The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011

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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2011.

  1. Goodbye To Bush House: Part Two

    31/12/2011

    Goodbye To Bush House: Part Two

    John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012.

    23 min
  2. Guangzhou - China's migrant metropolis

    29/12/2011

    Guangzhou - China's migrant metropolis

    China's economy depends on a system regulating workers from around China and beyond. In Guangzhou, the migrant metropolis, Mukul Devichand hears stories of anger and reform.

    24 min
  3. Goodbye To Bush House: Part One

    24/12/2011

    Goodbye To Bush House: Part One

    John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012.

    23 min
  4. The Truth About NGOs - India

    23/12/2011

    The Truth About NGOs - India

    Allan Little investigates allegations of NGO inefficiency, political bias and lack of transparency in India. Who really benefits from the work of NGOs?

    23 min
  5. The Songs of Comrade Time

    23/12/2011

    The Songs of Comrade Time

    The Children's Choir of the USSR sang to their leaders, they sang to their people, and through their songs projected a bright, happy dream of the Soviet Union to the furthest reaches of the Red Empire. Then, in 1991, the world they had sung about ceased to exist and the Soviet Union passed into memory. Monica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.

    49 min
  6. Assignment - France Food Fights

    22/12/2011

    Assignment - France Food Fights

    France has long been a country with a reputation for some of the best food in the world. But in recent years, many critics have argued that French cuisine has lost its way. Now there's a new generation of food-lovers hoping to change that. But what do the traditionalists make of it all? Robyn Bresnahan reports.

    23 min
  7. Tales From The Arab Spring: Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)

    21/12/2011

    Tales From The Arab Spring: Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)

    The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the Middle East and hears from those who witnessed events at first hand.

    23 min
  8. Tales From The Arab Spring: Counter Revolution (Libya)

    21/12/2011

    Tales From The Arab Spring: Counter Revolution (Libya)

    The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the Middle East and hears from those who witnessed events at first hand.

    27 min
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