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Women's football: Passion versus profit
The Euros 2022 saw the Lionesses finally ‘bring it home’ - the excitement and crowd numbers showed there was a huge demand for women’s football. Ahead of the Women’s 2023 World Cup this documentary e…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Living with rising prices
Prices almost everywhere are going up, which means most of us have less money to spend. At the heart of it is inflation, the rate at which prices are rising. It means paying higher costs for everythi…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Heart and Soul: Future shaman
As a shaman, Sipa Melo is the beating heart of tribal faith and culture in a remote corner of north-east India, tucked in the shadow of the Himalayan Mountains. He's a healer, a story-teller and a pr…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Speaking for themselves
Kaaps is a language widely spoken in the bleak townships of Cape Town, South Africa. It’s often denigrated as a lesser form of Afrikaans – the language that was used as a tool of white supremacy dur…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Bangladesh's clothing conundrum
Many Western fashion brands source garments from Bangladesh, a country with a long history of producing affordable clothing. The industry suffered a devastating disaster in 2013 when the eight-storey…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
In the Studio: The Aquatics Centre, Paris Olympics 2024
In September 2017, The International Olympic Committee announced that a century after France last hosted the Olympics in 1924, the games would be returning to Paris for the third time in its history.…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Race in France
France has questions to answer around inequity and its approach to policing. It follows days of violent protests after the fatal shooting in Paris, during a police traffic stop, of a 17-year-old boy …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Heart and Soul: A new generation of Nigerian royalty
Hannah Ajala, a Nigerian-British broadcaster explores the new generation of chieftaincy and royalty in Nigeria. She takes a closer look at some of the key aspects of an inauguration ceremony across v…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
What's happened to Iraq's Yazidis?
In 2014, militants of the Islamic State group set out to destroy the ancient, minority Yazidi community of northern Iraq. Thousands were murdered, thousands of Yazidi women and children were enslaved…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Wagner's revolt: The world takes stock
Russia's once shadowy private military company Wagner hit the headlines around the world when the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, ordered his men to march on Moscow. Although the insurrection was …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago