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Ukraine’s Stolen Billions and the Riddle of the Helipad
The Parkovy Conference and Exhibition Centre, a huge modernist structure of concrete and glass, stands boldly on the banks of the Dnieper River in central Kiev, a helipad on the roof. It hosted the official after party for last year’s Eurovision Son
Mairead's First Communion
Mairead is excited about making her First Communion with all her school friends. But for her non-practising Catholic parents, Anne and Joe, it's not so simple as they navigate their way through this Irish tradition. (2014)
Her Story Made History: Madeha al-Ajroush
Lyse Doucet travels to Saudi Arabia to meet Madeha al-Ajroush, who battled for 30 years to get women the right to drive. It is a battle she has now won, as women in the kingdom will legally be allowed to drive later this year. As a Saudi woman, she says,
Digital Migration
Goodpath was once an agricultural village but is now home to 61 massive factories and 40,000 migrant workers who came from rural China to better their lives. The migrants work very long hours in poor conditions and then spend the rest of their time in cra
DocArchive (1980): Great Art Beaten Down
Hugh Lane amassed a collection of pictures with his brilliant eye for art. A man whose life was surrounded by the sort of controversy which was only equalled by his untimely death onboard the Lusitania in 1915. The fate of 39 paintings has been a bone of
638: Rom-Com
The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's going to turn out okay in the end. When you're living one? Not so much. This week for Valentine's Day, stories that unfold like rom-coms.
Radio Doc: Opgejaagd # 2. Een veredelde parkeerplaats | Plots - Naar bed | 11-02-2018
Opgejaagd # 2. Een veredelde parkeerplaats: Hoe ziet ons onderwijssysteem en de kinderopvang eruit als je kijkt door de ogen van iemand uit Scandinavië? Documentairemaker Jennifer Pettersson woont al 20 jaar in Nederland en voelde zich hier altijd th
Del 2/2. Hempas kamp – Den nya njuren
Kalle bestämmer sig för att donera en njure till Hempa. En gåva som kan ge barndomsvännen livet åter. Men för Kalles del går det inte riktigt som han föreställt sig. Kampen mot smärtan blir svår.
China's Generation Gap: Beijing
Chinese reporter Haining Liu travels to Beijing and finds out what it was like for people who grew up during the Cultural Revolution and how those who lived under strict communism relate to their children who have had much more material, individualistic l