Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 54
- Each year, people around the world lose millions of dollars to a highly sophisticated scam known as 'the pig butchering romance scam'. It takes its name from the victims, who scammers call 'pigs' - those they can 'fatten' before 'butchering'. Scammers target individuals on dating sites and social media, posing as attractive, successful professionals. They seduce and manipulate their victims, winning their trust before luring them to invest on sham crypto currency platforms. But behind the fake online profiles is a much darker reality. Those conducting the scams often do so against their will, trafficked to huge, walled compounds in south east Asia. A new investigation by the BBC World Service's investigations team BBC Eye takes you inside one of these scam compounds in Cambodia, where people from all over the world are locked up, beaten, starved and forced to scam - all at the hands of criminal gangs. We tell the story of Didi, a trafficked victim who was secretly filming his experience from inside the notorious Huang Le compound. He started sharing his videos with the BBC and The Global Anti-Scam Organisation (Gaso), a volunteer-run group who help rescue and support trafficked victims. We follow his incredible journey as he escapes and makes his way back home to China. We meet two scam victims, one in the US and the other in China, who lost millions of dollars and had their lives turned upside down. And there is exclusive access to a former scam boss, whose company stole millions of US dollars over the years from victims using a manual he designed.
- A huge collection of Russian modernist paintings enters the art market and European and American museums. Is it fake or real? And who is the mysterious man behind it?
- The Lazarus Heist is a true crime news podcast that investigates the 2014 Sony Pictures hack. The program is hosted by Geoff White and Jean Lee who discuss the circumstances behind the hack and the investigation that seemed to point the finger at North Korea though Pyongyang denies involvement.
- For almost 40 years, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was a mysterious character in the Iranian revolution. He was a supporter and close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader, during his exile. Ghotbzadeh became the first head of Iranian national radio and television after the victory. During the Iran hostage crisis, he became the foreign minister. In 1982, he was executed for plotting a coup to overthrow the Islamic Republic for so long he helped create. This biopic documentary trilogy tells his story by talking to many of his close friends and people who knew him. The first episode: Full Time Revolutionary, is about Ghotbzadeh's activity in exile until he went back to Iran in 1979 with the Ayatollah. The second episode: Maverick, is about his time in the new revolutionary government after the victory. The third episode: Fallen Man, is the story of isolation and defiance and his path towards the death penalty.
- Your phone is private. Or is it? A BBC investigation exposes the blackmail scam causing misery in India.
- TV Series
- Behind every catfish, there's the bait. Who is Janessa Brazil? Stolen images of an adult entertainment star are being used to con victims out of thousands of dollars, breaking hearts in the process. Journalist Hannah Ajala embarks on a quest to find Janessa, in this 7-part true crime series. And who is responsible for catfishing scams?
- The BBC traveled to Honduras - the world's most restrictive country for female reproductive rights, where even the emergency contraception pill is outlawed - to take a look at the rise in the sale and use of black market 'abortion pills'.
- Host Oona Chaplin guides listeners through the period known as the Red Scare - an ideological battle that implicated Hollywood's biggest stars, including her grandfather, Charlie.
- Iranian film director Amir Naderi talks to Zar Amir Ebrahimi about his career in this documentary directed and produced by Ebrahimi and broadcast by BBC World Service and BBC Persian.
- In Conversation is a series of intimate in-depth conversations with high profile women, men and non-binary people, about identity, representation, pain and success.
- Explore the revolution that shook the world about the events in Iran 40 years ago.
- Namak Khoshnaw meets refugee families whose only means of survival is to scavenge in the rubbish dump which serves Erbil in Northern Iraq.
- Documentary looking at the life and mysterious death of Bulgarian writer and broadcaster, Georgi Markov.
- Hundreds of thousands of South Korean soldiers fought alongside the Americans in Vietnam, but the story of South Korea's involvement in the conflict is largely untold. More than fifty years later, a victim of Korean atrocities travels to the capital Seoul in search of justice.
- In 2008, Australian artist Barbara Bolt was selected by the BBC World Service & The Slade School of Fine Art to document her artistic process in a twelve-minute film. What began as a simple exploration of her work soon took on a far more personal tone as filmmakers Chris Pahlow & David Shiyang Liu learnt of Barbara's emotional struggles, feelings of isolation & alienation, and her obsession with light. Light, and in particular neon blue, underpins Barbara's work. This short documentary charts Barbara's love of neon blue and explores its relevance to her life - both personal and artistic.
- Explorations in the world of science.
- A window into the world - investigating, exploring and telling stories from everywhere. Original BBC documentary storytelling, bringing the globe to your ears.
- An unidentified body. Who was she? Why hasn't she been missed?. Investigating a mystery unsolved for almost half a century.
