The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010

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The Apostle's Workshop Apr 28, 2010

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Apostle Asafo guides us around his remarkable workshops in Accra, where teenagers can learn trades. Is it really sustainable?

The Price of Bio Fuels - Part One Apr 26, 2010

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Gerry Northam investigates claims that bio fuels - once believed to be the answer to global warming and dwindling oil stocks - are instead leading to heightened pollution, environmental havoc, deforestation, and worsening poverty and hunger.

On the Edge in Soweto Apr 23, 2010

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Unemployment in Soweto is well above the national average for South Africa. How are young people like Anza, Freddy and Sibusiso coping with long-term job searching and the daily temptations to make a fast - rather than an honest - buck?

Assignment: Total Recall - The Toyota Story Apr 22, 2010

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Toyota, the world's biggest car company, is in crisis, accused of putting the public at risk by selling cars that could potentially accelerate out of control. A company respected for years for its core principles, its reputation is now badly damaged. Justin Rowlatt asks how this happened and whether Toyota can recover.

Looking for Jaballah Matar Apr 21, 2010

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Libyan dissident Jaballah Matar disappeared 20 years ago, and his son Hisham is investigating his fate. Razia Iqbal reports.

Generation Jihad - Part Three Apr 19, 2010

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Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslim extremists radicalised on the internet. In part three he looks at why the British government is now investing big money in trying to combat the appeal of radical Islam. But will its strategy work?

Return to Trebizond - Part Two Apr 16, 2010

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In 1923 hundreds of thousands of Christian and Muslims moved between what is now modern Greece and Turkey. What do these communities share after years of political division?

Assignment - Zimbabwe's New Farmers Apr 15, 2010

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It's ten years since Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe initiated a land reform programme which saw the forced transfer of white commercial farms into black ownership. Since then the country has been through a period of political turmoil and sharp economic decline. For Assignment, Dan Isaacs travels through Zimbabwe to see what price people have paid for reform and to meet the new owners of the land.

Living With Tourists - Part Two Apr 14, 2010

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How does tourism affect local culture? In the second part of Living With Tourists, Ros Atkins visits holiday destinations in England and the Caribbean where people have been arguing that tourism ignores the importance of culture at its peril.

Generation Jihad - Part Two Apr 12, 2010

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Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslim extremists radicalised on the internet. In part two he finds out how a network of young jihadists - that stretched across three continents - were plotting together with murderous intent.

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