From Our Own Correspondent Podcast
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world
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You Can't Kill an Idea
Sat 24 Aug 2013
Correspondents' despatches: the wealthy principality of Liechtenstein is forced to up...
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Seventy-Two Snipers
Sat 17 Aug 2013
Correspondents' stories. Today: Hugh Sykes is in Cairo where the mood, at the end of a...
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Prepared to Die
Sat 10 Aug 2013
Will the Egyptian army move in to break up the camp in Cairo set up by supporters of a...
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the Himalayan Tsunami
Sat 3 Aug 2013
Indians living in the shadow of the Himalayas are being told they could face further a...
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The Albanian Riviera
Sat 27 Jul 2013
Albania, not so long ago a redoubt of hardline Communism, is now hoping for EU membership.
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Mrs Wong and Mrs Lim Go Shopping
Sat 20 Jul 2013
"He knew nothing about politics. " A father talks to Humphrey Hawksley about his only a...
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A Million Smartphones
Thu 18 Jul 2013
The Bulgarian establishment under threat from a million smartphones - Nick Thorpe on...
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Return to Rangoon
Sat 13 Jul 2013
Quentin Sommerville talks to protestors on Cairo's streets; Andrew Harding returns to...
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Saints and Sinners
Thu 11 Jul 2013
The recent feuding within Nelson Mandela's family has reminded us that within the myth...
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You Can't Hug on Facebook
Sat 6 Jul 2013
Portuguese people are leaving the country in their thousands, travelling to the former...
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A House in Damascus
Thu 4 Jul 2013
What's happened to her house in the Old City in Damascus? Diana Darke hears how it's...
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A Thousand Horses Come to Town
Sat 29 Jun 2013
A thousand horses. Three thousand sheep. And people, thousands of them too, clustered...
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The Story That Never Happened
Thu 27 Jun 2013
It's the great reconciliation story which never happened -- Andrew Hosken in Libya on...
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A Seat With a View
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Air travel may be not quite the glamorous, magical experience it once was but our Day,...
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Discontent on the Nile
Thu 20 Jun 2013
'Everything is worse after the revolution' - tourism workers along the River Nile in...
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A Demo a Day
Sat 15 Jun 2013
A passion for protest: street demonstrations, rarely permitted in the days of Mubarak,...
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God Bless Hungary!
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Hungarians fight the floods! This collection of despatches from radio correspondents...
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Mussolini's Gay Island
Sat 8 Jun 2013
Correspondents' despatches from around the globe. Who'll emerge victorious from the in...
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Is Mr Erdogan Listening?
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Is the Turkish prime minister Mr Erdogan listening to the demonstrators? James has the...
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The World's Troubles - Put on Hold!
Sat 1 Jun 2013
A world that's not just full of doom and gloom: Anna Borzello on the remarkable that a...
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A Croc at the Door!
Thu 30 May 2013
Hungry crocodiles are invading homes in northern Australia looking for the family pet,...
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The German Sense of Humour
Sat 25 May 2013
Reporters around the world with the news behind the headlines: Aleem Maqbool talks of...
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A Good Operator
Thu 23 May 2013
Correspondents around the world: Jeremy Bowen on the increasing difficulties of the in...
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Conspiracy!
Sat 18 May 2013
Correspondents' stories from around the world: a field day for conspiracy theorists as...
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Brides For Sale
Sat 11 May 2013
Correspondents around the world with the detail behind the headlines: Beth McLeod on...
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The Chocolate Revolution
Sat 4 May 2013
Reporters' stories from around the world: why Rupert Wingfield Hayes believes North of...
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Nigeria's Lady Gaga
Sat 27 Apr 2013
Reporters from around the world tell their stories. Steve Rosenberg visits Dagestan on...
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The Libyan Truffle
Sat 20 Apr 2013
Correspondents' stories: why President Assad may now believe he's winning the the man...
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The Stradivarius Tree
Sat 13 Apr 2013
Colour and insight from reporters around the world: the man who'll find you a violin...
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It Could Have Been Much Worse
Sat 6 Apr 2013
How the direction of the wind saved Tokyo from possible radioactive contamination --...
