From Our Own Correspondent Episodes Episode guide
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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
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Cambodia's circus and American baseball
A circus in Phnom Penh and a Washington Nationals game in DC give lessons in character
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Weekend Edition: Out of Their Element
The pick of recent stories from Vietnam, Ecuador, Calabria, France and Georgia
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Bulgarian Smartphone Activists and Kenya's New Cycling Mania
Bulgaria's hi-tech social activists and the cycling mania in Kenya sparked by Chris Froome
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Ecuadorian Gold & Mexican Kitsch
The politics of mining in Ecuador & the ill-gotten gains of a former Mexican police chief.
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The British Agricultural Show
Sybil Ruscoe visits "the Olympic Games of British rural life: the agricultural show".
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Burma and El Salvador
The tide of change in Rangoon and El Salvador's teenage mothers-to-be happy to be pregnant
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Italy and Bolivia
The Calabrian mayor fighting local mafias - and why the wholefood quinoa is booming
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Portugal, DR Congo, Lebanon and Christmas Island
Toughing it out in Portugal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon and Christmas Island.
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Jordan and South Africa
How the Jordanian public feels about Abu Qatada - and South Africa's struggle with Mandela
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Vietnam and Armenia
Tales of commerce, war - and proper business attire - from Ho Chi Minh City and Yerevan
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Syria and Kiribati
News of war from a house in Damascus; concrete traces of the Cold War on Christmas Island
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Portugal's goodbyes and Georgian polyphony
How young Portuguese are emigrating to work again; the test of singing in a Svaneti choir
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DR Congo and France
Rising crime and violence in Kinshasa. And, the African big cats in Europe's circuses
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Spain, Qatar, Sumatra and Eurofan
Spanish unemployment; Qatar's conflicting loyalties; Sumatra's environment and Eurofan!
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The US and France
How local communities are coping with the aftermath of the blaze in Arizona
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Indonesia and Australia
Why summer means fires in Sumatra; why Australians are so squeamish about eating kangaroo
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Qatar's quiet contradictions and Faberge's famous eggs
Frank Gardner on Doha's talent for tactics; Stephen Smith handles some Russian treasures
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Spain, Syria and Jordan
Austerity bites hard in Andalucia, while Syrian ice cream licks the competition in Amman
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Libya and Portugal
The Libyan reconciliation that never was. And life in recession-hit Portugal.
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Change Takes its Time
Syrians in Lebanon, Romania's orphans, Upper Egypt, Detroit's fall and Equatorial Guinea
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Croatia's Gripes and Flyers' Delights
Croatian wine producers quibble over EU requirements. And, the magic of flying
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Egypt
Tourism in turmoil along the River Nile in Egypt. And mounting discontent in Upper Egypt.
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Lebanon and South Africa
Some Syrian refugees find a warm welcome in Lebanon. And the problems facing South Africa.