Brazil's anti-slavery hit-squads are unique. Linda Pressly joins a raid with a committed band of labour inspectors on an alleged slave labour operation in deepest rural Brazil.

Who's Left Holding the Baby

Dec 25th, 2013 50m 2s

Childcare options in Fiji, where children are taken care of by the community, and China where infants as young as three might live away from their parents in boarding kindergartens. Madeleine Morris reports.

Lines in the Sand

Dec 24th, 2013 27m 2s

The emerging Jihadi challenge across the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa. Are there links between various Islamist groups?

Bangladesh: Trials of Strength

Dec 19th, 2013 26m 57s

Farhana Haider investigates the prosecution of alleged war criminals from the conflict of 1971 and asks if the trials are being used to target the opposition.

Notes from Kampala

Dec 14th, 2013 50m 6s

The story of Kampala Music School told by its pupils and teachers. Kampala Music School began life in 2001 in the basement of the YMCA but is now the international centre of musical excellence in Uganda.

The Revenge Porn Avengers

Dec 12th, 2013 26m 57s

When a group of young Texan women found naked pictures of themselves online, they wanted justice, but their critics accused them of trampling on freedom of speech.

The Harder They Come - Part Two

Dec 10th, 2013 27m 2s

Forty years after the premiere of Jamaican cult film The Harder They Come, Chris Salewicz asks whether a whole generation of musicians were directly inspired to live a life of crime by the film.

Madiba's African Footsteps

Dec 8th, 2013 49m 58s

Mandela's 1962 pan-African journey to explain the mission of the ANC and seek political support, money and military training. What impact did these travels in free Africa have on Mandela the man - and Mandela the politician?

Mandela - an Audio History

Dec 6th, 2013 49m 56s

Nelson Mandela on the struggle against apartheid, with words from those who fought with - and against - him. One of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid in South Africa ever broadcast.

Life of Mandela

Dec 6th, 2013 53m 31s

A look back at the life of Nelson Mandela by the BBC's former South Africa correspondent, Allan Little.

India: Resisting Rape

Dec 5th, 2013 26m 57s

One year on from the horrific attack on a student in Delhi, Joanna Jolly hears from three women who've chosen to report a rape in a country that is just waking up to the problem.

Jamaica - The Harder They Come

Dec 3rd, 2013 26m 59s

The cult classic Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come, its reggae soundtrack - and its legacy. Meet the people who made it and starred in it: Jimmy Cliff, Chappy St Juste and Carl Bradshaw.

Inside The Vatican

Nov 30th, 2013 26m 59s

Pope Francis is being acclaimed for his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church - but why did his predecessor suddenly resign? Mark Dowd travels to Rome to investigate.

It's a Mall World

Nov 30th, 2013 50m 1s

Be it in Lagos, Minneapolis or Rio de Janeiro, how have shopping malls become such a permanent fixture in modern cities?

Mexico - Exorcising the Narco-Devil

Nov 28th, 2013 26m 37s

Vladimir Hernandez meets the Mexican Catholic priests who believe the country's drug wars mean it's in the grip of the devil - and who are fighting it through exorcism.

The Father of English Football

Nov 26th, 2013 27m 1s

How decisions noted by Ebenezer Morley in 1863 allowed football to become the most successful of international sports.

Moldova - Sour Grapes

Nov 21st, 2013 26m 28s

Tiny Moldova is the world's 7th biggest wine exporter so a ban on exports to Russia has hit hard. Tessa Dunlops asks if Russian politics will crush this thriving industry.

The Rhetoric of Cancer

Nov 19th, 2013 26m 58s

Are military metaphors such as 'battling' always appropriate when it comes to dealing with cancer? Andrew Graystone explores the language used to describe cancer.

JFK: Dallas Remembers

Nov 16th, 2013 49m 51s

People with a perspective on the assassination and death of John F Kennedy in Dallas: former secret service agent Clint Hill, witness Gayle Newman, former journalist Hugh Aynesworth, doctor Kenneth Salyer and retired dective James Leavelle.

Colombia Child Soldiers

Nov 14th, 2013 26m 56s

With rare access to the government's rehabilitation programme Tom Esslemont meets children as they attempt to find their way to back to their families and society.