The Documentary: Archive 2007

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Synopsis

The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2007.

Episodes

  • China's Long Arm 3

    17/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Lucy Ash assesses the wider impact of China's insatiable appetite for natural resources, and focuses on the special relation with Angola and its oil.

  • China's Long Arm 2

    16/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Maurice Walsh considers whether China might use its growing military power to reclaim Taiwan, possibly provoking a confrontation with the US.

  • China's Long Arm 1

    15/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Maurice Walsh examines whether US government concerns about rising defence spending in China will fuel a new arms race in the Pacific.

  • Tales from the Commonwealth 1

    12/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Local broadcaster Eunis Taumomoa guides us through Papua New Guinea, a country that has more than 700 different languages and ethnic groups.

  • Assignment - Afghanistan's war crimes

    11/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Afghanistan's recent history has been a long list of human rights abuses and war crimes - yet many of those accused are now beyond the reach of prosecutors because of an amnesty the warlords themselves voted in. What impact is this having on the survivors?

  • Stem Cell Bazaar - Part 2

    10/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Meet the doctors who are trying to introduce regulation of stem cell therapies in India, so that those vulnerable patients who can least afford to spend money on unproven therapies can have genuine grounds for hope.

  • The Land of the Mobile Millionaires

    07/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Matthew Sweet presents the extraordinary story of Finland's Nokia Millionaires, and how the mobile phone industry prevented a severe recession in the country.

  • Life After Vietnam

    05/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Lance Corporal Baronowski's personal recordings, made in Vietnam shortly before he was killed in 1966, paint a vivid picture of the young soldier’s life. How do his experiences compare with soldiers in today's conflicts?

  • Assignment - Britain's gangmasters

    04/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Assignment reports on the fate of thousands of migrants from eastern Europe, who come to Britain to find work. Even though they are in the UK legally, they're often exploited by gangmasters who ignore employment laws, and sometimes don't even pay their employees.

  • Stem Cell Bazaar - Part 1

    03/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Do stem cells really offer a miracle cure? Are the clinics offering genuine treatments at the cutting edge of science, or merely taking advantage of the vulnerable?

  • Assignment - Burma: the road to crisis

    01/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    The two week uprising in Burma has been ruthlessly put down by the Burmese military. The protests appear to be over. What lay behind the uprising, and why is the Burmese junta so resistant to pressure to reform?

  • Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 2

    01/10/2007 Duration: 22min

    Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war. Mike Wooldridge investigates its hopes for peace.

  • Assignment - Eritrea's persecuted Christians

    28/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    Assignment reports on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea - home to one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, dating back 1,600 years. Thousands have fled torture and arrest to take refuge in neighbouring Ethiopia.

  • A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood

    26/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    John McCarthy looks at how the Kaduna Declaration in Kaduna, Nigeria, has had some success in bringing Muslims and Christians together amidst violence.

  • Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 1

    24/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war. Mike Wooldridge investigates its hopes for peace.

  • We're No Angels

    21/09/2007 Duration: 21min

    Karin Wells investigates controversial new laws in Poland that require over 35s to prove they never collaborated with Communists.

  • Top of the Class - Part 2

    19/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world's leading educational establishments - Harvard University and Westminster School - to ask how they get such good results.

  • Assignment - Liverpool's drug gangs

    19/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    Assignment reports on how a once model public housing project in Liverpool, has become terrorised by young criminal gangs - who are believed to be responsible for the murder of an 11 year old boy.

  • The Clinton Years Part 4

    17/09/2007 Duration: 22min

    Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton's controversial and colourful presidency, from epic victories to personal turmoil. The final part addresses the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

  • On the road in Iraq

    14/09/2007 Duration: 21min

    Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances. World Affairs coresspondent, Mike Woolridge follows the story of a taxi driver whose life has been turned upside down.

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