The Fifth Floor Episodes Episode guide
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06/12/2025 GMT
At the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world
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29/11/2025 GMT
At the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world
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The Fifth Floor
At the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world
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The Fifth Floor
At the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world
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The Fifth Floor
At the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world
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How Russian AI targets news organisations
‘Russian Doll’ and ‘Doppelganger’: the bot networks targeting journalists
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'Looking American' to avoid deportation
The ways in which Brazilian people living illegally in the USA try to avoid deportation
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Reporting the impact of  the Gaza ceasefire
Reporting the impact of the Gaza ceasefire
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Tackling loneliness in India
We live in an ultra-connected world, but does that mean we’re less lonely?
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The Kremlin’s reporter
Pavel Zarubin is a journalist following President Putin's every move
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Social media influencers and politics
Food, fashion and politics - how social media influencers are shaping global politics
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A radio lifeline for Afghan women
Radio for women, by women in the Panjshir Valley
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Who's behind Europe's largest rare book heist?
How hundreds of Russian rare books disappeared from libraries across Europe
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Colombia's cocaine submarines
How Colombian drug cartels are using new methods to boost their revenues
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Scammed, robbed, traumatised – life after war for Russian soldiers
Vladimir Putin promised soldiers a hero's welcome, but their reality is quite different
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Mud wrestling and tent pegging: Africa’s unusual sports
Wrestling in the mud, a dance of the mind, and a medieval sport on horseback
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Comedians and Afghan weddings
How Afghans found alternative ways to celebrate weddings after the Taliban banned music
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Why are Chinese micro-dramas so popular?
What's behind the success of a Chinese short form video trend that has expanded globally
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Why a South Korean church bought a village in Paraguay
How the remote rural village of Puerto Casado ended up at the centre of a land dispute
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The shooting of India’s biggest hip hop star
Inside the world of Punjabi rap and gangsters
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The mystery of the ‘tula boy’
How a South Korean boy ended up in Colombia, and what happened to him next
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The Romanians choosing life in the hills
A growing number of Romanians are choosing to move to the countryside. Why?
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Is the Taliban’s war on drugs working?
In 2022, the Taliban banned poppy farming. How is this measure affecting people?
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Who's Poland's new president?
Karol Nawrocki is a right-wing historian, an amateur boxer and a fan of Donald Trump
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Ukrainian life under Russian occupation
Constant threat and acts of rebellion, what is life like under Russian control?
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The TV drama that shocked the Arab world
How an Egyptian TV drama tackled sensitive topics and sparked difficult conversations
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Why does Moldova matter to Putin?
Is Russia trying to influence the results of the upcoming elections in Moldova?
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Russia's 'grey zone' war
What is 'grey zone' warfare, and who is at risk?
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The reality of reporting in Syria
How the press functioned in Syria under Assad
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Ukraine, the war and TikTok
How the war in Ukraine is portrayed on social media