22/04/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.

Polygamy in Utah

Outlook talks to Travis Kelsh, a carpenter in the American state of Utah, a man who breaks the law by having two wives.... And we also hear from one of his wives.

Moral Policing in Bangalore

A high profile attack on a group of young women who had visited a pub in the Indian city of Mangalore has raised the issue of women's safety in that part of India. The debate about moral policing has become a political issue in the elections taking place on Thursday. The Congress Party accuses the Hindu nationalist BJP of supporting the attacks - something denied by the BJP.The BBC's Jyotsna Singh went to find out more.

Pen Haddow

Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels have been sponsored by the Catlin Arctic Survey to measure the depth of the Arctic sea ice as they make their ninety day journey. When we spoke to them last, they had just spent three days without supplies and Martin had been suffering from frostbite to one of his toes.

So when Pen Hadow called again on his satellite phone, Matthew asked what progress they'd made in the last month.