172 episodes

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

The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011 BBC World Service

    • Society & Culture

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

    Goodbye To Bush House: Part Two

    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
    Guangzhou - China's migrant metropolis

    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.

    • 23 min
    Goodbye To Bush House: Part One

    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
    The Truth About NGOs - India

    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
    The Songs of Comrade Time

    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.

    • 48 min
    Assignment - France Food Fights

    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.

    • 22 min

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