War on truth

What is fake, what is real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine

• 49 mins

The Grand Egyptian Museum

Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project

• 26 mins

Unspun World with John Simpson

Sorting propaganda from wishful thinking in Russia’s war in Ukraine

• 26 mins

Grenada: Confronting the past

Laura Trevelyan discovers her family’s connection to the slave trade in Grenada

• 26 mins

Daria: Love and war

Daria in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, talks to Alan Dein about unexpectedly finding love at war

• 26 mins

Billionaire ball game

How the super-rich bought English football

• 49 mins

Escape from the Taliban

Sana Safi follows the stories of Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.

• 26 mins

Don't log off: Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Alan Dein talks to Anna, Verena and Roman and hears how their lives have been blown away

• 26 mins

Mariupolchanka FC: Surviving the siege of Mariupol

The women of Mariupolchanka FC football team trying to find ways to endure the war

• 26 mins

The advertising trap

Digital advertising has taken over the world. But is it all based on smoke and mirrors?

• 49 mins

The other side of death row

What effect does having a relative facing execution have on families of the condemned?

• 26 mins

Don't log off: People are alike all over

Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world

• 26 mins

The Royal diplomat

Emma Barnett tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II's unique global diplomacy

• 49 mins

Guarding the art

Meet the security staff at the Baltimore Museum of Art who are curating their own show

• 26 mins

Don't log off: Roads less travelled

Alan Dein talks to Shugofa, an Afghan refugee in Rome, Leo in Moldova, nurse Maureen

• 26 mins

The day I met the Queen

People the world over remember their meetings with The Queen during her 70 year reign

• 49 mins

The interview: Tina Brown

Katty Kay meets award-winning writer and magazine editor Tina Brown

• 23 mins

Inside the Kim regime

Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime?

• 26 mins

A different way

People around the world who are reaching further and seeking a different path in life

• 26 mins

Ziggy Stardust: Hang on to yourself

How David Bowie's creation, Ziggy Stardust, became one of the world's greatest gay icons

• 49 mins

The night Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons

Why did Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 and how did it shape the world today?

• 26 mins

Keeping going

Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world

• 26 mins

The climate tipping points

Justin Rowlatt explores how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet

• 49 mins

Carol Kaye: Queen of the bass

The extraordinary career of rock'n'roll royalty Carol Kaye

• 26 mins

From Ukraine to Israel: An exodus for our times

The exodus of Ukrainians to Israel and the unusual life awaiting them in the Middle East

• 26 mins

Kissinger

Henry Kissinger reflects on his life and experiences.

• 49 mins

Abortion rights around the world

Investigating the changing dynamic of abortion rights globally

• 26 mins

Floating justice

Delivering justice by boat, on board the the João Bruno II, Amazon’s floating court

• 26 mins

The Bomb: Part one

Klaus Fuchs was a brilliant scientist but he was also the world’s most dangerous spy

• 49 mins

Shrimps, saris and guns

The village women in Bangladesh taking on the global shrimp industry to protect their land

• 26 mins

The Bomb: Part two

It is summer 1941. Klaus Fuchs starts work on the British atomic bomb project

• 49 mins

Nursing matters

In Zambia there is still only 13 nurses per 10,000 people, compared to 175 in Switzerland

• 26 mins

The Bomb: Part three

Klaus Fuchs arrives in Los Alamos to work on the Manhattan Project

• 49 mins

Birmingham’s grassroots heroes

Exploring what the idea of "commonwealth" means to Birmingham's grassroots sports heroes.

• 26 mins

The Bomb: Part four

British intelligence close in on Fuchs and his loyalty is tested

• 49 mins

My granny the slave

Claire Hynes goes on a personal journey to uncover the story of her enslaved ancestor

• 26 mins

Inheritors of partition

Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent

• 26 mins

The Engineers: The future of cars

Kevin Fong chairs a debate on the future of cars

• 49 mins

Afghan Stars now

A year on from the Taliban takeover, Sahar Zand talks to prominent Afghan musicians

• 26 mins

How things are done in Odesa

A fiercely independent city living through a time of war

• 49 mins

What are we searching for? Part 1

What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?

• 26 mins

What are we searching for? Part 2

What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?

• 26 mins

Global Britain after Boris Johnson

What has Boris Johnson's tumultuous premiership meant for Britain's standing in the world?

• 26 mins

Samburu: The fight against child marriage

Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a Samburu woman fighting against child marriage

• 26 mins

Remembering the life of Queen Elizabeth II

The life of the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch.

