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Unspun World with John SimpsonEpisodes

  1. 16/12/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks back at highlights from his discussions with the BBC's experts in 2022.

  2. 09/12/2022 GMT

    John Simpson analyses if there is a way out of the war in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin.

  3. 02/12/2022 GMT

    Demonstrations in China, Ukraine and Crimea, and the Iranian football team.

  4. 25/11/2022 GMT

    John Simpson examines whether there is growing fatigue in Europe with the war in Ukraine.

  5. 11/11/2022 GMT

    What can world leaders do at the climate change summit to stop the world heating up?

  6. 04/11/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at what life is like for Ukrainians under Russian occupation.

  7. 28/10/2022 GMT

    John Simpson analyses the challenges facing the UK's new prime minister.

  8. 21/10/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at the political and economic turmoil in the UK.

  9. 14/10/2022 GMT

    John Simpson reports from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

  10. 07/10/2022 GMT

    John Simpson reports from Kyiv. He looks at how concerned people there are about the war.

  11. 30/09/2022 GMT

    John Simpson and guests analyse the risk of a nuclear war in Ukraine.

  12. 23/09/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at the way in which the world paid their respects to the Queen.

  13. 09/09/2022 GMT

    Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.

  14. 15/07/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at the details of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

  15. 08/07/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at the depth of the political divides in the United States.

  16. 01/07/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at what Russians make of the dangers of a wider war with the west.

  17. 24/06/2022 GMT

    John Simpson examines what lessons can be learnt from the Covid pandemic.

  18. 17/06/2022 GMT

    John Simpson analyses whether any progress from the Climate Change summit has been made.

  19. 10/06/2022 GMT

    Unspun World examines cases of stolen antiquities in Egypt.

  20. 03/06/2022 GMT

    John Simpson looks at whether a change is imminent at the top of Chinese politics.

  21. 27/05/2022 GMT

    John Simpson, analyses the war in Ukraine has changed Europe and Germany's place in it.

  22. 20/05/2022 GMT

    John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world.

  23. 13/05/2022 GMT

    Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.

  24. 06/05/2022 GMT

    Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.

  25. 23/09/2023

    Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.

  26. 08/07/2023

    John Simpson analyses how Ukraine's army can break through Russian defences.

  27. 15/04/2022 GMT

    Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.

  28. 01/07/2023

    John Simpson analyses the consequences of the aborted mutiny by the Wagner group.

  29. 08/04/2022 GMT

    John Simpson is in Ukraine this week, speaking to BBC correspondents on the ground.

  30. 24/06/2023

    John Simpson examines the true Russian death toll in the war against Ukraine.

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