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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007

The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007

BBC World Service

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

79 - Debt Threat
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  • 79 - Debt Threat

    The first programme will show how rapidly the shock wave of the credit crunch is spreading and why it is now moving far beyond the sub-prime homeowners where it began.

    Mon, 31 Dec 2007
  • 78 - Assignment - Blackwater

    There are now as many private security contractors in Iraq as there are US soldiers. To whom are they accountable when things go wrong? Steve Evans reports on the most controversial contractor, Blackwater, which has been criticised by the Iraqi government, American politicians and its own employees.

    Thu, 27 Dec 2007
  • 77 - Quest for a Cure

    Peter Day reports on whether the US Food and Drug Administration will licence the HIV/AIDS drug Maraviroc.

    Fri, 21 Dec 2007
  • 76 - Global Account - Part 4

    Allan Urry investigates links between the Pentagon, politicians and weapons manufacturers.

    Thu, 20 Dec 2007
  • 75 - Assignment - Inside Uzbekistan

    Since the Uzbek government put down an uprising in Andijan in 2005, the country has become more and more isolated from the west. But ahead of the country’s first Presidential election since 2000, our Central Asia correspondent Natalia Antelava made a secret trip across the state, recording her impressions.

    Wed, 19 Dec 2007
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