BBC World Service
The World's Radio Station, The BBC's international radio station
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BBC Minute
Drop into BBC Minute every half an hour, 24/7, for the biggest news, sport, technology, health, science, social media and business stories; all in 60 seconds
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BBC Xtra
BBC Xtra is the flagship daily 2 hour live magazine programme on BBC Arabic, driving social and human interest issues onto the main news agenda of the Arabic Service.
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6 Minute English
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. A weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.
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Burmese Evening Broadcast
BBC Burmese provides up-to-date news and current affairs in Burmese covering domestic and international news stories. 2015-2100 Burmese Time (1345-1430 GMT)
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Newshour
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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Stumped
The weekly cricket show from BBC Sport in association with ABC and All India Radio.
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Sporting Witness
The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
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Что это было?
Мы быстро, просто и понятно объясняем, что случилось, почему это важно и что будет дальше. Никаких ненужных подробностей и передергиваний - только факты и взвешенная аналитика.
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Witness History
History as told by the people who were there.
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Business Daily
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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The Inquiry
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
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The Forum
Discover world history, culture and ideas with today’s leading experts
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BBC Persian Radio
برنامه چشم انداز بامدادی رادیو بیبیسی، شامل خبر، گزارش و تحلیل از وقایع ایران و جهان
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Burmese Morning Broadcast
Up-to-date news and current affairs in Burmese covering domestic and international news stories. Our coverage aims to reflect diverse opinions and offers in-depth analysis.
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The Documentary Podcast
Download the latest documentaries investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Africa Daily
One question. One story from Africa for Africa. Alan Kasujja takes a deep dive into the news shaping the continent.
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Business Matters
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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Global News Podcast
The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
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The Food Chain
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
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World Business Report
The latest business and finance news from around the world from the BBC
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BBC Indonesia
BBC Indonesia dari BBC World Service menyiarkan berita dan informasi dari seluruh dunia, termasuk Indonesia, pada pukul 05.00 dan 06.00 WIB, Senin sampai Jumat
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Newscast
The Newscast Vaccination Totaliser
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Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Africa Today
News and analysis from the BBC's Focus on Africa. The Africa Today podcast is published from Monday to Friday. It contains the day's top African stories.
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Learning English News Review
News Review shows you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. Published every Tuesday by BBC Learning English.
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Be Ebarat-e- Digar
Interviews with prominent politicians, writers and artists. The original programme is aired weekly on BBC Persian TV.
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Learning English for China
提高英语听力水平,掌握纯正英式表达,了解英国社会和文化的方方面面。BBC英语教学播客频道播出丰富、专业、实用的英语学习节目。 Improve your English skills. This weekly podcast contains some of the best audio from BBC Learning English.
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The Compass
Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.
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HARDtalk
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Digital Planet
Technological and digital news from around the world.
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صفحه ۲ (Page 2)
A panel of experts, discussing the current political and social issues. It is run twice a week on Persian TV.
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6 Minute Grammar
Learn English grammar in six minutes. Every Tuesday join two of our presenters and learn a new key area of grammar. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie & Alice.
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The English We Speak
Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service
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People Fixing the World
Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
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In the Studio
In the Studio takes you into the minds of the world’s most creative people, with unprecedented access.
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Discovery
Explorations in the world of science.
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6 Minute Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.
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The Conversation
A conversation between two women about their paths to success.
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The Bomb
My grandad worked on the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. Could another man - Leo Szilard - have stopped it?
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The Climate Question
Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
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The Science Hour
Science news and highlights of the week
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The History Hour
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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Newsweek (Cantonese)
Key events of the week reviewed in this Cantonese programme. In the special features, BBC correspondents, contributors and listeners present the world from different angles.
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Pargar
Weekly roundtable in which our guests try to answer some of the challenging and controversial questions in modern society. From BBC World Service
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Sportsworld
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Over to You
Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
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विवेचना
विवेचना: व्यक्तियों, विषयों या घटनाओं की गहरी पड़ताल करने वाला कार्यक्रम. रेहान फ़ज़ल इसे हर शुक्रवार को प्रस्तुत करते हैं
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The Cultural Frontline
The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.
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CrowdScience
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
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WorklifeIndia
Live from Delhi, WorklifeIndia reflects on money, work, family, business and finance.
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The Fifth Floor
Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.
