Archive 2008
The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2008.
Press For Freedom Part 4
In the final part of the series Roy Greenslade profiles the head of News Corporation...
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Assignment - Taxi to the Dark Side
American film-maker Alex Gibney tells the story of an Afghan taxi driver, tortured to...
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Only One Bakira
Bakira Hasecic is unrelenting in her pursuit of the war criminals of the Bosnian war.
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Debt Threat Part 2
The dangers of the present crisis turning into a full scale recession, and at the of...
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A Dollar A Day - Part 1
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to on...
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Assignment - S Korea computer addiction
Computer gaming has become a national obsession in South Korea but there is a dark side.
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Friday Documentary - Looted Art: Part One
At the end of World War Two, as Nazi Germany lay in ruins, millions of works of art to...
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Desperate Dreams Part 1
Every year, thousands of young men and women from sub-Saharan Africa set off across of...
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A Dollar A Day - Part 2
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to on...
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Assignment - On the trail of spammers
Simon Cox tries to track down the criminals who plague us with spam emails offering to...
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Looted Art: Part II
Charles Wheeler is on the trail of art seized by the Soviets at the end of World War II
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Desperate Dreams - Part 2
The second in a three part series. Every year, thousands of young people from Africa a...
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A Dollar A Day - Part 3
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to on...
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Assignment - African Footballers
Millions of young African boys dream of following such football stars as Didier Drogba...
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Desperate Dreams Part 3
The final part of a three part series. Every year, thousands of young people from set...
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Fading Traditions - Part 1
The number of Moroccan story-tellers, known as halakis, is dwindling. Why is their art...
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A Dollar A Day - Part 4
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to on...
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Assignment - Kenya violence
This week's Assignment reports on the post election violence in Kenya which has the of...
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Fading Traditions - Part 2
Georgia, considered to be the birthplace of wine, risks losing its wine industry.
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Securing Pakistan's Bomb
What would happen if the government of Pakistan, one of the world's nuclear powers, to...
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Pain: Episode One
In this two part series, former BBC Iraq correspondent, Andrew North takes a personal...
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Assignment - Kurdistan Corruption
With its functioning parliament, a booming oil economy and a small but well-trained of...
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Fading Traditions - part 3
Temple prostitutes: The ancient Hindu tradition of dedicating young girls to the has...
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Bangladesh Floods: Three Months On
It's been three months since cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh. BBC reporter, Siobhann to...
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