BBC World Service

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.

Epic space stories. From the first Moon landing, to Apollo 13, to the Space Shuttle. Told by the people who made them happen.NEW: Season 3: The Space Shuttle. A sci-fi dream that changed spaceflight forever. From the boldest test flight in history to...

D Day, traitors and evacuees

Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

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History as told by the people who were there. All the programmes from 2015.

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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.

Extraordinary first-person stories from around the world. An archive of Outlook podcasts from 2016-2022. For new episodes from the team, subscribe to Lives Less Ordinary.

All the BBC World Service music podcasts gathered into one place. New documentaries will be added intermittently. Only available in the UK.

The best five minutes of sport from 'Utro na BBC', the morning programme from the BBC Russian Service. Hear the big stories and interviews with key sporting personalities. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 0630 to 1000 Moscow time. Episodes are added...

Reports, interviews and discussions on key news stories of the day from the BBC Russian Service. Utro na BBC is broadcast between 0630 and 1000 Moscow time. New episodes are added at 1100 Moscow Monday to Friday.

Insight, colour, wit and analysis as the BBC Russian Service business team looks at the world business and economy stories and their effects on everyday life. New episodes are added at 1830 Moscow (1530 London) Monday to Friday.

A triple murder. 40 hours of tape recordings. Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Bob Dylan wrote a song about him. Hollywood made a movie. This is the full story.