London Calling: The city of 2012, brought to life by the BBC
Last updated: 4 september, 2012 - 15:15 GMT
In a special series of documentaries, we put the spotlight on elite disability sport, from how carbon fibre running blades are produced to the scandal surrounding athletes with learning difficulties.
Who's in profit and who isn't? Business Daily uncovers the true price of glory for athletes, the host city and the British tax payer.
How extraordinary was Ye Shiwen's Olympic 400 metre individual medley performance? More or Less looks at the numbers.
Olympic athletes dream of winning, but don't they owe it to themselves to prepare for the more probable outcome of losing?
As part of The Human Race season, Claudia Hammond discovers how future Olympic winners are spotted at an early age.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome the Ethiopian athlete stunned the world. He was the first black African to win gold and he did it barefoot.
What lasting change might the Games bring for London, for Britain as a whole and for international sports events of the future?
Tim Mansel reports from Ruhengeri - in the mountainous north-west of Rwanda - on the cyclists who have become the nation's heroes.
"It's not just a game," how the political ambitions of different countries are reflected in the sports they encourage.
As part of The Human Race season, Lynne Malcolm looks into how the modern world is affecting our biology, starting in Sri Lanka.
A series of interviews offering an intimate view of a city people have made their home - Richard Branson, Anoushka Shankar and many more.
Match-making in the pool, a million dollars for a Russian medal - get the lowdown on sporting gossip from the Olympic park.
Mark Whitaker tells the story of native American Olympian Jim Thorpe, who was described as "the greatest athlete in the world".
Farayi Mungazi explores the close links between sport and national identity in South Sudan and Australia.
Orthopaedic surgeon Fares Haddad of University College London, on his role at the sports injury frontline at the London Olympics polyclinic.
Why has the performance of Olympians improved so much over the last 100 years?
The world's biggest sporting event has come to an end. We capture the story of London's Olympic Games through the sounds of the people who went to, worked on and competed in them.
Peter Musembi finds out if strict religious obedience can ever stand in the way of Olympic glory. He speaks to Mo Farah and Mo Sbihi.
A mixture of archive and new interviews in which athletes - and those who knew them - recollect key moments from sporting history.
Can London 2012 live up to the promise of being the "greenest Olympics ever"? Mike Willaims talks to the head of sustainability for London 2012.
BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera talks to the people behind the largest security operation in peacetime, London 2012.
As the wealth gap widens, are the super-rich to blame? Michael Robinson examines this global phenomenon, focusing on London.
A series of special programmes dedicated to London begins with acclaimed novelist Peter Ackroyd, discussing his novel Hawksmoor.
Harriett Gilbert speaks to the designer of the Olympic cauldron, Thomas Heatherwick - how did he come up with his idea?
From the old music halls of the East End to Professor Green, Robert Elms goes in search of the sound of the city of London.
In the first of our special programmes on Charles Dickens, how did a visit to America become a turning-point for the great writer?
In a special programme to mark the completion of Western Europe's tallest building, its architect, Renzo Piano, talks to Razia Iqbal.
The sounds of the historic and influential city, through its music, life, noise and voices of just some of its eight million population.
All of Shakespeare's plays will be performed in an international multi-lingual showcase as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
A hidden corner of London provides a shrine for those who have given their lives for others - we pay tribute to its latest memoriam.
A series of programmes marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign. Listen back to documentaries, archive recordings and live events.
A short story by Claire Vaye Watkins imagines the implications of advances in medicine and biotechnology
Nina Robinson presents a season of programmes exploring the communities living near the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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