The World Service 2015 Playlist
A selection of unforgettable listens from the year
Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2015—Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast
Music requests and messages for the staff at the British Antarctic Survey, Winter 2015
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A Cat's Tale
James was unemployed and homeless. He took in a stray cat and his life changed forever
Instagrams from North Korea—World Update
Rare street scenes taken and posted live in North Korea
Fallon's Fight
Fallon 'The Queen of Swords' Fox on fighting abuse as the first transgender MMA fighter
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
A German atheist's response to organised religion.
Africa Surprising - Signs of Change—The Documentary, Africa Surprising
Hugh Sykes visits four African nations and finds stories of change
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Are these the world's best beards?—World Update
Photographer Brock Elbank captures some of the world's most beautiful beards
Sheltering on the Night Bus—The Documentary, Sheltering on the Night Bus
A ride with Ahmed, a failed asylum seeker, who sleeps on London’s night-buses
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America's creepiest houses—World Update
Spine-tingling photographs of abandoned homes, some with horror stories attached
Lost Children of the Holocaust—The Documentary
The search for a group of child holocaust-survivors
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Foetuses "dance" to Mozart and Queen
The music of Mozart or Queen makes foetuses as young as 16 weeks "dance" in the womb
Lawyers: Jane Serwanga and Niranjali Amerasinghe—The Conversation
Lawyers from Kenya and Sri Lanka talk about using the law to change lives
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The World's Loneliest Whale
For three decades the lonely whale has been crooning his way around the Pacific
The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago—Discovery
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, to discuss fossils and evolution
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India: Imperialism—The War That Changed the World
Historians, experts and a Delhi public audience debate the impact of WW1 on imperialism
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Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance—The Documentary
Arabic hip hop artists explore the effect of politically charged words on the Arab Spring
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24/02/2015 GMT—The Documentary, My Africa
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Canada’s Red River Murders—Assignment
Why are so many of Canada's Aboriginal women and girls being murdered?
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The Heyday of Somali Music—Witness History
The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .
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Japanese 'Granny' Pop Band
With an average age of 84, KBG84 are taking their country's music scene by storm.
Bricking It
The man on a mission to create every football stadium in the UK out of Lego
Waking Up 17 Years Younger
A woman with a rare dissociative amnesia woke up thinking she was a teenager again
William Gibson—World Book Club
William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer
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Teaching Harry Potter in Pyongyang
A group of North Korean students watch Harry Potter for the first time.
