The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008

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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2008.

  1. Soft Jihad Assignment

    08/07/2020

    Soft Jihad Assignment

    In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the country's Muslim community are working from within to turn America into an Islamic state. This group of right wing thinkers believe this so-called 'Soft Jihad' is being carried out in schools, universities and other institutions across the country and they want to put a stop to it. In Assignment, Pascale Harter travels to America to find out how this fear is finding a foothold in public opinion there and hears from some of those accused of being the 'soft jihadists'.

    23 min
  2. Brand Cuba part one

    12/29/2008

    Brand Cuba part one

    In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.

    23 min
  3. Too Many Santas

    12/26/2008

    Too Many Santas

    Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus dominates – a fat jolly chap who is our friend.

    24 min
  4. Assignment In Exile

    12/25/2008

    Assignment In Exile

    There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stateless. In this year when Israel has been marking its 60th anniversary many Palestinians have been reflecting on the event that for them meant exile. The 'naqba', or catastrophe, is how they describe the destruction of many of their villages and towns and their own dispersal following the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. For Assignment Paul Adams spoke to four Palestinians in exile.

    21 min
  5. Return to White Horse Village part three

    12/23/2008

    Return to White Horse Village part three

    While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty. Their only hope of a wage has been far from home in the factories and building sites of the boomtowns.

    23 min
  6. Timeline part three

    12/19/2008

    Timeline part three

    Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material.

    23 min
  7. Assignment A Return to Helmand

    12/18/2008

    Assignment A Return to Helmand

    Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on the constant violence and the struggle to bring development to the region. Now she's returned, one year on, to see if there's been any progress.

    23 min
  8. Return to White Horse Village part two

    12/17/2008

    Return to White Horse Village part two

    While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty.

    23 min
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