From Our Own Correspondent Episodes Episode guide
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Syria and Vietnam
The Aleppo crossing point where snipers target children
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Belarus and Mexico: In History's Footsteps
On Lee Harvey Oswald's trail in Minsk; the moves, costume and joy of danzon in Mexico City
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Five Star's Denise Pearson and Sad Cafe's Des Tong
Bernie chats to Five Star's Denise Pearson about her new single, Freak Dance.
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Stairways to Hollywood
Discover the Hollywood hills stairways used by film stars in the early days of cinema
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Weekend Edition: New Neighbours
Global "gentrification" in Tonga, Panama, Grenada, Berlin, Hong Kong and Australia
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Syrian Refugees in Northern Iraq; Switzerland's Biggest Church Organ
Syrian refugees get free healthcare and education in Iraq. And Switzerland's biggest organ
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India and Panama
The 'S' word (slums) that's a taboo in India and Latin America's fastest growing economy
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Myanmar and Scaling up from Gaza
Myanmar and the public memory of 1988's massacre. Plus comparing tiny Gaza with Australia
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Gibraltar and Cairo
What locals in Gibraltar make of the spat between Spain and Britain; the pro-Morsi camp
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Justin Currie and David Thomas
Bernie chats to Del Amitri's Justin Currie about his new album, Lower Reaches.
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Turkey and Germany
Syriac Orthodox Christian communities on the rebound; Berlin's gentrification on the rise
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Weekend edition: 10 Aug 2013: France, Iraq, Italy & China
Cricket in China, France's lingerie economy, grocery bomb in Baghdad & Popes old and new
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Hong Kong, Los Alamos and Hiroshima
Squeezed for space in Hong Kong's housing; nuclear narratives in US and Japanese museums
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Mexico and Jamaica
Will Mexico mellow to legal marijuana - and are Jamaica's family values in crisis?
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Israeli Settlements and Grenadian Chocolate
Why some settlers insist 'this is our land'; how one man reinvented an island's industry
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Libya and Yemen
Militia leader Salem al Derby at peace in his garden; leopards stalk the Yemen/Oman border
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and Ollie Forsyth
Bernie chats to Neil and Rob Gibbons about Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
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India's Monsoon Floods; Cricket in China
How one man escaped the raging Himalayan torrents and can cricket bowl over the Chinese?
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Weekend Edition: FOOC on Holiday!
Correspondents' tales of travel and leisure from around the world.
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Tonga and the United Kingdom
China's influence spreads across the Pacific; the villlage fete, joy of an English summer
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A bombing in Baghdad; a riot in Laayoune
A local landmark is attacked in Iraq; an activist's home under siege in Western Sahara
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Egypt and the USA
Witnessing a gunfight in a Giza market; visiting a Florida village full of sex offenders
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The Vatican, Brazil and Albania
What did Pope Francis bring to Brazil? And a new seaside Riviera, on show in Saranda.
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Mitch Hurwitz and Andrea de Gabriel
Bernie chats to Mitch Hurwitz, creator of Arrested Development.
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The French Edition: Patriotic Pants and Computer Hackers
In France, a degree course in computer hacking and an innovative underwear maker
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Weekend Edition 27 July 2013: Our Past and Future
Tales from a Cambodian circus, southwest Alaska, Polynesian sea ships and a Cape Town taxi
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Mexico's Invisible Migrants and Popes Old and New
Mexico's migrants risking life and limb getting to the US and Popes Francis and John XXIII
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Salmon v Copper in Alaska and Ancient Arts of Polynesian Seafarers
Mines threaten salmon fishing in Alaska and Polynesian seafarers revive ancient skills
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Innovation in Zambia & transportation in South Africa
Innovative packaging for diarrhoea treatment in Zambia - and racial divisions in Cape Town
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Egypt and Singapore
A father bereaved after clashes in Egypt and Singapore's competitive state school system