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Music Life
Where music stars discuss how they make their music.
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BBC Learning English Drama
Dramas for English language learners from BBC World Service. Improve your English with retellings of stories classic and new. Each episode is between 6 and 10 minutes long.
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The Real Story
Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
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Sportshour
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.
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Tech Tent
Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world.
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Heart and Soul
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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The Comb
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. #thecomb
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Science in Action
The BBC brings you all the week's science news.
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World Football
BBC World Football leading the conversation on the global game.
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Outlook
Extraordinary first person stories from around the world
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Outlook
Extraordinary first person stories from around the world
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World Book Club
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Coronavirus Global Update
A daily round-up on the spread of the coronavirus, with reports from affected areas, details of the latest medical information and the impact on health, business and travel.
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World Questions
The public's questions about issues affecting their country, recorded in a different global location each month
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Trending
In-depth reporting on the world of social media
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Comedians Vs. The News
The funny take on news with comedians from around the world.
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PODRUNNER: INTERVALS -- Workout music for tempo-based exercise
Varied-BPM workout music mixes for runners, joggers, and power walkers, from the creator of Podrunner, the world's most popular workout mix series. These professionally designed, multi-week series are your training partner for 5K, 8K, and 10K runs, and much more.
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बीबीसी न्यूज़ मेकर्स
चर्चा में रहे लोगों से बातचीत पर आधारित साप्ताहिक कार्यक्रम
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Amazing things humans have learnt from the animal kingdom. Inspiring, fascinating, bingeable.
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The Lazarus Heist
“Almost a perfect crime.” The hacking ring and an attempt to steal a billion dollars. Investigators blame North Korea. Pyongyang denies involvement. The story begins in Hollywood.
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A Wish for Afghanistan
Lyse Doucet talks to Afghans and others about their fears and hopes for Afghanistan’s future. Afghans have a word for it: kashke, which means "if only".
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
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13 Minutes to the Moon
Epic stories of Nasa’s missions to the Moon. Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11. Season 2: the near disaster of Apollo 13. Presenter: Kevin Fong. Theme music: Hans Zimmer
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Project 17
Seventeen 17-year-olds tell us what they want from the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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When Katty Met Carlos
How is America reshaping its future? In this coproduction from the BBC and Ozy, Katty Kay and Carlos Watson share fresh perspectives on America and the world.
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Witness History: Witness Archive 2015
History as told by the people who were there. All the programmes from 2015.
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Goodbye to All This
“I still love him and I miss him”. Losing the thing you are most sure of and coming out the other side - a story about life, love and loss. A memoir by Sophie Townsend.
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The Big Idea
What are the big ideas shaping our world now?
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Witness History: Witness Black History
Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history
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The World of Business
Insights into the business world - featuring content from BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008
The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2008.
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Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it. This is the story of a beautiful and deadly icon of resistance, built and flown against extraordinary odds.
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Miriam and Youssef
A 10-part drama about the founding of Israel. Miriam is a Jewish immigrant to Palestine, and Youssef is an Arab inhabitant driven into exile.
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Boston Calling
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
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Boston Calling
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
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The World This Week
What's been happening around the world and why it matters
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World Wise Web
Teenagers from around the world talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives.
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Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
History as told by the people who were there. All the programmes from 2016.
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The Why Factor
The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions
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The Why Factor
The extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions
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Kalki Presents: My Indian Life
Life for young Indian adults in the 21st century explored by Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin. Real stories from India - sometimes raw, often uplifting.
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In the Balance
The biggest financial stories and why they matter to us all.
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Witness History: World War 2 Collection
More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust.
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Space
Stories, opinion and debate from the final frontier – including a guide on how to live in space, 20th century legends and the stories of missions past and present.
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The Hurricane Tapes
A triple murder. 40 hours of tape recordings. Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Bob Dylan wrote a song about him. Hollywood made a movie. This is the full story.
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The Thought Show
Brings together in a single hour The Why Factor; More or Less and Trending.
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World Service Music Documentaries
All the BBC World Service music podcasts gathered into one place. New documentaries will be added intermittently. Only available in the UK.
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Tomorrow’s World
Your big questions about the future answered. How science will influence and change our lives.
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World Update: Daily Commute
World Update Daily Commute is no longer available to download but you can hear the best of World Update and all our BBC World Service news coverage in our Global News Podcast.