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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007

BBC World Servicewww.bbc.co.uk

The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2007.

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Assignment - Rough justice in Japan

We report on a miscarriage of justice in Japan - a case which has opened a debate about how the police question suspects, and why more than 99 per cent of those charged with a crime are then found guilty.

Sep 13, 200723 min

Top of the Class - Part 1

Education matters - Owen Bennett-Jones visits educational establishments which have been judged to be the bes. This week he visits Finland which has been judged to have the best educational system in the world.

Sep 12, 200722 min

The Clinton Years Part 3

Having won a second term, Clinton found new confidence when dealing with foreign policy. But then came revelations about Monica Lewinsky. How did events unfold?

Sep 10, 200722 min

The Clinton Years - part 2

From authorising emergency bailout during the Mexican economic collapse to balancing the budget, Clinton's strategic use of the Presidential veto would enable his White House to start working again.

Sep 03, 200722 min

Mother's Mountain

In August 1986 Julie Tullis became the first British woman climber to reach the summit of K2. The tapes she recorded reveal her adventure.

Aug 30, 200722 min

The Clinton Years - Part 1

When William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States on 3 November 1992, hope was in the air. Though the honeymoon did not last long, it was at moments of great adversity that his political skills were at their greatest.

Aug 27, 200722 min

Sudan: The Lost Boy Returns

Jane Little follows one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who goes back to be reunited with his mother and to marry a girl from his own Dinka tribe.

Aug 23, 200723 min

Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2

In the second of these two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers how Zimbabwe might become prosperous one more.

Aug 16, 200722 min

Malaria and Fake Drugs

Jill McGivering follows the trail of fake drugs, from the marginalised communities at risk, to the country accused of being the main source.

Aug 16, 200723 min

Maids: The Untold Story Part 1

It reads like a soap opera, but this is not fiction: round-the-clock confinement, crippling illness, rape, escape, suicide and murder - women who go overseas to work as maids often encounter unforeseen terror and tragedy.

Aug 10, 200722 min

Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 1

In the first of two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers the causes behind the collapse of the once prosperous Zimbabwe.

Aug 10, 200723 min

Assignment: Ghanaian Drug Mules

Gabby O'Donnell goes to Ghana to meet some convicted drugs mules, and hears how they, as much as the users, can end up being the biggest victims in the multi-billion dollar drug trade.

Aug 09, 200722 min

Maids: The Untold Story - Part Two

In the second programme, Judith Kampfner looks at women who work as maids in their own countries. Children, sometimes as young as ten years old, are sent from villages to distant towns to be shut in as domestic servants.

Aug 08, 200721 min

Coming Out Part 2

In South Africa, equality - on the basis of race, language, culture and sexual orientation - are central to the country's constitution.

Aug 06, 200721 min

The Generals Debate Iraq

Owen Bennett-Jones chairs a unique debate with some of the most senior and influential military figures responsible for the planning and execution of the war in Iraq.

Aug 03, 200723 min
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