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South Africa, China, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and the USA

Owen Bennett Jones presents stories from South Africa, China, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and the USA.

Owen Bennett Jones presents stories from South Africa, China, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and the USA.

Fergal Keane accompanied a group from Northern Ireland on a tour to South Africa to learn lessons on reconciliation.

Following a construction boom, Peter Day visits a city in inner Mongolia which has failed to attract enough people to fill the buildings.

The Turks and Caicos Islands have suffered from a hurricane, a global economic downturn and government corruption. Trish Flanagan revisits.

Simon Worrall follows in the trail of 19th century naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace on a trip around the Spice Islands.

Azerbaijan is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this year, but Damien McGuinness is wondering about the country's human rights record.

The British boy band One Direction has managed to do something even the Beatles did not achieve- their first record has gone to Number 1 in the American Billboard album charts. Matt Wells goes on tour with them.

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25 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Mar 201201:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Mar 201204:05GMT
  • Sat 24 Mar 201209:05GMT
  • Sun 25 Mar 201213:05GMT
  • Sun 25 Mar 201219:05GMT
  • Mon 26 Mar 201201:05GMT