jokes to China. He finds that there is a long tradition of comedy in China called Xiangsheng, or Crosstalk, often in the form of two comedians playing off each other. Join him in a comedy club in Beijing to find out what goes down well - and what doesn't!Tanzania: Race and Colonial War
Sat, 11 Apr 15Duration:
51 minsAudrey Brown chairs a discussion on the effects of World War One in Africa. She hears the stories from African fighters, on both the German and British sides. And she speaks to Tanzanians who tell their family memories, like Oswald Masebo from Dar es Salaam University.Canada’s Red River Murders - 8 Apr 2015
Thu, 9 Apr 15Duration:
27 minsMore women and girls from Canada's Aboriginal population go missing or are murdered than any other section of society. Joanna Jolly reports from the city of Winnipeg.The Meaning of Mongol
Wed, 8 Apr 15Duration:
28 minsImagine your nationality was used by people all around the world to describe someone with a learning disability or a stupid person. Uuganaa Ramsay investigates how the word mongol became a term to describe someone with Down's Syndrome and as a term of abuse meaning an idiot.
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