• 26 mins

Her Majesty's Music

The life of Elizabeth II’s seen through the music closely associated with her.

• 49 mins

Remembering the life of Queen Elizabeth II

The life of the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch.

• 49 mins

The Royal Diplomat

Emma Barnett looks back on Queen Elizabeth II’s role as a global stateswoman

• 49 mins

Global News special: Have your say

Jackie Leonard and correspondents discusses how price rises are affecting people’s lives.

• 26 mins

Kentucky flooding

How Kentucky has responded to the recent challenge of unprecedented flooding.

• 26 mins

Culture and the Queen

A look at Queen Elizabeth II’s role in the culture of Britain.

• 49 mins

God's Servant Queen

Edward Stourton explores Queen Elizabeth II's religious beliefs.

• 49 mins

The Queen at War

The story of Queen Elizabeth's short but significant military service

• 23 mins

The Queen and the Military

Jonny Dymond presents a tribute to the British monarch’s connection with the Armed forces.

• 26 mins

The Queen and her People

A reflection, through archive recordings, on the Queen’s relationship with her people

• 49 mins

The future of hip-hop: New York

Will rising queer artists and women allow hip-hop to shake off homophobia and misogyny?

• 49 mins

The day I met the Queen

People the world over remember their meetings with the Queen during her 70 year reign

• 49 mins

Finding home in Uganda

Reha Kansara follows her mum and aunt as they return to Uganda 50 years after expulsion

• 26 mins

The future of hip-hop: Atlanta

The queer artists and women of Atlanta building a more inclusive future for hip-hop

• 49 mins

Going for gold In Ghana

Can measures to stop the practice of illegal gold mining in Ghana succeed?

• 26 mins

Peace and justice: Sexual violence in the DRC

Ruth Omar investigates sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• 26 mins

The bread line

From Ukraine field to Lebanon bakery we follow the 'bread line’

• 49 mins

Father figures

Father figures of black men killed by the police share their stories

• 26 mins

Who is Xi Jinping?

How China’s Xi Jinping took control of his party and his country

• 57 mins

US Indigenous Peoples' Day On The World Service

Iona Hampson and Peter Goffin look at Indigenous and tribal peoples around the world.

• 26 mins

Women's rights in Iran

What do the protests over Mahsa Amini's death reveal about life for Iranian women?

• 26 mins

Ojousan power

Young women of Japan are starting a gender revolution. Akiko Toya finds out how

• 26 mins

The scramble for rare earths, part 1

How China has managed to dominate the mining and refining of rare earth metals

• 26 mins

Out of the shadows

What is behind the covert war between Iran and Israel?

• 49 mins

Recaptive number 11,407

Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery

• 26 mins

The scramble for rare earths, part 2

Is Russia's interest in Ukraine motivated by the huge mineral deposits found there?

• 26 mins

Your climate change questions with António Guterres

Justin Rowlatt puts your questions to the UN Secretary General

• 53 mins

The bleak reality behind the red light district

Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district

• 49 mins

The crime that only women commit

Why are women penalised for ageing?

• 26 mins

Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina

Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the history of African American roots music

• 26 mins

The weather changers

What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?

• 26 mins

Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky

The black fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz and his influence on bluegrass music

• 26 mins

The real lives of Doha's housewives

Qatar has plans to level the gender playing field, but how is that working out for women?

• 45 mins

Colombia's life-saving pop song

How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity

• 26 mins

DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville

The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music

• 26 mins

The health wagon

On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia

• 49 mins

Qatar and the fall of Fifa

Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup

• 49 mins

Which country should I play for?

How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football

• 26 mins

The reluctant millionaires

Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax

• 49 mins

Tribal justice

The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US

• 26 mins

India: Our trains, electric

India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023

• 26 mins

Living in space

Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?

• 49 mins

Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story

What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?

• 26 mins

First contact

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials

• 49 mins

The World Service is 90

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

• 49 mins

Sweden's green power struggle

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

• 26 mins

Nelson Mandela: A legacy in music

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

• 49 mins

The people v J Edgar Hoover: Part one

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

• 49 mins

The people v J Edgar Hoover: Part two

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

• 49 mins

Happy news of 2022

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

• 26 mins

Escape from the Taliban: Point of no return

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

• 26 mins

Women pro surfers: Battling the waves

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

• 49 mins

Kids who care

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

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Sting

Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting

• 26 mins