- BBC Trending is a news podcast that offers In-depth reporting on the world of social media. The program is hosted by Mike Wendling who offers brief examinations of news stories about social media including misinformation, fake news, twitter fights, deep fakes, and much much more.
- History as told by the people who were there.
- Teenagers from around the world talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives.
- The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
- Helping you make sense of what's happening in your world.
- The Big Idea is a talk-show podcast hosted by David Edmonds that looks at some of the big ideas that are shaping our world.
- An investigation into the death of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Includes interviews with those accused of her murder.
- Follows the story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.
- Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin.
- The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
- Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
- The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
- Looking at the world through the lens of its media to understand the narratives competing for hearts and minds.
- Combing Africa for stories about the unseen forces that bind us together and tear us apart. A single story, every week. Hosted by Kim Chakanetsa.
- 2019–20202mPodcast EpisodeFrom GPS to Google search, meet the innovators and engineers who shape our digital world. Teenagers from around the globe talk to the tech pioneers who have changed our lives. Hosted by 17-year-old Anna Zanelli - herself a budding designer from London - we find out about the trials, errors, incredible hard work and sometimes just plain luck that made some of the most important digital inventions possible. And in the process of describing how they achieved their goals, we hear some words of wisdom for a new generation of innovators. Using the BBC and other archives we'll also hear journalists, experts and the public talking at the time, giving their first reaction when the technology was launched.
- The breakthrough design of the iPod - a portable music player that made the CDs and cassette tapes that had gone before redundant - totally changed our listening habits. Tony Fadell is its inventor. Speaking to 17-year-old budding designer Anna Zanelli in London, he explains how his love of DJing inspired his iconic creation. And, he tells her, the design would go on to transform how we talk to each other, with the launch of the iPhone.
- Assistive robots can act as companions and coaches to young and old alike, from autistic children to stroke survivors. Eighteen-year-old Saliha, from Bangladesh, talks to Professor Maja Mataric, from the University of Southern California, about why she is convinced technology can be a force for good.
- Forty years ago, Professor John Goodenough developed the lithium ion battery and kick-started the wireless revolution. From electric cars to mobile phones, the world now relies on rechargeable batteries. Now, 97, and just awarded the 'Nobel Prize for Chemistry', Professor Goodenough still works at the University of Austin in Texas. Seventeen-year-old Adam from Poland asks him about lessons from life as well as lessons from science, and why he still works on developing the lithium ion battery even further.
- The digital world only works if it is connected. In the early 1970s, Professor Bradford Parkinson was working with the United States Air Force as an engineer leading the team that developed the Global Positioning System, or GPS, which uses satellites to pinpoint users wherever they are. Sixteen-year-old Malak from Israel finds out from Professor Parkinson how it all came about, and why he still uses maps to sail by.
- In 1998, a small company was launched offering a simple way to search the World Wide Web. That company was Google. Now every day billions of questions are put into the search engine. Ben Gomes, head of Google Search, talks about these early days - and what followed - to 17-year-old Osine from Nigeria.
- In 1995, 'Pixar Animation Studios' created 'Toy Story', the first feature length computer animated film, and a blockbuster that changed cinema history. Here we bring together Danielle Feinberg, director of photography for lighting at Pixar, and 16-year-old Robin, an aspiring animator himself. Danielle has worked on many films including 'Monsters Inc', 'The Incredibles' and 'Finding Nemo'. Hear about what inspired her to work in animation, and how to realise your own dreams.
- Computer programmer Radia Perlman is often called "the mother of the internet". In the late 1970s, she started working in network routing - the way data is moved from one network to another - and made a huge contribution to the internet as we know it today. Seventeen-year-old Audrey from the Philippines, who is a budding developer herself, asks Radia about what it has been like working in a male-dominated field, and what she makes of the way we use the internet today.
- In 1973, Marty Cooper made the first public mobile phone call using his newly invented cell phone. Now, there are more mobile phones on the planet than people. Fourteen-year-old Becky, from Northern Ireland, asks Marty about that call and how his invention changed our lives.
- In the late 1990s, engineer Dr Caroline Hargrove was working with the 'McLaren motor racing team' when she developed the first Formula 1 simulator - a machine that helps racing teams design faster cars and improve performance. Sixteen-year-old motor racing fan, Marielle from Hong Kong, quizzes Caroline on her work in motor sport, how the simulator works and how drivers came to love it - eventually.
- Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how sci-fi became reality, through the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis. He has developed a new generation of implants for amputees which replaces the traditional socket based technology with a robotic prosthetic limb. We also hear about Professor Al Muderis's life, and the journey he made as a refugee from Iraq to Australia.